Greatest one-two punch to open an album

Cream - Disraeli Gears - Strange Brew/Sunshine Of You Love
Mountain - Climbing - Mississippi Queen/Theme For An Imaginary Western
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs - Day Of The Eagle/Bridge Of Sighs

 

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love/Down Home Girl

 

White Room/Sitting On Top Of The World.
Also: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You/And I Wish I Were Stoned.

 

Rolling Stones - Aftermath (U.S.) - Paint It Black/Stupid Girl

 

True Love Leaves No Traces/Iodine

 

Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker - Twice As Hard/Jealous Again
Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion - Sting Me/Remedy
Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse - Miss Judy's Farm/You're So Rude
The Groundhogs - Split - Split Part 1/Split Part 2

 

Hello/Roll With It

 

Man - Be Good To Yourself At Least Once a Day - C'mon/Keep On Crinting
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - We Can Be Together/Good Shepherd

 

Badfinger: "Take It All" > "Baby Blue"

Wire: "Reuters" > "Field Day for the Sundays" > "Three Girl Rhumba"

(so it's a 1-2-3 punch, one of 'em is half a minute l0ng!)

 

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand/ For Your Life
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath/The Wizard
Deep Purple - SpeedKing/Bloodsucker

 

.... not a nice person ...

 

Foxy Lady/ Manic Depression. When I first heard those in 1967 I think it was the greatest one - two punch ever as I do today. But back in 1967 these songs there was nothing like them the sound was very alien.

 

Precession/Father to Son/White Queen (As it Began)

 

Can't say it's the greatest but I do like it:

Jethro Tull--Mistrel In the Gallery/Cold Winds to Valhalla

 

When I Kissed the Teacher/Dancing Queen

 

How about a Side 2
1-2 punch?
Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender, Bobby Jean from BITUSA

 

Let Me Out/Your Number Or Your Name - Knack
Open My Eyes/Back Of Your Mind - Nazz

 

Don't Want You No More/It's Not My Cross To Bear (Allman Brothers Band)

 

ok back to Side One
Marshall Crenshaw-There She Goes Again, Someday Someway

 

Good pick - better than "Runnin'"/"Eruption", IMO!

 

Procession/The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues EGBDF. I like the formula the Moody Blues hit on, of something a little weird followed by a blockbuster to open an album, and this is my favourite pair.

 

Clash: "London Calling"/"Brand New Cadillac"...

 

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/Fly on the Windshield

 

One of my all-time favorite opening pairs (but which I don't expect to see here mentioned):
How Dare You! & Lazy Ways from How Dare You! by 10cc

 

A lot of the best ones are already mentioned but here's a few more:

Nebraska/Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska)
Bat Out of Hell/You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth - Meat Loaf (Bat Out of Hell)
Tunnel of Love/Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits (Making Movies)
Strutter/Nothin' to Lose - KISS (KISS)
Cherry Baby/Rock Six Times - Starz (Violation)
Safe European Home/English Civil War - The Clash (Give 'Em Enough Rope)