See the first post. I think they shouldn't be unless they consist only of music released in the 70s, if that, but that's not what the first post says.

So something like Al Greens greatest hits works ? I guess compilations where the music was recorded and released in the 70s should be allowed.

Hmmm...see, if that's the case, I'd want to include something like the Jackson Five Anthology--basically all-70s (one song released in late 69) and filled with some of my very favorite music of the decade. But, really, it's three albums picking and choosing from the best of sixteen different albums (it draws from Michael and Jermaine's solo work as well as the group's releases).

I mean, on the one hand, I hate to leave out this great music, and there probably isn't one album from their Motown era that makes it for me because their albums then did have a fair amount of filler. But, still--is that really fair? (What I really want here is a "thinker" smiley.)

Yeah, that's what I wanted! Thanks!

just make sure the comps you choose are released in the 70's. That's really all I require. I mean if you found a compilation with 80's material but it was somehow released in the 70's, I'll take it, I mean my head would explode but I'd take it.

Good examples would be Buzzcocks' Singles Going Steady or The Harder They Come Soundtrack

I WILL finish a fucking Project Treefingers list that I start damn it

the mother fucking pedro

Well, those are compilations with large amounts of material that hadn't been on an album before, so they certainly ought to be eligible. I'm more thinking that greatest-hits type albums (and, for that matter, K-Tel sorts of various-artists albums) don't seem to fit.

top 15 from my rough draft, so far...

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & the Dominoes
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Vol I - Bulgarian Radio & TV Choir
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Solid Air - John Martyn
Natural Elements - Shakti
A Handful of Beauty - Shakti
Onda Nova do Brasil - Luiz Eca
Symbiosis - Bill Evans
Dell'universo assente - Luciano Cilio
The Duets - Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
First Utterance - Comus


i also have an itch to pack the top 10 with keith jarrett and bill evans albums, but that would look ridiculous, and this was already difficult to make, as it is... :-/

go with your first instinct. there is nothing ridiculous about it.


by the way, i could actually use some Jarrett recs. The Koln Concert is a top 10 choice for me, but i'm also a newb who went straight for the most popular album first. and i'm a little unsure where to go next.

as far jarrett's '70s albums go? check out "Sun Bear" and "Bremen/Lausanne".

My list would currently look something like this (because this is a draft list I did months ago on the matter). I'd say some things may drop (I think Paranoid will surely be a victim), some may rise (esp. Cosmo's Factory) and some others may get on (including From Here to Eternity, Zombie, and John Prine). And then I still have to listen to and account for all the awesome current and incoming suggestions.

And I'll do some blurbs in the near future, Led!

1. The Stooges - Fun House
2. King Crimson - Red
3. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
5. Pink Floyd - Meddle
6. Neu! - Neu!
7. The Stooges - Raw Power
8. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
9. Miles Davis - On the Corner
10. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On

11. Led Zeppelin - IV
12. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
13. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
14. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
15. Ramones - Ramones
16. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
17. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
18. Led Zeppelin - III
19. Neil Young - On the Beach
20. Iggy Pop - The Idiot

21. James Brown - The Payback
22. Brian Eno - Another Green World
23. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
24. Terry Callier - What Color is Love
25. Joni Mitchell - Blue
26. The Pop Group - Y
27. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
28. Big Star - #1 Record
29. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
30. The Cars - The Cars

31. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
32. Can - Ege Bamyasi
33. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
34. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
35. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
36. Ramones - Rocket to Russia
37. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
38. Neu! - Neu! '75
39. Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
40. Van Halen - Van Halen

41. Big Star - 3rd
42. Can - Tago Mago
43. Neil Young - After the Goldrush
44. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
45. Blondie - Parralel Lines
46. David Bowie - Low
47. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
48. Parliament - Mothership Connection
49. David Bowie - Alladin Sane
50. Credence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory

also, looking at your list, i realized that i totally forgot about Veedon Fleece and Red!