70s Rock Album Smorgasbord: Supertramp, Gallagher, Lizzy, Quo, Be-bop, Led Zep
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1970s Rock Smorgasbord
For sale are a few of my vinyl albums. These records were played a lot when first purchased, but not at all for the last couple of decades… condition of the covers is variable; the discs themselves are all in unscratched condition. Also take a look at some of my other collections for sale…
Starting with Supertramp’s 1974 album “Crime of the Century” – a rare example of a concept album that was not immensely dull. In “Dreamer” it contains one of Supertramp’s biggest hits, but the rest of the album contains some genuinely moving moments as well as top-notch dynamics and some extremely catchy melodies and instrumental sections.
The same can’t be said of Status Quo’s “Rockin’ All Over the World” – received as a Christmas present, I believe. The less said about this the better, of course, although it contains one of the Quo’s biggest hits as its title track.
Rory Gallagher was a virtuoso guitarist and pretty decent singer/songwriter who had an absolutely distinctive playing sound – no mean feat when you consider he was operating in the crowded space of “blues-guitarist-with-Fender-Strat”. “Photo-Finish” is an excellent studio album containing the brilliant “Brute Force and Ignorance”.
I first heard the opening track to Be-Bop Deluxe’s “Drastic Plastic” album on the Old Grey Whistle Test and was immediately transfixed. “Panic in the World” highlighted Bill Nelson’s weird nasal vocals and provided a glimpse into the world of Be-Bop’s grand musical visions. I worked my way back through their musical catalogue over the following years but for me Drastic Plastic’s modern vision has always made it my favourite Be-Bop album. Incidentally, the Skids’ Stuart Adamson was a fan and later persuaded Nelson to produce for them.
Thin Lizzy need no introduction, and "Black Rose" is one of their finest as Gary Moore joined the band to supercharge the guitar line-up. Highlight: soppy love song to Lynott’s daughter, “Sarah”. Unfortunately this disc is dented in two places: it looks as though it should still play OK but I have not been able to test this.
Last but by no means least: Led Zeppelin’s awesome “In Through The Out Door”. This was the first Led Zep album I heard and contains one of my favourite intros of all time – the hazy, dreamy beginning to the opening track, “In the Evening”. This album comes in the limited edition “brown paper bag” wrapper plus “magic painting” inner sleeve. The coloured inks will be activated if the sleeve is brushed with water…
Will post to UK addresses: see below list of release dates/catalogue numbers for these albums.
Year
Artist
Title
Label
Catalogue no
1974
Supertramp
Crime of the Century
A&M
AMLS 68258
1977
Status Quo
Rockin' All Over The World
Vertigo
9102 014
1978
Rory Gallagher
Photo-Finish
Chrysalis
CHR 1170
1978
Be-Bop Deluxe
Drastic Plastic
EMI
SHSP 4091
1979
Thin Lizzy
Black Rose
Vertigo
9102 032
1979
Led Zeppelin
In Through The Out Door
Swan Song
SSK 59410
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