Pre metal/70s metal recommendations?

Jacy Catlin · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 369 Location: Eau Claire, WI USA

I like a lot of late 60's/70's garage rock, acid rock, pre-punk etc. It's pretty easy to find such stuff with a lot of labels doing garage reissues. I like stuff like Blue Cheer, first couple by Judas Priest, and have heard a few comps of unearthed heavy psych like "An Overdose of Heavy Psych" but I don't know where I'd start to find more of the pre/early metal stuff. I'm familiar with a few companies doing 80's traditional metal and NWOBHM reissues but what bands should I seek out from the 70's? Preferably stuff that is in print but I'll take any recommendations, thanks!
-Jacy

Nekrokunt_Usurper · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 2912 Location: London

Wtf, where the hell are you all?

Anyway here are a few, Atomic Rooster, T2, Necromandus, Orang Utan, Blue Cheer are the ones that spring to mind.

Cutterofgums · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 1175 Location: Hanoy

Try out the two first Captain Beyond albums from 1972 and 1973. Absolute classics. These have also been reissued on vinyl and should not be too hard to grab.

Mountain relased a few early nuggets, and another personal favourite is the band KAK with their only album of same name. There is a pretty easy to obtain collection based on the album called Kak-ola with pretty much all they released.

Cutterofgums · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 1175 Location: Hanoy

I do the unthinkable and post a double.

The Groundhogs - Thanks christ fo the bomb from 1970
The Groundhogs- Split from 1971

peterott · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 4554 Location: Germany

Deep Purple - In Rock

and Flight Of The Rat will thrash you into your chair

carrioncrow · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

I've always dug BLACK WIDOW (the band)....also the label Black Widow has released a ton of essential Occult/Proto bands...I'm also a big JETHRO TULL fan...

carrioncrow · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

RAINBOW and URIAH HEEP are musts as well...

DESECRATOR777 · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 1575 Location: satan island, ny

deep purple burn
quartz s/t
more blood and thunder
thin lizzy vagabonds of the western world
ufo force it
riot rock city
flower travel band satorri
scorpions in trance, taken by force, fly to the rainbow, virigin killers
buffalo [oz] volcanic rock
bang s/t
truth and janey s/t
budgie in for the kill, i was brittinia...
zztop tres hombres, tejas, rio grand mud
uriah heep s/t

Jacy Catlin · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 369 Location: Eau Claire, WI USA

Wow that was fast! I can't wait to check this stuff out, thanks guys!
-Jacy

speedeathrash · Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Toronto, Canada

Alot of great classics already mentioned.. also:

Flower Travellin' Band (Japanese EXTREMELY HEAVY psych. from late 60's Metal as fuck). Don't know if their recordings have been reissued on LP at all (originals are valuable and rare I understand) but CD versions are fairly easy to find.

Sir Lord Baltimore -- Self Titled and the second record both slam hard.

Cactus -- all albums rip

Ram Jam -- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram LP (some fluff in there, but overall a slamming rock album)

UFO -- Phenomenon was not mentioned as well, which is odd. Totally wild album.

Joe Perry Project -- Let the Music do the talking LP. Not overly metal but rowdy as fuck and has some great dirges in there.

and on and on.

derelict · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 556

they just reissued suomi on lp, you can find it all over the place.
slade is good too.

Guest · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:

Leafhound "Grower of Mushrooms" is an absolute MUST OWN!
Road- "S/T" is an awesome record (Noel Redding's post Hendrix band)
Cactus- any of the first 3 (s/t, restrictions, one way or another)
Wishbone Ash -'s/t' or 'Argus'
Captain Beyond was already mentioned, just wanted to reiterate, the first two are absolutely essential

Shadow Kingdom · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 1300

I'm gonna be getting 20 or 30 new obscure 60s/70s titles in the store this week.
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Jacy Catlin · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 369 Location: Eau Claire, WI USA

Pazuzu · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 533

Deep Purple in Rock is the best for heavy rock. Fireball, Machine Head, Who Do We Think We Are!, and Burn are great as well.

Rainbow - Rising and Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

And, uh, I'm surprised no one mentioned Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. Too obvious?
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