1971 vinyl OMG

If I might recommend David Hepworth's book from a couple of years ago (last year already?) called 1971 - Never A Dull Moment, it mirrors your thoughts here. It's very good, split month by month for the year and discusses how 1971 changed everything. I can thoroughly recommend it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/1971-...=david+hepworth+1971

Some fantastic albums in there!

SWMBO obviously needs to go out on her own 3 week holiday.

ChrisR - unfortunately I require audio books these days - I tried looking this up in the RNIB talking book library but no joy ... will keep it in mind though.

TobyJug - ... well what can I say ...

It does sometimes make me wish for a listening room.

The year that brought us Hunky Dory has to be a great one.

BTW just to show I'm not libing in the past - I got my first hoodie today

Its badged as "Sea of Thieves", a new computer game launched yesterday and I'm the proud father of one of its developers.

... I'll be letting what's left of my hair grow back down to my shoulders next

Allan

While flipping the album over just now, I noticed 1971 also brought The Faces’s A Nod’s as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse..

1971   Leonard Cohen Songs of Love and Hate

Allan Milne posted:

 

 

 

After this I just might pick another year and have a go at that,

 

Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Edgar Broughton Band - The Edgar Broughton Band
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Colosseum - The Collectors Colosseum, Colosseum Live
Papa John Creach - Papa John Creach
Deep Purple - Fireball
Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Vol II
Emersson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green) - Greatest Hits
Focus - Focus 2 (Moving Waves)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Bily Joel - Cold Spring Harbor
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Nice - Elegy
Pink Floyd - Relics, Meddle
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Grace Slick & The Great Society - Collectors Edition
Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Yes - The Yes Album, Fragile
The WhoWho's Next

 

Allan,

Stick with 1971, it is a pinnacle year in rock music there is no other year that comes close. In the normal distribution 69 and 70 are great years as are 72 and 73, but they are eclipsed by 71 - which was , as mentioned above, so good David Hepworth had to write a book about it.

In addition, to your list there are just so many more truly great albums that, to me, are works that artist have not surpassed:-

Fleetwood Mac - Future Games

The Doors - LA Woman

T Rex - Electric Warrior

Carole King - Tapestry

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson

Elton John - Madman Across The water

Joni Mitchell - Blue

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an exhibition

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

Nilsson - Nilsson Scmillson

Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram

John Lennon - Imagine

Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love & Hate

Yes there are a lot more great albums from 1971; I had to save up a lot to buy an album back then, in fact only about 6 of those albums were bought at the time, the rest purchased as second-hand later or as re-issues.

A number of the other albums mentioned I have on CD; I do have the ELP Pictures album (I have all their albums) but I thought that was 1972.

I've still got a few weeks left in 1971 listening,

Allan

Allan Milne posted:

 

Yes there are a lot more great albums from 1971; I had to save up a lot to buy an album back then, in fact only about 6 of those albums were bought at the time, the rest purchased as second-hand later or as re-issues.

A number of the other albums mentioned I have on CD; I do have the ELP Pictures album (I have all their albums) but I thought that was 1972.

 

I've still got a few weeks left in 1971 listening,

Allan

Pictures was recorded in Newcastle March 71 and released as a budget live album in Nov 71. It was the only album we had at the youth club and must have been worn smooth the number of times we played it "Do you want some more music....."

Thanks Andy,

I stand corrected and have updated my spreadsheet.

I can't read the text on my albums anymore so am reliant on other people or the internet, so thanks for the correction.

Allan

Don't forget Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator - love this album to bits. Sadly I was 3 when the original LP came out. Have you seen the prices for 1st edition with inner lyric sheet?

The first thing I noticed looking at this thread 

No BLACK SABBATH !!

They’re pretty much recognised as being the starting block for a whole genre ie Heavy Metal - like it or loathe it, it doesn’t do fashion so it’s here to stay 

i was fortunate enough to be at their last ever concert last year in Brum, Sabbath in Brum is always a couple of notches above everywhere else 

Got my original Swirl Vertigo 1971 box with poster version of Master of Reality swirling round the not so old Linn as we speak 

lyndon

Lyndon - have Paranoid from 1970 but nothing from 1971, money was tight and I was more prog rock than heavy metal.

Still think Paranoid is one of those definitive albums though

Allan

Have all the original sabbath albums on vinyl up to Never say Die but sadly no deck at present, haven’t listened to them since the early 80’s so not sure what shape they’re in! Think the poster is still in master of reality too! 

Allan

yes, Paranoid was a definitive album, it’s quite political, even Fairies wear boots, about the squadies going into Brum at the weekend and getting beaten up by the locals ( had some of that myself in Suffolk in the 80’s) to the more poignant Hand of Doom - about the young American soldiers hooked on heroin 

King Crimson, Islands.

Pretty sure Chicago Transit Authority is from 1968...

Salmon Dave posted:

Pretty sure Chicago Transit Authority is from 1968...

CTA was released early in 1969. By '71 they were already racking up the numbers with III released in January and by November of the same year came the monster four album set Chicago IV - Live Carnegie Hall.

AndyP19 posted:

Salmon Dave posted:

Pretty sure Chicago Transit Authority is from 1968...

CTA was released early in 1969. By '71 they were already racking up the numbers with III released in January and by November of the same year came the monster four album set Chicago IV - Live Carnegie Hall.

 

They were Chicago after the first LP though...

Surf's Up is an obvious omission from the above lists and well-documented in the Hepworth book.

I was never "into" Chicago, just really liked this album. Was never sure of exactly which album it was so made a guess when I created my original vinyl list ... so long ago Wikipedia didn't exist

Salmon Dave - yes, you're right, I have the 1969 CTA album.

Andy - it isn't a list of 1971 albums, just the one's I found in my own vinyl.

Thanks for the new info, vinyl catalogue updated accordingly,

Allan

Allan,

with that list of 1971 albums, you need to find room on the shelf for:  Free - Free Live

Allan Milne posted:

  

Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Edgar Broughton Band - The Edgar Broughton Band
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Colosseum - The Collectors Colosseum, Colosseum Live
Papa John Creach - Papa John Creach
Deep Purple - Fireball
Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Vol II
Emersson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green) - Greatest Hits
Focus - Focus 2 (Moving Waves)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Bily Joel - Cold Spring Harbor
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Nice - Elegy
Pink Floyd - Relics, Meddle
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Grace Slick & The Great Society - Collectors Edition
Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Yes - The Yes Album, Fragile
The WhoWho's Next

 

I have the ones highlighted - plus the additional albums below - which I think means my number beats  yours from that year by one! Not all were bought that year as vinyl, as although 1971 was the year I left school and started work, bringing income to spend on records, money was still tight - I caught up with some over the years, both vinyl and eventually downloads.

Amon Duul II - Dance of the Lemmings
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Curved Air - Second Album

Doors - LA Woman
ELP - Pictures at an Exhibition
John Entwhistle -Smash Your Head
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
King Crimson - Islands
Don McLean - American Pie
Ten Years After - A Space in Time
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
Who - Meaty Beaty
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage

i actually think I have more albums  from 1970...

I have a number of the other albums members are suggesting but on ripped CDs rather than vinyl and no way to get their original release date without searching for every one on Google/Wikipedia/.... So thanks for the suggestions that I might follow to create a complete 1971 collection of the music I like.

I have a UnitiServ so am using the NServ app rather than the new one for the Unity range - no way of seeing albums in date order - much of the metadata doesn't even have a original release date. I assume the new Naim app is the same, an issue with digital for a nostalgic trawl of our collections I think.

Allan