Category: 1974

Locomotiv GT - Locomotiv GT

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It is out of Omega and Metro that Locomotiv GT formed with an inclination towards hard funky rock and the…

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Squeezer - Joy Jell Fantasies

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For connoisseurs of ’70s pop Squeezer hit all the right buttons. Very much in the Wings/10cc school of innovative commercial…

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Ross - The Pit And The Pendulum

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The second LP by UK band Ross is based on Edgar Allen Poe’s lovely tale of torture during the Spanish…

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James Gang - Miami

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Overall ‘Miami’ and James Gang output in general sits happily with the equally tedious Jo Jo Gunne and aforementioned Grand…

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James Newton Howard - st

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This is a great record that seems to have gone un-noticed by much of the progressive intelligentsia both then and…

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Left End - Spoiled Rotten

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Left End were a very loud and proud rawk and rawl band from Ohio, that tore up the circuit around…

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Southern Steel - Get On Through

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Here’s a rarity. From 1974, a Miami based band called Southern Steel with links and connections to a whole bunch…

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Spooky Tooth - The Mirror

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Despite several lackluster releases, Spooky Tooth finally got it together in 1974 with the departure of Mike Harrison and the…

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MIck Ronson - Slaughter On 10th Avenue

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These two albums are less than perfect but that never deterred me from enjoying them, regardless of that, Mick Ronson…

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Eagles - On The Border

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As a teenager I enjoyed the first three albums quite a bit, in particular 1974’s ‘On the Border’ and to…

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Fancy - Wild Thing

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Fancy’s time in the spotlight was brief for a manufactured entity though this album is very good reminding me of…

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Hustler - High Street

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Hustler were a British band that were prominent during the 1974-75 timeframe, signed to a big label, and with a…

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Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado

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I’m not familiar with Electric Light Orchestra’s early discography, having only taken a passing interest, so I’ll wind back the…

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Fumble - Poetry In Lotion

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Musically, the Glam rock movement owed much to 1950’s culture and Fumble fit right in with Wizzard, The Rubettes and…

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Hustler - High Street

Hall And Oates – War Babies 0 (0)

Hall And Oates fronting Utopia is what some reviewers have called the duo’s third album and there’s more than a…

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Fogg - This Is It

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Musically, Geordie rockers Fogg are like a low-rent version of Slade due to McPherson’s Noddy Holder croak.

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Puzzle - Second Album

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Working the club scene along the I-94 corridor between Chicago and Detroit, Puzzle developed a reputation as a hot live…

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Slade - In Flames

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‘Slade In Flame’ is widely considered the groups best album, their prior album ‘Old New Borrowed And Blue’ was a…

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Growl - Growl

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The Growl sound is very much in the gritty, down and dirty boogie of ZZ Top hobbled together with Humble…

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Hydra - Hydra

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Here’s a band that deserves a feature on this site, and that is local Georgia southern rockers Hydra.

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