 | Muswell Hillbillies by The Kinks
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $19.99 The Kinks threw many for a loop (including RCA) with this ingenious piece of English dance hall meets New Orleans bar room whimsy.
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 | Pilgrimage by Wishbone Ash
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $22.46 Sophomore release has the band evolving beyond it's boogie and blues roots.
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 | Angel Delight by Fairport Convention
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.95 Another Fairport classic. Reduced to a quartet, this outfit had to dig deep upon Richard Thompson's departure.
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 | Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.07 Often regarded as a prog masterpiece, I view it as an FM rock classic despite it being played ad nauseum.
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 | Babbacombe Lee by Fairport Convention
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.95 Often overlooked record in the Fairport annals. Swarbrick's fingerprints are all over this one.
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 | Killer by Alice Cooper
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.41 Brilliant songwriting and playing from the Alice Cooper Group. Their finest.
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 | Love It to Death by Alice Cooper
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.91 The first of two '71 Cooper releases. Not as polished as KILLER but encouraging signs are evident.
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 | Nursery Cryme by Genesis
Buy used from: $3.50 Peter Gabriel's vision for the band materializes on this near masterpiece.
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 | Acquiring the Taste by Gentle Giant
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.98 They rock a little harder and wander off in a few more directions on this one.
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 | Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $4.89 This one would likely prevail in a poll asking which is the best Zeppelin record.
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 | Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.38 Bowie toned it down a notch with this one but the results are every bit as satisfying as with THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD.
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 | Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $8.00 In deference to ASTRAL WEEKS and MOONDANCE this might be Morrison's finest.
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 | The Yes Album by Yes
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.02 On this album Yes really began to coalesce as a unit and better develop lengthier pieces.
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 | Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.49 Jagged.
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 | Broken Barricades by Procol Harum
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $64.19 In the same vein as HOME but with more continuity and flow.
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 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by The Moody Blues
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $9.00 Probably my favorite Moodies record. Not pop, rock, prog or psychedlic but all of the above.
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 | From the Witchwood by The Strawbs
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $8.59 Signs of Strawbs growing up. Neither folk nor prog, yet both.
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 | Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Concept Recording) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $15.88 Not certain what year this version was released. I'm 51% sure it was a '71 release. Please correct me if wrong.
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 | Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.99 Decent roots rock from the source.
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