in praise of the 1970s part 1: 1970-1975

[danny la rouge]

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[Kaka Tim]

 

[elbows]

 

[Meltingpot]

 

[discokermit]

 

[discokermit]

 

[Bernie Gunther]

... also 'Battle of Evermore'

The notorious hobbit-botherer Robert 'Percy' Plant says that while he generally recalls most things from Led Zep's heyday, Sandy got him so horribly messed up on assorted drugs that he has no recollection whatsoever of recording that rather famous track.

 

[Knotted]

 

[Knotted]

 

[Knotted]

 

[Knotted]

 

[Knotted]

 

[SaskiaJayne]

 

[inva]

 

[Knotted]

I'm really struggling to think of any good jazz of this era...

 

[Knotted]

 

[Bakunin]

The notorious hobbit-botherer Robert 'Percy' Plant says that while he generally recalls most things from Led Zep's heyday, Sandy got him so horribly messed up on assorted drugs that he has no recollection whatsoever of recording that rather famous track.

Speaking of the mighty Zeppelin, this is from 1973...

 

[inva]

 

[Knotted]

Possibly the best of the jazz-rock fusion bands (for a short while and ignoring weirder outfits like Soft Machine and Henry Cow):

 

[Meltingpot]

 

[Meltingpot]

 

[The39thStep]

 

[The39thStep]

 

[The39thStep]

 

[The39thStep]

 

[Nice one]

a song in praise of the 1970s

 

[Knotted]

An interesting choice. A very overlooked album is Lizard. Keith Tippet and his band added something quite special to Crimson.

 

[Ron Merlin]

 

[audiotech]

Seasonal and thankfully not Slade, or Wizard.