Seventies Simon lists seven of his favourite
guitar albums
Seven great guitar albums from the seventies. So What – Joe Walsh
Back in the old days before the rot of the Eagles set in. www.joewalsh.com
Garden Of Love Life – Narada Michael Walden
Every record collection needs an album cover as cheesy as this with music as good as this. www.naradamichaelwalden.com
Wired – Jeff Beck
Guitar jock rock, surely I think not. www.jeffbeck.com
Live at the Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers
The beginning and the end of something very special. www.allmanbrothersband.com
Larks’ Tongues in Aspic – King Crimson
Art wank that spanks the plank and provides a good test for your speakers and your neighbour’s patience. www.king-crimson.com
Live At Leeds – The Who
You can count all of the great live rock albums on one hand. This is the thumb. www.thewho.com
Tenacious D – Rize Of The Fenix Comedy and music have never been the most comfortable of bedfellows.
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Allan Holdsworth – Hard Hat Area When you have a musician with as much facility on their chosen
instrument as Allan Holdsworth has on guitar, there is absolutely no
limitation on what can actually be played.
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Jack White – Blunderbuss With a work ethic and musical output rivalled by few if any, Jack White
sets aside all of those numerous other projects to create a set of songs
under his own name.
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The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices
to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Facing more obstacles than most in translating their studio
confectionary into a meaty live sound, The Decemberists have attempted
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White Rabbits – Milk Famous Using their sophomore album, It's Frightening as a template, White Rabbits take a stab at progression.
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Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth Do some popular music statements come out of a time warp or do they create their own? Read more >>
Slivovitz – Bani Ahead When you have superlative players’ on board, things can easily digress
into instrumental insurrection, on Bani Ahead, Slivovitz side step this
problem by being almost completely consumed by the groove. Read more >>
Big Deal – Lights Out All band notoriety aside, is there any subject matter that creates more column inches than love?
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My Best Fiend – In Ghostlike Fading Like the Werner Herzog film the band is named after, My Best Fiend delivers an album deep in duality.
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