I'd vote The Beatles over the Stones, Zep over the Stones, Floyd over the Stones, Sabbath over the Stones, Queen over the Stones, Yes over the Stones, The Who over the Stones, The Kinks over the Stones, The Moody Blues over the Stones, Cream over the Stones.
In other words. If it's a mainstream British band from 1965-1975 that's not the Stones, I probably prefer them to the Stones. I like the Stones, but that's just my favorite particular era and IMO Stones don't even come close to being the best band of that period.
Other British bands just plain had more to offer, primarly because they didn't just imitate everything that came from America and played it back to us.
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