I already have all of the Beatles albums, Zeppelin III and IV, all Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, some Who, some Rolling Stones, and a few others. I was hoping you could give me some advice on what else I should buy. I love all music from this era so anything you think is good or you believe everybody should have, let me know so I can check it out. List your top 5 or 10 albums. Thanks.
2006-12-04 05:33:32 · 10 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
hawkwind, motorhead, blue oyster cult, pentagram, patti smith group.
my top 5...
2006-12-04 05:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by migh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can follow the advice previously given if you want to stay strictly on the (over) beaten path. Here are some more original selections:
1. MC5 - Back in the USA or High Time
2. The Stooges - Fun House or Raw Power
3. T-Rex - The Slider
4. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
5. Roxy Music - Siren or Country Life
6. Love - Forever Changes
7. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City (1st two albums on 1 cd)
8. Velvet Underground - "Banana" album or White Light/White Heat or Loaded
9. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes or Mott
If you get into it, change all the "ors" to "ands" - you won't be disappointed!
2006-12-04 06:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by Murgatroyd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Led Zeppelin - Remasters
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Elvis Presley - Love, Elvis
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the moon
The Beatles - 1
Genisis (all of them are good)
Dream Theater (all of them (they are closer to 90's bt they are the only active band that still plays songs Pink Floyd style and Van Halen style)
(n.b. all of these albums were recorded very recently but the song arent)
2006-12-04 05:42:51 · answer #3 · answered by FEK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Wall by Pink Floyd
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Timepieces by Eric Clapton
Hotel California by The Eagles
All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
2006-12-04 05:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by SueInBoston 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hotel California by The Eagles
The River by Bruce Springsteen
2006-12-04 05:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aerosmith
KISS
Def Leppard
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pink Floyd
2006-12-04 05:42:05 · answer #6 · answered by Carrie W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well my personal favorite bands from that era are Van Halen, Blue Oyster Cult, Queen, and Journey, to give you an idea where I'm coming from. That said, you probably don't need us to recommend albums like A Night at the Opera, Boston, Dark Side of the Moon, Aqualung, Surrealistic Pillow, etc. Anyone who listens to the bands you mentioned is already either going to have those albums or know about them. So here's a few other albums I'd recommend that in most cases you'll probably never hear on classic rock radio:
"Bridge of Sighs" (Robin Trower) - Trower was at one time the guitarist for Procul Harem, one of the early prog rock bands (and worth a listen in their own right). He started a solo career in the early 70's, and Bridge of Sighs from 1974 is a classic. Very bluesy/psychedelic sound, and his guitar playing never sounded better.
"Under the Big Black Sun" (X) - X was one of the seminal west coast punk bands, but they actually had more musical talent then your average punks, and their mentor was the Doors' Ray Manzarek, who produced their early albums and even played keyboard for them on a few songs. I have all four of their Manzarek-produced albums, but "Under the Big Black Sun" from 1982 is my favorite. It's more melodic then their first two albums, so it's more accessible if you're not really into hardcore punk, but it's still got plenty of bite and attitude and every track rocks.
"Jailbreak" (Thin Lizzy) - An exception to the "you won't hear it on the radio" rule, this is the album that has "The Boys are Back in Town", TL's one huge hit. Too bad they never play the rest of the album, because most of the other tracks are just as good. Thin Lizzy is one of the most underappreciated hard rock bands of the 70's. They had several really good albums, but this is the one to start with.
"Born Under a Bad Sign" (Albert King) - a lot of the early rock bands built on the work of the blues guitar giants of the 50's and 60's, like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and the late, great Albert King. Not only is "Bad Sign" a fantastic album, sometimes credited with singlehandedly "saving" the blues as a commerically viable form of music, but it was a *massive* influence on an entire generation of rockers when it came out in 1967, from Hendrix and Clapton to Stevie Ray Vaughn.
"Armageddon" (Armageddon) - The self-titled debut album from an ill-fated band. Armageddon was not quite a supergroup; the members had previously been part of the Yardbirds, the Edgar Winter Group, and Steamhammer. This album came out in 1975, and it was immediately hailed as a classic. Terrific psychedelic hard rock. Then the singer (ex-Yardbird Keith Relf) accidentally electrocuted himself, and that was the end of the group. They never even had a chance to tour. The album's a bit of a collector's item, and it seems to go in and out of print these days, but definitely give it a listen if you can find a copy.
"We're Only In It for the Money" (Frank Zappa) - This was Zappa's response to Sergeant Pepper's, released in 1968, and it's a hilarious skewering of both the hippies and the straights. It's rock, but probably not like anything you've heard before; Zappa was both a gifted musician and a brilliant satirist, and not at all afraid to experiment with both. His first album, "Freak Out!" (1966), is also a personal favorite, and might be more accesible to a first-time listener, especially the sequence that makes a complete mockery out of those teenybopper love songs that always seem to dominate the pop charts.
"Photos of Ghosts" (PFM) - PFM (short for Premiata Forneria Marconi) is an almost-forgotten Italian prog rock band, but they made a few good albums in their prime. This one, from 1973, is by far my favorite of theirs. It was their first English-language album and they had to sing the lyrics phonetically, but it actually works well with the atmosphere of the songs. I like to describe PFM as what Yes might have sounded like if Yes hadn't taken themselves quite so seriously.
Good question! I love that era of music myself, and there were a lot of bands doing a lot of very cool stuff back then.
2006-12-06 18:19:01 · answer #7 · answered by joby27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Areosmith, Cream and Janis Joplin
2006-12-04 05:41:39 · answer #8 · answered by Jody 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lynard Skynard greatest hits is good. Tom petty, Steve miller band, Greatful dead, The Doors are kick ***.
2006-12-04 05:44:54 · answer #9 · answered by Andrea F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
KISS, they are the greatest band in the world
2006-12-04 05:39:00 · answer #10 · answered by Benji 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋