Bitches Brew is the second album from the electric phase of American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, released on March 30, 1970, on Columbia Records. The album fully realized the jazz-rock fusion direction Davis had been exploring, pushing it to its furthest, most abstract limits. It combined free-form jazz improvisation with a dense, electrified sound. The […]
Death Walks Behind You is the second album by the English rock band Atomic Rooster, released in September 1970 on B&C Records. Issued seven months after Atomic Roooster, this was their only album under the revised trio configuration of keyboardist Vincent Crane, guitarist–singer John Du Cann, and drummer Paul Hammond. Sessions occurred in August 1970 […]
Highway is the fourth album by English hard-rock band Free, released in December 1970 on Island. The album centers on piano shuffles and slow material, while two hard-riff tracks cut through the quieter sequence. Andy Fraser brings more piano into the writing. Paul Rodgers places the vocal line low in the mix of feeling, then […]
Argent is the debut album by the English rock band Argent, released in January 1970 on CBS (UK) and Epic (US). The album introduced the quartet of Rod Argent, Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford, and Bob Henrit. They formed the year prior from the ashes of The Zombies, Rod’s prior band with songwriter Chris White, who […]
Fire and Water is the third album by English hard-rock band Free, released on June 26, 1970, on Island. The album propelled Free onto both the U.K. and U.S. album charts, reaching No. 2 in Britain and No. 17 in the United States. Free recorded the album between January and June 1970 at Trident Studios […]
Atomic Roooster is the debut album by Atomic Rooster, first released in March 1970 on B & C (U.K.) and Fontana (Europe). Two versions exist of the album. The first — recorded by the original lineup of keyboardist Vincent Crane, bassist/singer Nick Graham, and drummer Carl Palmer — has no guitar. Soon after that release, […]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is the debut album by the English symphonic-rock trio of the same name, released on November 20, 1970, on the Island and Atlantic labels. The album brought together three established players: Nice keyboardist Keith Emerson, King Crimson bassist–singer Greg Lake, and Atomic Rooster drummer Carl Palmer. They recorded the album shortly […]
Cold Fact is the first of two studio albums by American singer/songwriter Rodriguez, released in March 1970 on Sussex Records. The record presents a raw, street-level strain of psychedelic folk-rock with protest undercurrents, balancing urban realism and countercultural reflection through vivid lyrical portraits of disaffection, addiction, and class disparity. Its tone moves between bitter social critique and […]
Magma is the debut album by the French progressive-rock band Magma, released in October 1970 on Philips. The double-album presents a sprawling concept about refugees abandoning a doomed Earth to build a society on the distant planet Kobaïa, conveyed largely in the constructed Kobaïan language. The ensemble combines jazz-rock frameworks with classical phrasing, shifting pulses, […]
The Black Angel is a jazz-funk album by American trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released on Atlantic in 1970. It was recorded on May 16, 1969, at NYC’s Regency Sound Studios with keyboards by Kenny Barron. “Coral Keys” Two-note bass figure by Reggie workman, modulates to trumpet theme… hazy, mellow vibe reminiscent of the late 1950s.. full-on […]
Things May Come and Things May Go, but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever is the first of two albums — both released in 1970 — by English quintet Pete Brown & Piblokto! Issued on EMI’s Harvest imprint, the title-track sets a lightning pace with blazoning fuzz-tones and soaring harmonium amidst cyclonic percussive assaults […]
Quatermass is the singular album by the English trio of the same name, released in 1970 on Harvest. Sporting a Hammond-heavy hard rock sound, the music echoes the concurrent work of their fellow Episode Six alumni in Deep Purple. Tracklist: A1. “Entropy” (1:10) A2. “Black Sheep Of The Family” (3:41) A3. “Post War Saturday Echo” […]
Stand by Your Man is the second album by American soul singer Candi Staton, released in December 1970 on FAME Records. Tracklist: A1. Stand by Your Man (2:53) A2. How Can I Put Out the Flame? (3:10) A3. I’m Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin’) (3:08) A4. Mr. and Mrs. Untrue (3:26) A5. Too […]
Someone Else’s Arms is the third album by American soul singer Barbara Acklin, released in 1970 on Brunswick Records. The album was her first of three consecutive longplayers to feature the orchestrated ballad “He’s Just a Little Guy.” Tracklist: A1. Someone Else’s Arms (4:14) A2. After You (2:29) A3. Is It Me (3:41) A4. Quiet […]
Gravy Train is the first album by the namesake English hard-rock/folk-rock band, released in 1970 on Vertigo. Tracklist: A1. “The New One” (5:16) A2. “Dedication to Syd” (7:27) A3. “Coast Road” (6:52) A4. “Enterprise” (6:25) B1. “Think of Life” (5:12) B2. “Earl of Pocket Nook” (16:15 — :01-3:30-6:55-9:00-13:20-16:07) Credits: Norman Barratt — vocals, lead guitar […]
Feelin’ Free is the singular album by English pop/rock foursome Pacific Drift, released in 1970 on Deram. Tracklist: A1. “Plaster Carter’s U.S.A.” (2:56) A2. “Tomorrow Morning Brings” (2:35) A3. “Feelin’ Free” (2:31) A4. “Just Another Girl” (3:05) A5. “Garden of Love” (1:43) A6. “Norman” (3:09) B1. “Grain of Sand” (2:16) B2. “Greta the Legend” (5:04) […]
The Second Coming is the singular album by the namesake American brass-rock band, released in 1970 on Mercury. Tracklist: A1. “Requiem for a Rainy Day” (4:03) A2. “Take Me Home” (4:19) A3. “Nobody Cares” (5:33) A4. “Landlubber” (5:52) B1. “Roundhouse” (3:34) B2. “It’s Over” (4:47) B3. “Jeremiah Crane” (10:53) Credits: Bass [Fender], Guitar, Backing Vocals […]
High Tide is the second of two albums by the namesake English/American hard-rock/psych band, released in 1970 on Liberty. Tracklist: A1. “Blankman Cries Again” (8:25) A2. “The Joke” (9:25) B. “Saneonymous” (14:25) Credits: Tony Hill — guitar, acoustic guitar, organ, vocals Peter Pavli — bass Rog Hadden — drums, piano, pipe organ Simon House — […]
As Your Mind Flies By is the second album by English organ-rock band Rare Bird, released in 1970 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “What You Want to Know” (5:55) A2. “Down on the Floor” (2:36) A3. “Hammerhead” (3:29) A4. “I’m Thinking” (5:36) B1. Flight — Part 1. “As Your Mind Flies By” (9:46) — Part 2. […]
Tin Tin is the first of two albums by the namesake Australian orchestral-pop duo, produced by Maurice Gibb and released in 1970 on Polydor/Atco. Tracklist: A1. “She Said Ride” (2:43) A2. “Swans on the Canal” (2:13) A3. “Flag / Put Your Money on My Dog” (4:29) A4. “Nobody Moves Me Like You” (1:55) A5. “Tuesday’s Dreamer” […]
Devotion is the second solo album by English jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin, released in 1970 on Douglas Music. Tracklist: A1. “Devotion” (11:250 A2. “Dragon Song” (4:13) B1. “Marbles” (4:05) B2. “Siren” (5:55) B3. “Don’t Let the Dragon Eat Your Mother” (5:18) B4. “Purpose of When” (4:45) Credits: John McLaughlin — guitar, writer Buddy Miles — drums, […]
If 2 is the second album by English sax-rock ensemble If, released in 1970 on Island/Capitol. Tracklist: A1. “Your City Is Falling” (5:04) A2. “Sunday Sad” (8:18) A3. “Tarmac T. Pirate and the Lonesome Nymphoniac” (5:12) B1. “I Couldn’t Write and Tell You” (8:23) B2. “Shadows and Echoes” (4:24) B3. “A Song for Elsa, Three […]
The Grodeck Whipperjenny is the singular album by the namesake American psych-rock band, released in 1970 on People Records. Tracklist: A1. “Sitting Here on a Tongue” (2:50) A2. “Wonder If” (2:55) A3. “Why Cant I Go Back” (3:40) A4. “Conclusions” (4:33) A5. “You’re Too Young” (1:48) B1. “Put Your Thing on Me” (4:40) B2. “Inside […]
Affinity is the first and only proper album released by the English jazz-rock band Affinity, issued in 1970 on the Vertigo “swirl” label. The album has been the subject of numerous reissues in the 21st century. Tracklist: A1. “I Am and So Are You” (3:31) A2. “Night Flight” (7:15) A3. “I Wonder If I Care […]
I Got Love is the debut album by American soul/pop vocalist Melba Moore, released in 1970 on Mercury. The album also appeared under the title Living to Give with a slightly altered tracklist. Tracklist: A1. “I Got Love” (2:58)* A2. “Time And Love” (3:10) A3. “I Messed Up On A Good Thing” (2:39) A4. “Purlie” […]
Aunt Mary is the debut album by the namesake Norwegian pop/psych band, released in 1970 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “Whispering Farewell” (4:02) A2. “Did You Notice?” (3:18) A3. “There’s Lot of Fish in the Sea” (3:52) A4. “I Do and I Did” (4:54) A5. “47 Steps” (4:39) B1. “Rome Wasn’t Built in One Day” (3:01) […]
New Dawn is the second of two albums by English brass-rock ensemble Galliard, released in 1970 on Deram. Tracklist: A1. “New Dawn Breaking” (4:21) A2. “Ask for Nothing” (9:02) A3. “Winter – Spring – Summer” (5:58) B1. “Open Up Your Mind” (3:15) B2. “And Smile Again” (4:10) B3. “Something’s Going On” (4:57) B4. “Premonition” (4:44) […]
Morning Way is the sole album by English folk-rock combo Trader Horne, released in 1970 on Dawn/Janus. “The Mutant”: plucked acoustic progression with chromatic bass-descent from Am, McUley vocal (emphasized 5ths) over Dyble piano… light harmonized wordless refrain… soft flute over instrumental passages of the progression… fade-in/out piano coda … seemingly about the mutations people […]
Gentle Giant is the debut album by the English art-rock sextet of the same name, released in 1970 on the Vertigo “swirl” label. Tracklist: A1. Giant (6:24) A2. Funny Ways (4:23) A3. Alucard (6:01) A4. Isn’t It Quiet and Cold? (3:53) B1. Nothing at All (9:08) B2. Why Not? (5:31) B3. The Queen (1:40) Credits: […]
Sonho 70 is the second album by Brazilian samba-jazz musician/composer Egberto Gismonti, released in 1970 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “Janela de Ouro” (4:44) A2. “Parque Laje” (2:21) A3. “Ciclone” (2:34) A4. “Indi” (4:26) A5. “Sonho” (2:25) B1. “O Mercador de Serpentes” (3:49) B2. “Lendas” (3:01) B3. “Pêndulo” (4:14) B4. “Lírica N° 1” (5:25) Credits: Arranged […]
Storyteller is the first of two albums by the namesake English folk-rock band, released in 1970 on Transatlantic. Tracklist: A1. “Floor of the Park” A2. “Man in the Moon Passage Song” A3. “Alice Brown” A4. “Lake” A5. “Ginger Bread Man” A6. “Over the Hills” B1. “Story” B2. “First Week in January” B3. “Has Been” B4. “Morning […]
Bill Fay is the debut album by the namesake English singer/songwriter, released in 1970 on Deram. The vocalist/pianist is backed on these sessions by the orchestral arrangements of Michael Gibbs and the ubiquitous six-string talents of jazz/rock guitarist Ray Russell. Tracklist: A1. Garden Song (3:13) A2. The Sun Is Bored (2:32) A3. We Want You […]
Andromeda is the first and only album by the namesake German organ-rock/psych band, released in 1970 on Vogue Schallplatten. Tracklist: A1. “Andromeda” (5:06) A2. “Cosmos Main Road” (5:15) A3. “Galaxy of Beauty, Galaxy of Nightmare” (4:30) A4. “A World on a Star” (4:40) B1. “Space Trip” (7:30) B2. “Rockets” (8:25) B3. “Silvery Lady Star” (4:35) […]
Time and a Word is the second album by English symphonic/psych-rock band Yes, released in 1970 on Atlantic. “Astral Traveller” – fade-in funky, high triad Gm alternating 7th… Kaye and Square pile on @:20, counter melody on organ presage Andersons vocal line amid upward-running basslines… tomroll heralds Anderson @:45, Leslied vocals (?), windy rapid verses, […]
Runt is the debut solo album by American songwriter/musician/vocalist Todd Rundgren, released in 1970 on Bearsville. On original pressings, the album was credited to the namesake trio of Rundgren, bassist Tony Sales, and drummer Hunt Sales. Tracklist: A1. “Broke Down and Busted” (4:32) A2. “Believe In Me” (2:04) A3. “We Gotta Get You a Woman” […]
Forms and Feelings is the second of two albums by British blues-rock/hard-rock trio Love Sculpture, released in January 1970 on Parrot. Tracklist: A1. “In the Land of the Few” (3:55) A2. “Seagull” (3:28) A3. “Nobody’s Talking” (3:37) A4. “Why (How Now)” (7:42) A5. “Farandole” (3:42) B1. “You Can’t Catch Me” (3:25) B2. “People People” (3:23) […]
3 is the third album by Dutch organ-rock combo Ekseption, released in 1970 on Philips. Tracklist: A1. “Peace Planet” (3:01) A2. “B 612” (4:01) A3. “Morning Rose” (3:06) A4. “Piece for Symphonic-And Rockgroup in A Minor” (5:53) — i. Passacaglia — ii. Painting B1. “The Lamplighter” (3:32) B2. “Bottle Mind” (2:45) B3. “On Sunday They […]
Red Clay is an album by American jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, released in June 1970 on CTI. Tracklist: A1. “Red Clay” (12:05) A2. “Delphia” (7:25) B1. “Suite Sioux” (8:40) B2. “The Intrepid Fox” (10:40) CD bonus track: “Cold Turkey” (10:26) Credits: Freddie Hubbard – trumpet, writer Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone, flute Herbie Hancock – […]
Supertramp is the debut album by the English symphonic-rock band of the same name, released in 1970 on A&M. Tracklist: A1. “Surely” (0:31) A2. “It’s a Long Road” (5:34) A3. “Aubade and I Am Not Like Other Birds of Prey” (5:17) A4. “Words Unspoken” (3:59) A5. “Maybe I’m a Beggar” (6:43) A6. “Home Again” (1:14) […]
Fly Away is the singular album by English folk trio Agincourt, released in 1970 on Merlin. Tracklist: A1. “When I Awoke” (3:26) A2. “Though I May Be Dreaming” (3:16) A3. “Get Together” (2:54) A4. “Joy in the Finding” (3:15) A5. “Going Home” (2:32) A6. “All My Life” A7. “Mirabella” (4:44) B1. “Take Me There” (2:34) […]
Paranoid is the sophomore longplayer from English metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970 on Vertigo. “Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots” – matted octave guitar figure in G over rudimental tribal beat…band commences @:13, shifting the key center to A for eight bars (more slide notes), then Bx8… closed-cadence power-chords disrupt the intro at :40, […]
Loaded is the fourth album by the Velvet Underground, released in 1970 on Cotillion. The album would be the band’s last with frontman Lou Reed. Drumming for these sessions was handled by multi-instrumentalist Doug Yule, who deputized the role of a then-pregnant Maureen Tucker, though the latter was credited (as “Mo Tucker”) on the original LP […]
Raw Material is the first of two albums by the namesake English symphonic-rock band, released in 1970 on Evolution. Tracklist: A1. “Time and Illusion” (7:30) A2. “I’d Be Delighted” (5:10) A3. “Fighting Cock” (3:50) B1. “Pear on an Apple Tree” (2:57) B2. “Future Recollections” (3:55) B3. “Traveller Man” (6:10) B4. “Destruction of America” (2:27) Credits: […]
Orange Peel is the singular album by the namesake German hard-rock/psych band, released in 1970 on Bellaphon. Tracklist: A1. “You Can’t Change Them All” (18:16 — :01-7:23-11:30-14:45-18:11) B1. “Faces That I Used to Know” (3:13) B2. “Tobacco Road” (7:17) 43. “We Still Try to Change” (10:05) 1970 shortplayer: A. “I Got No Time” (2:48) / […]
Every Time You Move is the first of two albums by the English orchestral folk band Hunter Muskett, released in 1970 on Decca. Tracklist: A1. “Every Time You Move” A2. “Hey Little Girl” A3. “Midsummer’s Night Dream” A4. “Press Gang” A5. “Storm on the Shore” B1. “Castle” B2. “I Have a House” B3. “Inside Mine” […]
Fool’s Gold is the debut album by Australian rustic-pop quintet Axiom, released in 1970 on Parlophone. Tracklist: A1. “Arkansas Grass” A2. “Baby Bear” A3. “Ford’s Bridge” A4. “Samantha” A5. “Take It or Leave It” A6. “A Little Ray of Sunshine” B1. “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” B2. “Mansfield Hotel” B3. “Can’t Let Go of This Feeling” […]
First Battle is the singular album by Belgian art-pop/psych band Waterloo, released in 1970 on Vogue. Tracklist: A1. “Meet Again” (3:03) A2. “Why May I Not Know” (3:08) A3. “Tumblin’ Jack” (2:35) A4. “Black Born Children” (3:43) A5. “Life” (2:47) B1. “Problems” (3:00) B2. “Why Don’t You Follow Me” (3:31) B3. “Guy in the Neighbourhood” […]
Hightower is an album by American soul singer Rosetta Hightower, recorded in England and released in 1970 on CBS. Tracklist: A1. “Why” A2. “True Love Adventure” A3. “My Back Yard” A4. “Michael” A5. “Black Bird” A6. “One Thousand Nine Hundred & Seventy Years” B1. “We’ve All Been Together” B2. “Time of Year” B3. “Selfish Woman” B4. […]
James Gang Rides Again is the second album by American hard-rock band the James Gang, released in 1970 on ABC. Tracklist: A1. “Funk #49” (3:54) A2. “Asshtonpark” (2:04) A3. “Woman” (4:37) A4. “The Bomber” (7:04) — a. Closet Queen — b. Bolero — c. Cast Your Fate to the Wind B1. “Tend My Garden” (5:44) […]
In Search of Love is the first and only solo album by American soul singer Alex Brown, released in 1970 on Sundi Records. Tracklist: A1. “I’m Not Responsible” (2:46) A2. “Something” (2:54) A3. “You Move Me” (2:58) A4. “Please Don’t Leave Me” (4:59) A5. “I’ll Still Be There” (2:55) B1. “Baby You’re Right” (2:57) B2. “Turn […]
Healing of the Lunatic Owl is the only album by English brass-rock sextet Brainchild, released in 1970 on A&M. Tracklist: A1. “Autobiography” (3:35) A2. “Healing of the Lunatic Owl” (5:05) A3. “Hide From the Dawn” (6:50) A4. “She’s Learning” (4:13) B1. “A Time to Place” (8:55) B2. “Two Bad Days” (3:55) B3. “Sadness of a […]
Third is a double-album by English jazz-rock quartet Soft Machine, released in 1970 on CBS/Columbia. Tracklist: A. “Facelift” (18:54) B. “Slightly All the Time” (18:14) C. “Moon in June” (19:18) D. “Out-Bloody-Rageous” (19:17) Credits: Mike Ratledge – Hohner Pianet, Lowrey organ, piano Hugh Hopper – bass guitar Robert Wyatt – drums, vocals (C), Hammond organ, […]
Curtis is the debut solo album by Chicago soul/funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1970 on Curtom. Tracklist: A1. “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going to Go” (7:46) A2. “The Other Side of Town” (4:00) A3. “The Makings of You” (3:40) A4. “We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue” (6:00) B1. […]
Chicago — colloquially known as Chicago II — is the second album by American jazz-rock band Chicago, released in 1970 on Columbia Records. The album was the second of three consecutive double-LP sets by the band. Tracklist: A1. Moving In (4:05) A2. The Road (3:09) A3. Poem for the People (5:33) A4. In the Country […]
The Man Who Sold the World is the third album by English vocalist/songwriter David Bowie, released in 1970 on RCA. B5. “The Supermen” (3:39) Woodmansey heralds the song. Two bars in, he sets a rhythmic pattern of snare, kick drum, and booming timpani. Seven seconds in, Bowie howls upward from the distance as a root-fifth […]
Dedicated to Markos III is the third album by English orchestral pop/psych project Nirvana, released in 1970 on Pye/Metromedia. Tracklist: A1. “The World Is Cold Without You” (3:42) A2. “Excerpt From the Blind and the Beautiful” (2:38) A3. “I Talk to My Room” (3:35) A4. “Christopher Lucifer” (4:04) A5. “Aline Cherie” (3:00) B1. “Tres Tres […]
Cressida is the first of two albums by the namesake English organ-rock band, released in 1970 on Vertigo. Tracklist: A1. “To Play Your Little Game” (3:16) A2. “Winter Is Coming Again” (4:44) A3. “Time for Bed” (2:22) A4. “Cressida” (4:00) A5. “Home and Where I Long to Be” (4:07) A6. “Depression” (5:05) B1. “One of a […]
Medusa is the second album by English hard-rock combo Trapeze, released in 1970 on Threshold. With frontal bass and refined guitar on equal footing throughout much of this set, the two instruments double-up and duel across the foreboding lurch of “Make You Wanna Cry” and the rattling raunch of “Your Love Is Alright.” The set […]
Tumbleweed Connection is the third album by English pianist/performer Elton John, released in 1970 on DJM. Tracklist: A1. “Ballad of a Well-Known Gun” (4:59) A2. “Come Down in Time” (3:25) A3. “Country Comfort” (5:08) A4. “Son of Your Father” (3:46) A5. “My Father’s Gun” (6:19) B1. “Where to Now St. Peter?” (4:12) B2. “Love Song” […]
Benefit is the third album by English hard-rock/folk-rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1970 on Chrysalis. Tracklist: A1. “With You There to Help Me” (6:15) A2. “Nothing to Say” (5:10) A3. “Inside” (3:46) A4. “Son” (2:48) A5. “For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me” (3:47) B1. “To Cry You a Song” (6:09) B2. “A Time for […]
Gasoline Alley is the second solo album by English vocalist Rod Stewart, released in June 1970 on Vertigo/Mercury. Featuring Ron Wood on assorted guitars amid layers of sundry stringed instruments, the album further mines the gritty, alternately twangy/pile-driving territory of the singer’s debut. Mandolin filigree engulfs thick-sliding bottleneck across the title track, while vertical piano […]
Trespass is the second album by English five-piece Genesis, released in 1970 on Charisma. Recorded two years after their debut, the album witnesses the band’s leap into multi-movement song-form — an approach carried most elaborately through the slow, shifting development of “Stagnation” and across the roaring, flaming intensity of “The Knife.” Elsewhere, the emotional tenderness […]
Come to My Garden is the debut solo album by American soul singer Minnie Riperton, released in 1970 on GRT Records. Tracklist: A1. “Les fleurs” (3:19) A2. “Completeness” (3:36) A3. “Come to My Garden” (3:22) A4. “Memory Band” (4:11) A5. “Rainy Day in Centerville” (5:25) B1. “Close Your Eyes and Remember” (3:45) B2. “Oh, by […]
Coniunctio is a 1970 album by Czech rock band Modrý Efekt — credited on this release as Blue Effect — in collaboration with Jazz Q Praha. Tracklist: A. Coniunctio I (19:15) B1. Návštěva u tety Markéty, vypití šálku čaje (6:00) B2. Asi půjdem se psem ven (7:15) B3. Coniunctio II (7:15) Credits: – – – […]
John Barleycorn Must Die is the third proper album by English folk/jazz-rock band Traffic, released in 1970 on Island. Conceived as a Steve Winwood solo album, the project soon netted Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood into a regrouped three-piece lineup. The frontman was fresh off a stint with short-lived rock super-group Blind Faith. Tracklist: A1. […]
Diana Ross is the debut solo album by the namesake American soul singer/performer, released in 1970 on Motown. Tracklist: A1. “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” (2:59) A2. “Now That There’s You” (3:00) A3. “You’re All I Need to Get By” (3:15) A4. “These Things Will Keep Me Loving You” (2:58) A5. “Ain’t No Mountain […]
Accolade is the first of two albums by the English folk-rock combo of the same name, released in 1970 on Columbia (EMI). Tracklist: A1. “Maiden Flight Eliza” (2:42) A2. “Starting All Over” (4:45) A3. “Prelude to a Dawn” (3:10) A4. “Never Ending Solitude” (2:36) A5. “Nature Boy” (9:35) B1. “Gospel Song” (3:31) B2. “Calico” (3:03) […]
Thank Christ for the Bomb is the third album by English hard-rock/art-rock band the Groundhogs, released in 1970 on Liberty. Tracklist: A1. “Strange Town” (4:16) A2. “Darkness Is No Friend” (2:43) A3. “Soldier” (4:51) A4. “Thank Christ for the Bomb” (7:15) B1. “Ship on the Ocean” (3:27) B2. “Garden” (5:10) B3. “Status People” (3:32) B4. […]
Goliath is the only album by the namesake Mancunian jazz-rock band, released in 1970 on CBS. Tracklist: A1. “Port and Lemon Lady” (4:05) A2. “Festival of Light” (4:58) A3. “No More Trash” (3:43) A4. “Hunter’s Song” (9:54) B1. “Men” (3:43) B2. “I Heard About a Friend” (4:31) B3. “Prism” (6:06) B4. “Emerge, Breath, Sunshine, Dandelion” […]
Friend’s Friend’s Friend is the second album by English folk-pop/psych band Audience, released in 1970 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “Nothing You Do” (4:38) A2. “Belladonna Moonshine” (2:40)* A3. “It Brings a Tear” (2:55) A4. “Raid” (8:44) B1. “Right on Their Side” (5:24) B2. “Ebony Variations” (5:29) B3. “Priestess” (6:14) B4. “Friend’s Friend’s Friend” (3:28) *7″ […]
Horizons is the first of two back-to-back albums by the English brass-rock ensemble The Greatest Show on Earth, released in March 1970 on Harvest. Tracklist: A1. “Sunflower Morning” (4:55) A2. “Angelina” (4:05) A3. “Skylight Man” (4:30) A4. “Day of the Lady” (4:09) A5. “Real Cool World” (4:48) B1. “I Fought for Love” (4:22) B2. “Horizons” […]
The Going’s Easy is the second of two albums by the English brass-rock ensemble The Greatest Show on Earth, released in November 1970 on Harvest. Tracklist: A1. “Borderline” (9:11) A2. “Magic Woman Touch” (5:08) A3. “Story Times and Nursery Rhymes” (4:46) B1. “The Leader” (5:40) B2. “Love Magnet” (9:20) B3. “Tell the Story” (4:25)* *7″ […]
Thousands on a Raft is the second of two back-to-back albums by Pete Brown & Piblokto!, released in October 1970 on Harvest. Tracklist: A1. “Aeroplane Head Woman” (6:39) A2. “Station Song Platform Two” (3:37) A3. “Highland Song” (17:00) B1. “If They Could Only See Me Now – Parts One and Two” (12:05) B2. “Got a […]
I Spider is the third album by English jazz-rock band Web, released in 1970 on Polydor. The band would subsequently morph into Samurai for a similarly styled 1971 album. Tracklist: A1. “Concerto for Bedsprings” (10:10) — a. I Can’t Sleep — b. Sack Song — c. Peaceful Sleep — d. You Can Keep the Good […]
H to He Who Am the Only One is the third album by English symphonic/psych band Van der Graaf Generator, released in December 1970 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “Killer” (8:24) A2. “House With No Door” (6:37) A3. “The Emperor in His War-Room” (8:15) B1. “Lost” (11:17) B2. “Pioneers Over C.” (12:42) Credits: Peter Hammill — lead […]
The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other is the second album by English symphonic/psych band Van der Graaf Generator, released in February 1970 on Charisma. Tracklist: A1. “Darkness (11/11)” (7:11) A2. “Refugees” (6:13)* A3. “White Hammer” (8:08) B1. “Whatever Would Robert Have Said” (5:50) B2. “Out of My Book” (3:58) B3. “After the […]
It’ll All Work Out In Boomland is the first and only album by English power trio T2, released in 1970 on Decca. Tracklist: A1. “In Circles” (8:32) A2. “J.L.T.” (5:49) A3. “No More White Horses” (8:33) B. “Morning” (21:12) Credits: Keith Cross — guitar, keyboards, vocals Pete Dunton — writer, drums, vocals Bernie Jinks — […]
Rebirth is the second album by Welsh psych/folk combo Blonde on Blonde, released in 1970 on Ember. Tracklist: A1. “Castles in the Sky” (3:25) A2. “Broken Hours” (3:38) A3. “Heart Without a Home” (5:24) A4. “Time Is Passing” (2:37) A5. “Circles” (7:23) B1. “November” (3:06) B2. “Colour Question” (12:05) B3. “You’ll Never Know Me (Part […]
The Full Circle is the second of two albums by English folk-rock combo Forest, released in 1970 on Harvest. Tracklist: A1. “Hawk the Hawker” A2. “Bluebell Dance” A3. “The Midnight Hanging of a Runaway Serf” A4. “To Julie” A5. “Gypsy Girl and Rambleaway” B1. “Do Not Walk In the Rain” B2. “Much Ado About Nothing” […]
Gracious! is the first of two albums by the namesake English symphonic-rock band, released in 1970 on the Vertigo “swirl” label. Tracklist: A1. “Introduction” (5:52) A2. “Heaven” (8:10) A3. “Hell” (8:30) B1. “Fugue in ‘D’ Minor” (5:03) B2. “The Dream” (17:00) Credits: Paul Davis — vocals, strings, timpani, writer Tim Wheatley — bass Robert Lipson […]
Mr. Albert Show is the first of two albums by the namesake Dutch jazz/psych/soul band, released in 1970 on Philips. Tracklist: A1. “Act of Love” (5:30) A2. “Kings of Galaxy” (4:09) A3. “King Horse” (3:22) A4. “Don’t Worry” (2:37) A5. “White Bear Skin Coat” (2:43) B1. “Wild Sensation” (3:10) B2. “There’s a Sad Song in the […]
