Classic Rock Discussion thread, including Catfish's Top 20 Lists.

[catfish1957]

@libertybele
@Hoodat

Not sure how much interest there will be in this thread, but I believe there is quite a contingent of us who have a lot of love and interest in Classic Rock.  I bought my first album (Meet the Beatles) in 1965 at age 8, and didn't stop until well into adulthood.  The list nerd in also for some reason made me document who I liked.  So, I figured to start with 1973 and work forwards. 

No given format otherwise, and just want to hear other's perspective of when music....  really was music.

Update

Index of Record Reviews-  Band-Album-Page No. on thread (from Maj. Bill and Catfish)
========================================

Abba- Abba: The Album- 50 ** 1/2
AC DC- Back In Black- 26. ****
AC DC- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap- 52 *** 1/2
AC DC- For Those About to Rock- 43 *** 1/2
AC-DC- High Voltage- 35 ****
AC-DC- Highway to Hell- 51 **** 1/2
Aerosmith- Get Your Wings- 45 *** 1/2
Aerosmith- Rocks- 30 *** 1/2
Aersosmith- Toys in the Attic- 30 ****
Alice Cooper- Billion Dollar Babies- 27 ****
Alice Cooper- Killer- 42 *** 1/2
Alice Cooper- Love it to Death- 38 *** 1/2
Alice Cooper Welcome to My Nightmare- 43 *** 1/2
Allman Brothers Band- Self Titled- 51 ***
Amboy Dukes- Journey to the Center of a Mind- 39  ** 1/2
April Wine- Power Play- 50 ***
Eric Burdon and the Animals- Winds of Change- 42 ** 1/2
Asia- Asia- 38 * 1/2
Bachman Turner Overdrive- Not Fragile- 49- ***
Bad Company- Bad Coompany- 50 *** 1/2
The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds-  ** 1/2
The Beatles- Magic Mystery Tour- 50 *****
The Beatles- Sargent Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band- 30 *****
The Beatles- Abbey Road- 44 *****
Big Country- The Crossing= *** 1/2
Black Oak Arkansas, Black Oak Arkansas-  32 *** 1/2
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality- 43 ****
Black Sabbath- Volume 4- 26 ****
Blink 182- Enema of the State- 32 *** 1/2
Blink 182- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket- 46 ***
Blue Cheer- Blue Cheer- 44- ***
Blue Oyster Cult- Agents of Fortune- 28 ****
Blue Oyster Cult- The Revolution By Night- 38 *** 1/2
Bloodrock-II - 29 *** 1/2
Boston-Boston- 26 *****
Boston- Walk On- 37 ****
Buffalo Springfield- Again- 50 *** 1/2
Jackson Browne- Lawyers in Love- 38 ***
Bush- Sixteen Stone- 51 ***
Captain Beyond- Captain Beyond- 49 *
The Cars- Candy-O - 28 ****
The Cars-The Cars- 39 ****
Chicago- Chicago- 29 *** 1/2
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo's Factory- 45 *****
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Willy and the Poor Boys- 27 *****
Creme- Disraeli Gears- 37 **** 1/2
Marshall Crenshaw- Marshall Crenshaw- 46  ** 1/2
Deep Purple- Burn- 37 ****
Deep Purple- Machine Head- 30 **** 1/2
Deep Purple- Shades of Deep Purple- 51 ** 1/2
Def Leppard- Andrenalize- 50 ****
Def Leppard- Hysteria- 29 ****
Derek and the Dominos- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs- 40 ****
Dire Straits- Love Over Gold- 41 **** 1/2
Dire Straits- Making Movies- 36 ****
The Doors-The Doors-30 ***
Dream Theatre- Images and Words- 37 ***
Eagles- The Long Run- 37. ***
Emerson Lake and Palmer- Brain Salad Surgery- 26 **** 1/2
Emerson Lake and Palmer- Pictures at an Exhibition- 32 ****
Emerson Lake and Palmer- Tarkus- 47 ***
Emerson Lake and Palmer- Trilogy- 42 **** 1/2
Eno- Another Green World- 34
Enya- Shepherd Moons- 46 ***
Fleetwood Mac- Mirage- 51 *** 1/2
Fleetwood Mac Rumors-46 *** 1/2
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk- 43 ****
Foghat- Night Shift- 42 ****
Foreigner- IV- 29 *** 1/2
Genesis- Trespass- 36
Golden Earring- Moontan- 33 *** 1/2
Grand Funk Railroad- Closer to Home- 35 ***
Green Day- American Idiot- 29 ***
The Guess Who- Share the Land- 52 ** 1/2
Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction- 39 *
Heart- Bad Animals- 45 ***
Jimi Hendrix- Are you Experienced- 34 **** 1/2
Buddy Holly- The Chirping Crickets- 48 ** 1/2
Honeymoon Suite- The Big Prize -44 *** 1/2
Hooters- Nervous Nights- 45  ***
Bruce Hornsby and the Range- The Way it is- 51 ** 1/2
INXS- Listen Like Thieves- 36 ***
Iron Butterfly- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 52- * 1/2
James Gang- Rides Again- 29 ****
Jethro Tull- Aqualung- 32 *** 1/2
Journey- Departure- 50 *** 1/2
Journey- Infinity- 35 *** 1/2
Judas Priest- British Steel- 48 ***
Kansas- Leftoverture- 28 ****
Kansas - Point of Know Return- 41 ****
King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King- 34 *** 1/2
Kiss- Destroyer- 30 ***
Led Zeppelin- I- 42 *****
Led Zeppelin- II- 41 *****
Led Zeppelin- III- 29 *****
Led Zeppelin-IV- 25 *****
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy- 44 ****
Led Zeppelin- In Through the Out Door- 51- ****
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafitti- 46 **** 1/2
Led Zeppelin- Prescence- 49 ***
Huey Lewis and the News- Sports- 49 *** 1/2
Loverboy- Get Lucky- 45 ***
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Lynyrd Skynrd- 33 ****
Meatloaf- Bat Out of Hell- 51- **
Metallica- Black Album- 35 ** 1/2
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams- 29 *** 1/2
The Moody Blues- Days of Future Past- 35 **** 1/2
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord- 52 **** 1/2
The Moody Blues- 7th Sojourn- 28 **** 1/2
The Moody Blues- To Our Children's Children's Children- 47 ****
Mott The Hoople- Mott The Hoople- 49 ***
Allanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pilll- 47 **
Nazareth- Hair of the Dog -37 ***
Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger- 40 ***
Nine Inch Nails- Broken- 50 ****
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral- 37 ****
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine- 45 ****
Nirvanna- Nevermind- 35 **
The Offspring- Splinter- 45 ***
Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells- 37 ** 1/2
Pearl Jam- Ten - 51 ***
Tom Petty and Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedos- 42 *** 1/2
Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever- 25 *****
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Into the Great Wide Open- 34 ****
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon- 40 ****
Pink Floyd- Momentary Lapse of Reason- 43 ****
Pink Floyd- The Wall- 45 **
The Police- Zenyatta Moondatta- 49 ** 1/2
Primus- Pork Soda- 48 *** 1/2
Queen- Queen- 36 ****
Queen- II- 43 ****
Ramones- Ramones- 28 ****
Rare Earth- One World- 44 ***
The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed- 47 ** 1/2
Roxy Music- For Your Pleasure- 35 ***
Rush- 2112- 26 *****
Rush- Caress of Steel- 52 **** 1/2
Rush- Farewell to Kings- 49 *****
Rush- Grace Under Pressure- 43 *****
Rush- Hemispheres- 41 *****
Rush- Moving Pictures- 30 *****
Rush- Permanent Waves- 47 *****
Rush- Roll the Bones- 45 *****
Rush- Vapor Trails- 41 ****
Bob Seger- Against the Wind- 26 ****
Bob Seger- Night Moves- 48 *** 1/2
The Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bullocks- 33 **
Silvertide- Show and Tell- 48 *** 1/2
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- 31 *** 1/2
Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream- 45 ***
The Smithereens- 11- 37 ** 1/2
Social Distortion- White Light White Heat, White Trasg 48 ***
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run- 51 ** 1/2
Steppenwolf- Steppenwolf- 48 *** 1/2
Styx- Equinox- 33 **** 1/2
Styx- Grand Illusion- 26 **** 1/2
Styx- Pieces of Eight- 45 **** 1/2
Synergy- Sequencer- 40 *** 1/2
Sum 41- All Killer No Filler 46 ** 1/2
Tool- Undertow- 50 *** 1/2
Toto- Isolation- 34 ***
Trapeze- Medusa- 40 ***
The Traveling Wilbur's- Vol. 1- *** 1/2
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs- *** 1/2
UFO- Obsession- ***
Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards- 28 ***
Van Halen- Van Halen- 40 ** 1/2
Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood- 51- *** 1/2
Weezer- Blue Album- 35 *** 1/2
Weezer- Green Album- 51 *** 1/2
Edgar Winter Group- They Only Come Out at Night- 43 ***
The Who- Sell Out- 51 *** 1/2
The Who- Tommy- 32 **** 1/2
The Who- Who's Next- 26 *****
Yes- 90125- 44 *****
Yes- Close to the Edge- 50 *****
Yes- Going For the One- 46 *** 1/2
Yes- Talk- 39 *****
Yes- The Yes Album- 27 *****
Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Rust Never Sleeps- 38 ****
Neil Young- Tonght's the Night- 52 ****
Frank Zappa- Apostrophe- 31 ****
ZZ Top- Eliminator-44 **** 1/2
ZZ Top- Rio Grande Mud- ****
ZZ Top- Tres Hombres- 28 ****


*- Poor
**- Good
***- Very Good
****- Excellent
*****- Classic, indispensable

 

[catfish1957]

I started preparing these list in July 1973, then December 1973 and pretty much monthly afterwards for several years....

July 1973
================

1. Alice Cooper Band
2. Uriah Heep
3. Black Sabbath
4. Three Dog Night
5. Grand Funk Railroad
6. Chicago
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Black Oak Arkansas
9. Deep Purple
10. The Guess Who
11. Rare Earth
12. Allman Brothers Band
13. Rolling Stones
14. Yes
15. Eric Clapton
16. The Who
17. Jethro Tull
18. J. Geils Band
19. Elton John
20. Edgar Winter Group

Albums bought:

Uriah Heep- Live
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
================================

The Live ABC "In Concert" event really blew me away with that era of Alice Cooper.  For those into history, You Tube- "Elected" for one of what I consider one of the earliest Music Videos of that format.  Not that I disliked the "hippy formula" that worked in rock for more than 5 years butt.......   Hearing acts like Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath seemed ground breaking and refreshing

[Bigun]

@libertybele
@Hoodat

Not sure how much interest there will be in this thread, but I believe there is quite a contingent of us who have a lot of love and interest in Classic Rock.  I bought my first album (Meet the Beatles) in 1965 at age 8, and didn't stop until well into adulthood.  The list nerd in also for some reason made me document who I liked.  So, I figured to start with 1973 and work forwards. 

No given format otherwise, and just want to hear other's perspective of when music....  really was music.

I absolutely agree with Elvis Presley who said; "Roy Orbison is the greatest singer who ever lived!"  My collection includes everything he ever recorded and some stuff he recorded but never was released.

[catfish1957]

I absolutely agree with Elvis Presley who said; "Roy Orbison is the greatest singer who ever lived!"  My collection includes everything he ever recorded and some stuff he recorded but never was released.

Great point.  One thing about popular music.  Teenage kids tend to dislike their parents music, and in my case Orbison and Elvis  That is why  I in  '60's and '70's really wasn't into those '50's acts.  Of course, as I grew older, I understood the reverence for these pioneers.  And that hat really hit home when in the '80's the Traveling Willburys were formed.   I got to enjoy the legends of an earlier era (Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison) join forces with my era (Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne).  Their collaboration was magical.

[Hoodat]

You can never have enough Grand Funk Railroad.

I can feel Him in the morning

[libertybele]

I started preparing these list in July 1973, then December 1973 and pretty much monthly afterwards for several years....

July 1973
================

1. Alice Cooper Band
2. Uriah Heep
3. Black Sabbath
4. Three Dog Night
5. Grand Funk Railroad
6. Chicago
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Black Oak Arkansas
9. Deep Purple
10. The Guess Who
11. Rare Earth
12. Allman Brothers Band
13. Rolling Stones
14. Yes
15. Eric Clapton
16. The Who
17. Jethro Tull
18. J. Geils Band
19. Elton John
20. Edgar Winter Group

Albums bought:

Uriah Heep- Live
Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
================================

The Live ABC "In Concert" event really blew me away with that era of Alice Cooper.  For those into history, You Tube- "Elected" for one of what I consider one of the earliest Music Videos of that format.  Not that I disliked the "hippy formula" that worked in rock for more than 5 years....   Hearing acts like Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath seemed ground breaking.

Alice Cooper is interesting. We actually saw him perform at our local college music hall about 10 years ago.  He put on a darn good show and though the audience was mostly our age, we did see some younger people enjoying his music. He has quite a dramatic stage presence. I notice the date of 1973 and it made me realize just how long he's been around.

I've seen several of those listed in concert; Stones, Clapton, Yes, The Who, Edgar Winter, J. Geils (as back up) and several times Elton John.  I realize how very lucky I am to have experienced live their phenomenal talents that truly marked Rock 'n Roll history.

Thank you for the list.  I'll certainly enjoy going through and listening to those that I didn't pay attention too. In particular, I had to look up Black Oak Arkansas.  I am not familiar with their music.  (I'm still working through the list).

Take a look at the video in the beginning and the line up of cars to get in to see them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHtAV3uMRI

[catfish1957]

You can never have enough Grand Funk Railroad.

I can feel Him in the morning

Awesome tune.  My favorite GFR tune of all time?  Maybe the most underestimated bass lines of the 70's too.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3NXgM_LGQA

[libertybele]

Great point.  One thing about popular music.  Teenage kids tend to dislike their parents music, and in my case Orbison and Elvis  That is why  I in  '60's and '70's really wasn't into those '50's acts.  Of course, as I grew older, I understood the reverence for these pioneers.  And that hat really hit home when in the '80's the Traveling Willburys were formed.   I got to enjoy the legends of an earlier era (Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison) join forces with my era (Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne).  Their collaboration was magical.

Same here.  I didn't start listening to Elvis and Orbison till later in life and they are wonderful -- in my perspective they started the 'rock' movement.

For me growing up in the Detroit area, I was heavily also into Motown --started by the legendary Barry Gordy. 

I never liked the Detroit area, but looking back I was so lucky; the area is rich in history, especially music.

[libertybele]

My favorite Elvis tune.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=6am8V5KNJ4A

[catfish1957]

Alice Cooper is interesting. We actually saw him perform at our local college music hall about 10 years ago.  He put on a darn good show and though the audience was mostly our age, we did see some younger people enjoying his music. He has quite a dramatic stage presence. I notice the date of 1973 and it made me realize just how long he's been around.

I've seen several of those listed in concert; Stones, Clapton, Yes, The Who, Edgar Winter, J. Geils (as back up) and several times Elton John.  I realize how very lucky I am to have experienced live their phenomenal talents that truly marked Rock 'n Roll history.

Thank you for the list.  I'll certainly enjoy going through and listening to those that I didn't pay attention too. In particular, I had to look up Black Oak Arkansas.  I am not familiar with their music.  (I'm still working through the list).

Take a look at the video in the beginning and the line up of cars to get in to see them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHtAV3uMRI

There will be some obscure bands pop up, that I will be surprised if many had heard of.  I am going to add my concert attendance as the list progresses. 

Black Oak was a bigger band than people realize at the time.  They really caught a toehold with KAAY, back in the day.  For those who may not have heard of KAAY, they were a Little Rock based AM station had a night time show called Beaker Street which played at 11PM to 2AM every night.  They had a maximum AM strength signal and ruled the airways for years in mid america. KAAY pretty much introduced mid america to rock on the '70's, as most of the local stations at the time were playing country.

But more on the topic of Black Oak.  They were big enough that they were able to be signed to California Jam, which was if I remember one of the largest attended festivals in the decade.

[Hoodat]

Not on the list, but Bowie came out with his Ziggy Stardust album in 1972

Moonage Daydream

[Bigun]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

[Wingnut]

I'm pretty sure in 1973 I bought Pink Floyd DSOTM, Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus and wore them out.  All though They were released ealier.

From your list I was rocking out to these songs
Alice Coopers... Schools out..
Uriah Heep... Easy Livin and Steelin
Grand Funk Railroad ...We're an American Band “Sweet Sweet Connie, doin' her act
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact"   RIP Connie Hamzy.
Led Zeppelin.. "When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV."
 Black Oak Arkansas...  Jim Dandy to the Rescue
The Guess Who...American Women
Yes ....Roundabout
Jethro Tull ...Eyeing little girls with bad intent.

[mystery-ak]

Considering that my walls were covered with Beatle photos that was my passion in the 60's

Never cared for heavy rock which was a good thing since my mother would never allowed me to bring it in the house..I had enough trouble with her accepting the Beatles..lol

Here are a few artists that I bought albums and 45's
The Dave Clark Five

Jay & The Americans

Tommy James and the Shondels

Johnny Rivers

Beach Boys

Elvis....of course

Supremes

Simon and Garfunkel

Peter, Paul and Mary

Roy Orbison

The Righteous Brothers

and many more

Here is the voice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sFy5_kmEi4&ab_channel=flydguzmon

[mystery-ak]

My favorite song of all time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw&ab_channel=rbvo

[Bigun]

My famous song of all time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw&ab_channel=rbvo

 

[catfish1957]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

Maybe the greatest song writing talent in a square 50 foot area in history.

[libertybele]

Considering that my walls were covered with Beatle photos that was my passion in the 60's

Never cared for heavy rock which was a good thing since my mother would never allowed me to bring it in the house..I had enough trouble with her accepting the Beatles..lol

Here are a few artists that I bought albums and 45's
The Dave Clark Five

Jay & The Americans

Tommy James and the Shondels

Johnny Rivers

Beach Boys

Elvis....of course

Supremes

Simon and Garfunkel

Peter, Paul and Mary

Roy Orbison

The Righteous Brothers

and many more

Here is the voice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sFy5_kmEi4&ab_channel=flydguzmon

Actually, it was my father that introduced me to Simon and Garfunkel (he loved all types of music) and it was my grandmother that I listened to Elvis with. We'd go over to my grandparent's house for dinner just about every Sunday and everything stopped when the Ed Sullivan show came on if Elvis was in the building.   

P.S. My walls were covered with 'The Monkees'... (boo, I know), I didn't get into the Beatles till later.

[libertybele]

My favorite song of all time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EBs6uRgtw&ab_channel=rbvo

That IS my hubby's and my song.  This is also the song that we danced to at our daughter's wedding)

[Bigun]

Maybe the greatest song writing talent in a square 50 foot area in history.

I'm an early era Vietnam vet @catfish1957 and to be totally honest with you, that list you posted above is composed almost entirely of what I not so lovingly called "hippie bands" .  I never got into that until the Wilburys changed that somewhat.

[catfish1957]

Led Zeppelin.. "When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV."

Loved Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  One of  funniest (ultimately stealth) jokes of the movie when Rat was in the car with Stacey, and he was playing Kashmir from Physical Graffiti.  NOT Led Zeppelin IV.

[mystery-ak]

That IS my hubby's and my song.  This is also the song that we danced to at our singing).

Ours too...

[catfish1957]

Ours too...

Beautiful song, and very iconic of the 60's catalog

[Bigun]

My song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNzGoT5bYYs

[Wingnut]

Loved Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  One of  funniest (ultimately stealth) jokes of the movie when Rat was in the car with Stacey, and he was playing Kashmir from Physical Graffiti.  NOT Led Zeppelin IV.

That always baffled me too.  Maybe it was a Camron Crowe inside joke?