1970s Music Posts

Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
see for miles and miles and miles

London Calling
The Clash
I live by the river

Rhythm Revolution
Ferry Djimmy
African funk lost classic

Siren
Roxy Music
get your roxy off

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
expectations are a bitch

Marquee Moon
Television
rudimentary postpunk

Released
Jade Warrior
proggy went a courtin

Ommadawn
Mike Oldfield
no tubes, no bells

3
Blood Sweat And Tears
better than it has any right to be

2112
Rush
air drum central

Morning Dance
Spyro Gyra
not a classic, but a great museum piece

Citadel
Starcastle
a better 70s prog record than GPT could create

African Scream Contest compilation
Analog Africa
A record collector walks into an African record shop...

Fancy Dancer
Bobbi Humphrey
bring the mother-fluting ruckus

Sail On Sailor 1972
The Beach Boys
an odd historical document

Everybody's In Show-Biz
The Kinks
a side-branch of the British Invasion family tree

Interface
Heldon
pre-post-rock

Super Ape
The Upsetters
weird and fundamental

Gula Matari
Quincy Jones
a true renaissance man

On The Corner
Miles Davis
ambient, abstract fusion

Spirit
Earth Wind & Fire
funky grocery store music

Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group
ruthlessly calm early modern jazz

Van Halen
Van Halen
The debut of an odd and singular force in hard rock

Dire Straits
Dire Straits
a strong debut for a soon-to-be-great band

Tapestry
Carole King
another brick in the foundation of American music

Guru Guru
Guru Guru
psychedelic kosmische rock

Commodores
The Commodores
AKA the one with Brick House and Easy on it

All Mod Cons
The Jam
punks start to grow up

801 Live
The 801
A rockin evening with Manzanera and Eno

Mental Notes
Split Enz
The art rock beginnings of a new wave band

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Devo
nerdy art punk against capitalism

Horses
Patti Smith
we are not worthy