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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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Alkana - Welcome To My Paradise LP. Vinyl reissue of 1978 monster hard rock guitar rarity of the progressive heavy rock underworld, a cult album for the...
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Sex - Sex LP. Official limited edition vinyl reissue of Canadian hard psych rock record from 1971 originally released on the Trams-Canada label. Sounds...
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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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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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Black, LP, Rockadrome

TRANSLUCENT PURPLE VINYL EDITION!!  Gate-fold cover vinyl reissue of stunning 1972 UK heavy rock monster produced by Ian Gillan, originally released on the Deram/Decca label.

 

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LP, Recoil
May Blitz - May Blitz LP . Vinyl reissue of this 1970 debut, originally on the Vertigo label, is excellent hard prog rock, supported by the solo guitar...
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CD, Long Hair
Blackwater Park - Dirt Box CD. Reissue of 1971 heavy rock beast from Germany, but with an English singer! Contains the infamous track, "Rock Song", which...
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CD, Long Hair
Silberbart - 4 Times Sound Razing CD . Official reissue of out-of-this-world loud German hard prog beast. Classic, long psychotic tracks, tearing leads,...
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Irish Coffee - Irish Coffee CD. Official reissue of the 70s Belgian hard prog beast that everyone is after! Howling, growling vocals, tremendous ripping...
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CD, Long Hair
Orange Wedge - Wedge CD. Official reissue of east coast hard rock private press record from 1972. Booklet has liners and photos. Original vinyl...
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CD, Long Hair
Orange Wedge - No One Left But Me CD . Official reissue of their 2nd album from 1974 featuring their homemade brand of east coast hard rock. Booklet has...
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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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Black, LP, Rockadrome

Vinyl reissue of this ultra-rare underground wasted hard rock classic private press record from 1970, originally released on the Zonk! label. Wild, loud, raw New Jersey hard psych beast that’s been a favorite target of record collectors, dealers, and swamp dwellers for the past few decades.

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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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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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CD, Ohrwaschl
Murphy Blend - First Loss CD reissue. Murphy Blend were responsible for one of the best albums released on Polydor's legendary Kuckuck label. They...
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Granicus - Granicus CD . Classic over-the-top 1973 hard rock monster album from Ohio with wild vocals. Excellent driving heavy guitars all over the...
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CD, Won Sin
May Blitz - May Blitz CD . Reissue of 1970 classic hard psych heavy blues rock originally released on the Vertigo label. (m-/m-)
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CD, Ohrwaschl
Nosferatu - Nosferatu CD . Reissue of ultra-rare 1970 Krautrock beast originally released on the Vogue label. Classic hard progressive rock with longish...
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CD, Cmp
Message - From Books and Dreams CD. Reissue of excellent 1973 progressive German hard rock with a psychedelic slant. Classic krautrock! (sealed)...
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Aunt Mary - Loaded CD . Reissue of Norwegian hard prog rock from 1972. Fantastic record, I think is my favorite from them. Includes 4 bonus tracks....
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Orang-utan - Orang-utan CD. Digi-pack reissue of early 70s UK heavy acid rock with smoking twin lead guitar in the vein of Leaf Hound and the like....
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CD, Minority
Asterix - Asterix CD. Reissue of this rare 1970 release from John Lawton and Co. that's pre-Lucifer's Friend. Track Listing: Everybody*...
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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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