Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

First released as a double vinyl album in February 1975, Physical Graffiti went on to 16x Platinum, selling over eight million copies in the USA alone. Many consider Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin’s finest hour.

Jethro Tull – Bursting Out – Live

With an awesome reputation live, it was decided that it was time for the essential live double album. So, during their European concert tour to support the latest release, Heavy Horses (1978), all of their concerts were recorded, and the best bits, in Ian Anderson’s opinion, put together for this release.

Buddy Guy – Damn Right, I’ve Got The Blues

For those of you wanting to hear some genuine ‘Blues’ music recorded in a modern studio with all the sound quality that this gives, this is the album for you. It was unanimously voted Blues Album of the Year by the Grammies in 1992. This album just reeks of class.

Flash – Flash

“Flash” had a vibrancy and optimism that transcended all the stereotypes of seventies rock music. They really loved their music and it always showed. They were Flash – their life was short but burned bright. They came and went in a Flash.

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Yes – Fragile

There are a lot of positives to this record, Yes’s fourth album, “Fragile” (1971). After all, it went double Platinum on the American Billboard and included Yes’s greatest-ever track ‘Roundabout.’ Also in truncated version, it was released as a single and made the top twenty.

Bruce Springsteen Born to Run

At this stage of his career, Bruce Springsteen was just a new upcoming kid from the Jersey Shore. After this album, he became the Boss and could do no wrong in the eyes of working America.

Free – Fire and Water

Fire and Water was a smash hit all over the world, selling over two million copies and climbing to number four on the Billboard chart. This was even more remarkable as although by then veterans of the circuit, they were all still under twenty when this album was released.

Jethro Tull – Aqualung

In early 1971, Jethro Tull went into the newly opened Island recording studios for three weeks to record their new album (the other band in residence at Island at the same time was Led Zeppelin, who were laying down tracks for their fourth album). When they came out again, they had recorded one of rock’s great moments. “Aqualung” was released to its adoring public, and in reality, it gave Ian Anderson and his bunch the right to lifetime superstardom.

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Flash – Flash

“Flash” had a vibrancy and optimism that transcended all the stereotypes of seventies rock music. They really loved their music and it always showed. They were Flash – their life was short but burned bright. They came and went in a Flash.

Hawkwind – Space Ritual ‘Live’

Fortunately for us all, several Hawkwind shows were recorded, and the best of two from Liverpool and Manchester have been spliced together to give the complete experience, all done in the correct running order. This was first released as a double album in 1973 at the price of a single album, Hawkwind being Hawkwind and always giving value for money. As well as a poster-size foldout cover, you also got two booklets, one telling the story of the Space Ritual joining the dots between songs, the other giving you all the information you could possibly want about the tour.

Hard Stuff – Bulletproof

The musicianship is never anything but superb; for that alone, the album cannot be faulted. The best and heaviest thing on the album is the John Gustafson-written ‘Sinister Minister’ with its crunchy guitar licks and bass-heavy driven rhythm.

Threshold – Legends of the Shires

It’s impossible to pick out highlights on Legends of the Shires as the album is best served to be listened to in its entirety. But after a brief introduction, the second song, Small Dark Lines, shows off Threshold’s combined power. Heavy riffing over a pounding beat with determined vocals—an aural battering.

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