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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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LP, Long Hair
Chicken Bones - Hardrock In Concert LP. Vinyl reissue of rare as hell German hard rock record from 1976 in the vein of Wishbone Ash, May Blitz or early...
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LP, Akarma
May Blitz - May Blitz LP . Gatefold cover vinyl reissue of this 1970 debut, originally on the Vertigo label, is excellent hard rock, supported by the solo...
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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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LP, Long Hair
Gift - Blue Apple LP. This is the first official vinyl reissue of Gift's second LP, originally from 1974. For these sessions Gift added a keyboard player...
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Semiramis - Dedicato A Frazz LP . Beautiful gatefold cover vinyl reissue of a classic 1973 Italian progressive rock album on the Trident label. Limited...
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Panna Fredda - Uno LP.  This debut album was finally released in 1971 on the Vedette label, but unfortunately, the group had already ceased...
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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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New Trolls - UT LP. Original 1972 first pressing of classic Italian heavy prog rocker. Nice heavy laminated gatefold cover. This is my favorite from them...
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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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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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Ibis - Sun Supreme LP.  In the early '70s the members of the Iatlian prog group New Trolls fought a battle over the use of the band name. This...
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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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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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Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - Per Un Mondo De Cristallo LP. Gatefold cover vinyl reissue of rare early 70s Italian progressive rock record. On the Vinyl...
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LP, Atos
Budgie - Live At The Marquee 1974 LP. Elite UK hard rock trio captured live in 1974 at the Marquee Club in London on February 11th. This is during their...
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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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LP, Absinthe
Flower Travellin' Band - Made in Japan LP . Vinyl reissue of classic 1972 Japanese hard prog-rock record. A must-have brilliant album! Housed in...
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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, 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, Long Hair
Asterix - Asterix LP. Vinyl reissue of the one and only album by this pre-Lucifer's Friend outfit. Cool German psychedelic prog-rock from 1971! These...
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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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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, 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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New Trolls - UT LP. Original second pressing from 1974 of classic 1972 Italian heavy prog rocker. Non-laminated gatefold cover. This is my favorite from...
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