Heart: "Dreamboat Annie" (what else needs sayin' besides..........one helluva debut album)
Edgar Winter: "Edgar Winter's White Trash: Roadwork" (killer live album, folks), "They Only Come Out at Night" (contains "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride"; what more could you want?)
now for his brother, Johnny Winter: "Johnny Winter And.......Live"; "Still Alive & Well" (probably his best overall effort prior to his 'blues' years; unreal album)
How could we forget the Doobie Brothers, folks??: "Toulouse Street", "The Captain and Me" (their absolute finest work; hands down), "What Were Once Vices are Now Habits"
Foghat (rest in peace, Lonesome Dave.......): "Foghat", "Energized", "Fool for the City"
Jethro Tull: "Aqualung"; everything else they did pales...
James Gang: "Rides Again" (again, THEIR best.....by far)
Nazareth: "Hair of the Dog" (everybody, SING ALONG: "NOW you're messin' with a............son of a biiiii.....NOW you're messin' with a sonofabitch...")
Badfinger: "Straight Up" ("Baby Blue", "Day After Day"; beautiful stuff)
Sorry that I don't remember the name of the album, but the "Mountain" album (yep..........featuring 'The Great Fatsby himself, Leslie West) featuring "Mississippi Queen"; that song...let alone the album.......was WAY ahead of its time.
ANYTHING by Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush: "World Anthem", "Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush IV" (FABULOUS work, guys...), and the sadly unheralded "Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush LIVE!" (.........with the absolute best version of Johnny B. Goode you'll EVER hear; eat your heart out, Johnny Winter.:) ) SIDE NOTE: Frank is / was, hands down, one of the most underrated guitarists ever to pick up a six-string. The man can thunder, he can play gorgeous blues, he can do 'Wes Montgomery'........he could do it all. I JUST found out that he has actually come out of "retirement" and has released a new album. I'm going to track it down...:)
"Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles: Live": Killer stuff. Check it out.
......and for you fellow Southern Rock fans (THIS will make you feel old, realizing that this WAS in the '70's):Molly Hatchet: "Flirtin' With Disaster"..........and
Black Oak Arkansas: "Black Oak Arkansas"
I thought Molly Hatchet was 80's.
The 70's was IMO THE best decade of rock music.