1970

The following 130 records from 1970 are reviewed on this site:

January:

Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk [10]
Family, A Song For Me [11]
Jimi Hendrix, [Live At The Fillmore East] [10]
MC5, Back In The USA [11]
Spooky Tooth, Ceremony [9]
Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs [11]
Taste, On The Boards [11]

February:

Atomic Rooster, Atomic Rooster [11]
Badfinger, Magic Christian Music [8]
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath [10]
Doors, Morrison Hotel [13]
Frank Zappa, Burnt Weeny Sandwich [12]
Gong, Magick Brother [11]
Mountain, Climbing! [11]
Move, Shazam [11]
Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water [13]
Ten Years After, Live At The Fillmore East [12]
Van Der Graaf Generator, The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other [9]

March:

Alice Cooper, Easy Action [10]
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu [10]
Tyrannosaurus Rex, A Beard Of Stars [12]

April:

Bee Gees, Cucumber Castle [10]
Bloodrock, Bloodrock [11]
Eric Burdon & War, Eric Burdon Declares "WAR" [10]
Flying Burrito Brothers, Burrito Deluxe [10]
Jethro Tull, Benefit [10]
Jimi Hendrix, Band Of Gypsies [9]
Joni Mitchell, Ladies Of The Canyon [11]
Paul McCartney, McCartney [12]
Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey [5]
Ten Years After, Cricklewood Green [10]

May:

Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest [12]
Beach Boys, Live In London [10]
Beatles, Let It Be [14]
Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead [11]
Hot Tuna, Hot Tuna [11]
King Crimson, In The Wake Of Poseidon [12]
Nice, Five Bridges [9]
Who, Live At Leeds [15]

June:

Blood, Sweat & Tears, 3 [9]
Bob Dylan, Selfportrait [12]
Deep Purple, Deep Purple In Rock [12]
Doors, Absolutely Live [12]
Free, Fire And Water [9]
Grand Funk Railroad, Closer To Home [8]
Soft Machine, Third [10]

July:

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo's Factory [14]
James Gang, Rides Again [11]
Procol Harum, Home [11]
Spooky Tooth, The Last Puff [10]
Strawbs, Dragonfly [10]
Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die [11]

August:

Beach Boys, Sunflower [11]
Elton John, Elton John [11]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, [Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970] [11]
Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton [10]
Frank Zappa, Weasels Ripped My Flesh [9]
Hawkwind, Hawkwind [7]
Jimi Hendrix, [Isle Of Wight] [10]
Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance [12]
Neil Young, After The Gold Rush [11]
Stooges, Fun House [12]
Who, [Live At The Isle Of Wight] [15]

September:

Allman Brothers Band, Idlewild South [11]
Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You [12]
Band, Stage Fright [12]
Black Sabbath, Paranoid [12]
Can, Soundtracks [13]
Caravan, If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You [10]
Deep Purple, [Gemini Suite] [9]
Fleetwood Mac, Kiln House [10]
Grand Funk Railroad, Live Album [11]
Iron Butterfly, Metamorphosis [9]
Ringo Starr, Beaucoups Of Blues [8]
Rod Stewart, Gasoline Alley [12]
Rolling Stones, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! [15]
Velvet Underground, Loaded [11]

October:

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar [12]
Bob Dylan, New Morning [13]
Byrds, Untitled [12]
Derek & The Dominos, [Live At The Fillmore] [12]
Frank Zappa, Chunga's Revenge [11]
Genesis, Trespass [10]
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III [9]
Move, Looking On [12]
Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother [10]

November:

Badfinger, No Dice [11]
Bloodrock, Bloodrock 2 [9]
Curved Air, Air Conditioning [12]
Deep Purple, [Scandinavian Nights] [11]
Family, Anyway [10]
Free, Highway [6]
Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant [13]
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass [13]
Grateful Dead, American Beauty [12]
Jethro Tull, [Live At Carnegie Hall] [11]
Kinks, Lola And Powerman... [11]
Nick Drake, Bryter Layter [11]
Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills [10]
Strawbs, Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios [12]
Syd Barrett, Barrett [8]
Yes, Time And A Word [10]

December:

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Pendulum [11]
Derek & The Dominos, Layla [13]
Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection [13]
Eric Burdon & WAR, The Black Man's Burdon [11]
Hollies, Confessions Of The Mind [10]
John Lennon, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band [14]
King Crimson, Lizard [8]
Love, False Start [11]
Quicksilver Messenger Service, What About Me [11]
Spirit, Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus [11]
Ten Years After, Watt [8]
T. Rex, T. Rex [11]
Van Der Graaf Generator, H To He Who Am The Only One [12]

[Month unknown:]

Amon Düül II, Yeti [12]
Carole King, Writer [12]
Colosseum, Daughter Of Time [10]
Country Joe & The Fish, C. J. Fish [8]
Donovan, Open Road [12]
Flamin Groovies, Flamingo [10]
Focus, In And Out Of Focus [10]
Funkadelic, Funkadelic [10]
Funkadelic, Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow [11]
Gravy Train, Gravy Train [11]
High Tide, High Tide [10]
Iron Butterfly, Live [10]
It's A Beautiful Day, Marrying Maiden [11]
Jack Bruce, Things We Like [9]
Monkees, Changes [9]
Seatrain, Seatrain [11]
Stone The Crows, Ode To John Law [11]


The following 12 albums in MP3 from 1970 are reviewed on this site:

Carpenters: Close To You
Chicago: Chicago II
Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs And Englishmen
Organisation: Tone Float
Santana: Abraxas
Slade: Play It Loud
Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf Seven
Supertramp: Supertramp
Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation
Uriah Heep: Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble
Vangelis: Sex Power
ZZ Top: First Album


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