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1970



Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
Can – Soundtracks
Velvet Underground – Loaded
John Cale – Vintage Violence
The Beatles – Hey Jude
The Beatles – Let It Be
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
MC 5 – Back In The USA
Temptations – Psychedelic Shack
Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett – Barrett
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
The Stooges – Fun House
The Doors – Morrison Hotel
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (Jazz fusion)
Funkadelic – Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow (Funk/Psychedelic rock)
The Mothers of Invention – Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Jazz fusion/Experimental rock by band led by Frank Zappa)
The Free Design – Sings for Very Important People (Children’s album by Sunshine Pop group)
Bob Dylan – Self-Portrait (Folk rock)
Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water (Folk rock)
Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson (Country)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory (Southern rock)
Grateful Dead – American Beauty (Folk rock)
The Meters – Struttin’ (Funk)
Mountain – Climbing! (Blues rock / heavy metal)
Francois Hardy – Soleil (French pop)
Last Poets – Last Poets (Spoken word/ proto-hip hop)
The Beach Boys – Sunflower (surf rock)
T. Rex – T. Rex (British glam rock, first album released after shortening their name from Tyrannosaurus Rex)
Bob Dylan – New Morning (Folk rock)
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (British progressive rock)
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice – Jesus Christ Superstar (rock opera album that preceded the musical theater performances. Vocalists include Ian Gillan of Deep Purple fame and Murray Head of “One Night In Bangkok” and “brother of Giles from Buffy The Vampire Slayer” fame).
King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (British progressive rock)
Hawkwind – Hawkind (debut album by British acid rock/ space rock band)
Van Der Graaf Generator – H To He Who Am The Only One (British progressive rock)
Bruce Haack – The Electric Lucifer (psychedelic, electronic concept album by Canadian musician who is otherwise mostly known for performing children’s music)
George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (triple album by former Beatles guitarist/vocalist/songwriter)
Deep Purple – In Rock (British hard rock/heavy metal)
Yes – Time And A Word (British progressive rock featuring a string and horn orchestra)
Vashti Bunyan – Just Another Diamond Day (British folk)
The Jackson 5 – ABC (family soul group featuring the young Michael Jackson)
Swamp Dogg – Total Destruction To Your Mind (funk/soul)
Captain Beefheart – Lick My Decals Off Baby (avant garde blues rock)
Bloodrock – Bloodrock (Southern hard rock)
Bloodrock – Bloodrock 2 (Same as above, features their most famous song, “DOA”)
Amon Duul II – Yeti (improvisation-heavy kraut-rock)

Notes: I apparently started adding genres/other relevant information to these about halfway through 1970. 

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