DarkSide247
11-01-2008, 01:25 PM
What's your favorite year in music and why? Mine is 1973:
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
(No Pussyfooting) -- Fripp & Eno
New York Dolls Debut
Aerosmith Debut
Heartbreaker -- Free
Bachman-Turner Overdrive Debut
Beach Boys in Concert -- Beach Boys
Aladdin Sane -- David Bowie
All American Boy -- Rick Derringer
Angel's Egg -- Gong
Any Old Wind that Blows -- Johnny Cash
Artificial Paradise -- The Guess Who
Ashes are Burning -- Renaissance
At the Rainbow -- Focus
Atem -- Tangerine Dream
Bachman-Turner Overdrive II - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Back in '72 -- Bob Seger
Bananamour -- Kevin Ayers
Band on the Run -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Beck, Bogert & Appice Debut
Bedside Manners Are Extra -- Greenslade
Beginnings -- The Allman Brothers Band
Berlin -- Lou Reed
Best of Bread
Best of Mountain
Between Nothing and Eternity -- Mahavishnu Orchestra
Billion Dollar Babies -- Alice Cooper
Birds of Fire -- Mahavishnu Orchestra
Blueprint -- Rory Gallagher
Blues at Sunrise/Sunset -- Albert King
Brain Salad Surgery -- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Brothers and Sisters -- The Allman Brothers Band
Burnin' -- The Wailers
Byrds -- The Byrds
Camel -- Camel
The Captain and Me -- The Doobie Brothers
Chameleon in the Shadow of Night -- Peter Hammill
Chicago VI -- Chicago
Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners -- Faces
Countdown to Ecstasy -- Steely Dan
Cyril -- Cyril Havermans
Daltrey -- Roger Daltrey
Deep Purple -- Sun Ra
Desperado -- The Eagles
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player -- Elton John
Best of The Doors
Selling England by the Pound -- Genesis
Double Diamond -- If
Dylan -- Bob Dylan
ELO 2 -- Electric Light Orchestra
Eat It -- Humble Pie
Electric Jewels -- April Wine
Elvis -- Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert -- Eric Clapton
Farewell Andromeda -- John Denver
The Faust Tapes -- Faust
Felona e Sorona -- Le Orme
Flying Teapot -- Gong
Foghat -- Foghat
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night -- Caravan
For Your Pleasure -- Roxy Music
Frampton's Camel -- Peter Frampton
Future Days -- Can
Genesis Live -- Genesis
Goats Head Soup -- Rolling Stones
The Golden Scarab -- Ray Manzarek
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Elton John
Grand Hotel -- Procol Harum
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
The Great Lost Kinks Album -- The Kinks
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. -- Bruce Springsteen
Grinding Stone -- Gary Moore
Gryphon debut
Hard Nose the Highway -- Van Morrison
Hat Trick -- America
Head Hunters -- Herbie Hancock
Hello! -- Status Quo
Here Come the Warm Jets -- Brian Eno
History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) -- Grateful Dead
Holland -- Beach Boys
Houses of the Holy -- Led Zeppelin
I'm Just a Rock 'N' Roll Singer -- Lucifer's Friend
In A Glass House -- Gentle Giant
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
Join Inn -- Ash Ra Tempel
The Joker -- Steve Miller Band
Kings of Oblivion -- Pink Fairies
Ladies Invited -- J. Geils Band
Laid Back -- Gregg Allman
Lark's Tongue in Aspic -- King Crimson
Leg End -- Henry Cow
Live Dates -- Wishbone Ash
Live and Let Die Soundtrack
Live in Europe -- CCR
Living in the Material World -- George Harrison
Living in the U.S.A. -- Steve Miller Band
Los Cochinos -- Cheech & Chong
Love Devotion Surrender -- Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
Marshall Tucker Band Debut
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh -- Magma
Messin' -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Mind Games -- John Lennon
Montrose -- Montrose
Moondog Matinee -- The Band
Moontan -- Golden Earring
More Creedence Gold -- CCR
Mott -- Mott the Hoople
Moving On -- John Mayall
Muscle of Love -- Alice Cooper
Mystery to Me -- Fleetwood Mac
Neu! 2 -- Neu!
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend -- Budgie
Nice 'n' Greasy -- Atomic Rooster
No Stone Unturned -- Rolling Stones
Number 10 -- The Guess Who
Occupation: Foole -- George Carlin
On the Road -- Traffic
On the Third Day -- Electric Light Orchestra
On the Wings -- Socrates Drank The Conium
Only Hits -- The Ventures
Oora -- Edgar Broughton Band
Over-Nite Sensation -- Frank Zappa
A Passion Play -- Jethro Tull
Penguin -- Fleetwood Mac
The Phosphorescent Rat -- Hot Tuna
Piano Man -- Billy Joel
Pinups -- David Bowie
Preservation: Acts 1 & 2 -- The Kinks
Profile -- Jan Akkerman
(Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd) -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
Quadrophenia -- The Who
Queen Debut
Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake -- Elvis Presley
Ralf und Florian -- Kraftwerk
Raw Power -- The Stooges
Razamanaz -- Nazareth
Recorded Live -- Ten Years After
Red Rose Speedway -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Ridin' the Storm Out -- R.E.O. Speedwagon
Right Now! -- Little Richard
Ringo -- Ringo Starr
Rock On -- David Essex
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -- Black Sabbath
Saint Just Debut
The Serpent is Rising -- Styx
Seven -- Soft Machine
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory -- Traffic
Six -- Soft Machine
The Six Wives of Henry VIII -- Rick Wakeman
Sladest -- Slade
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get -- Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm
Solar Fire -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
...Sounds Like This -- Nektar
Space is the Place -- Sun Ra
The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London -- Hawkwind
Spectrum -- Billy Cobham
Squeeze -- The Velvet Underground
Star Collection -- Iron Butterfly
Starring Rosi -- Ash Ra Tempel
Still Alive and Well -- Johnny Winter
Stranded -- Roxy Music
Sufficiently Breathless -- Captain Beyond
The Sweet -- Sweet
Sweet Freedom -- Uriah Heep
Sweetnighter -- Weather Report
T.B. Sheets -- Van Morrison
Tales from Topographic Oceans -- Yes
Tanx -- T. Rex
Tattoo -- Rory Gallagher
Thunderbox -- Humble Pie
Time Fades Away -- Neil Young
Tres Hombres -- ZZ Top
Tubular Bells -- Mike Oldfield
Twice Removed From Yesterday -- Robert Trower
Tyranny and Mutation -- Blue Öyster Cult
Uriah Heep Live -- Uriah Heep
Vagabonds of the Western World -- Thin Lizzy
Virtuoso -- Joe Pass
Volcanic Rock -- Buffalo
Wake of the Flood -- Grateful Dead
Waterfall -- If
We're an American Band -- Grand Funk Railroad
Welcome -- Santana
Whirlwind Tongues -- Bloodrock
Who Do We Think We Are -- Deep Purple
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -- Bruce Springsteen
Wishbone Four -- Wishbone Ash
A Wizard, A True Star -- Todd Rundgren
Wizzard Brew -- Wizzard
Yessongs -- Yes
Kiss performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.
Television forms.
Journey forms.
Rocky Horror Show premieres.
Grease premieres.
Songs by Elton John (Crocodile Rock), Rolling Stones (Angie), and Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly With His Song) all hit #1 on the U.S. Billboards.
Ballroom Blitz hits number on the Canadian charts.
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
(No Pussyfooting) -- Fripp & Eno
New York Dolls Debut
Aerosmith Debut
Heartbreaker -- Free
Bachman-Turner Overdrive Debut
Beach Boys in Concert -- Beach Boys
Aladdin Sane -- David Bowie
All American Boy -- Rick Derringer
Angel's Egg -- Gong
Any Old Wind that Blows -- Johnny Cash
Artificial Paradise -- The Guess Who
Ashes are Burning -- Renaissance
At the Rainbow -- Focus
Atem -- Tangerine Dream
Bachman-Turner Overdrive II - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Back in '72 -- Bob Seger
Bananamour -- Kevin Ayers
Band on the Run -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Beck, Bogert & Appice Debut
Bedside Manners Are Extra -- Greenslade
Beginnings -- The Allman Brothers Band
Berlin -- Lou Reed
Best of Bread
Best of Mountain
Between Nothing and Eternity -- Mahavishnu Orchestra
Billion Dollar Babies -- Alice Cooper
Birds of Fire -- Mahavishnu Orchestra
Blueprint -- Rory Gallagher
Blues at Sunrise/Sunset -- Albert King
Brain Salad Surgery -- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Brothers and Sisters -- The Allman Brothers Band
Burnin' -- The Wailers
Byrds -- The Byrds
Camel -- Camel
The Captain and Me -- The Doobie Brothers
Chameleon in the Shadow of Night -- Peter Hammill
Chicago VI -- Chicago
Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners -- Faces
Countdown to Ecstasy -- Steely Dan
Cyril -- Cyril Havermans
Daltrey -- Roger Daltrey
Deep Purple -- Sun Ra
Desperado -- The Eagles
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player -- Elton John
Best of The Doors
Selling England by the Pound -- Genesis
Double Diamond -- If
Dylan -- Bob Dylan
ELO 2 -- Electric Light Orchestra
Eat It -- Humble Pie
Electric Jewels -- April Wine
Elvis -- Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert -- Eric Clapton
Farewell Andromeda -- John Denver
The Faust Tapes -- Faust
Felona e Sorona -- Le Orme
Flying Teapot -- Gong
Foghat -- Foghat
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night -- Caravan
For Your Pleasure -- Roxy Music
Frampton's Camel -- Peter Frampton
Future Days -- Can
Genesis Live -- Genesis
Goats Head Soup -- Rolling Stones
The Golden Scarab -- Ray Manzarek
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Elton John
Grand Hotel -- Procol Harum
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
The Great Lost Kinks Album -- The Kinks
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. -- Bruce Springsteen
Grinding Stone -- Gary Moore
Gryphon debut
Hard Nose the Highway -- Van Morrison
Hat Trick -- America
Head Hunters -- Herbie Hancock
Hello! -- Status Quo
Here Come the Warm Jets -- Brian Eno
History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) -- Grateful Dead
Holland -- Beach Boys
Houses of the Holy -- Led Zeppelin
I'm Just a Rock 'N' Roll Singer -- Lucifer's Friend
In A Glass House -- Gentle Giant
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
Join Inn -- Ash Ra Tempel
The Joker -- Steve Miller Band
Kings of Oblivion -- Pink Fairies
Ladies Invited -- J. Geils Band
Laid Back -- Gregg Allman
Lark's Tongue in Aspic -- King Crimson
Leg End -- Henry Cow
Live Dates -- Wishbone Ash
Live and Let Die Soundtrack
Live in Europe -- CCR
Living in the Material World -- George Harrison
Living in the U.S.A. -- Steve Miller Band
Los Cochinos -- Cheech & Chong
Love Devotion Surrender -- Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
Marshall Tucker Band Debut
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh -- Magma
Messin' -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Mind Games -- John Lennon
Montrose -- Montrose
Moondog Matinee -- The Band
Moontan -- Golden Earring
More Creedence Gold -- CCR
Mott -- Mott the Hoople
Moving On -- John Mayall
Muscle of Love -- Alice Cooper
Mystery to Me -- Fleetwood Mac
Neu! 2 -- Neu!
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend -- Budgie
Nice 'n' Greasy -- Atomic Rooster
No Stone Unturned -- Rolling Stones
Number 10 -- The Guess Who
Occupation: Foole -- George Carlin
On the Road -- Traffic
On the Third Day -- Electric Light Orchestra
On the Wings -- Socrates Drank The Conium
Only Hits -- The Ventures
Oora -- Edgar Broughton Band
Over-Nite Sensation -- Frank Zappa
A Passion Play -- Jethro Tull
Penguin -- Fleetwood Mac
The Phosphorescent Rat -- Hot Tuna
Piano Man -- Billy Joel
Pinups -- David Bowie
Preservation: Acts 1 & 2 -- The Kinks
Profile -- Jan Akkerman
(Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd) -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
Quadrophenia -- The Who
Queen Debut
Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake -- Elvis Presley
Ralf und Florian -- Kraftwerk
Raw Power -- The Stooges
Razamanaz -- Nazareth
Recorded Live -- Ten Years After
Red Rose Speedway -- Paul McCartney & Wings
Ridin' the Storm Out -- R.E.O. Speedwagon
Right Now! -- Little Richard
Ringo -- Ringo Starr
Rock On -- David Essex
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -- Black Sabbath
Saint Just Debut
The Serpent is Rising -- Styx
Seven -- Soft Machine
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory -- Traffic
Six -- Soft Machine
The Six Wives of Henry VIII -- Rick Wakeman
Sladest -- Slade
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get -- Joe Walsh w/ Barnstorm
Solar Fire -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
...Sounds Like This -- Nektar
Space is the Place -- Sun Ra
The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London -- Hawkwind
Spectrum -- Billy Cobham
Squeeze -- The Velvet Underground
Star Collection -- Iron Butterfly
Starring Rosi -- Ash Ra Tempel
Still Alive and Well -- Johnny Winter
Stranded -- Roxy Music
Sufficiently Breathless -- Captain Beyond
The Sweet -- Sweet
Sweet Freedom -- Uriah Heep
Sweetnighter -- Weather Report
T.B. Sheets -- Van Morrison
Tales from Topographic Oceans -- Yes
Tanx -- T. Rex
Tattoo -- Rory Gallagher
Thunderbox -- Humble Pie
Time Fades Away -- Neil Young
Tres Hombres -- ZZ Top
Tubular Bells -- Mike Oldfield
Twice Removed From Yesterday -- Robert Trower
Tyranny and Mutation -- Blue Öyster Cult
Uriah Heep Live -- Uriah Heep
Vagabonds of the Western World -- Thin Lizzy
Virtuoso -- Joe Pass
Volcanic Rock -- Buffalo
Wake of the Flood -- Grateful Dead
Waterfall -- If
We're an American Band -- Grand Funk Railroad
Welcome -- Santana
Whirlwind Tongues -- Bloodrock
Who Do We Think We Are -- Deep Purple
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle -- Bruce Springsteen
Wishbone Four -- Wishbone Ash
A Wizard, A True Star -- Todd Rundgren
Wizzard Brew -- Wizzard
Yessongs -- Yes
Kiss performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.
Television forms.
Journey forms.
Rocky Horror Show premieres.
Grease premieres.
Songs by Elton John (Crocodile Rock), Rolling Stones (Angie), and Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly With His Song) all hit #1 on the U.S. Billboards.
Ballroom Blitz hits number on the Canadian charts.
