Was 1972 Rock Music's Greatest Year? - If Guitars Could Speak... #32 [1971 SEQUEL]
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Last year, we took you on a journey through the year 1971 by looking at it’s amazing music. Now, at the beginning of a new year, why not do it again? This… is a look back to 50 years ago through it’s music, to the year 1972, next, on If Guitars Could Speak…!
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I dont think it matters what year you pick. The '70's was the definitive decade for rock music. I personally dont think there will ever be another ten year collective where we will see such diversity and instant classic albums being released. Great video!
The ten year period from 1963 - 1973, particularly the middle years of that span. Peak year arguably 1969.
Not just rock either. Every genre that existed kicked ass from the early 60s to the early-mid 70s
Agreed. The 60s is mostly looked at for the end. The early mid was mostly garbage. The 70s however is beginning to end amazing rock music.
And techno and punk, and disco, and rap and country and all the other genres!!
1963-1986
ARGUS by Wishbone Ash should be mentioned as it was their best album and a much beloved guitar masterpiece.
Did you fart?
Thanks for mentioning that album. I've been listening to it since it came out and I still do.
@@tonyseago3063 Me too! It's a classic, and very influential to guitarists.
@@sanddab Do you play Guitar? The reason I ask is because I've been a Guitar music Teacher in Nashville I received my first guitar when I was 8 yrs. old. I was thinking maybe we can get together and play Guitar. What do you say???
Argus is one of my top-5 non-Beatles LPs. I no longer listen to it a lot; when I do, I am reminded just how & why it blew me away all those yesr ago. A great work IMO
Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards, A Masterpiece, as well as Deep Purple Machine Head, Roxy Musics debut is great, Gentle Giant Octopus is really good also
What? No mention of Argus by Wishbone Ash released in May.
Blowin Free is EPIC!!!
True Argus is a great album
probably never heard of Wishbone Ash but they're album Argus best album then. Two lead guitars complimenting each other around fantastic songs in a concept album that started a trend influencing many later bands.
Saw them @ the Fillmore East in "69 or '70.
I know Andy, great guitarist and great stories from back in the day.
The concept album was not started by this band The first lp considered a concept album: is The Who's Tommy.
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'S.F. Sorrow' by the Pretty Things, released in 1968, is generally held to be the first concept album in rock, and has been cited by Pete Townshend as an influence on 'Tommy', which was released in 1969.
Thanks TGH. 1972 was a great year for rock music. One key release you overlooked is Todd Rundgren's "Something / Anything?" An ambitious double album he made almost entirely by himself.
The following copied and pasted via Wikipedia: - "A single taken from the album, "Hello It's Me", was a top-five hit in the US in late 1973, and it contained a further hit, "I Saw the Light". Something/Anything? later attracted critical acclaim as one of the most significant records of the 1970s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 173 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[1] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list"
Thank you, Yes!
You brought up some terrific points. That WAS a damn good album. Excellent comment.
50 years have passed since 1972, yet in my mind, it's just yesterday. Memories of laying on the sand at the beach, listening to FM radio as Layla wafted through the salt air, along with the sounds of summer. I can still feel it. That's what I remember from 1972. Lots of other tunes also, like Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack's "Where is the Love," The Stylistics' "Betcha By Golly Wow", and my personal favorite, "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green. You'll have to do a pop/R&B list to fully cover 1972. Anyway, good job! As for me, I'm left marveling at time and our perception of it... Such a strange phenomenon.
P.S. My most memorable album of 1972 was "Close to the Edge." The experience was like unwrapping and reading an epic book!
My favorite year of the 70's, Long Cool Woman, Go All The Way, Brandy, Tower of Power You're still a young man, Neil Young, Yes, Led Zeppelin, what a fantastic year. It always sounds fresh. It was such a optimistic time for music, with new artists and styles developing, yet some of the classic bands from the 60's were still making things happen.
I made a playlist if you’re on Apple Music there’s a link in the description
Seems like it to me it's a long way back
Sounds heavenly.
I was 11, so it's the singles I remember mostly. "Song Sung Blue," "If Loving You Is Wrong," "Runnin' Away," "In The Rain," "Vincent," "Where Is The Love," "Baby Blue"... Neil Diamond, Luther Ingram, Sly And The Family Stone, The Dramatics, Don McLean, Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway and Badfinger to name a few. There were many...
Thick as a Brick and Close to the Edge are still two of my favourites, and we’re awesome live.
Just mentioning Mick Ronson gets a like from me. Awesome talent & sadly missed.
"Rock"? Over half of this is Not "Rock".... Sheeeesh !
Argus by Wishbone Ash was voted Album of the year by readers of 2 out of 3 of the major UK Music papers in 1972. Ahead of Thick as a Brick, Machine Head, Spiders from Mars, Exile and Close to the edge. I love those albums but I agree with the readers. A word also for Peter Frampton's Wind of change.
Peter Frampton sucked!
Indeed he did!
Argus: Great great album!
@@stephaniestavropoulos1639 though his solo career turned into a teen idol 'pop' kind of thing, he was a badass w/ HUMBLE PIE, and his lead guitar work before he got really famous was Rock. listen to the FILLMORE PERFORMANCE record if you want to hear a terrific rock guitarist in his prime. before it all fell apart, he kicked out the jams w/ Steve Marriott on rhythm guitar. we fans of the PIE stood around in disbelief, saying "what happened to this kid?"
Agreed that 1971 was a bit better than '72. However, 1973 blows both of them away. Tubular Bells, Quadrophenia, Dark Side of the Moon and many, many others.
Some great recordings no doubt but 71wins when you have multiple releases considered to be the most significant and iconic of all time such as Sticky fingers,Who’s next,Aqualung,La Woman,Fragile,and of course Zeps Stairway.I’m missing a few but 73 isn’t in that league.Of course Dark side is an exception.
Jethro Tull-Thick as a brick, Yes-Close to the Edge,Black Sabbath vol 4, Genesis-Foxtrott, Gentle Giant Octopus, Pink Floyd Live in Pompeii, Santana Caravansrai...etc...
Agreed !
Wanted to add that along with enjoying the video very much, I loved reading all the wonderful comments from people with their own memories of all the incredible music from that time.
I do like a fair amount of new music, and always keep an open mind to new things. But you will NEVER convince me that the music from the early 1970s wasn't the greatest music in rock history.
WISHBONE ASH released ARGUS in 1972. Twin solo guitars as good never heard thereafter !
It's hard to believe, but I actually bought all of my top 10 albums of 1972 in 1972. The big 3 for me were- Exile on Main St.(the Stones best), Foxtrot, and Ziggy Stardust. Rounding out my top ten- Transformer, The Harder They Come, Can't Buy a Thrill, All the Young Dudes (yeah I think you forgot that one), Machine Head, Close to the Edge, Eat a Peach.
My first ever album bought was Jim Croce. My mom had one of those huge players and she let me crank it up on Saturdays while I did my chores. Looking back, she was pretty cool. Rip mom.
Really nice and hard for me that you bring up Jim Croce. Only three albums but what a singer-songwriter
Tull was a brilliant band - hands down
Cornick,Barre,Bunker,evans yes...and Ian is a great acoustic player
The got better and better, then came War Child.
@@cheopys Minstrel in Gallery from 75 is excellent
@@jamesmack3314 Minstrel was the last Tull I bought, I decided that if I kept listening I would like their earlier stuff less. I bought their albums to play along on flute and guitar. Only thing I got out of Minstrel was playing "Cold Wind to Valhalla" on guitar. It was better than War Child but I think everything after Brick was downhill.
@@cheopys Personally I am content with just stand up ,benefit and Aqualung that’s really all I need and I don’t know much about war child except for the song itself but I think minstrel was probably one of their last classic albums there were sporadic decent releases afterwards but there’s nothing quite like classic Tull.. I remember when Too old to rock ‘n’ roll came out and it kind of sucked luckily I saw him 3×1st in the 70s,then 80”s and 90’s
Always a good concert
This was great, as always. Nice to see you give Mick Ronson the kudos he deserves (again). Being a Phiily boy, we couldn't believe you left out Todd Rundgren's "Something/Anything?" While it is not my personal fave of his many LPs, it was a biggie, released in Feb of that year. Anyway, we love your shows. Thanks, man.
Yes but you got Jim Croce
Yes that's a fantastic record!!
Speaking of Philly.. saw the dead at the spectrum. Sound was terrible. Not sure if it's the building or the way they did sound that night. David Bowie live at the Tower is one I've always love. The switch off between guitar and Sax is fantastic. I agree Ronson is highly underrated and unheard of by many who aren't bowie fans.
Wasn't Runt about 1974?
Something/Anything? Has held solid for 50 years. 😊 any of these others have a tribute equal to 2022s
Someone/Anyone?
A toast to Panama red by the masters apprentices. Thank me later
"ARGUS" Wishbone Ash..not a duff song on it.
My favourite albums that year was from Bowie, Purple and Alice Cooper. I turned 12 that year. Thanks for a great video!!
In '72, the year I graduated high school, two of my favorite albums couldn't be more different. The Eagles and David Bowie. I couldn't get enough of Ziggy Stardust, and played that album incessently throughout that year; I still listen to it to this day. This vid was a nice retrospective. Thanks.
Ziggy is a fantastic album. 👏
Appreciate the shout out to Jim Croce. Even though I love hard rock and electric guitar, I’ve always loved Jim Croce for his songwriting and soulful vocals. Such a talented guy and such a tragic loss to folk/pop music.
You don’t mess around with time in a bottle 😁
Great year. Modern crap music can't hold a candle to it. However, I'll take 71 as better: Who's Next, Zeppelin 4....killer.
Graduated from HS in 1972...
1) Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
2) ELP - Trilogy
3) Genesis - Fox Trot
4) Neil Young - Harvest
5) Wishbone Ash - Argus (dual lead strats!!!)
Yeah, just realised last evening Suppers Ready is 50 yrs old!
You got that right Wishbone Ash August a great album a bandit who didn’t make it that well in the west coast got to see them live in 73 in Fresno one of the greatest shows at every scene and the album live dates fantastic album
I should have graduated in 1972 but I wanted to see the world and hitchhiked to California !
But Neil ain't rocking in The Free world
Seventh Sojourn - NOSTALGIC!!
The Rolling Stones are the best!
You mention the Kossoff/Kirke/Tetsu and Rabbit album and say that Kossoff was a former member of Free and Kirke used to be in Bad Company. That much is true but Simon Kirke was ALSO in Free. It seems you didn't know that.
Born in '72, and eventually became my favourite era. About half of the music I listen to is from before I was born. And I completely agree, 1971 is very hard to beat. '69 comes close in my opinion :) Great channel, subscribed!
I was 14 in 1972 and already marinated in earlier hard heavy blues and fusion rock......there was plenty of space in '72 as the bigger rock bands went into writing and recording after their apex albums in '71. Bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zep wouldn't release until a year later. I'd have been happy with ZZTops Rio Grande Mud, TRex's Slider, Steely Dan's Can't buy a thrill, Yes Close to the Edge, Stus Quo's Piledriver, Budgie's Squawk, Jeff Beck's Jeff Beck Group, Wishbone Ash's Argus....but the cream for me is the unparalleled Machine Head by Deep Purple.🙂
Thank you for posting that. I was born in 72 & love hearing folks' recollection of music and their youth; you were part of a renaissance of the arts in the early-70s.
@@jdoncbus A band that is totally underrated from '72 is Jay Ferguson's (previously from Spirit) band Jo Jo Gunne...their debut album and followup in '73 are stand alone hard rock classics with that early '70's California blues hard rock sound with tons of gritty slide guitar and driving rhythm. I still play my original vinyl of the first 2 recordings....well worth a check out if you haven't already heard of them...peace.
Come ON. Come ON. Come ON. Let's go space truckin'. lol Drug pushing rockers and their foolish followers.
I like it heavy! And Machine Head was one of the earliest of.. heavy!
Agreed on The Slider!
1972 was the greatest year for rock music no doubt Ziggy was a game changer a masterpiece
True.
Unfortunately, you have to include the song 'Soul Love', which knocks the album down about 5 notches. If he could just have.....replaced that with, say, 'Lady Grinning Soul', then it would truly be Album Of The Year. Soul Love sucks so bad, it just drags the whole album down. Inspiration(s) have I none - just to touch the flaming dove? All I have is my love of love, and love is not loving. lololololololololol
The Slider is a 1972 album by Marc Bolan's band T. Rex, the seventh since their debut as Tyrannosaurus Rex in 1968, and the third under the name T. Rex. It was released on 21 July by record labels EMI and Reprise. Two singles, "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru", were released to promote the album.
The Slider received acclaim from critics, and reached number 4 in the UK charts and number 17 in the US.
I somehow missed Slider and Electric Warrior in my 1971 video… whoever made the lists I was going off of must not like T. Rex. Marc Bolan is going to get a forgotten Fretmasters episode soon to make it up to him.
@@TheGuitarHistorian Electric warrior is a stone cold classic
Released on the day i was born!.
I get sick and tired of David Bowie getting all the accolades when Bolan never gets a mention. Especially by Americans
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Be great to see you give Bolan the credit he deserves!
T-Rex were massive in England, and quite rightly so!
R.I.P. Marc💜💙🧡💛🤎
well ,there was music from other countries as well,Amon Duul 2's masterpiece Wolf city is a grave omission,as is Focus 3,the groundhogs are also suspiciously absent,Roxy Music's debuit was certainly as influential as any Bowie and Lou Reed release of 1972.
He does mention the soundtrack for 'The Harder They Come', which was a Jamaican film. And Bowie was British, just as were Roxy Music. But I do agree that the music from outside the Anglophone world (especially from outside the States and the UK) tends to be overlooked too often by my fellow Americans.
I was born in 1972. Many of my favorite albums of all time came out that year. YES - Fragile, YES - Close to the Edge, Genesis - Foxtrot, Stevie Wonder - Talking Book, David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust, Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?, Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, and TONS of singles. To many to list. 🤘
Transformer... you only need one song from that album. It changed Americana. It brought the CBGB style front and center. Artistically he was amazing and I imagine inspired a lot of up-and-comers. Because I was kid I didn't actually pick up on this song Till 1976 Perry but regardless he's part of the building blocks of the early seventies. What my damn great artists
Sandy Denny’s second disc??
Lovely to see another Sandy Denny fan!
@@katydonald7014 Yes, and we need to stick together! While I enjoy this channel & respect it’s creator he’s probably not the sort to appreciate Sandy.
When we're Bob Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes being recorded (68/69? -- not released -- in '75 I think)? Their collective effort is a generation's bedrock of the American Experience
How about the 3rd released album by Todd Rundgren,Something/Anything?
And this guy being from Philly, it’s puzzling
71 is definitely the greatest just based on the iconic albums released that year but 72 is a close second.....Blue oyster cult was such a great group
I was talking to my brother about your video over 71. We couldn't decide if 71 was better than 72. Still can't. In my humble opinion some of the best music came out in the 4 years after the Beatles breakup (starting with 70). Not that I don't like the Beatles or question their greatness. It's just that 70-74 were awesome years. By far my favorite period.
I liked the White Album because they finally started to get away from the Sgt Peppers Mystery Tour sound, and of course Abby Road was an instant classic for me.
1973
With Who’s next,Sticky fingers,Aqualung,Zep 4,La women,Fragile etc 71 is clearly he best
By 1972 FM Rock stations were the new sensation. New stations were starting up in smaller big cities all across the US and they certainly had plenty of new music to play that year.
I think “Piledriver” by Status Quo should have deserved Decembers special mention. Not only was it the band’s “turning point album” where they switched from calmer boogie rock or psychedelics to full-out boogie inspired hard rock but it was also arguably one of the heaviest albums of 1972.
How about #1 Record by Big Star? One of the best albums of the seventies.
Good job... You mentioned Rory. I think he was voted #1 by some magazine in Europe that year. Thanks A Million
I have a couple of videos about Rory on my channel if you’re a fan! Episode 4 of Forgotten Fretmasters and an episode about his guitar as well.
Thanks for mentioning Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees. This is the album that made a me FM fan and it remains, along with 1971's Future Games), in my opinion, the best albums they ever produced.
Yes I also believe these are two of Fleetwood Mac's very best albums. I also like heroes are hard to find. I thought they lost a great guitarist in Bob Welch when he decided to pursue a solo career.
Christine McVie singing "Show Me A Smile" ---Beautiful song
The years Bob Welch was with F Mac are my favorite albums by them.
hear hear!
I luckily stumbled onto this and I am so glad I did! I was 11 in 72, so music really started to a big part of my life! Tull, Yes, REO Speedwagon, ELP, Genesis, and many more still flood my memories. Thanks and keep it up!
Everytime I watch your videos it always makes my day. Here's a forgotten fretmaster you may want to consider. Freddie Green. Count Basie's long time rhythm guitarist.
Fantastic video, really enjoyed your analysis. Agree that '72 wasn't '71 but it did have Exile not to mention the incredible Tour that followed. Obscured By Clouds is an underrated gem from 1972 that gets overlooked for the obvious reasons.
Mentions Bare Trees by Mac but not Obscured by Clouds. Lol
Oh.... and Piledriver.......like it was nothing! C'mon man, it deserves more! 2nd only to Machine Head that year........
While Seventh Sojourn was indeed the EIGHTH LP by the Moody Blues, it was the SEVENTH under the classic lineup that included John Lodge on bass and Justin Hayward on guitar and lead vocals replacing Clint Warwick and Denny Lane accordingly…hence SEVENTH Sojourn.
How did you miss BADFINGER with their epic hit DIXIE BLUE; billed as the next Beatles, their disastrous mgt problems leading to their demise. they had enough great music, very tragic ending.
The early 70s was the pinnacle of rock music and filmmaking. And human nature itself seemed to peak by the mid 70s.
I agree that 1971 was better, but still...wow, what a great year! I can only wish we'd hear half this amount of talent in today's Top 100. And thank (corrected typo) you for singling out Jon Lord. I loved all of Purple's musicians, but to me he was always the secret weapon to their sound. He could hang with the great Richie Blackmore, nuff said.
The grit and power in his organ (no funny jokes please!),...loved that sound on the pre-Gillan Deep purple,...his sound on 'Hush' is off the charts.
I'm sure I read somewhere that Jon Lord used to play his keyboards through a Marshall amp/stack meant for the guitar. Jon Lord was a master of his craft. RIP sir.
1971 could have had better studio recording sessions , like Elvis in Nashville , which .made a new Elvis Christmas album and a Elvis gospel album and Elvis on tour . Also John Lennon sang imagine .
You forgot to add Elvis at Madison square garden for 4 concerts and a live album .
Wow! Just seeing the Album covers
I’m like I bought that when it came out! Cheers Thanks
Wasn't Clapton in Derek and the Dominos? I'm 47 and never heard of Bobby Whitmore. Glad you mentioned Black Sabbath Vol.4. All kinds of good tunes on that Lp. Love Steely
This is all about Bobby Whitlock - played Hammond organ and vocals on All things must pass, Clapton’s first solo record, Dominos, plus a million other things. Check the video out
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I turned 18 in 1972, graduated from high school, fell in love. One of the greatest albums of the year (of the era) was American Gothic by David Ackles. Released in July. Now, sadly, mostly forgotten.
Talented but I don't like his style. Sometimes too much of showbiz sound for me. Reminds me of Billy Joel (I don't like) and Elvis Costello who I really liked. I like Costello's first new wave records and even his B sides but then he went more crooner though usually kept pop.
His "showbiz" as you call it was his way of paying tribute to the Great American Songbook tradition. It was out of pace with the other singer-songwriters of his era. I agree with you about both Billy Joel for the most part New York State of Mind is a great son though) and Elvis Costello. @@oppothumbs1
So glad you mentioned Jimmy Cliff when the Harder They Come came out I was amazed !! Also Roy Buchanan !
Mostly an interesting list
Blatant omission: Stephen Stills/Manassas
Inexcusable for a channel stressing Guitar in its title
You have come upon something that is true about the music of the of 1970 to 1975 is that it was a diverse, eclectic music scene that allowed for singer-songwriters, prog rock, country rock, heavy metal, soul & funk, glam rock and more. After that, the business aspect took over and it became more about money than music. It well was music's greatest years!
70 to 75, absolutely the best. But then that covers my high school years which are everybodies favorite time for music.
The ‘Great sell-out’ happened more in the 80’s. Incidentally up,until the 80”s, most of the musicians on this list were earning practically nothing. 1972 was also the year that Led Zeppelin didn’t release an album, and Queen were still getting their chops together.
Talking book along with Carole King's tapestry are two of the most organic singer-songwriter albums I've ever heard. I actually stole my mom's copy of tapestry from a year earlier on talking book I was just blown away. And the more I learned, how a man without sight could play all these instruments and just the beauty of the songs rawness of in the city. I think this is Stevie Wonder's best work but that's a really subjective statement. When I became a teacher when I had the opportunity I turn my students on so that particular album. There were a few others but this was the one that I thought caught across everything and had something for everyone period and also had something for everyone to learn
Organic is for food not music❓❓❓❓
Joni Mitchell blue and court and spark are noteworthy
Argent’s All Together Now? Hold Your Head Up? It was a great year in music. Kind of a transition year. Top 40 AM was just about history. FM AOR was pretty much dominating the airwaves. Jimi had been gone as was Janis 2 years prior unfortunately. I was just out of high school, and remember hearing the “Made In Japan” album later that year by a friend. It was a killer album. There were a lot of up and coming superstars in the near future.
My high school graduation year so definitely the Golden Age Of Me. The coolness of your record collection was to us of massive importance. I won't give a record list but will point out that I started my summer seeing the Rolling Stones with Stevie Wonder as opening act in Chicago and ended up with the Dead at Folsom Field in Boulder. I think the tickets were something like 7 bucks which even if you Google what was a dollar worth comes out to about 35 or so today. Of course parking was free and you could pick up a t shirt (back when we all had 30' waists but that's another post) for a buck or two. We all had money to spend because, the intern scam not yet having been invented, we actually got paid for summer jobs. I won't depress young people by mentioning what college tuition, room and board ran.
Agree with your comment. Would like to add that 1972 was the beginning of hyper-inflation. New York's bankruptcy hadn't happened yet but the mayor's race was focused on the budget. Mayor Beame was elected because he had the most financial experience. (I think he was an accountant but couldn't swear to it. I was only 14.) I can read between and on the lines of your comment that you obviously know music. It was your inflation comment that made me think that people today have NO idea what inflation is. The exception being rent and school tuition.
@@harrysolas2802 At the risk of getting political Mr Biden is old enough to remember the 70s and how devastating it was economically yet his whole focus is on grumbling about how Sens from W Virginia and AZ won't let him spend way way way more money. On the other side Mr Trump is busy acting like an old time Red Sox fan "We wuz robbed! Really won except for the ×××××× umps..." Not to be a grumpy old man but first election in my lifetime my folks got to choose between Adlai Stevenson, a serious liberal when such still existed and Ike whose resume included Leading the Liberation of Europe. Now we get... Oh well. At least we have the ability to listen to Eat A Peach without having to go see if it's up in mom's attic still.
You forgot the Grateful Dead's Europe '72, released in November of that year. I played it into ribbons.
No! Of course not! 1967 was Rock's greatest year! I would converse with someone who thought '68 or even '69 was the greatest, but 1972? Oh. I see. You were 14 in 1972. I get it. You missed all the greats! Well most of them, anyhow.
I love this, really comprehensive and well put together list. i agree with nearly everything, say 95%, but...July... you missed an album that had Telegram Sam and Metal Guru. Iconic in Britain, not so big in US, but huge by anyone's definition. I also have a higher opinion of Made in Japan, arguably one of the best live (double) albums ever. Anyway, peace brother, I think i'll subscribe
Thanks! The Slider (T. Rex) is great.
Exile on Main Street has my vote for best album!
Right group, wrong album: Sticky Fingers = #1 Rock Album of All Time.
@@skinovtheperineum1208 Sticky Fingers is a great album as well. I think a Exile is better. A lot of people will say Let it Bleed is the best. I personally think the string of albums from Beggars Banquet to Exile on Main St. is fantastic. Their best! Cheers!
@@michaelward9880 - One more reply and I'll leave you alone: Sticky Fingers has no weak spots. The others you mentioned have them, and Let It Bleed wins Best Album Cover, but trails badly in musical content.
@@skinovtheperineum1208 Okay. That's your opinion and I respect that. It's up to the listener to decide. It's all a matter of taste. I feel the same way about Exile as you do about Sticky. BTW there's an outstanding 3 part video about Let it Bleed on a RUclips channel. I can't remember what the guy's name is but I highly recommend it. He also did a 3 part on Goat Heads.
@@skinovtheperineum1208 yes it’s better than exile which I think is hit or miss,good but not in SF league
I'm surprised that made in Japan didn't get a bigger mention, as its still one of the greatest live recordings ever in my opinion, I was 10 years old and after hearing my older brother playing it I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, so I started playing guitar, not to forget, Jon Lord playing amazing hammond
Merci I remember almost every one of these.
1972 was the year of Deep Purple. Machine Head with "Smoke on the Water;" still the most popular riff ever. Then in the same year came "Made in Japan," in my humble opinion the greatest live LP ever made. 😊
"Made in Japan" is a great choice, but "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Ladies and gentlemen, Emerson, Lake and Palmer" was a pretty strong live album.
Unleashed in the east...by the greatest Priest
I'll vote for Frampton Comes Alive. But there are so many great ones.
@@Jimi_Lee love ELP but definitely not in the same league as Japan or Leeds
Deep Purple’s greatest album. Easily the best of 1972
Neil Diamond's Hot August Night album was not only the best album of 1972, but the greatest Live album of all time.... I was there!
🗣️blowing chunks...
@@TheBatugan77 You blow more than just chunks....
Brilliant
It is fantastic. Love it and also Elvis as recorded at Madison Square Garden, June 1972.
Close To The Edge-Yes
Trilogy -ELP
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Foxtrot-Genesis
Argus-Wishbone Ash
Black Sabbath Vol 4
Octopus-Gentle Giant
Three Friends - Gentle Giant
Rory Live In Europe
Caravanserai - Santana
Squawk -Budgie
Some of those big ones for the months utter bunk
Brilliant! I graduated from high school in 1972, which was a watershed year for me, and one so full of the fine music covered in this video. The introduction neatly establishes the cultural and political context for this memorable year. Thank you!
Me too. I ended up moving between my junior year and senior year, from South Carolina to Alabama. I did not transfer very well, my education was a bit ahead of what I found in Alabama. Ignorant English teacher decided to use my work as an example of how to do something. That didn't endear me with the other 77 seniors. Yep, went from a class size of 880+ to 78. I enlisted in the Air Force to get tfo of Alabama.
Nicely done and very thorough. It was great that you added Superfly, certainly an R&B masterpiece. I'd add They Only Come Out At Night by the Edgar Winter group. For those of you who weren't around in the era, many of the songs that were big hits on the albums of '72 were hits in 1973.
This is excellent. Thanks for all the history here. Freshman in high school, I well remember these years. I completely wore out Neil Young’s Harvest and the Eagles first two albums. What a time it was! And then we had to grow up😅
T. Rex The Slider and Frank Zappa The Grand Wazoo are great albums from 1972 in my opinion. Although not a Rock album, another great album from 1972 is Miles Davis On The Corner...featuring Pete Cosey on electric guitar. Great stuff.
Yes, yes, yes, THE SLIDER. 👏
1972 had some amazing album releases (Ziggy Stardust and Yes' Close to the Edge are among the best LPs in rock history), but 1971 still towers over it.
That being said, I totally agree about the Stones' Exile on Main Street not being as good as the previous year's Sticky Fingers, their best LP ever. Since Exile's release, rock critics have evolved from a lukewarm response (1970s), to rediscovery (1980s), to Stones best (1990s to present day).
And was so glad to see Mick Ronson get his due. Bowie's Ziggy Stardust was an epic display of their amazing talents, and Ronno was one of the most talented (and underappreciated) musicians in rock history.
YES , thanks for giving Mick Ronson his props for the work with Bowie and Reed. But you failed to mention Mick Taylors work with the Stones on Exile. Without Taylor , not so good!
@@chuckwerry7437 Cool you mentioned Mick Taylor (speaking of underappreciated guitarists!). Much as I love Keef, like you said it was Mick Taylor who really made Exile stand out.
Doremi Fasol Latido...
I think Babe Ruth "First Base" (Nov. 1972), could deserve a mention...?
For the track alone "The Mexican". Apart from the reworking of Ennio Morricone "Per Qualche Dollaro In Piu", and Alan Shacklock's added lyrics, the impact "The Mexican" has had on music is significant.
And, the opening track "Wells Fargo", is a great hard rock opener...
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I remember in high school Alice Cooper's Schools Out was huge. Cant wait for your best of 1973.
True! I was 18 and knew every word.
Other great albums of 72 would be Chicago V with the great Dialogue. Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes. And West Bruce & Laing which is one of the best albums that Leslie West or Jack Bruce ever made.
The live album from West,Bruce&Laing is great, as is the LIve album from Mountain
What a great channel and video ! Thank you ! Waiting for more :)
What an incredible look back into history that moves as fast as some of the guitar leads 1972 brought us. THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK AND CHANNEL ! ❤👍🏻👍🏻🌬☠
In my view, 1972 was THE year . . . 70, 71 & 73 also up there, but 72 was the year for me
Yes, without Lez Zep, No Beatle solo. Jim M. Doors and Hendrix gone. 1972 yes.
Good stuff there Historian. I remember seeing Genesis live in concert doing Watcher of the Skies but that was probably 1975. After performing everything on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, they went right into The Musical Box. Then the encore was Watcher of the Skies and the Knife. During the last song, there was a bunch of people dancing around the stage while wearing all of Peter's costumes from the Lamb and the costumes from earlier tours. It was a hoot!
Big thing for me in 72' was Graduating from High School and meeting my future wife. August 1972
A Toast to Panama Red by The Master's Apprentices (Australia). Prog Psych masterpiece.
7:36 and thats why i call Deep Purple the first Prog-Metal band
Anjaan and Exile on Main Street oh, what a year!
It's clear you are not into prog. Thick as a brick, Close to the edge and Octopus are considered masterpieces of the genre, and they only get a passing mention...
Close to the Edge, Octopus, Seventh Sojourn, Foxtrot... what more do you want! lol
Thanks for the flashback !!
Great year for music but this was the year for one of the best summers of my life.
I'm 15, between Freshman and Sophomore years in high school, had my first job (part time), my parents would go on trips leaving me with the house for days at a time and i had my first real girl friend.
Sound track faves were Jeff Beck Group, ELP Trilogy, America Homecoming, Yes Fragile and Close To The Edge plus others not from this year. Some Cat Stevens, too.
Also a good year for vehicles.
A '72 Maverick 2 door was in the family for about 10 years and a Chevy '72 C10 Step Side pick up (350, q jet, three speed) for over 30.
A good year !
My favorite summer, summer of '72. I was 16 going on 17, just a fun time and breakthrough experiences. Favorite album for me that year was Close to the Edge, by YES. ❤🎶🎵
Try this video again and add Elvis Presley at Madison square garden and add 1972 concerts that later are on CD that were not realesed in 1972 .
I turned sixteen in 72. I remember almost all those music releases! Great choices!
In 1972 the two best records were Clear Spot and Let My Children Hear Music.
Wow, hard to believe that many years have gone by. I was 12 years old then.
Me to...ugh..going too fast
What about "For the Roses" by Joni Mitchell? It's overlooked because it came right after "Blue" but it's really wonderful.
An American Prayer (1978) is the Doors last official album.
On March 29th, 1972 a fifteen year-old boy in London played hookie from school and went to the West End. After wandering around the musical instrument shops and bookshops in Shaftesbury Avenue, he crossed Charing Cross Road to a ticket agency curious to see what was on that night. Soon after, he took a double decker bus to Kensington and rocked up at the Royal Albert Hall. It was his first ever rock concert and headlining were Jethro Tull playing their new album Thick as a Brick in it's entirety followed by a selection of their greatest hits such as Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, and Living in the Past. The sight of a wild-eyed Ian Anderson standing on one leg and playing his flute like some kind of mad Pied Piper of Hamlin will never leave me.
Cut to June 30th. Alice Cooper are riding high in the British singles charts with School's Out and I had a ticket to see them at the Empire Pool, Wembley (a former Olympic swimming pool left over from the 1948 Games today known as Wembley Arena.) Up first were the support act, an unknown bunch of art school students who'd played their first professional gig at a festival the previous weekend and had just released their debut album by the name of Roxy Music. Weird singer, weird keyboard player, but I liked the guitarist... and bought the album.
Alice Cooper made Tull look pedestrian (which they weren't). Although their new album release was School's Out, most of the set was from their previous album Killer, to my mind the best album they ever released. Vincent Furnier with his boa constrictor, a ton of eye liner, songs about dead babies and a show that culminated in his execution. What's not to like? Parents were freaking out (at least American ones were, British parents are more sedate) but 15 year-olds like me absolutely loved it.
With these Music's Greatest Year? videos you're telling the story of my life.
On March 29th 1972 I was an air force brat living in Harrow and listening to the Brits best. Going to Petticoat Lane Market with my uncle on Sunday and buying used albums that I later brought back to the states where they were rare. Good on you Franco. Thanks for the memory.
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All the great rock Bands toured in 1972!
Yes you finally got to the right year. The other possible year is 68. With the Beatles Hendrix and the Doors active. Or is it 69 with 2 Zeppelin albums and the 2 greatest live albums made Get yer Yayas Out and Live at Leeds. Wait they were released in 70 Okay yes 73 I mean 1972 is definitely the year.. Ziggy Stardust Exile on Main Street and Dark side of the Moon. Hey Google!!
Ya yas and live at Leeds still my fave live albums ever cool!