"Hard rock" LPs of 72
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Topic: "Hard rock" LPs of 72
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Subject: "Hard rock" LPs of 72
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 11:27
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Hard rock as it was known back then or heavy rock as we called it when I was a kid which was all about the sound created rather than pigeonholing bands into genres. There are some obvious bands missing but that's because they didn't release an album in 72. Yes King Crimson are there. Have you heard Earthbound? It's a monster. Also don't think that the order reflects my own favourites, as my top 5 would be Uriah Heep Scorpions Black Sabbath November Slade
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 11:31
| Monsieur Vincent Damon Furnier |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 11:33
Actually, I think it was probably the very first hard rock song I heard....and we went nuts, I was 11 at the time and hearing those lyrics....man.
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hellogoodbye wrote:Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 11:48
| Captain Beyond, without a doubt |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 11:55
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Machine Head. My taste in hard rock is somewhat limited, but I've always found Deep Purple intriguing. The keyboard and guitar work by Jon Lord and Richie Blackmore respectively being a big attraction. Only minus is the fact that it contains "Smoke on the Water". Not that it's a bad song, far from it, but I grew up in a time when it was played WAY too much - also by unmusical school kids who could just manage to play the iconic riff.
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:02
Yes, Smoke has been played to death over the decades, so it almost feels embarrassing to listen to it, especially in the car in summer at high volume with the windows down :) Still a fantastic album BUT my fav DP album is "In Rock"
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:02
It is bloody good, isn't it!
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:04
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Vol. 4 is my favorite out of these nice poll BTW
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:05
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I think I agree on In Rock ("Child in Time" is probably my favourite Purple track), but Fireball is not bad either :) |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:10
Thank you.
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:10
Child in Time is easily the best DP song of all time and my favourite too.
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:16
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Lonesome Crow is a great album but tends to get overlooked in favour of the absolutely stunning album they released 3 years later, "In Trance". Now if we're going to talk about 70s hard/heavy rock in general, then "In Trance" is in the top 10. It is the benchmark that a lot of current retro-heavy and stoner bands in Europe measure themselves against. If you have never heard it, do yourself a favour. Here's a link to Evening Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=032H_jdkABs
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:22
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I almost went with Captain Beyond...or Argus.....but my friend and employee wanted to choose Sabbath vol 4....so there it is. ;) oh...and BOC is a killer album also...a unique band and a unique cover art and music. I recall when it first came out and my brother and his roommate were playing it while we were stoned and cars passed his house in Bloomington at IU on the way to the football game at the stadium.  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:28
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:31
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November from Sweden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_JK1mObnVo
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:49
| I'm not very familiar with some of these, I went for DP. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 12:55
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Black Sabbath Vol. 4. Great album. ------------- 
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 13:05
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Purple.... then Sabbath ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 13:31
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Alice Cooper - "School's Out" 1972 I think Alice Cooper (band) had hit their stride as a band, At this time they were firing on all cylinders. While I more prefer the two albums that preceded and followed "Schools Out" ( Killer (1971) & Billion Dollar Babies (1973)), S.O. showed that they worked well together. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 13:55
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Some bands' albums on this poll are their first, others' are a few albums in. Seems a tad unfair. Either way, Sabbath is probably going to take this one. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 13:56
Well said!  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 14:07
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Always had a soft spot for Lonesome Crow. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 14:32
| Alice Cooper. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 14:46
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Vol IV is my fave Sabbath album and gets the vote... ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 14:56
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Difficult one, so a good poll. I went for Vol 4, always my favourite Sabs LP. A classic of its kind. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 15:19
Not unfair at all as it isn't a competition between bands, it is simply for you to pick your favourite of these from 1972. It is all about "the vibe of the year" BUT don't worry, the poll you are looking for is around the corner. I've just had trouble posting it, I'm on my thrid attempt now ;)
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 16:16
Apologies, I had a momentary lapse of reason. It is indeed about the year! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 16:18
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Alice Cooper. School's Out was one, if not the first, hard rock albums I heard. So while I overall prefer Machine Head from this group, went with Cooper for sentimental reasons... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 16:19
No problem, but that is a crap album.... ;)
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 16:26
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LOL ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 21:09
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Holy crap, lots of killer albums in that list. Demons & Wizards by a hair over about a half dozen others. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 22:33
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The Coop, followed by Vol. 4 and Machine Head ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: January 21 2019 at 22:53
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BOC. Could've been Vol4 as it has my favourite Sabbath number on.
Machine Head is awesome and never rate a song based on what other people
do with it. It's not the fault of the song or band. Heep's wonderful,
as is Captain Beyond. What were their record company doing not trying to
promote such an ideal (for the times) band? |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 03:56
| some strong albums here, I'll go with Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 04:46
Good man...but it is really close for me too.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 04:49
| Argus from this list, but I could think of In Rock or Rising or Paranoid if they'd been on the list. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 05:02
it's a 1972 poll, none of the ones you mention are from that year.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 05:30
| From the list, Argus all the way! But where is Budgie's excellent Squawk? |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 08:13
It's a real gem. I was completely unaware of Captain Beyond until I read an interview with Doug Pinnick of Kings X and he mentioned loving this record. I went right out and found a copy. I wasn't disappointed. Too bad the subsequent efforts by the band weren't as good. From the list I also really like Argus, and Cream (hard not to like any Cream). I've never been able to get into Uriah Heep and Deep Purple beyond a few songs. And BOC is a band that I want to love but other than a handful of songs, don't. I keep trying though. I do need to revisit Black Sabbath Vol 4 though. Thin Lizzy is another one I need to dig into. Never really had any use for Alice Cooper but seeing as how School's Out has six votes maybe I should check it out. I do enjoy Halo of Flies off the Killer album. The prog dabblings of Alice Cooper seem much more interesting to me than the strait forward rock stuff.
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Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: January 22 2019 at 10:11
Yea, sorry about that man. But I included them in the Heavy Third poll.
I just didn't have them in mind as they were never a band I listened to and still don't |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 29 2019 at 19:29
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Captain ------------- |