[Dan from Michigan]

Ping. I had to put that out there since all these 70's songs were running through my head.

[StoneColdGOP]

Damn you. It will take me all night to list my faves! ;-)

[danmar]

...Deep Purple, no doubt.

[k2blader]

First band that comes to mind is ABBA. "Gold" is aptly named. :)

[RussP]

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Case Closed.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Cheap Trick - Live at Budokahn, Dream Police
Blondie - Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat
Rolling Stones - Exile on Mainstreet
The Cars - The Cars, Candy-O God I feel old

[rdb3]

You mention best albums of the 70's and you fail to note

Parliament/Funkadelic?

Are you nuts!

Also, where's Earth Wind & Fire? The Isley Brothers? The Average White Band? Marvin Gaye? The Temptations? Isaac Hayes? Curtis Mayfield? Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall?" Slave? War? Barry White? George Duke? Grover Washington, Jr.? The Commodores? Rick James? Al Green?

C'mon!

You can't mention the 70's without those who put the "unk" in "FUNK!"

Lastly, I'm only 29. I'll be 30 on the 22nd of this month. I know a thing or two about the old school, white bands included.

No thing, tho'. It's just a Motor Booty Affair.

Ya dig?

[Gumption]

Ummmmm, everybody .... Ever here of a little group called the Eagles? How about Foreigner? Boston? Styx? You named all the others.

[Gumption]

Oops. I see Boston now. So Sorry.

[Cultural Jihad]

Hmmm. Focus' "Moving Waves" or their "Hamburger Concerto"...

HAMBURGER CONCERTO
(ending)

Note: the conclusion of the song is an excerpt from the 17th century dramatic play "The Gijsbrecht van Aemstel" by the Dutch playwrite Joost van den Vondel:

O, Kerstnacht schoner dan de dagen     		O Christmas Eve, more beautiful than the days
Hoe kan Herodes het licht verdragen		How can Herod bear the light
Dat in Uw duisternisse blinkt			That blinks in your darkness
En wordt gevierd en aangebeden.			and is celebrated and worshipped.

Zijn hoogmoed luistert naar geen reden		His pride listens to know reason
Hoe schel die in zijn oren klinkt		How noisy it sounds to his ears
Hij tracht d' onnozelen te vernielen		He tries to destroy the untaught ones
Door het doden van onnozele zielen		by killing untaught souls

En wekt een stad en landgeschrei		And rises a crying in town and country
In Bethlehem en op den akker			in Bethlehem and in the field
En maakt den geest van Rachel wakker		and awakes the spirit of Rachel
Die waren gaat door beemd en wei		That starts haunting field and meadow

[Dan from Michigan]

Rush - Fly by Night

[Gumption]

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon, The Wall

Meddle (sp?)- has Echoes on it, that song's a trip (if you know what I mean)

[jwfiv]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (debut album, 1978)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Dylan)

Exile On Main Street (Stones)

All Things Must Pass (George)

Dark Side of the Moon (Floyd)

Surf's Up (Beach Boys)

Live At Leeds (The Ooo)

Fleetwood Mac (self titled)

Space Oddity (Bowie) (for MelC)

Pyramid (Alan Parsons)

Even In The Quietest Moments (Supertramp)

Brave new World (Stevie Guitar Miller)

Question of Balance (Moody Blues)

Smiler (Rod Stewart)

Agents of Fortune (Blue Oyster Cult)

After the Gold Rush (Neil Young)

[Blunderfromdownunder]

Alot of what Jethro Tull released that decade

Living in the Past
Aqualung
Thick as a Brick
Passion Play
Songs from the Wood

to name a few

[Cultural Jihad]

No mention of Peter Frampton? Or Yes? Or the Incredible String Band?

[Gumption]

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest.

Can the moderator please delete post #5 please.

(just kiddin')

[cartoonistx]

Allman Bros.' Eat A Peach

[musicman]

David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust
Montrose-Montrose(first album)
Edgar Winter Group-They Only Come Out At Night
Jethro Tull-Stand Up Johnny Winter-Still Alive and Well
Bad Company-Bad Company
Free-All Right Now
Leon Russell-Leon Russell and the Shelter People
Neil Young-After the Gold Rush

A few additions to the list....Thanks for startin' this thread Dan!!....OBTW....(...grew up in Berrien County...the one that border's Indiana and right on Lake Michigan...in Florida now..)

[Cultural Jihad]

Yessongs, 1973

Hamburger Concerto, 1974

[Uncle Meat]

Everything on your list is fine with me.Can I add Nazareth-Hair of the Dog,BTO-Not Fragile,Rory Gallagher-Top Priority,Head East-Flat as a Pancake,and Foghat-Fool for the City,Alice Cooper-School's Out?