Rock chronology: 1970 (original) (raw)

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: