Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do

Atomic Rooster, I haven't heard that but the stuff I have is fucking awesome. like super doomy proto metal organ rock

We should listen to these and report back.

― Threat Assessment Division (I M Losted), Monday, November 3, 2014 7:05 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was thinking about a listening club for these albums (at least ones that are on spotify)

there is no way the music on that atomic rooster album could possibly live up to the gatefold image.......

Atomic Rooster's drummer was Ric Parnell, aka Spinal Tap's Mick Shrimpton. Based on that cover, he presumably also worked as a consultant on the film.

hahaha:

"The first question they asked was, 'What do you think about a movie that's going to tear your career apart?' I said, 'You should have made this movie about 10 years ago.' They then asked me what other bands I'd been in, and I said, 'Well, I was in a band called Atomic Rooster.' They looked at each other and said, 'Yep, that's it, you're our man.' "

http://www.makeitfunky.com/rdb/H/Hummingbird/Hummingbird%20%281976%29%20We%20Can%27t%20Go%20On%20Meeting%20Like%20This/jacket.jpg

the go-to Atomic Rooster is Death Walks Behind You

they are some of the ppl from Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane the leader was a real character to say the least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yO7l6TmIRI

The late Vincent Crane, Kevin Rowland was smart (or crazy) enough to hire him to play with Dexy's Midnight Runners.

holy shit why didn't i know that!

those must have been some tours

Atomic Rooster are actually pretty good - they went through a number of stylistic shifts over the years as members came and went. There was a good 2CD set called Heavy Soul that gathered pretty much all anybody would ever need.

Death Walks Behind You is a seriously good album in my humble opinion. By far the best line-up of Atomic Rooster as well, for me. There was an Atomic Rooster spin-off band called Hard Stuff too, but I can hardly recommend 'em.

iirc, and it's quite possible that I don't, Hard Stuff were on that proto-metal list skot did for Decibel years ago

nah I was wrong. sound quite promising tho tbh. first album looks commendably bargain bin-y

http://eil.com/images/main/Blodwyn-Pig-Getting-To-This-482679.jpg

http://eil.com/images/main/Chicken-Shack-Thats-The-Way-We-539661.jpg

they must be pretty interesting, then

http://eil.com/images/main/Chicken-Shack-OK-Ken-87016.jpg

Think of a boring band from the 70s.
Look up their discography.
There will be at least one of these.

not sure if/how they're represented above cos the covers aren't searchable text - but:
Al Kooper and George Clinton to thread!

top picks: Act Like Nothing's Wrong and You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish

yeah, i keep thinking about making a master list (aka future shopping wish-list)

but yeah, matt #2's method has served me a couple of times here

to wit

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/34648701/Hibernated++Defrosted.jpg

http://images.plixid.com/imager/w_500/h_/9447614bad525079604942a8eb847a7b.png

http://oklahomarock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/okrnr_teegarden.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o240/speakerlabfan/Records1/bluesimage001.jpg

You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/045/MI0002045218.jpg

Hah, I've passed that one so many times and never knew it even had a title.

that's a good album

Great image - that Blues Image album on a turntable. I have to check that one out!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QI8Ty0F3-48/SRe_wzqeYaI/AAAAAAAAA7w/GvRrL0fqm18/s400/Image1.jpg

I thought I had a pretty deep and wide knowledge of 70s crap but this thread just keeps turning up more and more of it.

http://eil.com/images/main/Sassafras-Expecting-Company-445160.jpg

can't find the bands-in-front-of-brick-walls thread so i'll post it here...

http://www.groovytunesday.com/dbx/brownsville.jpg

http://www.mihamazzini.com/EN/plosce/images/gunne.jpg

i have no words for that btw, pretty much the worst of the good old 70s though

Ought to mention that the follow up to that was called So...Where's the Show? which is so this thread it hurts

This thread is one more reason never to doubt the reasoning behind the Eagles' success again.

http://www.vinylvendors.com/Pictures/r/i/rickderringer459600.jpg

Rick Derringer - If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You

Tucky Buzzard's immortal 'Warm Slash' has already appeared upthread, but this one is pretty good as well: 'Alright on the Night' (not 'knight' for some reason)

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb123/mkostek/70sLPs/tbuzzardallrightsssaw.jpg

sorry, didn't realise that would be so big. it has a touch of the 'busy/claustrophobic caricature movie poster' about it as well imo

Apparently, Liz Damon's Orient Express had a 1979 album called Warning: This Album Could be Hazardous to Your Ego! but I haven't been able to find an image yet...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nNjerhKitNw/S5ebhAv-T3I/AAAAAAAACoQ/EfQ-4YHpaaA/s1600/Real%2BTo%2BReel.jpg

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/804/cover_56201414112009.jpg

http://i51.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0315/91/b83d6bc0a48a8f6255060aa4c0ab9691.jpg

convinced we've seen those same three guys before, maybe eating a burger or something?

thought I'd seen that real to reel pun somewhere else:

Real to Reel may refer to:
Real to Reel (Marillion album)
Real to Reel (Starcastle album)
Real to Reel (Tesla album)
Real to Reel (soundtrack), the soundtrack from the film Sound City

Love did an album with that title as well.

Starcastle was a progressive rock band from Champaign, Illinois, which formed in 1969. They received extensive airplay and frequently played in the St. Louis area. The lineup included Terry Luttrell who was vocalist with REO Speedwagon *closes tab*

hahahaha

Sadly, of those bands, only Marillion and Tesla actually adorn their covers with reel-related imagery. Mr. Stookey (the former Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary) actually seems really confused since he's not even near a source of electricity. How is the real going to reach the reels?

Oh no, wait, there's one on the Love cover too, my bad.

ah, I thought old Stookey looked familiar

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_UaafB8EKCg/UEL5biaBMHI/AAAAAAAAAe4/TSDY_jcNYLY/s1600/Front+Cover+copy.jpg

Brownsville Station - No BS

I can't read that cartoon strip, would guess I'm not missing much?

http://musicmp3spb.org/images/e/east_of_eden/fhere_we_go88203e83ec8a27d29f72bd.jpg

East of Eden - Here We Go Again...

At least the cartoon strip took some work and would give you something to look at for a few minutes of the bus ride home from the record store, which is more than can be said for most of these "bad photo with one-liner title" covers. But by the standards of record-cover comic strips it is still darned lazy and cheap-looking.

xpost "No Training Gear To Be Left Dressing" would also be good.