all the above plus Can, Man, Lord Sutch, Fat Mattress, Fairport, Rick Wakeman, ELP, SRC, Amboy Dukes, JoJo Gunne, mc5, manfred mann, free, grin, mountain, ten years after, james gang, moody blues, alex harvey band, spooky tooth, frijid pink, traffic, trower, uriah heep, johnny winter, band, big star, deep purple, delany/bonnie, rick derringer, foghat, savoy brown, jgeils, grand funk, everything I could get my hands on in that cut-out bin at Murphy's or Woolworth's....a somewhat embarrassing list I must admit today.... |
I really like the band 'Kansas' and bought everything they ever made after hearing the album' Leftoverture'. Absolutely awesome musicians and songwriters. I recently picked up a two CD set which is very nice....can't remember the name now cause I lended it to a friend :(
Also liked 'Blue Oyster Cult' at the time and recently picked up a CD copy of Agents of Fortune (still have the LP).
Led Zeppelin was always and still is a favorite. I saw them at the Fillmore West in Frisco on their first American tour (1969) when they were second billing to Country Joe and the Fish, believe or not and later again in 1973 at Kezar Stadium in San Fran with Lee Michaels. That concert at the Fillmore, btw cost $3.00. That included 3 bands, 2 1hr sets each. Started at 8PM and got out at 2AM. Those were the days! Also saw Jeff Beck Group there when Rod Stewart was the lead vocalist, and also Deep Purple on their first American tour. Woo hoo! |
Sean I knew that about Marc after Bruce of the Record Stop told me about him about 18 years ago, have one of their LPs. Saw Dust in a free WNEW-FM concert in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, they opened for Flash (made up of the orginal members, guitarist and keyboardist of Yes) way back in 1971/72. (See my concert list post for dates) |
Hey Sean,
Thanks for the info, I never knew that about Marc Bell. I remember he was kind of a studio player on a few now obscure rock lps I had. I liked the 2nd record (Hard Attack) alot more. The original issue had a killer reproduction of one of Frazetta's best paintings on the cover. The cd I have on Repertoire sounds like a hack job on the digital transfer. Do you know what ever happened to Richie Wise (their #@%*** crazy guitar player)? Were you ever into Sir Lord Baltimore? Their 1st is one of the best head whompin' early 70's power trio records ever made. The 1st Patto kicks some serious ass too. |
Any of you guys remember a band called "Dust" ? I used to have two of their albums. One was called "Hard Attack" and i can't remember the name of the other one, which was the better of the two.
What made me think about this was hearing a Ramone's song on the radio. Marc Bell aka "Marky Ramone" was in Dust. The funny thing is, he looked exactly the same in 1972 as he did when he played with the Ramones. Probably still had the same jeans with blown out knee's and leather !!! : )
Judging by some of the nominations on this list, i can tell that some of you are highly experimental people. And i don't mean "just with music" either : ) Sean
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Early 70's....Pink Floyd "DSOM" and "Meddle" and 17 year old ozzy on Sabbaths 1969 debut that sounded ahead of it's time.
Aereosmith "Self Titled" "Get Your Wings" ZZTop "Tres Hombres" "Fandango" Lynyrd Skynrd "Pronounced" Second Helping" Alice Cooper "Easy Action" "Love It To Death" "Killer" ' Billion Dollar Babies" Queens "self titled"[There only rock alblum imho] Robin Thrower "Bridge Of Sighs" UFO "Lights Out" Montrose "Self Titled" Uriah Heep "Demons And Wizards" Rush "Fly By Night" "All The Worlds A Stage" REO "live' Slade "Sladest" Genesis "Trick Of The Tale" AC/DC "Dirty Deeds" Jeff Beck "Blow By Blow" JGeils Band "live" Bob Segar "Live Bullit" Ted Nugent "Self Titled debut" Allman Brothers "Eat A Peach" Yes "Fragile" Humble Pie "Smokin" Neil Young 'Harvest" "After the Goldrush" "Zuma" Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks" Outlaws "Self Titled" Molly Hatchet "Self Titled" Golden Earing "Moontan" Alan Parsons Project "I Robot'
These are a few of my early 70's to mid 70's memories with Led Zep and others left out as i am sure they have already been mentioned......anyone have any conections at Sony music so we can get some of these on SACD before are ears give out? |
Santana. The Moody Blues... |
Nektar
"A Tab In The Ocean" and "Remember The Future" Great Albums |
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Johnny winter And, nice pick Rzem. One great album most folks do not remember was Jethro Tull Living In The Past, sorry out of print. They replaced it with Living WITH The Past, Not even close. The new one is like greatest hits, vol 5 (like we really need anoth greatest..) They have the Song Living In The Past on the cd, but its not even close to the orginal, what goes through the mind of Tull to have that crummy version put on disc??? Most of the above i remember and like. Especially the song Little Wing by Hendrix performed by Derek & Dominios, great great song. Guitar awesome!! |
Rzemkoski - Join me and "git your ass to the Animal Zoo" |
Some favorites from those years:
Ducan Browne
Mick Abrahams
Spirit -Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Renaissance -Prologue
Genesis -Selling England by the Pound
Tangerine Dream -Phaedra
David Crosby -If I could only remember my name
Dave Mason -Alone Together
Gentle Giant -Three Friends
Gong -Angels Egg
Arthur Brown -Journey
King Crimson -Lizard
Tonto's Expanding Head Band -Zero Time
Roxy Music
Van der Graaf Generator -Pawn Hearts
Johnny Winter And
Jethro Tull -Stand Up
And just for laughs...Firesign Theater! |
Yes, Kiss did have some half-decent songs, and even a half-decent album (Destroyer), but I must be just a couple of years younger than Waltersalas, and I can truthfully say (not pridefully say) that I didn't like them even a little back in the day. However, I was definitely a weird kid: grew up on The Beatles and Elvis, and was buying Howlin' Wolf records by the time I hit junior high school. Most hard rock from the late 60's onward (that I heard) didn't do it for me - in fact it turned me off. When all the other kids were heavy into Boston, Foreigner, Kiss, Frampton, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Led Zep, et al, I was digging back into the early Who and Little Walter. It was only when I first heard "Allison" and "Psycho Killer" on free-form FM that I became interested in what was going on in current rock. Of course, I wasn't listening to Iggy or The Dolls in the early 70's either, but my whole tolerance for hard rock and heavy metal slowly increased as I got more into Zep and especially Hendrix and latter-day Stones during high school (for better or for worse). It wasn't so much the sound (although I don't like guitar-wanking - I like songs and feeling) that kept me away, as it was the whole aesthetic of cock-rock posing and high-times lifestylin'(not to mention stupid lyrics), all of which made me a prime candidate for punk when I finally got exposed to it around the tail-end of the first British wave, which led back to Iggy and Lou, etc. But I still like '67-and-backwards the best, and The Beatles still make everything else sound stupid.
(BTW, one my fav bands as a kid and today, whose heyday began in '69 but covered the early 70's, is I believe not on the list yet: The Jackson Five. No matter what Michael has done since Thriller - J5 forever!) |
I hate to admit it, but I actually went to a Kiss concert; of course we REALLY went to see the opening act--REO Speedwagon, again, way before "Keep on loving you" cr*p, and left before Kiss even started. Now having said that, I do think that there were some half-decent songs on (I think) the first Kiss album--Black Diamond and Strutter. |
Darryl Way's Wolf, especially the Saturation Point Lp. John Etheridge who went on to Soft Machine after Holdsworth left really tears things up on all 3 Wolf records.
Hmmm...Kiss Army, shortly after that one came out a co - worker at Crystalship, (a Portland Ore. record store) took a sticker out of one of the sleeves and changed the K on the emblem to a P. Then he pinned it on his baseball cap to display the fact that he was a member of Piss Army. He wore the thing during his shift every day for months. He even wrote a letter to the Kiss fan club in an effort to convince Gene Simmons that he should drink lighter fluid or inject it into his bladder so that he could urinate fire into the front ranks of his adoring conscripts. Seems like a shame that Mr. Simmons missed this golden opportunity to live up to his full artistic potential. |
From the "enlightened" vantage point of middle age (I'll be damned), I must say that Zaikesman's list--plus a Whitman's Sampler of other nominations--constitute the music from that period that I really love--especially Big Star, the New York Dolls, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, the Stooges, the Rolling Stones, and Neil Young.
However, it would be revisionist history to say those were my favorites then. Growing up in a very small North Carolina town, I hadn't heard of most of these artists, and wouldn't until the late 70s (and my late teens), when I discovered CREEM magazine and another world opened up for me. Of the aforementioned, the only songs I can remember hearing from that period are "Angie," by the Stones, "Reeling in the Years" by the Dan, and "Heart of Gold" by Young. Not even Morrison and Mitchell made it up into our neck of the woods, much less Alex Chilton or Iggy Pop.
The bands I really loved were Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and Elton John. Then, in 1975, I discovered Kiss! And Fleetwood Mac! And puberty!
Anyone else out there ever join the Kiss Army? I did.
And this concludes this week's episode of True Confessions. Join us next week when we examine the disco era and blow dryers.
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He wasn't. Double wow! (Jim McCartey was the ex-Yarbird guitar player.) Since the Cactus rhythm section was Tim Bogert and Carmen Appice - as in B(eck) B(ogert) & A(ppice) - the confusion is understandable. |
Vegasears-There are 2 vinyl copies of "Restrictions" on eBay right now.
I didnt know Jeff Beck was in Cactus.Wow! |
Cactus "Restrictions" is a rare gem, worth the search. |
Looking back through the nominations, I see no one has mentioned Bob Marley & The Wailers by name. Collective ganja fog, no doubt... |
Ben, no need to explain. Your point is well taken and certainly valid.whFrankly, I wasn't sure of the dates myself until I looked them up, and I'm still not sure about early Styx and REO. I'm just happy to see that somebody else out there appreciates Bill Nelson; I paid big bucks on ebay for the CD reissue of 'Live in the Air Age', and I still think that the Yorkshire Landscape solo on there is one of the best and most unique solos in rock guitar history. I only wish I could have seen them live back then. |
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Oneprof I do say post Night for Queen,for Be Bop Deluxe I was thinking Sunburst Finish (the one most fans relate to....)which was '76 but yes Axe Victim is '74-apologies for that but I do find more and more on this list-countless ramblings (which you are not guility of at all)miles off the intial thread- which has been an inevitable outcome for a long time now.
You just feel like (sometimes) you are in a crowd shouting to be heard (and yes everybody has something valid to say )amongst a lot of incorrect postings-yes we all make mistakes.
Seriously it makes me not post..........well at least there's something positive comes out of it.....
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OK Ben, I'll step in here...
Jay, let's not get too far out of bounds here - "BTBW" is from '68, and Boston didn't come out until '77, if I remember correctly (and trust me, I've tried to forget! :-). |
Steppenwolf-Born to be Wild- still my favorite rock song of all time
Blue Oyster Cult-Secret Treaties---Are you a cagey cretin?
The Who- Who's Next, Quadrophenia
Santana- all albums
Elton John- GBYBR
Pink Floyd- DSOTM
Eagles- all albums
Frampton Comes Alive- Still my favorite live rock album
Boston- I can't believe nobody has ranted about this album.
Completely unfathomable that this was basically made
in someone's basement. |
no mention yet of Todd Rundgren?
SOmething/ANyhthing
Wizard a True Star
also nice to see others mention progressive music
mid era Genesis, Yes, Crimson, Tull all hold up well today
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Great story, Avideo (but who'da thunk they were frat boys?)! BTW, did you ever see The Golliwogs (pre-Creedence) play? Or The Torquays, The Syndicate of Sound, or any of the other great SJ/SC area bands of the early-to-mid-60's (how about Sly)? And what were some of the other acts CCR played with on your tour?
Back to the list: How could I have forgotten Dave Edmunds or Dr. Feelgood... |
CREDENCE CLEARWATER FOR SURE!!! - For starters Stew "Heart" Cook - the bass player in CCR was my college roommate and fellow fraternity brother at San Jose State. Doug Clifford - the drummer in CCR lived a few blocks away, and was over at our place several times a week.
All of the guys in CCR had grown up in Albany, CA and had started a band in high school to play fraternity party gigs and at local clubs in nearby Berkeley, CA - where the University of California is located.
I kept in touch - and later on after serving a tour in the Navy - I was a set-up man on one of their tours. Talk about fun!!! Boy we really had it!!! |
BTO...these Canucks kicked ass....and yes...BAD CO.... |
Mwilson, YOU BROKE MY HEART! |
Ben, not to quibble, but are you sure of your dates? Be-Bop Deluxe Axe Victim and Futurama were 1974 releases, Night at the Opera is copyrighted 1975 on my MOFI Cd. I'm sure I listened to Styx "Lady" and whichever REO album had 'Riding the Storm Out' on it while a junior in high school, which would been 75, although since I don't have those LP's I can't be certain. Of course, given my 'state of mind' those days, I'm surprised I can remember anything! |
The intial post states '70-75 several of the above mentions are creeping into the 2nd half of the 70's.
Queen post A Night At..,Reo,Styx,Be Bop and several others............. |
Mwilson, I've got a Happy the man LP; some of the guys I was in college with knew some of the Happy the Man musicians somehow; I was going to mention Steve Hillage too, especially 'L'--his best solo work in my opinion. 'FIsh Rising' was good too.
Oh, yeah, another GREAT progressive 70's band--Crack the sky. 'Animal Notes' and Safety in numbers; I still listen to that. |
I was born in '74... can't believe I forgot the Steve Hillage stuff: Arzachel, Khan, Gong and his early solo stuff (and not to forget Dave Stewart's band "Egg".) Duanegoosen scooped the Canterbury link with Henry Cow. How about Happy the Man, and Hatfield + the North? At least one of the HTM guys (Stanley Whittaker) is active in the modern pomp band Ten Jinn, which is just great if you've got an iron stomach.
Just scored a bunch of Sylvania '74 6BM8s for my Wave monos in the bedroom, they sound awesome. Not a bad year ; ) |
Fun post Sean..A breath of fresh air here for sure.
Anyone ever get into Cactus? I dont remember the name of the album I had, but one song on it was called Long Tall Sally or something like that.
I loved the album..was this band good or was I just a red eyed teen?
How about Its A Beautiful Day? White Bird? I havent seen this mentioned..A true classic! You younger 'Philes that like Days Of The New should check them out.Very similar style.The First time I heard Days Of The New I thought I was listening to Its A Beautiful Day..strange!
Elvin Bishop
Black Oak.. yeah! Jim Dandy to the recue!!
Wishbone Ash "argus"
Moody Blues "Threshhold Of A Dream" This is 'maybe' my favorite album.
Again Sean...awesome thread! |
Well, KF, it's good to know that some of you 'youngsters' appreciate good music, anyhow!!
I forgot one--REO Speedwagon, no not that 'Keep on loving you' s***, but Early stuff, like the album with "Riding the storm out' on it!
And how about Styx--no not 'MIsterRoboto', but 'Lady' |
Oneprof, sounds like an excellent concert. I would have loved to go.... but I was only about 2 years old in 1974... heh heh...
KF |
Mandatory 8 tracks for cruising in the car while doing various questionable things.....That 70's show is the perfect generation for me!.
Lots of southern rock--Outlaws (Green grass and high tides!), Henry Gross (rare one), CHarlie Daniels band, Marshall Tucker (already mentioned)
Lots of hard rock--ZZ Top (La Grange), Aerosmith (Toys in the Attic)
More progressive things--Head East; I STILL listen to this!, Queen, or course, as mentioned above; WIshbone Ash Argus, Nils Lofgren Cry Tough,
My own personal favorite--Be-Bop Deluxe
By the way, in 1974? (not sure of the year) we saw Queen, Aerosmith, and Mott the Hoople. Some buddies of mine got backstage somehow and wondered into Queen's dressing room. I don't know where I was, and probably didn't know where I was at the time either! |
Queen
A Day At The Races
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A Night at the Opera
or even News To the World
All three albums are classic 70's pop.
KF |
Just as I suspected - although there are few common nominations I can hang with (Mott, Floyd, Dan, Crimson, Hawkwind) most of what people like from this era serves mostly to confirm my general indictment of the time, IMO. Oh well, TEHO! (Despite Tweakgeek's disputing this conclusion, I like his additional nominations, especially Gamble/Huff.) (But Sir Lord Baltimore?! Guess I can't really bitch though - I have been known to listen The Damnation of Adam Blessing when nobody's around.) Few more I forgot: Captain Beefheart (more so in the 60's, but still), Brownsville Station, Shocking Blue, NRBQ, The Move, and I'll even nominate The Flying Burrito Brothers as an affirmative defense against The Eagles. (Can't believe that Queen and Bad Company are still waiting in the wings...) |
Just about everybody's been mentioned I'll add Nick Drake and Richard Thompson. |
I have to start with Jethro Tull and than I'd mention them a few more times. Yes and Genesis come to mind along with Pink Floyd, Careful with that axe Eugene! When I first switched to FM from AM I found a really seriously weird station in Milw that played bizarre AOR most of which I had never heard, but it made it hard to go back to "Band on the Run" as it played on every AM station all the time. But that was a long time ago!!! |
Any fans of the "Flock" out there? Sweetwater? Pacific Gas and Electric? Soft Machine? Savoy Brown? |
seeling england (genesis) 2)close to the edge (YES) 3)THE LAMB LIES (GENESIS) 4)OVER (PETER HAMIL) 5)THICKS AS A BRICK (JETHRO TULL) |
In no Particular order & ones not already mentioned
Doors
Cat Stevens
Yes
J Giles
Boston
Bad Company
Boz Scaggs
Deep Purple
Fleetwood Mac
Leon Russle
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Guess Who
ZZ Top
Bruce Springstien & the E Street Band
Yes
Mott the Hopple
Uria Heep
Chicago Transit Authority
Richie Havens
Canned Heat
Melenie
"ALISION STEELE - the night bird for all you NYers/NJ"
I can keep going on but burning out |
America
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Jackson Browne
Eagles
Karla Bonoff
Greg Alman |
Sean; I must have been in a coma or doing hard time during this period-- or most likely into C/W. Thank God CCR made it into the early 70s. Cheers. Craig |
I'm surprised at all the Progressive rock entries on this thread.Cool ! IMHO the best rock was from the mid 60's to the early 70's starting with Psychedlic,evolving to Prog.ArtRock,Glam,Hard rock and The real Blues rock jam Bands etc.Great times.and Progressive and Psych are still going big time though still underground meaning no or very little airplay.I wish the classic rock stations would play non hit cuts instead of the same old Stairway to Freebird Dark side cuts.How about the rest of the songs on the Doors 1st album besides Light my Fire?How many of you would listen to the radio more if if was like the early days of then underground FM radio? |
Somehow Spirit jumped into my head when I read the title to this thread. The 20-bit remaster of my fave Twelve Dreams of Dr.Sardonicus should be required listening for this group. "Nature's Way" was a minor hit. "Animal Zoo" and "Mr. Skin" also got air play. This album really captures some of what was going on back then.
Old Zappa (his best), Floyd, Tull's first few albums, early Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Strawbs, ect. Lots of stuff already covered above, great music to go back to, especially on vinyl. Now you've done it. Ok, great, Im not going to get anything done today. |
SIR LORD BALTIMORE!!!... That's some paint blistering testosterone laced rock candy goodness. During that time Budgie, Ursa Major (guys who went on to play on Lou Reed's R&R Animal), Dust, Uriah Heep (1st 3 records), Patto, Collosseum, Nova (Blink), Armegeddon (some ex Steamhammer guys) and A.F.T. (Automatic Fine Tuning) also helped to keep the buzz going. PFM/Cook and Focus/Moving Waves didn't hurt much either. |
