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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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Single, Yunique
Stone Axe - Slave Of Fear / Snakebite 7-Inch. Stone Axe emerged from the ashes of Josefus in 1971. Jerry Ontiberoz, Pete Bailey, Ray Turner along with...
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$19.95 $17.95
CD, Universum
Stonehouse - Stonehouse Creek CD . Digi-pak reissue of excellent 1971 bluesy heavy rock album from the UK. Amazingly, I've never seen a vinyl reissue of...
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$29.95 $27.95
LP, Ethelion
Stonehouse - Stonehouse Creek LP. First-time vinyl reissue of 1971 album by UK progressive hard rock band. Originally released on RCA. Apart from the...
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$26.95
Sudden Death - Sudden Death LP.  A hard-hitting and gloomy heavy rock band comprised of Pasadena youth who were selected as finalists in a nationwide...
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$11.95
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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$24.95 $22.95
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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$12.95 $9.95
CD, Acme
T2 - 1971-1972 CD . The rise of power trio T2 was rapid: important open-air festivals; headlining at the Marquee Club; appearances at virtually every major...
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$29.95 $27.95
LP, Ethelion
T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland LP . Vinyl reissue of classic 1970 UK progressive hard rock album, originally released on the Decca label. Long...
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$33.95 $29.95
LP, AMS
I Teoremi - I Teoremi LP.  Vinyl reissue of one of the rarest Italian prog-era albums, though not a proper prog LP, as it contains a hard...
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Tin House - Tin House CD. Reissue of their classic hard rock 1971 debut record featuring 4 bonus tracks. Originally released on the Epic label. Here is...
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$19.95 $18.95
Toad - Open Fire CD. Concert recording Live in Basel 1972 from this monster heavy rock power trio with savage guitars from Vic Vergeat. (sealed)...
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$74.95
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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$18.95
Toad - Toad CD . 2017 digipack reissue of the debut album by Swiss heavy psychedelic rock band from the early '70s, featuring a furious Vic Vergeat....
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$18.95
Toad - Tomorrow Blue CD Reissue of the 2nd album from 1972 by this Swiss heavy rock group, originally issued by the Hallelujah label. The rhythm section...
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$28.95
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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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$24.95

Raw crushing live recordings from 1976 by one of the Midwest's heaviest power trios of all time!!! The live recordings featured on “Erupts!” were originally released posthumously in the early 90s. Now it's back, re-mastered for vinyl by Tony Reed (Mos Generator, Saint Vitus, Stoneaxe) and in it's entirety. 

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NEW PRESSING FOR 2021!! EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN MAY!   SIGN UP NOW TO BE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS IT'S AVAILABLE! Truth And Janey - Erupts! CD...
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BACK IN STOCK!! Great American underground hard rock album out of Iowa circa 1976. A real heavy rock classic filled with inventive songwriting, intelligent lyrics and above all, top-notch guitar playing from BillyLee Janey!! Bonus tracks!

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$24.95 $19.95
Black, LP, Rockadrome
Truth And Janey - No Rest For The Wicked LP. Near exact vinyl reissue of this cult classic U.S. underground hard rock record from 1976, by Iowa's...
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$24.95
Black, LP, Rockadrome
NEW LIMITED EDITION PRESSING! Truth And Janey - Topeka Jam 2-LP. Excavated from the archives of a long-time roadie and brought back from the...
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Truth And Janey - Topeka Jam CD. Excavated from the archives of a long-time roadie and brought back from the brink of disintegration comes this...
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$16.95 $12.95
ULTRA - Ultra CD. Classic Texas-style, foot stomping, bad-ass hard rock and roll from one of the founders of the legendary Texas psych/rock group, HOMER....
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$28.95 $27.95
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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$38.95
LP, Guerssen
Wicked Lady - The Axeman Cometh 2-LP . Double album vinyl collection of legendary late 60s / early 70s recordings from UK underground power trio led by...
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$16.95 $12.94
Winterhawk - There and Back Again CD. Before they regrouped to record their timeless classic "Revival" album in 1982 they were stunning...
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$29.95
Winterhawk - There And Back Again CD . Before they regrouped to record their timeless classic "Revival" album in 1982 they were stunning audiences...
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$14.98 $11.95
CD, Gear Fab
Wizard - The Original Wizard CD Reissue of the rare heavy rock 1971 LP (Peon label) from these Florida musicians that toured with some of the best...
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$29.95 $27.95
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Yesterday's Children - Yesterday's Children LP . This hard-rocking Connecticut quintet comprised vocalist Dennis Croce, his brother Richard on rhythm...
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