After many hours of listening to my old records from the 70s.

I've finally made my list.

My favourite 50 albums from the 1970s!


1. Steve Reich – Drumming/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ/Six Pianos
2. Cecil Taylor – Indent
3. Gavin Byars – Sinking of the Titanic/Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
4. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
5. Pandit Pran Nath - India's Master Vocalist
6. Can – Tago Mago
7. John Fahey – America
8. Revolutionary Ensemble - The People's Republic
9. V/A – No New York
10. James Brown – The Payback
11. Sun Ra – Lanquidity
12. Ganelin Trio – Poco a Poco
13. Tony Conrad – Outside the Dream Syndicate
14. Gary Wilson – You Think You Really Know Me
15. Tom Waits – Small Change
16. Evan Parker – Monoceros
17. Marvin Gaye – I Want You
18. Alice Coltrane – World Galaxy
19. Velvet Underground – Loaded
20. Derek Bailey/Han Bennink/Evan Parker – The Topography of The Lungs
21. Brainticket – Cottonwoodhill
22. Gary Wilson – You Think You Really Know Me
23. David Behrman – On the Other Ocean
24. Dave Burrell - Windward Passages
25. Brian Eno – Discreet Music
26. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Blacknuss
27. Joe Pass – Virtuoso
28. Globe Unity Orchestra – Pearls
29. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis!
30. Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
31. Os Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou
32. Woody Shaw – Blackstone Legacy
33. Roy Brooks – The Free Slave
34. Faust – IV
35. Dave Holland – Conference of Birds
36. King Crimson – Larks Tongue in Aspic
37. Frank Lowe – Black Beings
38. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
39. Amon Duul II - Tanz Der Lemminge
40. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
41. Robert Fripp – Exposure
42. George Lewis - Solo Trombone Album
43. Lee Morgan – Lee Morgan (The Last Session)
44. Han Bennink – Nerve Beats
45. Soft Machine – Third
46. Peter Brotzmann – Balls
47. George Benson – Beyond The Blue Horizon
48. Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
49. Don Cherry – Relativity Suite
50. Keith Jarrett – The Köln Concert

Ok, I know exactly one album of this list , a personal favourite: Tom Waits' Small Change... There's a few that I want though...

yeah my list is kind of obscure.

yeah probably, but I have yet to get to know a lot of these older things...

Well, I've got 40/50, not too bad...

I'll post my own list later....

Obviously, I left out a ton of great music, but this is what immediately came to mind..

01. Cecil Taylor - "Silent Tongues" [1974]
02. Magma - "Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh" [1973]
03. Brian Eno - "Another Green World" [1975]
04. The Residents -"Duck Stab" [1978]
05. Gentle Giant - "Octopus" [1973]
06. Van Der Graaf Generator - "Godbluff" [1975]
07. Renaldo And The Loaf - "Songs For Swinging Larvae" [1979]
08. King Crimson - "Larks' Tongues In Aspic" [1973]
09. Jaco Pastorius - "Jaco Pastorius" [1976]
10. Yes - "Close To The Edge" [1972]
11. Charles Mingus - "Let My Children Hear Music" [1971]
12. Captain Beefheart - "Lick My Decals Off Baby" [1970]
13. Kraftwerk - "Autobahn" [1974]
14. Frank Zappa - "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" [1970]
15. Crass - "Stations Of The Crass" [1979]
16. Soft Machine - "Third" [1970]
17. Henry Cow - "Unrest" [1973]
18. Can - "Ege Bamyasi"
19. Sun Ra - "Space Is The Place" [1972]
20. Gong - "Camembert Electrique" [1971]
21. Neu! - "Neu!" [1972]
22. Peter Brotzmann - "Balls" [1970]
23. Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here" [1975]
24. Lee Perry - "Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread" [1976]
25. The Art Ensemble of Chicago - "Bap-Tizum" [1972]
26. John Cage - " Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano" [1977]
27. Joy Division - "Unknown Pleasures" [1979]
28. Evan Parker - "Monoceros" [1978]
29. Amon Duul II - "Tanz Der Lemminge" [1971]
30. Suicide - "Suicide" [1977]
31. Mahmoud Ahmed - "Almaz"
32. Bill Evans - "Cross-Currents" [1977]
33. Herbie Hancock - "Headhunters" [1973]
34. Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks - "Where's the Money?" [1971]
35. Miles Davis - "Pangaea" [1975]
36. Bob Marley - "Catch A Fire" [1973]
37. Tangerine Dream - "Phaedra" [1974]
38. Steve Lacy - " Dreams" [1975]
39. Joe Pass - Virtuoso [1973]
40. Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben - "Gil & Jorge" [1975]
41. Mahavishnu Orchestra - "The Inner Mounting Flame" [1971]
42. Pierre Akendengué - "Nandipo" [1974]
43. Throbbing Gristle - "20 Jazz Funk Greats" [1979]
44. The Ramones - "Rocket To Russia" [1977]
45. Philip Glass - "Music In 12 Parts" [1975]
46. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" [1971]
47. Weather Report - "Mysterious Traveller" [1974]
48. Ravi Shankar - "Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra" [1971]
49. Cluster - "Cluster 71" [1971]
50. Albert King - "I'll Play The Blues For You" [1972]

, now I don't even got one of the list...
no Waits, Seba, that's a shame!