LOST CLASSICS of the 70’s
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Topic: LOST CLASSICS of the 70’s
Posted By: DallasBryan
Subject: LOST CLASSICS of the 70’s
Date Posted: September 24 2005 at 14:12
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Use this thread to talk about LOST ROCK CLASSICS
of the 1970's! Ill start 
TRAPEZE - MEDUSA With everyone in the world even today having Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies, Deep Purple's Machine Head and Led Zeppelin's IV in their collections. Trapeze - Medusa is grossly underrated and could become extinct in the next generation. A CLASSIC! 
JOHNNY WINTER - STILL ALIVE AND WELL With no Johnny Winter blues rock there would have been no STEVIE RAY VAUGHN! After Janis, Jim and Jimi died Johnny comes out with a bold statement that could be lost in the future! A CLASSIC!
Your turn 
------------------- I was there 
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 16:16
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Great thread! Cactus- CACTUS: This seems like one of the heaviest rock albums ever made in the 70s- the riffs are really sludgy and the vocals are terrifically rough! Montrose- MONTROSE: This album's influence has been underplayed for some time, as it defined the new style of metal- shorter, hook based songs to go along with the usual musical bombast of metal. A huge influence on Van Halen, to name but one band. Atomic Rooster- DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU: A great excursion with macabre lyrics, masses of solos and bluesy vocals. An influence on the death metal genre. Rory Gallagher- pretty much anything, but IRISH TOUR '74 is one of the great live albums from one of the finest blues guitarists ever. Far better than most of Clapton's solo work in my opinion! Robin Trower- BRIDGE OF SIGHS: some truly awesome,Hendrix derived riffing with incredible blues/soul vocals by the late great Jim Dewar. A classic. Pink Fairies- NEVER NEVER LAND: a space rock classic to rival Hawkwind at their best. Grand Funk Railroad- LIVE ALBUM: a really raw and heavy rock live album. Mountain- TWIN PEAKS: same as above. Toe Fat- TOE FAT: grungy riffs, bluesy vocals- top stuff! Leafhound- GROWERS OF MUSHROOM: one of the rarest albums of the 70s, but one hell of an album- riffs aplenty! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 11:23
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Didn't Purple's Glenn Hughes come from Trapeze? I've only heard one of their songs on a compilation. Montrose - great first album, possibly the worst album cover of all time. Rory Gallagher - saw him at Hammersmith Odeon. Great stuff. Robin Trower - yeah, Bridge of Sighs is great. Mountain - some good stuff. However the great lost rock classic of the 1970s is LONE STAR. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 28 2005 at 13:22
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To Salmacis : don't forget : one way or another by Cactus, imho a bit better than ' Cactus '. Anybody know Sir Lord Baltimore with the album Kingdom Come ? A great record Australian rock : Buffalo with Volcanic Rock ! See for more info on Sir Lord Baltimore and others :http://www.headheritage.co.uk/
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: September 28 2005 at 16:57
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Some real obscurities there Glass House. I have another superb album- 'Stray' by Stray, which is an absolutely incredible album as it mingles prog with seriously heavy rock. Sadly, most of their other work is humdrum in comparison. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 30 2005 at 11:54
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More groups : Electric Food, Mint Tattoo, Lincoln st.Exit, Jerusalem, Sleepy John !!!!!!!! The search has started for Stray, Salmacis. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: September 30 2005 at 12:04
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"Love It to Death" by Alice Copper: Not prog, but great rock ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 08:24
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STONE THE CROWS
70's scottish blues rock band featuring Maggie Bell as lead vocal -nicknamed the scottish Joplin- This band featured a great guitarist who died on stage at the peak of the band's success. This band was produced by Led zep's producer. 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 17:11
Jefferson Starship: Freedom At Point Zero... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:25
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I've been very disapointed by the few i know from Jefferson Starship, but maybe this one is good.
It's like Hot tuna, compared to the Dead. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 04:32
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Too many for me!!! no need to make an endless list ------------- 
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:08
| Do you think about classic rock or prog or psyche? |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:18
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I think about two rock songs: "Cowgirl in the sand" from Neil Young and "Fly tommorow" by John Mayall.
Two gems, both with fantastic guitar. |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:27
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progressive music in general (rock or not) -------------
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 05:33
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Sweet smoke live 74
Unknown prog gem 
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 06:18
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...just listen to Neil young/"down by the river" piece.
A must have with excellent guitar. 
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: October 06 2005 at 23:14
| Jefferson Starship - Dragonfly is almost classic, Octopus is pretty good too! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 07:16
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Lest we forget 'Spooky Tooth'...
Great blues rock band with growling Hammond (despite the fact their last guitarist left to form Foreigner...  )------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: October 07 2005 at 11:33
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As much as I love Spooky Tooth's albums, I think their best work was in the '60s. However, I like all of their work- 'The Mirror' is a great album! I also like Savoy Brown's 'Street Corner Talking' a great deal as well. |