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Old 08-12-2011, 08:06 AM
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1971 was a great year for rock albums
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:10 AM
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Yep. Led Zeppelin (IV) and Who's Next; maybe the two best albums by two of the best bands ever, same year.
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Old 08-12-2011, 08:10 AM
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And they are all turning 40 years old this year.

Led Zeppelin IV

Best selling hard rock album of all time. 23 million copies in the US alone.
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:14 AM
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Not a bad body of work:

Al Green Gets Next to You
Master Of Reality
Tapestry
Tea For The Tillerman
Maggot Brain
Pearl
Aqualung
Imagine
Blue
What's Going On
Every Picture Tells A Story
Sticky Fingers
There's A Riot Goin' On
Music of My Mind
Live at the Fillmore East
Electric Warrior
Fragile
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:26 AM
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The Yes Album
Rory Gallagher+Deuce
Inner Mounting Flame -Mahavishnu
Pilgrimage Wishbone Ash
Rough and Ready- Jeff Beck
Performance -Humble Pie
Nantucket Sleighride
Pictures at an exhibition
Split -Groundhogs
Tony Joe White

Yep fantastic year
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Old 08-12-2011, 09:48 AM
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Deep Purple - Fireball!
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:32 AM
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WELL, THE COOLEST THING ABOUT THAT YEAR, AND THAT LIST OF ARTISTS...

they weren't all copying each other.

they were breaking ground.
trying new things.

not like today.
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:34 AM
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they were breaking ground.
trying new things.
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:41 AM
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Meddle.
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Old 08-12-2011, 10:45 AM
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My fave album that year was Tapestry.
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Old 08-12-2011, 11:42 AM
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My favorite was the Allman Brothers At Fillmore East, but Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On and Led Zep IV are my 2nd and 3rd favorites from 1971.

I'd say 1971 was probably the best year for rock music. Music in general perhaps? 1972-1974, maybe '75 had cool stuff to offer too.
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Old 08-12-2011, 11:56 AM
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1971 was a good year, but Billboard's Dec 1969 album chart had Abbey Road, Led Zep II, and Let It Bleed in the top three spots.
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:06 PM
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AND, 1971 was the year of my favorite "one hit wonder" ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HhCodP51i0
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:34 PM
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If you look at the years 1967 through 1976, it's astounding how many great albums were coming out each year.
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Old 08-12-2011, 12:37 PM
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AND, we were all still digesting Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. IMO two fabulous examples of Post-Psychedelic West Coast Americana.
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