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Essential Rock Albums of the 60s and 70s

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  1. RocketFan007

    RocketFan007 Contributing Member

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    I've been listening to a lot of 60s rock lately, so I was looking to compile a list of the must have albums from the period. I'll start the list with these two:

    Beatles - Revolver (although every Beatles album belongs on the list)
    Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
     
    #1 RocketFan007, Jul 6, 2008
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    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    KISS Alive (1975)
     
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    dandorotik Contributing Member

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    Led Zeppelin IV
    Who's Next
    The Beatles
    Let It Bleed

    There's a start.
     
    #3 dandorotik, Jul 6, 2008
  4. FlyerFanatic

    FlyerFanatic YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!?! YEEEHAAWW
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    all led zeppelin
    whos next- the who
    all beatles
    all pink floyd
    frampton comes alive
     
    #4 FlyerFanatic, Jul 6, 2008
  5. Lynus302

    Lynus302 Contributing Member

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    It should be assumed that anything by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix be included in this list.

    Heavy Metal is born:
    Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - 1970
    Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1971
     
    #5 Lynus302, Jul 6, 2008
  6. mc mark

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    Oh lord....

    Forever Changes - Love
    The Great Conspiracy - Peanut butter Conspiracy.
    Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
    Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
    The Band – The Band
    Boston – Boston
    Bayou Country - Credence Clearwater Revival
    Moon dance - Van Morrison
    Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
    Who’s Next – The Who
    Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
    Blue - Joni Mitchell
    13th Floor Elevators – 13 Floor Elevators
    Ashes Are Burning – Renaissance
    In Search of the Lost Chord – The Moody Blues
    Without Rhyme or Reason – Spanky and Our Gang
    Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake And Palmer
    Close To The Edge - Yes
    Lost Dreams - Electric Prunes
    No Way Out - The Chocolate Watchband

    Honorable mention

    Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 - Various Artists

    That should get you started…
     
    #6 mc mark, Jul 7, 2008
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    fixed and /thread.
     
    #7 meggoleggo, Jul 7, 2008
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    Blind Faith-S/T is a peach
     
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    High Voltage (1976)
    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
    Let There Be Rock (1977)
    Powerage (1978)
    Highway to Hell (1979)
     
    #9 Fatty FatBastard, Jul 7, 2008
  10. Deckard

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    You could browse through this book and get a sense of a significant spectrum of the rock of the 1960's -

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    More later.
     
    #10 Deckard, Jul 7, 2008
  11. BMoney

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    Don't forget the Kinks. From "Something Else," "Village Green Preservation Society," to "Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire") and "Lola vs. Powerman," they had one of the best runs of great albums in a row ever. Every David Bowie album in the seventies is essential, too. You obviously must get every Bob Dylan album through "Blood on the Tracks."
     
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    Gong est mort...Vive Gong! - Gong (1977)
    Monster Movie - Can (1968)
    Entertainment! - Gang of Four (1979)
    Hawkwind - Hawkwind (1970)
    Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
    Talking Heads: 77 - Talking Heads (1977)
    Damned, Damned, Damned - The Damned (1977)
    Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! - Devo (1978)
    The Ventures in Space - The Ventures (1964)
    Surfer's Choice - Dick Dale and his Del-Tones (1962)


    of course...

    Led Zeppelin through Physical Graffiti
    Pink Floyd through The Final Cut
    KISS through Destroyer
    13th Floor Elevators
    Black Sabbath through Masters of Reality

    actually...I give up...there are too many "essential" rock albums from the aforementioned decades.

    good luck.
     
    #12 the futants, Jul 7, 2008
  13. basso

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    go your way, i'll go mine...

    [​IMG]
     
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    Dark Side of the moon
     
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    Agreed re: Kinks and Bowie. But with Dylan, why stop just before "Desire?" I'd include "Street Legal" too, but "Desire" is essential. I'd say "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid," "Self Portrait," "Dylan" (which was never even released on CD) and maybe even "New Morning" are less so.

    My essential Dylan from 60s and 70s goes like this:

    "Bob Dylan"
    "Freewheeling Bob Dylan"
    "Times They Are A'Changing"
    "Another Side of Bob Dylan"
    "Bringing it all Back Home"
    "Highway 61 Revisited"
    "Blonde on Blonde"
    "The Basement Tapes"
    "John Wesley Harding"
    "Nashville Skyline"
    "New Morning"
    "Planet Waves"
    "Before the Flood"
    "Blood on the Tracks"
    "Desire"
    "Hard Rain"
    "Street Legal"
     
    #15 Batman Jones, Jul 7, 2008
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    [​IMG]​
     
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    The Velvet Underground and Nico -- Velvet Underground

    Rock 'n' Roll Animal -- Lou Reed

    Eat a Peach -- Allman Brothers

    Live at the Fillmore East -- Allman Brothers

    Rockin' The Fillmore -- Humble Pie
     
    #17 Mango, Jul 7, 2008
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    Ziggy Stardust- David Bowie

    Hunky Dory- David Bowie

    T. Rex- T. Rex

    A New World Record- Electric Light Orchestra

    Out of the Blue- Electric Light Orchestra

    The Evil One- Roky Erickson and the Aliens (actually released in early 80's it was recorded in '79 and should still very much be the type of rock you are looking for)
     
    #18 Bigpetelikeiron, Jul 7, 2008
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    I listened to this on the 4th. I'd fogotten how amazing that record is.
     
    #19 mc mark, Jul 7, 2008
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    Keeping it trimmed down as much as possible, everything of course is my opinion only:

    Led Zep I-IV, Houses of the Holy
    The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon
    Rumours
    Toys in the Attic
    Bridge over Troubled Water
    Born to Run
    Yellow Submarine
    Are You Experienced
    Exodus
     
    #20 emjohn, Jul 7, 2008
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