70s Bands - Recommendations please

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AlexC

Here’s a list of the best selling albums of the 70s in the UK. So - the charts, eh? Plays havoc with people’s memories of cool.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_1970s_in_the_United_Kingdom

scrumhalf

I don't know if he's been mentioned but no list of worthwhile 70s acts can be complete without including Rory Gallagher.

Philly_Q

I spent the train journey home trying to think of obscure stuff from the early to mid-'70s.  This is mostly prog/psychedelic, a bit of proto-doom and stoner.... some British, some American, one Greek.

Leaf Hound, Warhorse, Captain Beyond, Aphrodite's Child, Necromandus, Sir Lord Baltimore, Pavlov's Dog, Tempest.

Oh, and I have to mention the Good Rats.  Who shouldn't be obscure, they were great.

ICBM

AlexC said:

Here’s a list of the best selling albums of the 70s in the UK. So - the charts, eh? Plays havoc with people’s memories of cool.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_1970s_in_the_United_Kingdom

I’ve got 21 of those . And would have another half dozen of the greatest hits compilations except that I have all the original albums by those artists...

tone1

Ah...my 70’s Childhood listening....Bread, Beach Boys, Carpenters, Mama’s & Papas, Helen Ready, Nick Drake, Quo, 

Fretwired

The Allman Brothers
Rush
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Van Der Graf Generator
Frank Zappa
UFO
Scorpions
Roxy Music
The Cars
Thin Lizzy
Cheap Trick
Chicago (early albums)

AlexC

ICBM said:

AlexC said:

Here’s a list of the best selling albums of the 70s in the UK. So - the charts, eh? Plays havoc with people’s memories of cool.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_1970s_in_the_United_Kingdom

I’ve got 21 of those . And would have another half dozen of the greatest hits compilations except that I have all the original albums by those artists...

Just counted... I’ve got 13 of them, including Best Of Leo Sayer.  And I don’t care about the nay sayers!

Philly_Q

AlexC said:

ICBM said:

AlexC said:

Here’s a list of the best selling albums of the 70s in the UK. So - the charts, eh? Plays havoc with people’s memories of cool.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_1970s_in_the_United_Kingdom

I’ve got 21 of those . And would have another half dozen of the greatest hits compilations except that I have all the original albums by those artists...

Just counted... I’ve got 13 of them, including Best Of Leo Sayer.  And I don’t care about the nay sayers!

I have owned 15 of them, but I sold my ELO albums, War of the Worlds and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack about 35 years ago.

Disco Fever may still be at my dad's house....

JezWynd

A few I don't think have been mentioned yet -

Fruupp
Stray
The Stawbs
Barclay Jaames Harvest
Edgar Broughton Band
Peter Hammill (from Van Der Graff)
Incredible String Band
Magna Carta
String Driven Thing (The Machine That Cried)

fandango

Deep Purple
Michael Schenker Group
Budgie
Allman Brothers (sorry if someone's already mentioned them)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Brinsley Schwarz
Tangerine Dream
early Fleetwood Mac
JJ Cale
Robert Calvert
Hawkwind
Talking Heads (again, sorry if already mentioned)

+1 for Stray
+1 for Jeff Beck
+1 Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - of course

JAYJO

scrumhalf said:

I don't know if he's been mentioned but no list of worthwhile 70s acts can be complete without including Rory Gallagher.

I watched part of a cd of his the other night. Live at Montreaux 75  and 77. Absolutely loved it. I didnt realise how good he was. Will be watching more at the weekend when the kids are in bed.  He just gets on with it. Amazing performer.

Jalapeno

+1 for Budgie, Alex Harvey, Rory

Man, Curved Air, Gong/Steve Hillage/Khan, Derek & The Dominoes, Early solo Eric - 461 Ocean Boulevard/Backless, Humble Pie, Steve Marriott, Hawkwind, JJ Cale, The Move, ELO, Dave Edmunds, Crusaders, early Larry Carlton, early U2, Bob Dylan '70s output was awesome,

Reverend

Bang
Sir Lord Baltimore
Granicus
Bloodrock
Fuzzy Duck
Dark
Night Sun
Crushed Butler
Jerusalem
Orangutang
Lucifer's Friend
Titanic
Tear Gas
Haystacks Balboa
Flying Hat Band and early Priest
Iron Claw
Mayblitz

scrumhalf

Seeing the name May Blitz reminds me that there are some great samplers out there of 70s music. I have no idea if/where you can get hold of them, but as a low-cost introduction to the music of the time they are perfect.

May Blits were on a Vertigo sampler I got which introduced me to this gem:

Gagaryn

ICBM said:

AlexC said:

Here’s a list of the best selling albums of the 70s in the UK. So - the charts, eh? Plays havoc with people’s memories of cool.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_the_1970s_in_the_United_Kingdom

I’ve got 21 of those . And would have another half dozen of the greatest hits compilations except that I have all the original albums by those artists...

I've a fair few - including Boney M!

StageStruck

Some good choices so far, think I've got a few that have slipped the net

Roy Wood's 70s output was pretty decent, The Move, ELO's 1st album, Wizzard & Solo stuff is all worth a look.
Colosseum - Bluesy Jazz-Rock
Badfinger - Classy Beatles influenced pop-rock
Brinsley Schwarz - Pub rock
ELF - Dio before he went full on rock
Hawkwind - A lot more to them than Silver Machine
Gerry Rafferty - His late 70s albums are excellent
Ronnie Lane (& Slim Chance) - Post Faces, more folk/pop influenced
Stone The Crows & Maggie Bell - Blues-rock, with powerful female vocals
Robin Trower - Hendrix influenced blues rock
Procol Harum - Their 70s output is great (& overlooked)
Mungo Jerry - Good-time jugband blues/folk/pop
Pink Fairies - Proto-punk stoners
Curved Air - Female fronted, classically inspired prog rock
Frumpy - German, Female fronted prog rock

Phil_aka_Pip

Osibisa

Nitefly

Try also:

Uriah Heep
Paladin
Gringo
Ten Wheel Drive
Argent
Patto
Colosseum