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

Aphrodite's Child - 666

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I absolutely second that Captain Beyond album. It's one that seems to embody most of the rawkin' 70's traits without sounding too much like Sabbath or the Stooges or any of the No Wave bands. It was originally described to me as a more spacey Lynyrd Skynyrd which really didn't sound all that interesting (the description wasn't entirely off), but after hearing it it's an incredible progressive rock/southern rock album in the vein of Uriah Heep...but it improves on that style as well.

We've got the system to fuck the system!

I don't know how high I'll rank a Move album because they're kind of inconsistent, but people should really check them out if they haven't yet. You could make a killer double album out of Shazam, Looking On, and Message From the Country. Might as well add Wizzard into that playlist too.

Captain Beyond is like a progressive rock version of Blue Cheer to me. Or the logical progression of Iron Butterfly.

I think 666 may be the greatest progressive rock album. It's the only album I've found where the classical pretensions are fully successful.

Also I can't say enough great things about Wayne County and the Electric Chairs - Things Your Mother Never Told You. I had never heard of these guys prior to this poll but it is sitting very highly on my list. One of my favorite glammy punk albums.

Wall City Girl
http://youtu.be/nSjBrXnH4jM

Things Your Mother Never Told You
http://youtu.be/Hj5SzQrSoTk

Captain Beyond is like a progressive rock version of Blue Cheer to me. Or the logical progression of Iron Butterfly.

Yeah, this sounds a lot better than a progressive version of Lynyrd Skynryd. Let's go with that.

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November – En Ny Tid är Här (Sonet Grammofon, 1970)
Lots of Swedish bands have named proto-metallers November as a big influence, like Witchcraft, Graveyard, Captain Crimson, probably Dead Man and Troubled Horse. I'm guessing their influence hasn't stopped spreading, as people beyond Sweden are still just starting to hear about them. It's hard not to be skeptical that this is just another lost 70s band that is overrated because of its previous obscurity, but I have been enjoying their first three albums immensely for a while now. I think they definitely measure up to other heavy blues Cream acolytes and proto-metal from the time like Mountain, Leaf Hound, Cactus, Deep Purple, Atomic Rooster, Jerusalem, Captain Beyond, Night Sun, even Led Zep! They evolved out of two Stockholm groups, Train and The Imps and toured with Fleetwood Mac in 1969 before recording their rocking debut(translates to "A New Time Is Here, which remains slightly more consistent than their second album, 2:a (1971), especially with the less bluesy hard rockers "En Annan Värld" and "Ta Ett Steg I Sagans Land”.

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Pink Fairies – Kings Of Oblivion (Polydor, 1973)
London's Portobello Road must have been an interesting scene in the early 70s with The Edgar Broughton Band, Hawkwind, Deviants and Pink Fairies playing mostly free shows to hippies, anarchists and biker gangs. Pink Fairies were influenced by both post-beatnik jokesters The Fugs and the MC5. By their third album, Kings Of Oblivion, MC5 was more of a factor with the help of Larry Wallis. Wallis went on to create an early template for Motörhead based on the album, even re-cutting opener "City Kids" on his recordings with Lemmy. It was also considered a key pre-punk influence. One only has to up the tempo of "Raceway" slightly to be reminded of Buzzcocks' "Fast Cars." Or perhaps a slightly less cartoonish precursor to The Dictators Go Girl Crazy. Either way, it's damn fun.

"kings of oblivion" rules but i tried (in the main part) to limit myself to one album per artist so it didn't make my ballot. i should have nominated larry wallis's wondrous "police car" in the tracks poll though.

I'm re-listening to Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, as I always just considered it an interesting but second tier album, kind of like Streetwalkers - Red Card.

Im not sure i can do 1 album per band and choosing which pink fairies albums gonna be tricky

there were a handful i couldn't limit to one but i tried hard.

Aphrodite's Child - 666

I listened to this for the first time last night. It's really good! I was actually unaware that Vangelis used to be in a prog band.

(I don't personally agree that it's the greatest progressive rock album but I do like it.)

Do you know who the bassist/singer is?

Captain Beyond rules. As does kings of oblivion. As does split. Fucking awesome

I'm drunk

I don't think I know Demis Roussos's work outside of AC.

who is gonna make the obvious joke here?

I need to get into Pink Fairies. Their stuff was impossible to find in the late '90s when I was getting into Hawkwind, Deviants, etc. and then I always forget to check them out.

I'm not into solo Demis Roussos, but I love that song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" by RD Burman which is a ripoff/improvement of a Roussos song.

A Roussos and Animal Collective collab would be great

not that AC

Alice Coltrane collab would be cool too. And Alice Cooper. Alex Chilton even. I suspect you're talking about a.... different AC though. ;)

just imagine the song titles

poor roddy

Will be voting for solo Demis in the disco poll.

I've seen a lot of talk about Yeti (rightfully so) but I'm getting through Tanz Der Lemminge right now and that album is a beast.

^real talk, Tanz is probably my single favorite Krautrock album

Those that were liking the Things Your Mother Never Told You album might want to check out Blatantly Offensive under Jayne County and The Electric Chairs, its equally underrated imo.

i'm gonna campaign for MUSIC TO EAT by the hampton grease band. 1971. double album of goofy, sloppy punky jazz rock. this is buttrock. by frazzled nerd-weirdos. track times largely exceed 15 mins a piece. shouting. lyrics found in tourist brochures & on the sides of spray cans. monumentally WIGGY wigouts with out-of-nowhere asymmetrical unison heads a-rearin. how the flip they signalled these beyond me. cross-eyed-chicken-dance grooves. wilful stupidity. 5/7 gallops. BOOGIE. biting guitar tones. drum skins flap. fantastically indistinct 60's basstone insistently mangling the jazz-time. these guys were ITCHING. EPIC ephemera. commonly likened to capting beefart. i grew up w/ the captain, somehow i prefer this now.

I guess this is somewhat "canonical" for this poll/thread, but I just wanted to underline how SCORCHING the first Ash Ra Tempel album is. "Amboss" is 19 minutes of mindfuck, a brain slowly but violently turning itself inside-out. Schulze's drumming is incredibly powerful and propulsive, but unpredictable and intuitive; and Gottsching's guitar is all over the place. Just amazing stuff.

lol @ a world where ash ra tempel is canonical

he's talking ILM-World

I am too

they're no Taylor Swift, it's true.

BTW, I finally picked up Satori. Lord almighty that's a cool-ass record.

I'm putting my ballot together, and most of the stuff I'm excited about voting for doesn't really need campaigning for but I will through up a couple albums that might need help that absolutely rule:

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This was before they went full fantasy-nerd, it's just an amazingly classic hard rock album. I recommend highly you examine it before you write-off Uriah Heep completely...

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This Thin Lizzy album doesn't get alot of cred or mention, but it's among my favorite albums of all time. It's a very very loose "concept" album but it never really ties together. It's got hard rockin' tracks, and it also has a few really awesome and really depressing blues rock ballads... like Borderline and the absolute classic Fool's Gold

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Redbone is an awesome rock band comprised of Native Americans. Their debut was a self-titled double LP that is awesome, but their second - Potlach - is probably their best album made in the 70s. It's very much a mix of funk and country rock that's got a lot of edginess. Ahead of the curve, they were writing songs about cocaine in 1970!

Ok, that's my campaigning so far. I might come up with others...
Oh yeah, laugh at me all you want but my favorite Who album is Quadrophrenia. It's going high on my ballot. If you've written it off without giving it a good listen I would recommend trying it again. It doesn't have the singles and hits of "Who's Next" but I think it stands the test of time very very well.

That's enough for now.

The only Heep I have is The Magician's Birthday, and I definitely need to remedy that; thanks for the reminder.

Quadrophenia sucks even more than Tommy

IMO it sucks a lot less than Tommy... But I do agree that Tommy sucks.

i'm gonna campaign for MUSIC TO EAT by the hampton grease band

Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be on the spreadsheet... otherwise it would already be on my shortlist! Is the spreadsheet link on the OP still good or is there a newer updated one around? I think I remember the ol' HGB being nomminated...

nm I found it in the T's as they are a "The ..." band.

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Hawkwind – Hall Of the Mountain Grill (UA/One Way, 1974)
The double live album Space Ritual (1973) is certainly a great recap of Hawkwind's best up to that point. But it would be a huge mistake to ignore their next album, Hall Of The Mountain Grill, which finds them at their peak, balancing their guitar heavy space rock sound with futurist electronic keyboards and mellotrons. Their classic "Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)" and "D-Rider" sandwich "Wind Of Change," a moody electronic piece augmented by strings. Side two the highlights "You'd Better Believe It" and Lemmy's biker anthem "Lost Johnny," and closes with the dizzying psych freakout "Paradox." Warrior On The Edge Of Time (1975) also has highlights in "Assault & Battery," "The Golden Void" and "Magnu," and is Lemmy's last album with the band. But to me Mountain Grill, complete with sleeve art of the crushed hull of a spaceship crashed onto an alien planet shrouded in poison gasses, is Hawkwind's iconic peak.

It's impossible for me to figure out which Hawkwind to vote for. I pretty much like the first 4 or 5 equally. Doremi Fasol Latido might have the edge though.

I can't help but pledge my unending allegiance to Space Ritual. It so perfectly encapsulates my favorite era of Hawkwind it almost veers towards cliche.

If you are making love it is imperative to bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously. Do not waste time blocking your ears. Do not waste time seeking a sound proof shelter.

That shit is hilarious...but yeah, Hall of The Mountain Grill is an awfully close runner up.

Space Ritual will always be their magnum opus for me (although i love absolutely everything up until around 1978) but have just never entirely got why Hawk fans love Hall Of The Mountain Grill quite so much. Don't get me wrong, I like it too but Warrior always eclipses it to my ears (despite the ill advised and almost comical Moorcock interludes). The ecstatic mellotron / violin that bridges Assault & Battery and Golden Void is one of my most loved moments in all music. Opa Loka gives the motorik of Neu! a run for their money and Kings Of Speed out Motorheads Lost johnny, while Magnu remains one of their best and most considered ever studio constructions.

Still, Hall of.. has the better Barney Bubbles sleeve and the live recording in Chicago of that tour is in the top 3 best Hawkwind live recordings I've heard. Doremi always loses out a bit by Space Ritual blowing it out of the water nut In Search of Space though is the one that needs more love.

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Hall of the Mountain Grill will DEFINITELY be on my ballot... Huge record.