Hidden Treasures Essential 70's Albums

[Scott]

Essential Hidden Treasure Albums of the 70's.


A clarifying variation on the theme we started last week!! Love how this works sometimes... Here's two hidden treasure albums from the 70's. Now I know its hard to find hidden treasure albums from the crew on here, but I try! The one caveat to my posting is that these are albums I think not many people own but ones I think that they should! That's why they're essential... Enjoy!


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Ted Nugent Ted Nugent 1975 1 - Hey Baby 2 - Motor City Madhouse 3 - You Make Me Feel Right At Home Something tells me the average Uncle Ted fan owns Free-For-All, Cat Scratch Fever, Double Live Gonzo and one or two more one offs like Weekend Warriors or Penetrator, or some combination that looks like that. Everyone knows Stranglehold but the rest of the album really works very well. Its a stunning debut that at times surprises you and at others is exactly what the Doctor ordered (pun intended) from Ted, anyway you slice this, its just the best of Ted! Don't just take my word for it, let Allmusic back me up... After disintegrating the Amboy Dukes in the early '70s, Ted Nugent finally decided to strike out on his own as a solo star. Even without a recording contract, Nugent toured constantly, built up a fervent following, and created a smoking hard rock quartet with the help of singer/guitarist Derek St. Holmes, bassist Rob Grange, and drummer Cliff Davies. The band's first release, 1975's Ted Nugent, is a prime slice of testosterone-heavy, raging, unapologetic rock & roll, and along with the band's 1977 release Cat Scratch Fever, it is Nugent's best solo studio album. While the grinding opening track, "Stranglehold," stretches beyond eight minutes and contains several extended, fiery-hot guitar leads, it does not come off as your typical '70s overindulgent fare -- every single note counts, as Nugent wails away as if his life depended on it. Other Nuge classics include "Motor City Madhouse," plus the St. Holmes-sung "Hey Baby" and "Just What the Doctor Ordered," all eventually becoming arena staples and making the band one of the late-'70s top concert draws. Additional highlights are the unexpected breezy jazz ballad "You Make Me Feel Right at Home," plus the untamed rockers "Stormtroopin'" and "Queen of the Forest." Nugent himself hails Ted Nugent as his best work, and with good reason. It's an essential hard rock classic.

Alice Cooper From The Inside 1978 4 - From The Inside 5 - Nurse Rozetta 6 - Serious Similar feelings about ownership of this one. Hard Core Cooper fans will agree its a must have, but casual fans will likely have totally missed this, unless they really liked How You Gonna See Me Now from the radio. Sure Billion Dollars Babies and Welcome To Nightmare are likely what comes to mind when you think of Alice Cooper in the 70's, but you'd be making a serious error dismissing this concept album. Filled with disturbing themes and thoughts but very melodic and rocking in the very best sense of late 70's music. A must have, need I say more? Nope, but Allmusic will... From the Inside was hardly Alice Cooper's best-selling or most accessible album. An intensely personal account of his recovery from substance abuse, it tends to be one of his most abstract efforts and lacks the immediacy of Billion Dollar Babies, Welcome to My Nightmare, or Alice Cooper Goes to Hell. There are no rock anthems here à la "School's Out" or "18" and no celebrations of shock value like "I Love the Dead" or "The Black Widow." Instead, the singer honestly documents the way he confronted his demons and emerged victorious. Sometimes, this introspective effort is too self-indulgent and intellectual for its own good, but at its best as on "How You Gonna See Me Now", From the Inside is as riveting as it in inspiring.

[Niels (Mod)]

Hey, now I have access once again.

No need to write other comments, than those I just wrote on FB:

Once in a while, I don't know what music to listen to, and since I had one of those days yesterday, I listened to both these albums, that is, I only got to hear two songs from the AC-album, but I will continue later today, when/if I get the time. Starting with those songs from AC, they are awesome! Especially the second track on that album. I don't remember which songs, you've picked from the album, Scott. Both the Nugent- and Cooper-albums I remember from way back, not because I bought them myself, but a friend of mine did, and he especially listened to the AC-album for years and years. But in both cases, I wasn't that impressed at the time. I guess it was around the time, I was listening to Maiden and Priest, but listening to the Nugent-album today, I can hear some early Priest in the sound. The Nugent-album is definitely better than the couple of Nugent-albums I bought in the mid-80's, but I can't see myself as a coming fan of Nugent (or former). AC on the other hand only seems to impress me, the more I hear his "early" albums. Again I made the mistake buying albums (by AC) in the mid-80s. A couple of years ago, I listened to most of the early AC-albums, but I don't think I got to this one, especially because I remembered listening to it a lot around the beginning of the 80's. But actually, I don't really remember hearing those two first songs on this album, and I'm really looking forward to be hearing the rest later on. Much better than last week, Scott, not surprisingly, since I'm more of a 70's-man than 80's.

Oh, and a couple of essential "hidden" albums from the 70's: Jethro Tull (off course) - Songs From The Wood (or my favorite live-double album of all time, yes better than KISS Alive!: Bursting Out)

Nazareth- No Mean city

and City Boy (off course) - Book Early

[Scott]

I'd love to see some Deluxe Editions coming from the AC catalog...  From The Inside would make a great one!

[RJhog (Admin)]

If you were looking for someone to not own these two albums, you've come to the right place.  Actually, that's not true, as I forgot that I recently bought a five cd  set from Uncle Ted.  

Speaking of Ted, I thought the songs from his album were fair, but nothing that knocked me out.  My favorite album of his is still Free-For-All.  Maybe because Meat Loaf sang on some of it.  I'm pretty sure Stranglehold is on this one, and that is one fantastic song.

I have wanted the Alice Cooper album for sometime, I just haven't bought it.  I believer the song How You Gonna See Me Now is on it, and I really do like that song.  But these three tracks were very interesting.  It's very 70's, therefore I like it. Nurse Rosetta brings to mind One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.  Not sure why, there really is no connection other that "nurse".  

Good picks this week.  I'm gonna get that AC album one of these days.

[Scott]

But Allmusic said it was essential!!

[RJhog (Admin)]

That's Jon's web reference, I need to know what wikipedia says about it...

[Scott]

In 2005, Ted Nugent was ranked number 487 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

[Scott]

Essentially theyre saying its essential...

[Jon]

From Wikipedia:

Ted Nugent was born on some date, somewhere. He was in a group, it could have been The Beatles but I'm not too sure. He ran over the other members of the band with a Schwinn bicycle because they didn't want him to put out solo records and he's still on the run. His first album came out somewhere around 1996 and he's put out another 50 or so albums since. I like eggs.   

[RJhog (Admin)]

Sounds more like Jon'smindopedia...

[Jon]

I would think most everyone would have that TN album, just because of "Stranglehold" (or "Strangleland" as WMP titles it). I have it as well as most of the others you mentioned, but no longer have "Penetrator". Had it on vinyl and the only reason I picked it up was because the cover was cool. Don't even know if it's even in-print on CD any longer, but I don't believe it was that good of an album. Maybe a couple songs. Maybe I'll look for it. Maybe not.

What's funny is that track #3 flies under the radar. It's familiar but not THAT familiar and I actually had to pull out the album and see if you were pulling a fast one. Yep, definitely a song on the album that's there but I never really, REALLY noticed it before and, even though it's something that really doesn't "fit", it's a good song.

As for AC, this is quite good. The only AC albums I have are from the 90's and 00's, not including a greatest hits package. Have no idea why I've never bothered to buy any of his 70's albums since the songs I've heard from them are, at the very least interesting. I've just never had the urge to go on an AC album-buying bender like with other artists. Maybe one day I will and I'll pick this one up fo sho. 

[Scott]

Track #3 would have made a great MSOTW (if you were still doing that) - of course I would have gotten it right away (just like old times) - but I would have played along (if you were still doing that)