Best classic rock hidden gems

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-06-2010, 02:49 PM

He had a great run of chart topping singles in the UK charts between 71 & 73, most of them are collected on the Bolan Boogie album.

That would be a pretty good place to start.

Palatable Vera · 08-06-2010, 07:08 PM

Iron Butterfly's a (somewhat) good band from the 60's. Not sure if you'd call them "hidden" though, since 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' gets a decent amount of recognition.

The Electric Prunes are pretty decent too, if they haven't been mentioned already.

Unknown Soldier · 08-15-2010, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Palatable Vera

Iron Butterfly's a (somewhat) good band from the 60's. Not sure if you'd call them "hidden" though, since 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' gets a decent amount of recognition.

They`re a forgotten band but the album "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" amazingly has sold around 25 million copies!!!........and I`m one of the 25 million that has the album.

Unknown Soldier · 08-15-2010, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by VocalsBass

20th Century Boy just seems more ahead of its time to me musically, I mean Bolan isnt the greatest guitarist Ive ever heard, but its the way he played and presented the song, it just seemed to me better than most of alot of the other rock out at that time.
I dont know very much more about T.Rex other than their single 20th Century Boy, is there anything that you would suggest that is in the same style as (20th Century Boy) by T.Rex?

Electric Warrior is without doubt the quissential T.Rex album and far superior to the T.Rex debut. The group before that were known as Tyrannosaurus Rex and most of the music had a somewhat folky sound.

Nothing to do with T.Rex but I recommend the film "Velvet Goldmine" starring Ewan McGregor. The film is set in the early 70`s glam rock era and the main character is certainly based on Marc Bolan.

Pomegrant · 08-15-2010, 05:18 PM

I like Electric Warrior a lot but I think that it is so popular that it overshadows other T. Rex albums that are just as good. The Slider and Tanx are very strong albums.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida as a whole album is surprisingly good.

Unknown Soldier · 08-16-2010, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pomegrant

I like Electric Warrior a lot but I think that it is so popular that it overshadows other T. Rex albums that are just as good. The Slider and Tanx are very strong albums.

I always think of The Slider as being very long (50 mins for an early 70`s album) and nowhere near as tight musically as Electric Warrior.

almauro · 10-04-2010, 12:33 PM

Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople. Their glam "All the Young Dudes" and follow up "Mott" get all the accolades, but BC is often over-looked. The Guy Steven's get everything in one take production is very rough around the edges but resulted in some awesome proto-punk moments like "Death May Be You Santa Claus". In 1970, Mick Ralph's riffing was considered quite brutal, and by today's standard, is still very energetic.

Jonny Redshirt · 10-04-2010, 01:10 PM

One word - Sparks.

All of their albums in the 70's are must-owns, along with all of their albums for this past decade for that matter. Their 80's stuff...not so much. But in the 70's and the Noughties, they were amazing.

Unknown Soldier · 10-04-2010, 01:42 PM

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One word - Sparks.

All of their albums in the 70's are must-owns, along with all of their albums for this past decade for that matter. Their 80's stuff...not so much. But in the 70's and the Noughties, they were amazing.

The first couple of albums, were weird sounding T Rex influenced efforts, but agree that albums like "Kimono My House" "Propaganda" and "Indiscreet" are three great albums, and their 1979 "No.1 in Heaven" one of my all time favourite albums. an album that pre-dated a lot of the popular synth pop stuff that came later on.

Disagree about the 80`s though, as they had some very good albums in that decade, far better than the dance influenced stuff that they put out in the 90`s

Jonny Redshirt · 10-04-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

The first couple of albums, were weird sounding T Rex influenced efforts, but agree that albums like "Kimono My House" "Propaganda" and "Indiscreet" are three great albums, and their 1979 "No.1 in Heaven" one of my all time favourite albums. an album that pre-dated a lot of the popular synth pop stuff that came later on.

Disagree about the 80`s though, as they had some very good albums in that decade, far better than the dance influenced stuff that they put out in the 90`s

Well, we can both agree that they weren't very good in the 90's at least, but I think their debut is one of their best albums. It's a tie between that and Kimono My House in my eyes. Have you heard Lil' Beethoven and Exotic Creatures Of The Deep from this last decade? They're awesome, and just as good as their prime material.

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almauro Way Out There Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 850	Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople. Their glam "All the Young Dudes" and follow up "Mott" get all the accolades, but BC is often over-looked. The Guy Steven's get everything in one take production is very rough around the edges but resulted in some awesome proto-punk moments like "Death May Be You Santa Claus". In 1970, Mick Ralph's riffing was considered quite brutal, and by today's standard, is still very energetic. __________________ rock n music blog

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Jonny Redshirt Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 64	One word - Sparks. All of their albums in the 70's are must-owns, along with all of their albums for this past decade for that matter. Their 80's stuff...not so much. But in the 70's and the Noughties, they were amazing. __________________ "Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges." Last.FM