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    Posted: January 09 2025 at 11:41

I was quite fond of Blues-Rock in the 1980s, but it's definitely not one of my favourite genres today. If I include though some albums which I think of as being on the borderline between Blues-Rock and Psychedelic Rock, then I can have a top 10. That is when also including one of my favourite albums in the '80s, which I'm not so fond of anymore but enough to wanting keep it in my collection instead of just getting rid of it.
But here they are, in alphabetical order:

Big Brother & The Holding Company  (USA)  -  Cheap Thrills  (1968)

Blind Faith  (UK)  -  Blind Faith    (1969)

Breakout  (PL)  -  70a    (1970)

J.J.Cale  (USA)  -  Troubadour   (1976)

Cream  (UK)  -  Disraeli Gears    (1967)

Cream  -  Wheels of Fire  (1968)

Robben Ford  (USA)  -  Talk to Your Daughter   (1988)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience  (USA)  -  Electric Ladyland  (1968)

The Rolling Stones  (UK)  -  Sticky Fingers   (1971)

Ten Years After  (UK)  -  Rock & Roll Music To The World  (1972)    



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Well, since we're going to ignore all the actual blues masters, then here's 15 blues-rock albums in no particular order...

Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
The Groundhogs - Split
Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
Ten Years After - Recorded Live (1973)
Led Zeppelin - III
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at the El Mocambo
The Doors - LA Woman
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Johnny Winter - Second Winter
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood / The Sky is Crying
Buddy Guy - Damn Right I’ve Got the Blues
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Led Zeppelin - Zoso / Led Zeppelin 1
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres / Eliminator
Johnny Winter -Johnny Winter And
John Lee Hooker - Hooker and Heat
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Trouble Is
Lonnie Johnson - Blues and Ballads
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Led Zeppelin 1
Led Zeppelin - 2
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
Cream  -  Disraeli Gears 
The Doors - LA Woman
Free- Tons of Sobs
The Rolling Stones- Black and Blue
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Albert Collins - Live At Montreux 1992
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (or Band Of Gypsys tbh)
Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight
Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man
Muddy Waters - Electric Mud
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
Santana - Santana 3
War - The World Is A Ghetto

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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Led Zeppelin - 2

I could certainly list this one as well. Smile



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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Led Zeppelin 1
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Free- Tons of Sobs

These are great indeed! ClapThumbs Up
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I enjoy a lot Breakout's 70a which I can think of as a kind of progressive Blues-Rock. 
Here's a track about the bloody tradition of bull fighting:

 

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From my relativiely limited exposure/knowledgde, here's ten favorites:

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk (1967)
Jethro Tull - Stand Up (1969)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Clear Spot (1972)
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
Cream - Wheels of Fire (1968)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
J.J. Cale - 5 (1979)
Leon Russell - Carney (1972)
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Shuggie Otis - Freedom Flight
Love that album, but think of it as Psychedelic Soul/Funk, more than Blues Rock.
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My favorite blues rock bands: Johnny Winter And-Live
                                               Savoy Brown Blues Band- Raw Sienna
                                               Ten Years After- Shhh (I got to see them right before it came out, WOW      0
                                               Yardbirds-Having a Rave Up   
                                               Jeff Beck Group-Ola
                                               Cactus-One Way Or Another
                                               John Mayall-Blues From Laural Canyon
                                               Grateful Dead- 1st
                                               Todd Rundgren-Todd Rundgren's Johnson
                                               B.B. King-Indeola Mississippi Seeds
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In terms of what I actually own:
Stray Dog (featuring Snuffy Walden) . They were on ELP's Manticore label in the seventies and their debut is great
Derek and The Dominoes - Layla and Other Love Songs (classic!)
Led Zep II

and literally I'm out at this point. I did think of listing a bunch of Tull albums but that might be trolling lol.
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Ten Years After's Rock & Roll Music To The World has quite special sound, and I've been very fond of this album since its release in 1972. 
Not least this track:

                          


Edited by David_D - January 16 2025 at 10:00
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