Category: 1973

Fed up with David Gates hogging the spotlight in Bread, guitarist James Griffin left in 1972, returning a couple years…

This really is a dynamite LP from Exile, rooted in the Midwest style of bands like Jo Jo Gunne, REO…

I am biased, there’s not a dud song on this album one iota, there’s enough to suggest that perhaps The…

Golden Earring have been a Dutch institution for much of their career, and with this album, it was arguably their…

British band Cirkus have been compared to Spring, Cressida and Fantasy, they were forward thinking and a couple years ahead…

This is a band that called Northern Ireland home, the oddly named Fruupp, indeed, on their debut had all the…

Oddly referred to a jazz rock or fusion band, Forest Green’s full-range sound was really much more than that, fusing…

The Faces was guitarist Ronnie Lane’s baby and even without Rod Stewart’s over-riding influence it’s still quintessential Faces, trademarked alcohol…

Often compared to Pink Floyd and fellow countrymen Eloy, Jane live up to their spacey reputation with a dense organ…

This record can be seen as a transition between Cat Stevens spirited pop and his desire to break-free from constraints…

As debut albums go this is a stellar release from Lynyrd Skynyrd, a mix of blues, hard rock, bluegrass and…

Mott The Hoople demonstrate themselves as a band finally full of confidence in their own abilities.

What Todd Rundgren’s vision was back in 1973 was anybody’s guess but he produced an album so rich and diverse…

A Santana spin-off, Azteca put out a couple of albums between 1972 and 1973. The band featured the Escovedo brothers…

Free were one of the great early English hard rock bands, and despite the trying circumstances during recording, quality-wise it…

How to describe the shortlived Granicus? In a nutshell – relentless wailing soaring riffing guitars, loud frenetic drumming and super…

‘Ashes Are Burning’ remains the pinnacle of the Renaissance catalog and should find a place in every serious prog collection.

Described as one of the great lost bands of the 70’s, Blue Ash come from the same school of power-pop…

Cockney Rebel were part of that wonderful glam period, but rather than adopt the ‘Bricklayers in drag’ look, they took…

In parts, Lazarus have moved into early Doobie Brothers territory, whilst still retaining huge vocal melodies and lush orchestrated pieces.