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13           Coltrane, Alice  - Ptah, the El Daoud                                         

13           Nucleus               Elastic Rock                         

13           Savoy Brown     Raw Sienna  

13           Supertramp       Supertramp                        

13           Tyner, McCoy   Asante

12           Amon Düül II     Yeti       

12           Audience            Friend's Friend's Friend                         

12           Garrick, Michael              The Heart Is A Lotus                                             

12           Murphy Blend  First Loss                              

12           Out of Focus      Wake Up            

12           Pearls Before Swine      The Use of Ashes                                                     

12           Sweet Smoke   Just a Poke                               

12           Trees    On the Shore                     

12           Trees    The Garden of Jane Delawney                  

    
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Here are some more for 1970.  Not all Prog and not all obscure, even a Funk added and a Musical :).  Just felt like giving a general feel of what the year 1970 felt like :)

Family - A Song for Me
Julian's Treatment - A Time Before This...Plus
Curved Air - Air Conditioning
Dave Mason - Alone Together
Amazing Blondel - The Amazing Blondel & A Few Faces
Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By
The Third Power - Believe
Bloodrock - S/T
Bloodrock - Bloodrock 2
Brinsley Schwarz - S/T
Brinsley Schwarz - Despite it All
Burnin Red Ivanhoe -S/T
Bethlehem Asylum - Commit Yourself
Dave Mason & Cass Elliot - S/T
Ten Year After - Cricklewood Green
Doldinger's Motherhood - Motherhood
Omega - Éjszakai országút
Amazing Blondel - Evensong
Love - False Start
Free - Fire and Water
Free - Highway
Murphy Blend - First Loss
Blodwyn Pig - Getting to This
Glass Harp - S/T
Tamam Shud - Goolutionites And The Real People
Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener
Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir
Humble Pie - S/T
If - If2
Il Mucchio - S/T
The J. Geils Band - S/T
Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar
Fleetwood Mac  - Kiln House
Os Mundi - Latin Mass
Derek and the Dominos - The Layla Sessions
Little Feat - S/T
Cream - Live Cream
Steppenwolf - Live
Savoy Brown - Looking In
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Made in Sweden - England
Fire - The Magic Shoemaker
Trapeze - Medusa
Cat Stevens - Mona Bone Jakon
Three Dog Night - Naturally
Lindisfarne - Nicely Out of tune
Taste - On The Boards
Bread - On the Waters
Eden Rose - On the Way to Eden
Embryo - Opal
Opus III - Opus III & Friends
Annexus Quam - Osmose
Tear Gas - Piggy Go Better
Supersister - Present from Nancy
Savoy Brown - Raw Sienna
Argent - Ring of Hands
Attila - Rollin' Home
The Damnation Of Adam Blessing - The Second Damnation
Il balletto di bronzo - Sirio 2222
East of Eden - Snafu
Food Brain - Social Gathering
Twink - Think Pink
Soft Machine - Third
Organisation - Tone Float
Träd, Gräs och Stenar - S/T
Troyka - S/T
Guru Guru - UFO
John Mayall - USA Union
Ten Years After - Watt
The Ghost - When You're Dead - One Second
Day of Phoenix - Wide Open N-Way
Wishbone Ash - S/T
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Originally posted by Artik Artik wrote:

Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

I wouldn't say the Grechuta album is obscure.
Is it well known outside Poland? I would be very surprised if it was. 


The first two albums with Awana are in the top 5000 albums of all time on Rate Your Music.

I just listened to them recently. Good eclectic stuff.

I'd say they are no longer just a Polish isolate.

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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

I wouldn't say the Grechuta album is obscure.
Is it well known outside Poland? I would be very surprised if it was. 
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Do CD's count?

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I wouldn't say the Grechuta album is obscure.
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The first that springs to mind is Blue Effekt & Jazz Q’s Coniunctio. Wonderful fusion album - especially if you dig the likes of Mwandishi, early Weather Report and Bitches Brew era Miles..though with a decisively more ‘European jazz rock touch’ to the proceedings
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Some important ommisions I simply love: 
Waterloo  - First battle
Nucleus - We'll talk about it later
Affinity - Affinity
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Big list ahead!
*Latest suggestion added*

Audience - 'Friend's Friend's Friend'
Out of Focus - 'Wake Up'
Sweet Smoke - 'Just a Poke'
Supertramp - S/T
Aardvark - S/T
Armageddon - S/T
Asterix - S/T
Delivery - 'Fools Meeting'
Third Ear Band - 'Elements'
Bachdenkel - 'Lemmings'
Ginger Baker's Air Force - 'Ginger Baker's Air Force'
Titus Groan - 'Titus Groan'
The Groundhogs - 'Thank Christ for the Bomb'
Alice Cooper - 'Easy Action'
MC5 - 'Back in the USA'
Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti - 'Magneettimiehen kuolema'
Wigwam - 'Tombstone Valentine'
Apollo - S/T
Czar - S/T
Locomotive - 'We Are Everything...'
Gravy Train - S/T
Gracious - '!'
Elias Hulk - 'Unchained'
Steamhammer - 'Mountains'
Haystacks Balboa - S/T
Jody Grind - 'Far Canal'
May Blitz - S/T
Aguaturbia - 'Aguaturbia 2'
Sally Eaton - 'Farewell American Tour'
Ruth Copeland - 'Self Portrait'
Robert Wyatt - 'End of an Ear'
Egg - 'Egg'
Alice Coltrane - 'Journey in Satchidananda'
T2 - 'It´ll All Wok Out In Boomland'
Marsupilami - 'Marsupilami'
Web - 'I spider'
Nosferatu - S/T
Cressida - S/T
Fairfiled Parlour - 'From Home To Home'
It´s All Meat - 'It's All Meat'
Maquina - 'Why'
Warhorse - S/T
Toe Far - S/T
Rumplestiltskin - S/T
If - S/T
High Tide - S/T
Freedom - S/T
McDonald & Giles - S/T
Fotheringay - S/T
Drosselbart - S/T
Chilliwack - S/T
Dreams - S/T
Eric Burdon and War - 'Eric Burdon declares "War"'
Parliament - 'Osmium'
East of Eden - 'Snafu'
Orange Peel - S/T
Marek Grechuta - 'Marek Grechuta & Anawa'
Pearls Before Swine - 'The Use of Ashes'
Tudor Lodge - 'Tudor Lodge'
Waterloo - 'First Battle'
Nucleus - 'We'll Talk About it Later'
Affinity - S/T
Blue Effekt & Jazz Q - 'Coniunctio'
Flaming Youth - 'Ark 2'
Kraftwerk - S/T
Roger Waters - 'Music From the Body'


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Marek Grechuta- Marek Grechuta & Anawa
Pearls Before Swine- The Use of Ashes
Tudor Lodge- Tudor Lodge
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I'm not sure what really qualifies as obscure since those which were obscure back then are now quite popular.

My picks just off the top of my head.

Marsupilami - self titled

East of Eden - Snafu

Orange Peel - Orange Peel

and i could go on!

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Dreams Dreams (Billy Cobham's first big break)
Eric Burdon Declares "War"
Parliament Osmium

Also should be mentioned:
John McLaughlin Devotion
Larry Coryell Spaces
Mandrill Mandrill
Drew Fisher
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Sticking with self titled.  Some more obscure Bands from UK.  1970 was a rich year in my collection.

Warhorse - s/t - Had original Deep Purple bass player Nicky Simper
Toe Fat - s/t - Had Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake future Uriah Heep
Rumplestiltskin - s/t - Had Herbie Flowers bass player did stuff with David Bowie and Lou Reed.  (Did bass on Walk on Wild Side).
If - s/t
High Tide - s/t
Freedom - s/t - Had Procol Harum members Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison
McDonald & Giles: s/t - Original King Crimson members
Fotheringay: s/t - Maybe not so obscure as they were formed by Sandy Denny.

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Edited: I see Gracious was already added so removed it.  Couple more self titled but not from UK:

Drosselbart: s/t
Chilliwack: s/t


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T2 - It´ll All Wok Out In Boomland (great psych prog album)
Marsupilami - Marsupilami (preogresive rock masterpiece)
Web - I spider (another underrated gem)
Nosferatu - Nosferatu (Kraut rock)
Cressida - Cressida (classic prog with canterburyan sound)
Out Of Focus - Wake Up (kraut rock, fusion)
Fairfiled Parlour - From Home To Home (baroque prog rteally beautiful, ex Kaledoiscope Uk menbers here)
It´s All Meat - It´s All Meat (psych - garage rock)
Maquina - Why (super group from Spain, excellent jazz rock meets progresive)


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I like DrWu's list much better than mine, seeing as I was limited to choosing only three obscure favourites. Smile
Psych Paul, this is because he is breaking the rules which say three albums per forum user. LOL
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The list of obscure 1970 albums so far:
*w/ Progmind' suggestions added*

Audience - 'Friend's Friend's Friend'
Out of Focus - 'Wake Up'
Sweet Smoke - 'Just a Poke'
Supertramp - S/T
Aardvark - S/T
Armageddon - S/T
Asterix - S/T
Delivery - 'Fools Meeting'
Third Ear Band - 'Elements'
Bachdenkel - 'Lemmings'
Ginger Baker's Air Force - 'Ginger Baker's Air Force'
Titus Groan - 'Titus Groan'
The Groundhogs - 'Thank Christ for the Bomb'
Alice Cooper - 'Easy Action'
MC5 - 'Back in the USA'
Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti - 'Magneettimiehen kuolema'
Wigwam - 'Tombstone Valentine'
Apollo - S/T
Czar - S/T
Locomotive - 'We Are Everything...'
Gravy Train - S/T
Gracious - '!'
Elias Hulk - 'Unchained'
Steamhammer - 'Mountains'
Haystacks Balboa - S/T
Jody Grind - 'Far Canal'
May Blitz - S/T
Aguaturbia - 'Aguaturbia 2'
Sally Eaton - 'Farewell American Tour'
Ruth Copeland - 'Self Portrait'
Robert Wyatt - 'End of an Ear'
Egg - 'Egg'
Alice Coltrane - 'Journey in Satchidananda'
T2 - 'It´ll All Wok Out In Boomland'
Marsupilami - 'Marsupilami'
Web - 'I spider'
Nosferatu - S/T
Cressida - S/T
Fairfiled Parlour - 'From Home To Home'
It´s All Meat - 'It's All Meat'
Maquina - 'Why'


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Originally posted by Spaciousmind Spaciousmind wrote:

Originally posted by Hiram Hiram wrote:

Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti - Magneettimiehen kuolema
He has a beautiful voice.  Can't understand a word but love the album.  Sad that he died so soon in life.

That is very true. 

Can I add one more? Exuma's self-titled debut is mind-blowing. 
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Robert Wyatt - End of an Ear
Egg - Egg
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
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Originally posted by Hiram Hiram wrote:

Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti - Magneettimiehen kuolema
Wigwam - Tombstone Valentine
Apollo - Apollo

He has a beautiful voice.  Can't understand a word but love the album.  Sad that he died so soon in life.
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I like DrWu's list much better than mine, seeing as I was limited to choosing only three obscure favourites. Smile

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 12 2021 at 09:12
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