70s Bands - Recommendations please

Phil_aka_Pip

@Nitefly wis for Colosseum

plus: Atomic Rooster

Nitefly

Phil_aka_Pip said:

@Nitefly wis for Colosseum

plus: Atomic Rooster

Ta Phil - sadly @StageStruck beat me to it while I was typing!

Phil_aka_Pip

ELP
Stackridge
Carole King
James Taylor
Cat Stevens
Lindisfarne

EricTheWeary

Les Truncheon and the Luncheon Men.
Bob Carolgees' Fist of Metal. 
Spurt. 
The Trevor Broadmoor Gang . 
Brown Paisley. 
The Trimphone Experience. 

Reverend

EricTheWeary said:

Les Truncheon and the Luncheon Men.
Bob Carolgees' Fist of Metal. 
Spurt. 
The Trevor Broadmoor Gang . 
Brown Paisley. 
The Trimphone Experience. 

Can't believe you missed out Spangle Strike and the first Polyester Powercut lp.

EricTheWeary

Reverend said:

EricTheWeary said:

Les Truncheon and the Luncheon Men.
Bob Carolgees' Fist of Metal. 
Spurt. 
The Trevor Broadmoor Gang . 
Brown Paisley. 
The Trimphone Experience. 

Can't believe you missed out Spangle Strike and the first Polyester Powercut lp.

Ahh, wisdom awarded. 

fandango

EricTheWeary said:

Les Truncheon and the Luncheon Men.
Bob Carolgees' Fist of Metal. 
Spurt. 
The Trevor Broadmoor Gang . 
Brown Paisley. 
The Trimphone Experience. 

Now now that's just silly.

EricTheWeary

fandango said:

EricTheWeary said:

Les Truncheon and the Luncheon Men.
Bob Carolgees' Fist of Metal. 
Spurt. 
The Trevor Broadmoor Gang . 
Brown Paisley. 
The Trimphone Experience. 

Now now that's just silly.

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fandango

But let me add:

Little Feat
The Motors
Ted Nugent ... The Amboy Dukes
Highway Robbery
Bread ... David Gates
Keith Jarrett
Earth Wind & Fire
Fu Manchu
and
Focus

TonyR

I’m surprised nobody has said Mud or Showaddywaddy!  

How about:

• Barclay James Harvest
• The Jam
• Mike Oldfield

JezWynd

Kevin Ayers

richardhomer

The first two Dire Straits albums were released in the 70s - great songs, lovely playing - timeless good music....

Reverend

Some more albums to check out.

Ashbury - Endless Skies
Winterhawk - Revival
Beowulf - Slice of Life
Sorcery - Stunt Rock
Faithful Breath - Up On My Hill

Also check out Point Blank, Axe, Strife, New England, Yesterday & Today (first y&t albums),  first couple of Riot, Bow Wow, Accept and Journey lps

beed84

When I said recommendations, I wasn’t expecting pretty much every artist from that decade to be mentioned. At this rate, I’ve got enough to keep me going until 2070!

pintspiller

The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette 

SCMIV

Captain Beyond - 'Captain Beyond' (one part first line-up Deep Purple, one part Iron Butterfly)
 Mott - 'Brain Capers' / 'Mott' (overlooked all the same, with no good reason)
Blue Oyster Cult - first three albums ('Blue Oyster Cult' / 'Tyranny and Mutation' / 'Secret Treaties')
Radio Birdman - 'Radios Appear' / 'Living Eyes' (bridging the proto/punk divide, like the MC5 doing the Doors)

telehack

@SCMIV radio birdman!! So happy to see them mentioned. I love that band. I’ve got “essential radio birdman”.

SimonC

Thotch

Bryan Kwee and Kumquat 

Phil_aka_Pip

Spooky Tooth
Gnidrolog

although IIRC both were started in the 60s, but active in the early 70s

scrumhalf

Creedence, a "best of" comes close to perfection.