 | Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed
Buy used from: $2.39 Some will argue that the avant garde Metal Machine music is more visionary, but this is Lou Reed's finest hour.
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 | Drums and Wires by XTC
Buy used from: $3.86 Finger snapping Beatlesque pop with psychedelic florishes.
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 | A Tribute to Jack Johnson by Miles Davis
Buy used from: $6.98 Miles hits a deep jazz-funk groove on this hypnotic soundtrack.
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 | Greenhouse by Leo Kottke
Buy used from: $9.95 Folk music's guitar hero alternates between vocal and instrumental tracks.
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 | First Light by Richard & Linda Thompson
Buy used from: $19.95 An overlooked gem from Richard and Linda.
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 | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) by Captain Beefheart
Buy used from: $17.41 Stunning in it's complexity, "Shiney Beast" is Beefheart's finest moment.
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 | Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $2.00 Some Dylan devotees will still argue this is his best.
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 | After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.55 Neil Young's elegy to the lost innoncence of the sixties.
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 | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.00 Bowie was the definitive artist of the 70's and paved the way for the punk uprising.
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 | Siren by Roxy Music
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.90 The most consistent effort from a band that made some of the 70's most daring and artful music.
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 | Blue by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.64 Joni's most enduring album. Still remains on the Amazon top 500 sales after 30 years.
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 | Delta Momma Blues by Townes Van Zandt
Say what you will about Graham Parsons, but Townes is the true father of alt-country.
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 | Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: $8.97 / Used from: $2.55 This 1978 anthology captures the best moments from Emmylou's 70's albums.
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 | Catch a Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $5.99 Marley's recorded output in the 70's was amazing, but "Catch A Fire" remains a personal favorite.
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 | This Year's Model (With Bonus Disc) by Elvis Costello
Buy used from: $6.47 Elvis has aged gracefully as a rock star can age. This is the angriest from the angry young man.
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 | Dr. John's Gumbo by Dr. John
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $5.59 The doctor returns to his Crescent City roots after the psychedelic 60's.
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 | Fear by John Cale
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.12 An unsettling paranoia lurks beneath the transparent beauty of this Cale classic.
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 | Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy by Brian Eno
Buy used from: $17.98 Picking an Eno selection from the 1970's is problematic. This is my personal favorite.
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 | Shake 'Em on Down by Furry Lewis
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $7.99 Furry may have been the last of the old time blues singers. This 1972 release proves him to be one of the best.
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 | Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $1.00 The first great album of the 1970's. Released in the summer of 1970, the Dead forge ahead with a countrified sound.
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 | Horses by Patti Smith
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.20 Patti Smith broke the gender barrier and was the first woman fully in charge of the band. This is her best.
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 | Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants
Buy used from: $10.75 The progenitor of postmodern minimalism from which sprang Portishead, Everything But the Girl and St. Etienne.
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 | Broken English by Marianne Faithfull
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.75 Marianne sheds her sweet 60's persona and returns as a disillusioned, sneering,black leather punk.
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 | Entertainment! by Gang of Four
Buy used from: $6.87 Possibly the last great release of the seventies. This groundbreaking album is still sending aftershocks over 20 years later.
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