1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll! - VOTING THREAD! Closes Mar 8th 11.59 PM UK Time - All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME

I wish you and others had nominated plenty. I cant recall if we insisted on the rockier end or not.

I tried really hard to get into Grateful Dead. Listened to most of their albums, even watched a damn documentary. I still hate the majority of their stuff, so, F**k the Dead! ;)

AG who asked you to remove the anti-Rolling Stone portion of the title?

Iirc some people said it would not be suitable as RS loves zep,sabbath etc

Going back to yesterday's buttrock topic, is there any particular album by Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, etc. that anyone wants to talk up? Not makin fun, I enjoy most of 'em, just not sure if any one album stands out the most, other than Humble Pie's Smokin' which wasn't even nominated!

live album is the space ritual of buttrock

it was recorded in florida, that's all you need to know

Speaking of Rolling Stone, here's something from a 70s retrospective issue from 1990:
The Seventies Reconsidered: 50 Essential Albums of the Decade

I'm trying to do this, but there are two albums here with a strong claim to being my favourite of all time, and I honestly can't choose which should be my number one.

they're both by Speed, Glue & Shinki right?

Ha, no. I don't actually rate SG&S all that much, though one of those albums may make it into my unranked section if I feel like squandering my time on doing a full 100.

Iirc some people said it would not be suitable as RS loves zep,sabbath etc

They didn't in the 70s and they HATED Queen, Rush, AC/DC, and most American AOR (although they did like a lot of funk). But I still don't think "anti-RS" makes sense as a description of the aesthetic you're going for.

RS loved a lot of punk and proto-punk, for instance.

And listening again, "Zombie" does kind of rock hard so I'll withdraw my previous comment about it.

Which are the best 70s Isley Bros albums for guitar action?

The ones nominated!

emil.y you know viva is #1 in your mind!

What I meant was: out of the four Isleys albums on that list, what is the first (or first two) that I should check out?

"out of the FIVE..."

The Heat Is On and Go For Your Guns

3+3 is their best known 70s album obviously. The 1st with the younger brothers.

...if I feel like squandering my time on doing a full 100.

Squandered! This is time wisely spent! The results of this poll will be passed on, immortalized on sites like RYM, placed in time capsules, and someday your children's children will reference it in selecting their entertainment while languishing in their post-apocalyptic underground lairs.

Feel like the voting options are a bit broad and ambiguous here, literally anything could be nominated.

with 1000+ it kinda was

fastnbulbous only ilm dance polls get recognised in the blogosphere

There are dance polls?

the waltz won 5 polls running

(the 00s electronic poll i think got tweeted about by some dance magazines and lindstrom)

problem w/ fela shit is his stuff's been so reissued and repackaged based on original pressings that were already not very well documented in the first place. but I'm voting for roforo fight based on a version that in includes this smoldering gem:

http://youtu.be/gJ_uSSorbbw

Fastnbulbous, u shd listen to Kansas' first album though it is entirely possible you may hate it. Unlike Pantera (which is AG's perpetual joke about me), I actualy am kind of an embarrassingly huge Kansas fan. It happened when I was like 12 and too young to know better, and I've still never quite got over it, but I kind if feel like theur first album might be solid even from an objective vantage point.

emil.y, us one of your 2 fave albums by Faust?

I just got done listening to five consecutive albums by Golden Earring from 1969-73, so sure, why not!

Drugs A. Money likes Pantera?????????

Anyone like Kraan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7CiSqyja5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R9GzBUJJQA

Original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0m9DvyqrIU
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnrLT0uyNc

that's The Pink Fairies vs Motorhead btw (Larry Wallis was in both)

Going back to yesterday's buttrock topic, is there any particular album by Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, etc. that anyone wants to talk up? Not makin fun, I enjoy most of 'em, just not sure if any one album stands out the most, other than Humble Pie's Smokin' which wasn't even nominated!

I'm not sure why the self-titled (Red) Grand Funk album wasn't nominated. I'm guessing it was a date thing. I thought it was released in '70, but maybe it was '69. Either way, that one stands out to me. It is mind-blowingly amazing if anyone hasn't heard it.

Ah what the heck - I think I'm going to campaign for some stuff (what is the rule on youtube embeds in this thread now - not sure what to think when the organizer is breaking their own rules ;-) ) ...

You know ya wanna put these higher in your lists:
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny - If you don't rank this high, Halford will hold that last Victim of Changes coda wail and blow out all of the windows on the planet
Dead Boys - Young, Loud, and Snotty - Cheetah Chrome is such an under-rated guitar player - neck and neck with Ramones for funnest American first-wave punk songs
Truth & Janey- No Rest For The Wicked - seriously - all should give this a re-listen, I think the guitar work and general jamminess is on par with Captain Beyond - one of two ballot rankings I would change
DMZ - s/t - I want to go back and time and attend a party where this is the house band
Steel Mill - Green Eyed God - I want these guys to reform and play my wedding
The Groundhogs - Thank Christ For The Bomb - I ranked Split higher, but this was my Groundhogs gateway rekkid and it seriously slays
Khan - Space Shanty - If you're gonna pick one Canterbury rock rekkid - this is it
MX-80 Sound - Hard Attack - other ballot ranking I wish I would have changed - early wave of American post punk filled with fun sounds and ideas

point taken i wont embed anymore

Sad Wings is so great. Are you saying that Space Shanty is better than Soft Machine's Third, BIP?? I better listen to the whole thing then. I've heard (and liked) the title track + I love solo Hillage.

I'm the wrong guy to Pepsi challenge the 'Cant' Rock - just never really got Soft Machine (or Wyatt for that matter) - maybe someday it will click. But 'Angel's Egg' era Hillage playing (not even nominated - I rank it higher than teapot or you), his solo rekkids, or Space Shanty - that vibe just gets me. But I'm rockist at heart and am more likely to blast some Bad Brains or Budgie.

I think I'm also gonna throw down and campaign for the Betty Davis nominations - those records are seriously amongst my fave funk rock (not to mention she's the most awesome lady on the list of noms - I kinda get the gripes in another thread about not enough women on the list - I'll admit that I slept on the nominations, but dang, I just thought at least Blondie - Parallel Lines woulda made it).

cosign on sad wings of destiny, DMZ, and MX-80 sound

sad wings not only their best record of the 70s, it's their best record, period

Awesome Sad Wings t-shirts on ebay for like 10 bux - you know y'all wanna get one in time for the results ...

Word. Sad Wings is my favorite Priest, and pretty high up my ballot. Great reminders with MX-80 Sound (connection between Pere Ubu and The Fall?), DMZ and Dead Boys. My files of Hard Attack seem incomplete with just 8 tracks. It was a two-fer with the Big Hits EP, will have to check my CD when I get home to make sure I ripped it all.

Got my 'Hard Attack' vinyl at a Salvation Army in Chicago about 15 years ago (in great shape, too - it's like the record gods smiled and parted the sky that day). Got their followup 'out of the tunnel' at a CHIRP record fair for cheap too.

fyi it's getting reissued on vinyl this year

Superior Viaduct is honored to present Hard Attack's first-ever vinyl edition in the US. Mastered from the original analog tapes for the first time since 1977 and remixed by the band, this deluxe reissue will soon become the definitive version for longtime fans and newcomers alike. The singular and staggering innovation of MX-80 SOUND still harkens to rock's future potential.

http://www.superiorviaduct.com/mx80sound/

Nice, the same label that did The Sleepers. Did you see MX-80 play the Shellac-curated show at Logan Auditorium in '94?

BTW lol at the thread started just to piss and moan about this poll. It seems to have disappeared just now. Will they move on to protest the Rolling Metal thread?

another one?

why is a rockist 70s poll running? is still on ile

Ah, ILE. I thought it had been crushed by a mod or the rockist hegemony, e.g. swaggering thundercockz.

ONE WEEK TO GO
PLEASE READ ALL OF THE BELOW BEFORE VOTING

You can vote for a minimum of 20 and maximum of 100 albums, But you CANNOT VOTE FOR MORE THAN 3 ALBUMS BY THE ONE BAND UNLESS YOU FILL OUT A FULL BALLOT OF 100 THEN THERE IS NO LIMITS

You can choose to submit a weighted, unweighted or split ballot. Points will be assigned as follows: Weighted: 1st choice (top of the ballot) 260 points, then 245, 235, 225, 220, 215, 210, 205, 200, 195, 190, 188, 186, 184 and so on down to 2 points for 100th place. Unweighted: Every choice gets 113 points. Split: The top portion is treated as a weighted ballot and the remaining potential points total is divided equally among the bottom portion.

But It would be good if those who don't want to rank a full ballot would still rank the top 10 or 20 then do a split unranked ballot rather than pure unweighted.
It's entirely up to you but It's helpful for avoiding ties and the top albums deserves the points. So please try and rank part of your ballot. You know it looks better when albums have a #1.

Some may want to just vote for the heaviest or 'rockingest' tracks. They may wish to vote in the style of the 80s poll. Or you may just simply want to vote for your favourite albums in the list. It's entirely up to you. Just vote please!

Please make sure you copy and paste your selections directly from the following spreadsheet: ALBUMS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumbddEHET5xdEZaQ0paMUZpNEdGeUdRSGRTY3BfV2c

Here is the voting form
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEN3MGdQQkdWWUtsM19SYlZ0UTdzQkE6MQ

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Voting Closes MARCH 8th 11.59 PM UK Time 1 week from now!