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70s Hard Rock Heavies

Here is Rockadrome's ultimate list of killer 70s underground heavy gems in the hard rock, prog rock and heavy psych genres. No folky, spacey or dreamy stuff here, that will be another list, this one is for heavy riffage and in-your-face lead guitar action. You can't really go wrong here with any of these killers and you need them now in any format whether it be originals, vinyl reissues, or compact discs!

I will be trying to track down more and more to fill this out, my personal list for these picks has nearly 200 releases on it, many of which are hard to find expensive originals or out of print reissues, so it may take some time to get it up to 200 items but that's the goal.

For now I'm leaving off the obvious stuff like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Rush, Thin Lizzy, Budgie and other major label groups with a string of killer records.

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CD, Lion (de)
Blues Creation - Live! CD. Reissue of rare Japanese heavy blues acid psychedelic hard rock concert album recorded in 1971! Digipak. (sealed)...
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$17.95
Single, Yunique
Iron Claw - Take Me To Your Leader / Lady Whisky 7-Inch. Two classic early 70s Iron Claw tracks on this awesome limited edition single from new...
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LP, Denon
Blues Creation - Demon And Eleven Children LP.  Near exact official Japanese pressing gatefold cover vinyl reissue of fan-favorite 1971 Japanese...
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LP, Akarma
Toad - Toad 50th Anniversary 3-LP Box. Legendary Swiss hard rock classic from 1971 gets the royal treatment here with this three-album limited edition box...
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LP, Akarma
Dark - Round The Edges LP .  Vinyl reissue of one of the holy grails of UK psychedelic hard rock records. Released in 1972 in tiny quantity on...
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Tear Gas - Tear Gas LP . Vinyl reissue of killer 1971 heavy hard rock monster with savage lead guitars from Zal Cleminson! Originally released in the UK on...
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LP, Orange
Budgie - Bandolier LP . Vinyl reissue of classic Budgie hard rock album from 1975 featuring the awesome classic Napoleon Bona - Part One and...
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LP, Orange
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend LP. Gatefold cover vinyl reissue of their fantastic third album from 1973 that features classic tracks like...
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LP, Orange
Budgie - Impeckable LP . Vinyl reissue of 1978 classic hard rock album featuring the fantastic power trio of Burke Shelley, Tony Bourge, and Steve...
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Silver, LP, Rockadrome
Survivor - All Your Pretty Moves LP . Vinyl reissue of 1979 Louisiana hard rock meets metal classic and collector item with a sound inspired by Thin Lizzy,...
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NOW AVAILABLE!! Highly anticipated reissue of rare Texas hard rock private press record originally released in 1979. Loud, ferocious, untamed guitar work, courtesy of Darren Welch, dominates this Lubbock, Texas band's hard to find debut album. Impeccable deliver a massive dose of raw in-your-face rock and roll energy here, captured live in 1979 at a popular night club in Lubbock called The Rox.

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Jericho - Jericho CD. Absolutely monstrous upper echelon 1972 heavy progressive rock killer. One of the best in the genre, without question. Great...
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LP, Orange
Dust - Dust LP . Vinyl reissue of Dust's self-titled classic debut album from 1971, when the trio lineup was considered super hip in the hard rock arena....
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LP
Totty - Totty LP. Vinyl reissue of excellent 1976 hard rock private press debut record from Oklahoma's Totty. Great songs and even greater guitar! In...
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Gift - Gift CD. Reissue of killer 1972 German hard rock brain blaster of a debut album, featuring strong guitar work, wild riffing and excellent...
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LP, Hobbit
Night Sun - Mournin LP. Vinyl reissue of all-time classic German heavy rock monster from 1972. Originally released on the Zebra label. This one is...
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$27.95
LP, Kotay
Budgie - In For The Kill! LP. Nice high quality heavy cover vinyl reissue of classic 1974 UK hard rock monster album featuring legendary cuts like Zoom...
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LP, Hobbit
Budgie - BBC In Concert & More 1972 LP. Early live and studio tracks from legendary Welsh heavy rock trio featuring 4 tracks from BBC in concert Paris...
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LP, Ethelion
Hard Stuff - Bulletproof LP. UK hard rock led by underground guitar hero John Du Cann (formerly of Andromeda and Atomic Rooster) and also featuring...
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LP, Orange
May Blitz - The 2nd of May LP . Gatefold cover vinyl reissue of the harder-to-find second album from 1971 by these British heavy prog-rock icons. They...
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NOW IN STOCK!! Survivor - All Your Pretty Moves CD . Reissue of 1979 Louisiana hard rock meets metal classic and collector item with a sound...
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LP, Ethelion
The Norman Haines Band - Den Of Iniquity LP . One of the most sought-after releases of the progressive rock era, 'Den Of Inquity' was the only album...
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LP, HiFly
Ursa Major - Ursa Major LP. Vinyl reissue of excellent 1972 hard rock record on the RCA label featuring Dick Wagner (Frost) on guitar. RCA put out some...
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Budgie - Live From The 1980 Reading Festival LP. One of the great British 70s hard rock bands captured live at Reading Festival in 1980, featuring several...
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