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wjbc t1_j636kfm wrote

The Byrds, Badfinger.

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JoniVanZandt t1_j636wmo wrote

For earlier stuff: the Kinks first few albums, ? and the Mysterians, the Hollies, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Tremeloes, the Creation, the Lovin Spoonful.

For later stuff: the Zombies, the Kinks later stuff, the Byrds, Love, the Beach Boys post-1966, Donvan's albums from Sunshine Superman onwards.

Missing loads but that's a good place to start.

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dog_of_society t1_j637j0t wrote

ELO is good, if fairly obvious.

DDDBMT's also good, but a bit closer to the Moody Blues than the Beatles at times. Seconding the Byrds. The Monkees and early Jefferson Airplane are good, too.

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Impossible-Bus-4819 t1_j638fv1 wrote

There are the artists that influenced the Beatles like Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis.

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Grimm2020 t1_j638qvu wrote

In the early days, The Dave Clark Five had that vibe, for sure

to a lesser extent, Tommy James and The Shondells, who writing his own stuff, for the most part

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Duckduckgoose609 t1_j63dbd4 wrote

Early beegees someone already said this but definitely is spot on. Took me by surprise a month ago when I dove into their early stuff

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Bconnor5195 t1_j63wpmf wrote

Look up Emitt Rhodes.

He's kind of diamond in the rough singer songwriter from the 60s-70s who was called the "One-Man Beatles" because he his similar style to some of their stuff. I think he only put out one eponymous album before getting totally fucked over by his record label and quitting the music buisness. But that one album is great. He played, wrote, and produced the whole thing by himself.

Edit: Has a couple other albums, and then a 43 year hiatus in making another one ha.

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darylofsuburbia t1_j648xxp wrote

Check out the album "Paper Mache Dream Balloon" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. You won't turn it off for a month

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