Acoustic songs of the 70's

[Speed King]

It's a mix of electric and acoustic, but this is one of my all time favorites : UFO - Lipstick Traces

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

Black Sabbath- "Laguna Sunrise".An unusually pretty tune from the very same band that brought us "Paranoid" and "War Pigs".Hell of a range,wouldn't you say?

 

[Jonny Come Lately]

Here's an acoustic song by the Eagles from this decade, albeit probably not one of the better known ones. I think Bernie Leadon plays a solo on the acoustic guitar here too.

Bitter Creek - Eagles


There's also this superb acoustic Neil Young song - one of my favourites by him from After The Gold Rush:

Tell Me Why - Neil Young


I tend to quite fussy about what constitutes an acoustic song, to me it has to feature acoustic instruments only - definitely no synthesisers or electric keyboards, and probably not electric guitar either (If I'm making an 'acoustic' playlist I can just about include songs featuring mellow electric guitar). So for instance, an Eagles song like Take It Easy is not truly an acoustic song to me as it features an electric guitar solo played on a Fender Telecaster, whereas Bitter Creek is pure acoustic.

Of course, my definition of acoustic can also include acoustic piano - Fleetwood Mac's Songbird being the standout example to me.

 

[Lost Johnny]

http://youtu.be/QrY9eHkXTa4

Bob Marley-Redemption Song

 

[Jet]

Wild World~Cat Stevens

 

[Black Dahlia]

"Melinda, More Or Less" Curved Air (1972)
Tell them you're not prepared to wait for your dream of the end.

 

[Metal Health]

Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c

 

[Jet]

So Far Away~Carole King



My mom had Tapestry, and I got it (vinyl) before my sister got her greedy little hands on it. :mad

 

[Black Dahlia]

^ Nice! That thar is mandatory vinyl, Jet.




"Genesis" Jorma Kaukonen (1974)
...let me stay with you.

 

[Jet]

Thanks Black Dahlia! It's in mint condition too.

I Feel The Earth Move~Carole King