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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, HiFly
Master's Apprentices - Choice Cuts CD. Compact disc reissue of classic Australian prog rock album from 1971. One of the best from downunda! With 5 bonus...
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CD, Eclipse
Kin Ping Meh - Kin Ping Meh CD. Classic hard prog rock debut album from 1972 by this German group originally released on the Polydor label. Originals...
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Budgie - Live In Birmingham 1979 CD. Legendary UK hard rock trio recorded live at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, UK on December 15, 1979. Featuring Burke...
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CD, Minority
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock / Only Want You For Your Body CD. Two classic 70s hard rock Australian records on one disc, Volcanic Rock from 1973 and Only Want...
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Budgie - Live In Milwaukee 1978 CD. British hard rock legends concert recording from the Electric Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI on May 4th, 1978. 12 tracks...
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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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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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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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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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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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Blues Creation - Demon and Eleven Children CD . Reissue of what is often considered one of the heaviest hard rock albums from early 70s Japan. Recommended...
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Demian / Bubble Puppy - Demian / A Gathering of Promises CD . Reissue of post-Bubble Puppy early 70s Texas hard rock classic originally released on the...
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CD, Red Fox
Charlies - Buttocks CD . Reissue of rare 1970 hard psych prog rock from Finland. Originally released on the Love label and impossible to find these...
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Ginhouse - Ginhouse CD . Reissue of rare 1971 UK hard psych album. I love their heavy and unusual cover of the Beatles "And I Love Her".Digipak. (sealed)...
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Shinki Chen - Shinki Chen and His Friends CD.  Reissue of ultra-rare 1971 heavy psychedelic hard rock guitar feast solo album by the man from the...
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Moses - Changes CD . Reissue of ultra-rare underground 1971 Danish hard rock with caveman attitude and some endless fuzzy guitar runs. (sealed)...
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Suck - Time to Suck CD reissue of 1970 South African heavy rock rarity featuring a cover of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' as a bonus non-Lp cut! Booklet...
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Freedom's Children - Galactic Vibes CD The most influential South African rock band of the psychedelic era and perhaps of all time - renowned for...
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Single, Ancient Grease
Iron Claw - Saga / Bright Future 7-Inch.  In the annals of heavy metal history, Iron Claw stands as an unsung titan—a band whose heavy riffs and...
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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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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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Jerusalem - Jerusalem CD. The first official reissue of this infamous metallic heavy rock album from 1972 produced by Deep Purple's legendary frontman,...
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BACK IN STOCK!! Official release of early 70s Scottish underground  heavy rock recordings from this group who were stomping around the UK with the likes of Black Sabbath, Hackensack, Pink Fairies, Juicy Lucy and others from the time, but never released a proper album.

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