Category: 1973

Hamlet - Hamlet
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Hamlet – Hamlet 0 (0)

The music of Hamlet is lock step with other bands of the era such as Badfinger, in other words, quality…

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ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
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ZZ Top – Tres Hombres 0 (0)

This was the album though that paved the way for Texan boogie legends ZZ Top to attain the heights they…

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Queen - Queen
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Queen – Queen 4 (2)

This debut album from Queen saw the beginning of one of the most iconic rock bands in history, apart from…

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Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom
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Uriah Heep – Sweet Freedom 0 (0)

‘Sweet Freedom’ would be the first of the Uriah Heep albums to show a commercial angle, which they would pursue…

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Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday
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Robin Trower – Twice Removed From Yesterday 0 (0)

In March 1973, British guitarist Robin Trower released this debut solo LP. It set in motion what would follow a…

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David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
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David Bowie – Aladdin Sane 0 (0)

This David Bowie album tends to get a bad rap with what went before, but no, this was dangerous, edgy…

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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5 (1)

From the earlier Black Sabbath discography, ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ is my preference, but each of their previous albums have their…

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Lee Pickens Group - LPG
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Lee Pickens Group – LPG 3 (1)

As to be expected on ‘LPG’, Lee Pickens delivers hard rock of the Texan kind, with doses of psychedelic rock…

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Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
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Captain Beyond – Sufficiently Breathless 3 (1)

Captain Beyond’s transition from debut to the next wasn’t smooth as it did here on the band’s second album, so…

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Sand - Sand
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Sand – Sand 0 (0)

Sand were a two-album band from Portland Oregon, that forged a brief and unfortunate run during the early to mid…

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Aerosmith - Aerosmith
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Aerosmith – Aerosmith 0 (0)

Here we have the debut album from Aerosmith which took the 70’s by storm in the USA.

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Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
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Deep Purple – Who Do We Think We Are 0 (0)

Given Deep Purple’s standing at the time this album was much maligned overall and to this day is balked at…

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The Guess Who - 10
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The Guess Who – 10 0 (0)

The Guess Who steadily continued to deliver solid albums up until their break-up in 1975 and ‘#10’ in my opinion…

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Peter Frampton - Frampton's Camel
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Peter Frampton – Frampton’s Camel 0 (0)

No one could have predicted the success Peter Frampton would achieve based on this album, but it became the blueprint…

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B.A Robertson - Wringing Applause
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B.A Robertson – Wringing Applause 0 (0)

A concept album based on life on the stage, the material from B.A Robertson is clever and slightly cheeky, those…

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Ides Of March - Midnight Oil
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Ides Of March – Midnight Oil 0 (0)

The Ides Of March were a carbon copy of Blood Sweat and Tears and Chicago, brass heavy and soulful on…

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D Beaver And Combinations - Combinations
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D Beaver And Combinations – Combinations 0 (0)

The D Beaver And Combinations sound can be described as Badfinger and The Beatles meets Kansas and early Ambrosia. If…

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The Hollies - Out On The Road
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The Hollies – Out On The Road 0 (0)

One of the harder to find albums in The Hollies labyrinth-like discography, ‘Out On The Road’ was the last record…

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Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me
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Fleetwood Mac – Mystery To Me 0 (0)

A big part of why this Fleetwood Mac album is successful is Bob Welch, whose smooth vocals and top notch…

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Stray Dog - Stray Dog
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Stray Dog – Stray Dog 3 (1)

The debut Stray Dog album is an amazing rock/blues workout that really should be better known among some of the…

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