Format
Price

$  –  $

  • $9
  • $480
Country of Origin
Original Year
Record Labels
Made In

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.

$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...
Out-of-stock

$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...
In stock
+

$29.95 $27.95
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...
In stock
+

$28.95 $27.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$29.95 $27.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $27.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$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...
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $27.95
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....
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $27.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$29.95 $27.95
LP, Ethelion
Elonkorjuu - Harvest Time LP.  Vinyl reissue of 'Harvest Time', the debut album by the Finnish band Elonkorjuu and a very sought-after...
In stock
+

$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...
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $27.95
LP, Orange
Budgie - Budgie LP. Vinyl reissue of all-time classic 1971 hard rock debut album from this Welsh trio. Originally released on the MCA label. Includes...
In stock
+

$28.95 $27.95
LP, Orange
Budgie - Squawk LP. Vinyl reissue of the classic 2nd album from 1972 by this legendary Welsh hard rock trio. All of their early albums are classics...
In stock
+

$29.95 $27.95
LP, Ethelion
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori LP  1971's 'Satori' is a conceptual hard rock-psych album driven by Hideki Ishima's furious guitar licks which erupt and...
In stock
+

$28.95 $27.95
LP, Orange
Budgie - In For The Kill! LP. Vinyl reissue of a classic 1974 UK hard rock monster album features legendary cuts like Zoom Club, In For The Kill, Crash...
Out-of-stock

$29.95 $26.95
LP, Orange
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come LP. Gatefold cover vinyl reissue of heavy as hell 1970 U.S. hard heavy rock monster, originally released on the...
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $26.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$28.95 $26.95
LP, Orange
Budgie - Bandolier LP . Vinyl reissue of classic Budgie hard rock album from 1975 featuring the awesome classic Napoleon Bona - Part One and...
Out-of-stock

$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...
Out-of-stock

$25.95
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...
Out-of-stock

$24.95

40th anniversary of 1973 Icelandic hard rock underground monster that's been the target of collectors for at least two decades! Carefully remastered for pristine sound that lays waste to all the bootlegs that have come before.

Out-of-stock

$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. 

Out-of-stock

$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...
In stock
 

$24.95
Budgie - If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting EP. Vinyl reissue of 1980 release from classic UK hard rock outfit containing four tracks. On the Noteworthy...
Out-of-stock