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My Top 20 Lists that I compiled as a kid 1973-1990
- Thread starter Catfish
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@dr wu
Not sure what Catfish is listing...lps that came out in 74 or bands that he liked during the year in general since most of the bands had lps out before 74....?"
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Back when I age 15-33 (1973-1990), I would take time every month listing my 20 favorite bands at that time. Kind of a way I could track by tastes during those years. Notice that each list has a month heading.
That notebook is also where where I documented what tapes and albums, I got. And 3rd, it also is where I stapled my ticket stubs of concerts that I attended during those years.
Kind of a vanity thread that I thought might interest a few reminisce about those days.
Not sure what Catfish is listing...lps that came out in 74 or bands that he liked during the year in general since most of the bands had lps out before 74....?"
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Back when I age 15-33 (1973-1990), I would take time every month listing my 20 favorite bands at that time. Kind of a way I could track by tastes during those years. Notice that each list has a month heading.
That notebook is also where where I documented what tapes and albums, I got. And 3rd, it also is where I stapled my ticket stubs of concerts that I attended during those years.
Kind of a vanity thread that I thought might interest a few reminisce about those days.
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December 1974 List
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Bachman Turner Overdrive (no chnge0
3. Deep Purple (+1)
4. Alice Cooper (-1)
5. Black Oak Arkansas (+3)
6. Led Zeppelin (No change)
7. Grand Funk- (-2)
8. The Who (+8)
9. Uriah Heep (-2)
10. Three Dog Night (-1)
11. Mott the Hoople (No change)
12. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-2)
13. The Guess Who (-1)
14. Allman Brothers Band (New)
15. Bad Company (No change)
16. Chicago (-3)
17. Edgar Winter Group (+1)
18. Rare Earth (-2)
19. Steve Miller Band (-2)
20. Rolling Stones (No Change)
Vinyl/tape additions-
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Cheech and Chong - Big Bamboo. (I know man....not music)
Uriah Heep- Magican's Birthday
Deep Purple- Who Do You Think We Are?
The Who- Tommy
Led Zeppelin- III
Deep Purple- Burn
Led Zeppelin- I
Rolling Stones- Hot Rocks
Three Dog Night- Seven Separate Fools
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
James Gang- Straight Shooter
ELP- Pictures at an Exhibition
Yes- Fragile
Alice Cooper- Schools Out
Alice Cooper- Killer
Deep Purple- Shades of Deep Purple
Main points of the month were I found out there was more to Who's Next than Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again. And the Allman Brothers. In an earlier post I mentioned how much I am enamoured with the wailing dueling guitar sound that was so prevalent in the early '70's. These guys (Duane Allman and Dicky Betts) basically perfected the sound. If you haven't listened to that relic sound of the '70's before, you are missing out.
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Bachman Turner Overdrive (no chnge0
3. Deep Purple (+1)
4. Alice Cooper (-1)
5. Black Oak Arkansas (+3)
6. Led Zeppelin (No change)
7. Grand Funk- (-2)
8. The Who (+8)
9. Uriah Heep (-2)
10. Three Dog Night (-1)
11. Mott the Hoople (No change)
12. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-2)
13. The Guess Who (-1)
14. Allman Brothers Band (New)
15. Bad Company (No change)
16. Chicago (-3)
17. Edgar Winter Group (+1)
18. Rare Earth (-2)
19. Steve Miller Band (-2)
20. Rolling Stones (No Change)
Vinyl/tape additions-
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Cheech and Chong - Big Bamboo. (I know man....not music)
Uriah Heep- Magican's Birthday
Deep Purple- Who Do You Think We Are?
The Who- Tommy
Led Zeppelin- III
Deep Purple- Burn
Led Zeppelin- I
Rolling Stones- Hot Rocks
Three Dog Night- Seven Separate Fools
Joe Cocker- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Derek and the Dominoes- Layla
James Gang- Straight Shooter
ELP- Pictures at an Exhibition
Yes- Fragile
Alice Cooper- Schools Out
Alice Cooper- Killer
Deep Purple- Shades of Deep Purple
Main points of the month were I found out there was more to Who's Next than Baba O'Reilly and Won't Get Fooled Again. And the Allman Brothers. In an earlier post I mentioned how much I am enamoured with the wailing dueling guitar sound that was so prevalent in the early '70's. These guys (Duane Allman and Dicky Betts) basically perfected the sound. If you haven't listened to that relic sound of the '70's before, you are missing out.
OK....so those are your 20 favorite bands at that time each month in '74 not lps or bands that necessarily put lps out in only 74.
January 1975 List
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Deep Purple (+1)
3. Bachman Turner Overdrive (-1)
4. Led Zeppelin (+2)
5. Alice Cooper (-1)
6. Mott the Hoople (+5)
7. Black Oak Arkansas (-2)
8. The Who (No change)
9. Grand Funk (-2)
10. Uriah Heep (-1)
11. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+1)
12. Bad Company (+3)
13. Three Dog Night (-3)
14. Chicago (+2)
15. Edgar Winter (+2)
16. The Guess Who (-3)
17. Yes (New)
18. Elton John (New)
19. Allman Brothers (-5)
20. Foghat (New)
New Vinyl/Tape- None
Ahhhhh Foghat. One of those bands that I think are criminally not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bryan Bassett had a slide blues style that no one east of Joe Walsh has ever been ever to replicate. Listen to him make that SG sing!!!!! Lonesome Dave also had the perfect white boy blues voice, and gave that dueling guitar sound soul (notice the reocurring theme?)
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Deep Purple (+1)
3. Bachman Turner Overdrive (-1)
4. Led Zeppelin (+2)
5. Alice Cooper (-1)
6. Mott the Hoople (+5)
7. Black Oak Arkansas (-2)
8. The Who (No change)
9. Grand Funk (-2)
10. Uriah Heep (-1)
11. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+1)
12. Bad Company (+3)
13. Three Dog Night (-3)
14. Chicago (+2)
15. Edgar Winter (+2)
16. The Guess Who (-3)
17. Yes (New)
18. Elton John (New)
19. Allman Brothers (-5)
20. Foghat (New)
New Vinyl/Tape- None
Ahhhhh Foghat. One of those bands that I think are criminally not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Bryan Bassett had a slide blues style that no one east of Joe Walsh has ever been ever to replicate. Listen to him make that SG sing!!!!! Lonesome Dave also had the perfect white boy blues voice, and gave that dueling guitar sound soul (notice the reocurring theme?)
February 1975 List
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Dee Purple (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (+1)
4. BTO (-1)
5. Black Oak Arkansas (+2)
6. The Who (+2)
7. Mott the Hoople (-1)
8. Alice Cooper (-3)
9. Grand Funk (No change)
10. Bad Company (+2)
11. Uriah Heap (-1)
12. Chicago (+2)
13. The Guess Who (+3)
14. Three Dog Night (-1)
15. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-4)
16. Edgar Winter (-1)
17. Golden Earring (New)
18. Elton John (No change)
19. Yes (-2)
20. Rare Earth (New)
Vinyl/Tape additions- None
Golden Earring IMO is the greatest Dutch band. Quite likely, you are only familar with the 2 albums that charted well in the U.S. ... Moontan and Cut.
Moontan is an awesome concept album dedicated to uhhh. "bad girls". Worth an entire listen, if you have never heard it. Cut has "Twilight Zone" which was a huge hit for them, musically and the video. I'd bet you saw it, if you had MTV in the day.
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1. Black Sabbath (No change)
2. Dee Purple (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (+1)
4. BTO (-1)
5. Black Oak Arkansas (+2)
6. The Who (+2)
7. Mott the Hoople (-1)
8. Alice Cooper (-3)
9. Grand Funk (No change)
10. Bad Company (+2)
11. Uriah Heap (-1)
12. Chicago (+2)
13. The Guess Who (+3)
14. Three Dog Night (-1)
15. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-4)
16. Edgar Winter (-1)
17. Golden Earring (New)
18. Elton John (No change)
19. Yes (-2)
20. Rare Earth (New)
Vinyl/Tape additions- None
Golden Earring IMO is the greatest Dutch band. Quite likely, you are only familar with the 2 albums that charted well in the U.S. ... Moontan and Cut.
Moontan is an awesome concept album dedicated to uhhh. "bad girls". Worth an entire listen, if you have never heard it. Cut has "Twilight Zone" which was a huge hit for them, musically and the video. I'd bet you saw it, if you had MTV in the day.
March 1975 List
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1. Led Zeppelin (+2)
2. Black Sabbath (-1) They start their decline
3 Deep Purple (-1)
4. Black Oak Arkansas (+1)
5. The Who (+1)
6. BTO (-2)
7. Bad Company (+3)
8. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+7)
9. Grand Funk (No change)
10. Chicago (+2)
11. Mott the Hoople (-4)
12. Uriah Heep (-1)
13. Alice Cooper (-5)
14. The Guess Who (-1)
15. Edgar Winter (+1)
16. Elton John (+2)
17. Jethro Tull (New)
18. Golden Earring (-1)
19. Three Dog Night (-5)
20 Yes (-1)
Added vinyl/tapes
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Robin Trower- For Earth Below
Queen- II
Jethro Tull is/was a great celtic tinged prog master. Complex compositions, intellligent lyricism, a really good listen
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1. Led Zeppelin (+2)
2. Black Sabbath (-1) They start their decline
3 Deep Purple (-1)
4. Black Oak Arkansas (+1)
5. The Who (+1)
6. BTO (-2)
7. Bad Company (+3)
8. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+7)
9. Grand Funk (No change)
10. Chicago (+2)
11. Mott the Hoople (-4)
12. Uriah Heep (-1)
13. Alice Cooper (-5)
14. The Guess Who (-1)
15. Edgar Winter (+1)
16. Elton John (+2)
17. Jethro Tull (New)
18. Golden Earring (-1)
19. Three Dog Night (-5)
20 Yes (-1)
Added vinyl/tapes
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Robin Trower- For Earth Below
Queen- II
Jethro Tull is/was a great celtic tinged prog master. Complex compositions, intellligent lyricism, a really good listen
I was going to say something earlier, but I noticed Alice Cooper dropping big time on your lists. To be perfectly honest with you, I respect his contributions to music and “shock rock”, but I have had trouble getting into Alice Cooper.
April 1975 List
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1. Black Sabbath (+1)
2. Deep Purple (+1)
3. Led Zeppelin (-2)
4. Golden Earring (+14)
5. The Who (No change)
6. Bad Company (+1)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+1)
8. BTO (-2)
9. Queen (New)
10. Grand Funk (-1)
11. Black Oak Arkansas (-7)
12.Chicago (-2)
13. Robin Trower (New)
14. Alice Cooper (-1)
15. Elton John (+1)
16, Uriah Heep (-4)
17. Mott the Hoople (-6)
18. Edgar Winter (-3)
19. Montrose (New)
20. The Guess Who (-6)
Added Vinyl/tapes-
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Jethro Tull- Aqualung
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti
Queen- What more can be said about the level of talent with this band? In my tastes, they were at their very very best in their first 2 albums which were as hard rock as any thing else being recorded at the time. I enjoyed this version of Queen much much more than the artsy, though no less talented future versions which had more pop and radio tendencies.
Robin Trower- Once a few years had passed with the death of Hendrix, you started seeing more of the "guitar god", as somewhat of an offering or homage to his greatenss. Trower fresh from Procol Harum had some nice Hendrixish wizardry, though not quite as strong on the song writing front. SRV did a much better job of this a decade later.
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1. Black Sabbath (+1)
2. Deep Purple (+1)
3. Led Zeppelin (-2)
4. Golden Earring (+14)
5. The Who (No change)
6. Bad Company (+1)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+1)
8. BTO (-2)
9. Queen (New)
10. Grand Funk (-1)
11. Black Oak Arkansas (-7)
12.Chicago (-2)
13. Robin Trower (New)
14. Alice Cooper (-1)
15. Elton John (+1)
16, Uriah Heep (-4)
17. Mott the Hoople (-6)
18. Edgar Winter (-3)
19. Montrose (New)
20. The Guess Who (-6)
Added Vinyl/tapes-
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Jethro Tull- Aqualung
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti
Queen- What more can be said about the level of talent with this band? In my tastes, they were at their very very best in their first 2 albums which were as hard rock as any thing else being recorded at the time. I enjoyed this version of Queen much much more than the artsy, though no less talented future versions which had more pop and radio tendencies.
Robin Trower- Once a few years had passed with the death of Hendrix, you started seeing more of the "guitar god", as somewhat of an offering or homage to his greatenss. Trower fresh from Procol Harum had some nice Hendrixish wizardry, though not quite as strong on the song writing front. SRV did a much better job of this a decade later.
