Essential 60-70s era rock albums

[Bloopy]

Budgie - s/t, Never Turn Your Back on a Friend, Bandolier (though I tend to count them as a metal band because I can)
Cream - Fresh Cream
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Led Zeppelin - s/t
Night Sun - Mournin'
The Doors - s/t, Morrison Motel
The Runaways - s/t, Queens Of Noise
The Stooges - Fun House
Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy ...Very 'umble

 

[Baroque]

lols no one said Pink Floyd - The Wall.

Also

Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
Eagles - Hotel California, Desperado
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

[Nephilim96]

 

[0Marty]

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
Monks - Black Monk Time

 

[no country for old wainds]

^i quite dig the latter. was never big on the sonics but there are a scattering of mid'60s garage rock tunes i adore, lots of gems to be found on those various comp series like NUGGETS, BACK FROM THE GRAVE, DIGGIN' FOR GOLD, MINDROCKER etc.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I don't really know much about rock from the 60s or 70s at all. Most of this stuff I've heard recently (within like the last two years). I did hear a ton of stuff thanks to the internet, but so much to listen to. Last night I went to a friend's 30th birthday bash and they played this awesome song, that I HAD to know who it was. I found it today, and realized they're a 70s rock band that I don't think was mentioned here.

Talking Heads - 77

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I discovered a lot of my favorite 60s/70s bands on this site http://starling.rinet.ru/music/index.htm

His scoring system may be annoying, but overall it's a very useful collection of reviews.

 

[no country for old wainds]

talking heads aren't very rock but i like 'em. i guess they're kinda post-punky but i always think of them as a pop band really. first three songs on REMAIN IN LIGHT ftw.

 

[no country for old wainds]

scaruffi's pretty useful for '60s/'70s stuff. i don't like the way so many people worship him blindly and our tastes aren't always aligned, plus he's a pretentious bellend who talks some bollocks at times, but he knows a hell of a lot of music.

 

[Nephilim96]

I don't really know much about rock from the 60s or 70s at all. Most of this stuff I've heard recently (within like the last two years). I did hear a ton of stuff thanks to the internet, but so much to listen to. Last night I went to a friend's 30th birthday bash and they played this awesome song, that I HAD to know who it was. I found it today, and realized they're a 70s rock band that I don't think was mentioned here.

I mentioned them. Great band.

 

[The Butt]

Chicago II.

Fuck the haters.

 

[0Marty]

^i quite dig the latter. was never big on the sonics but there are a scattering of mid'60s garage rock tunes i adore, lots of gems to be found on those various comp series like NUGGETS, BACK FROM THE GRAVE, DIGGIN' FOR GOLD, MINDROCKER etc.

I'll be honest, I may have slightly confused Sonics with Monks at first I looked up the Sonics album before I posted and realized that's not what I meant, remembered the band I wanted to post were Monks and added them. But I would consider the Sonics essential listen, because they are great example of garage rock and if you don't like them, you probably won't like 90% of garage.

 

[Eligos]

Alright didn't see any of these mentioned above:

Gong's Radio Gnome Trilogy
Khan - Space Shanty
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Al Di Meola - Casino, Elegant Gypsy, Splendido Hotel
Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders - Satchidananda
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica, Safe as Milk
Everything the Mothers of Invention did in the 70's
Tower of Power - S/T
Tony Williams - The Joy of Flying
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

No one has mentioned the Scorpions yet?

 

[Omni]

Yes, they did.

scorpions - first 5

 

[Matt]

I'll add a few more on top, plus a few I didn't see.

Yes - Tales of Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - The Yes Album
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Gentle Giant -Octopus
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Jethro Tull- War Child
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
ELP - Tarkus
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
Alice Cooper - Killer
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Deep Purple - Burn
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Deep Purple - Stormbringer

 

[Matt]

ELP - Tarkus is pretty fantastic, not obnoxious like Brain Salad Surgery.

UFO rocked. Lights Out is real good.

UFO is awesome, but Brain Salad Surgery is awesome, what you talking about?

 

[0Marty]

Alright didn't see any of these mentioned above:

Gong's Radio Gnome Trilogy
Khan - Space Shanty
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Al Di Meola - Casino, Elegant Gypsy, Splendido Hotel
Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders - Satchidananda
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica, Safe as Milk
Everything the Mothers of Invention did in the 70's
Tower of Power - S/T
Tony Williams - The Joy of Flying
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

Aren't most of those (or all, I don't know every band) jazz, or jazz fusion? Don't mean to be a dick, but those would never come to my mind in 60-70 rock albums.

That being said, I posted some garage bands that you might consider not rock too

 

[Nephilim96]

Alright didn't see any of these mentioned above:

Gong's Radio Gnome Trilogy
Khan - Space Shanty
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Al Di Meola - Casino, Elegant Gypsy, Splendido Hotel
Alice Coltrane and Pharaoh Sanders - Satchidananda
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica, Safe as Milk
Everything the Mothers of Invention did in the 70's
Tower of Power - S/T
Tony Williams - The Joy of Flying
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

Since when does Miles Davis play rock music?

 

[no country for old wainds]

No one has mentioned the Scorpions yet?

in a just world their '70s material would be nearly as popular as priest's.