Albums of 1975

[Nololob]

Cosmic, you might actually like Uriah Heep's 'Return To Fantasy' from '75.

 

[yesfan2000]

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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Worlds
Mahogany Rush - Strange Universe
Man - Slow Motion
Manfred Mann - Nightingales and Bombers
Manzanera, Phil - Diamond Head
McCartney, Paul - Venus and Mars
McGuinn, Roger - Roger McGuinn & Band
Merryweather, Neil - Kryptonite
Mitchell, Joni - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Moon, Keith - Two Sides of the Moon
Mott - Drive On
Mr. Big (from the U.K.) - Sweet Silence
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Neu! - Neu! 75
Nugent, Ted - Ted Nugent
Nutz - Nutz Too
Outlaws - Outlaws
Oz Knozz - Ruff Mix
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Pavlov's Dog - At the Sound of the Bell
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Poco - Head Over Heels
Ponty, Jean-Luc - Aurora
Pretty Things - Savage Eye

...to be continued...

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

Zeppelin's "Graffiti" has just recently moved to the top of my "next purchases" list" as I've always wanted to own an original copy of the famous "windows" cover.And WOW,WHAT A LIST OF MEGA-CLASSIC L.P.'s!!Just as with individual songs,back in '75 there were future and instant classics EVERYWHERE back then!McCartney and Wings' "Venus and Mars" in particular is a very fine and oft-overlooked piece of Beatle lore.Elton John's "Captain Fantastic" was the first album ever to enter the Billboard top 200 at number one.Many Floyd fans actually choose "Wish You Were Here" even over "Dark Side".Great thread!

 

[yesfan2000]

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Queen - A Night at the Opera
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Reed, Lou - Lou Reed Live
Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories
Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis
Ronstadt, Linda - Prisoner In Disguise
Roxy Music - Siren
Rundgren, Todd - Initiation
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - Caress of Steel
Sailor - Trouble
Scorpions - In Trance
Sedaka, Neil - Sedaka's Back
Showaddywaddy - Step Two
Simon, Paul - Still Crazy After All These Years
Smith, Patti - Horses
Smokey - Pass It Around
Smokey - Changing All the Time
Sparks - Indiscreet
Springsteen, Bruce - Born To Run
Squire, Chris - Fish Out of Water
Starcastle - Starcastle
Status Quo - On the Level
Steeleye Span - Commoner's Crown
Stevens, Cat - Numbers
Stills, Stephen - Stills
Strawbs - Ghosts
Stray - Stand Up and Be Counted
Styx - Equinox
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - Reach for the Sky
Sweet - Strung Up

...to be continued...

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

"Born To Run" is sheer essential masterpiece in all of it's exhilarating splendor.Supertramp has provided many fine moments of instrumental marvel.

 

[yesfan2000]

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Tai Phong - Tai Phong
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Thomas, Ray - From Mighty Oaks
Thundermug - Ta-Da!!
Tomita - Pictures At An Exhibition
Tomita - Firebird Suite
Torrence, Richard - Belle of the Ball
Triumvirat - Sparticus
Trower, Robin - For Earth Below
UFO - Force It
Utopia - Another Live
Vangelis - Heaven and Hell
Vannelli, Gino - Storm At Sunup
Wakeman, Rick - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur
Walsh, Joe - So What
Who, The - The Who By Numbers
Wood, Roy - Mustard
Wright, Gary - The Dream Weaver
Yes - Yesterdays
Young, Neil - Tonight's the Night
Young, Neil - Zuma
Zappa, Frank - One Size Fits All
ZZ Top - Fandango!

...That's All (the rock for 1975 that I have) Folks!!

 

[Fump]

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Blue Oyster Cult - On your feet or on your knees
Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser
Eagles - One of these Nights
ELO - Face The Music
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - A night at the Opera
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
Status Quo - On the Level
Tommy Bolin - Teaser

 

[Lynch]

KISS - Dressed To Kill
KISS - Alive!
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Eagles - One of These Nights
Bad Company - Straight Shooter
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy
ZZ Top - Fandango
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Bee Gees - Main Course
Black Sabbath - Sabatoge
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
AC/DC - TNT
Styx - Equinox
Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent

I'm sure there are a lot more, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[Jonny Come Lately]

This is one of my favourite years! A lot of my favourites released albums in 1975 and one of the best things about this year was that artists who peaked in the late 60s/early 70s were still releasing great albums (Led Zeppelin) whereas acts like Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac released their first album together. It also brought what is widely considered to be one of Bob Dylan's greatest albums after a lean spell for him.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (possibly my favourite album of all time! It's between this and Dark Side)
Bob Dylan - Blood on The Tracks
Eagles - One Of These Nights
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Zuma

Still not massive, but more than I own for most other years TBH - the only year comparable for the number of albums in my collection is actually 1979 although Rust Never Sleeps and The Wall are the only two studio albums I have from that year which I consider great whereas I love pretty much everything I've got from '75.

 

[Black Dahlia]

Lots of good albums in 1975, but these are my uber-favs!

"Beautiful Loser" - Bob Seger
"Sabotage" - Black Sabbath
"Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
"Young Americans" - David Bowie
"The Dream Weaver" - Gary Wright
"Ian Hunter" - Ian Hunter
"Alive!" - KISS
"Physical Graffitti" - Led Zeppelin
"Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
"Scheherazade and Other Stories" - Renaissance
"Force It" - UFO