Albums Released in 1971... Celebrating Their 40th Anniversary in 2011

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  1. ChrisM

    ChrisM Reclusive Enabler Thread Starter

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    Over the past couple of years, I’ve started a thread focusing on albums that would be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their release. It takes quite a bit of work to compile the list in this form but, I figured that it’s worth it. Since I had a bit of time over the holidays, I thought that I’d work on the list for 1971/2011. (I'm sure that there are many more that could be on the list but, this is a pretty good representation. Any corrections are certainly welcome. Feel free to mention additions to the list.)

    Once again, it was another good year for new releases. Three of The Beatles had releases. John had Imagine, Paul had Ram (and Wild Life with Wings) and George issued a set with his Concert for Bangladesh.

    ELO released their debut and ELP and Yes issued a pair of albums each. Traffic issued a pair as well with The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Welcome to the Canteen. There were some nice live albums, too. The Allman Brothers released their At Fillmore East and Humble Pie put out their Performance: Rockin’ the Fillmore. There were also a pair of Hendrix posthumous releases (Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge).

    Some big sellers in the form of Jethro Tull’s Aqualing, Led Zeppelin’s fourth LP, The Who’s Who’s Next and Carole King’s Tapestry also hit the shelves. Joni Mitchell released Blue, David Bowie issued Hunky Dory and Van Morrison had Tupelo Honey. Pink Floyd issued an album of new material (Meddle) as well as a compilation (Relics). The same for The Rolling Stones with Sticky Fingers and Hot Rocks.

    So much good stuff! I’ll let the list speak for itself...

    Record Albums Released in 1971
    (note that release dates in North American and Europe may vary)

    A

    The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
    Amboy Dukes - Survival of the Fittest (Live)
    Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge
    Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
    April Wine - April Wine
    Atomic Rooster - In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
    Brian Auger - Oblivion Express
    Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing

    B

    Badfinger - Straight Up
    Joan Baez - Blessed Are...
    The Band - Cahoots
    Bang - Bang
    Barclay James Harvest - Once Again
    Count Basie - Afrique
    Count Basie - Have a Nice Day
    Shirley Bassey - Something Else
    The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
    The Jeff Beck Group - Rough and Ready
    Bee Gees - Trafalgar
    Chuck Berry - San Francisco Dues
    Birth Control - Operation
    Black Oak Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas
    Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
    Black Widow - Black Widow
    Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator over the Hill
    Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears 4
    Blue Cheer - Oh! Pleasant Hope
    Booker T & the MG's - Melting Pot
    David Bowie - Hunky Dory
    Bread - Manna
    Edgar Broughton Band - Edgar Broughton Band
    James Brown - Hot Pants
    James Brown - Sho Is Funky Down Here
    James Brown - Super Bad
    Jack Bruce - Harmony Row
    Jack Bruce - Things We Like
    Budgie - Budgie
    Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon - Guilty!
    The Byrds - Byrdmaniax
    The Byrds - Farther Along


    C

    Cactus -One Way...Or Another
    Cactus - Restrictions
    John Cale & Terry Riley - Church of Anthrax
    Can - Tago Mago
    Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band - Mirror Man (material recorded in 1967)
    Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
    Carpenters - Carpenters
    Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
    Johnny Cash - Little Fauss and Big Halsy
    Johnny Cash - Man in Black
    Johnny Cash - The Man, The World, His Music
    Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis - Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams
    Ray Charles - Volcanic Action of My Soul
    Chase - Chase
    Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall
    Chicago - Chicago III
    The Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
    Gene Clark - White Light
    Jimmy Cliff - Another Cycle
    Cluster - Cluster
    Bruce Cockburn - High Winds, White Sky
    Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
    Ornette Coleman - Twins
    John Coltrane - Sun Ship (recorded 1965)
    Judy Collins - Living
    Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band - No Roses
    Colosseum - Colosseum Live
    Rita Coolidge - Nice Feelin'
    Rita Coolidge - Rita Coolidge
    Alice Cooper - Killer
    Alice Cooper - Love It to Death
    Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 1
    Chick Corea - Piano Improvisations Vol. 2
    Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 4 Way Street
    David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
    King Curtis - Live at Fillmore West
    Curved Air - Second Album



    D

    Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
    Miles Davis - Live-Evil
    Deep Purple - Fireball
    Delaney & Bonnie - Motel Shot
    Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman and the Ravens
    John Denver - Poems, Prayers and Promises
    Neil Diamond - Stones
    Bo Diddley - Another Dimension
    Dion DiMucci - You're Not Alone
    Dr. John - The Sun, Moon & Herbs
    Donovan - H.M.S. Donovan
    The Doobie Brothers - The Doobie Brothers
    The Doors - L.A. Woman
    The Doors - Other Voices
    Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. Ii

    E

    Earth, Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & Fire
    Egg - The Polite Force
    Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (aka No Answer)
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
    John Entwistle - Smash Your Head Against the Wall

    F

    Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse
    Faces - Long Player
    Fairport Convention - Angel Delight
    Family -Fearless
    Faust - Faust
    The 5th Dimension - Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
    Ella Fitzgerald - Ella à Nice
    Roberta Flack - Quiet Fire
    Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
    Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
    The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers
    Focus - Moving Waves
    Aretha Franklin - Aretha Live at Fillmore West
    Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Greatest Hits
    Free - Free Live!
    Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

    G

    Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
    Rory Gallagher - Deuce
    Rory Gallagher - Rory Gallagher
    Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
    The J. Geils Band - The Morning After
    Genesis - Nursery Cryme
    Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
    Golden Earring - Seven Tears
    Grand Funk Railroad - E Pluribus Funk
    Grand Funk Railroad - Survival
    Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (live)
    Grateful Dead - Historic Dead Live 1966
    Al Green - Al Green Gets Next to You
    Grin - Grin
    Gordon Lightfoot - Summer Side of Life
    Groundhogs - Split
    The Guess Who - So Long, Bannatyne

    H

    Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around the Country
    Tom T. Hall - In Search of a Song
    Peter Hammill - Fool's Mate
    John Hammond - Source Point
    Roy Harper - Stormcock
    George Harrison and Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh
    Richie Havens - Alarm Clock
    Hawkwind - In Search of Space
    Isaac Hayes - Black Moses
    Isaac Hayes - Shaft
    Jimi Hendrix - The Cry of Love
    Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge
    Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks - Where's the Money?
    The Hollies - Distant Light
    Honey Cone - Soulful Tapestry
    Honey Cone - Sweet Replies
    John Lee Hooker - Goin' Down Highway 51
    John Lee Hooker - Mad Man Blues
    John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat - Hooker 'n Heat
    Hot Tuna - First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
    Howlin' Wolf - The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions
    Humble Pie - Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
    Humble Pie - Rock On


    I

    If - If 3
    Incredible String Band - Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air


    J

    The Jackson 5 - Goin' Back to Indiana
    The Jackson 5 - Greatest Hits
    The Jackson 5 - Maybe Tomorrow
    Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior
    Jade Warrior - Released
    James Gang - James Gang Live in Concert
    James Gang - Thirds
    Jefferson Airplane - Bark
    Waylon Jennings - The Taker/Tulsa
    Jethro Tull - Aqualung
    Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor
    Elton John - 11-17-70 (aka 17-11-70)
    Elton John - Madman Across the Water
    Tom Jones - Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady
    Janis Joplin - Pearl
    Joy of Cooking - Closer to the Ground
    Joy of Cooking - Joy of Cooking

    K

    B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail
    Carole King - Music
    Carole King - Tapestry
    King Crimson - Islands
    The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
    The Kinks - Percy
    Kluster - Eruption (live)
    Kluster - Zwei-Osterei
    Kris Kristofferson - The Silver Tongued Devil and I
    Fela Kuti - Live! (with Ginger Baker)
    Fela Kuti - Why Black Man Dey Suffer?

    L

    The Last Poets - This is Madness
    Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
    John Lennon - Imagine
    Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne
    Little Feat - Little Feat
    Jon Lord - Gemini Suite

    M

    Taj Mahal - Happy Just To Be Like I Am
    Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
    The Mamas & the Papas - People Like Us
    Man -Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?
    Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Revolution
    Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Revolution II
    John Martyn - Bless the Weather
    Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live!
    Curtis Mayfield - Roots
    Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney - Ram
    MC5 - High Time
    Don McLean - American Pie
    Melanie - Gather Me
    Melanie - The Good Book
    Steve Miller Band - Rock Love
    Mr. Fox - The Gypsy
    Joni Mitchell - Blue
    The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
    Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
    Mott the Hoople - Brain Capers
    Mott the Hoople - Wildlife
    Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
    The Move - Message from the Country
    Mungo Jerry - Electronically Tested
    Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have to Be in the Army
    Anne Murray - Talk It Over in the Morning

    N

    Graham Nash - Songs for Beginners
    Nazareth - Nazareth
    Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band - Rudy the Fifth
    Willie Nelson - Yesterday's Wine
    Randy Newman - Randy Newman Live
    New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage
    Olivia Newton-John - If Not for You
    The Nice - Elegy
    Harry Nilsson - Aerial Pandemonium Ballet
    Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
    Harry Nilsson - The Point!
    Laura Nyro - Gonna Take a Miracle

    O

    Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand
    Yoko Ono - Fly
    Le Orme - Collage
    Osibisa - Osibisa
    Osibisa - Woyaya
    Gilbert O'Sullivan - Himself

    P

    Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
    The Partridge Family - A Partridge Family Christmas Card
    The Partridge Family - Shopping Bag
    The Partridge Family - Sound Magazine
    The Partridge Family - Up to Date
    Pentangle - Reflection
    Pink Floyd - Meddle
    Pink Floyd - Relics
    Poco - Deliverin'
    Poco - From the Inside
    Elvis Presley - C'mon Everybody
    Elvis Presley - Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas
    Elvis Presley - Love Letters from Elvis
    Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone
    John Prine - John Prine
    Procol Harum - Broken Barricades

    Q

    Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver

    R

    Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt
    The Rascals - Peaceful World
    The Rascals - Search and Nearness
    Renaissance - Illusion
    REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon
    Emitt Rhodes - The American Dream
    Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - One Dozen Roses
    The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
    The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
    Diana Ross - Surrender
    Todd Rundgren - Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
    Leon Russell - Leon Russell and the Shelter People
    Mitch Ryder - Detroit

    S

    Buffy Sainte-Marie - She Used to Want to Be a Ballerina
    Pharoah Sanders - Thembi
    Mongo Santamaria - Afro Roots
    Santana - Santana III
    Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs & Band
    Boz Scaggs - Moments
    Carly Simon - Anticipation
    Carly Simon - Carly Simon
    Frank Sinatra - Sinatra & Company
    Sir Lord Baltimore - Sir Lord Baltimore
    Skid Row - 34 Hours
    Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
    Soft Machine - Fourth
    Sparks (as Halfnelson) - Halfnelson
    Spirogyra - St. Radigunds
    Jimmie Spheeris - Isle of View
    Status Quo - Dog of Two Head
    Steeleye Span - Please to See the King
    Steeleye Span - Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again
    Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
    Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
    Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills 2
    Stoney & Meat Loaf - Stoney & Meatloaf
    Barbra Streisand - Barbra Joan Streisand
    Barbra Streisand - Stoney End
    The Stylistics - The Stylistics
    Sun Ra - Pictures of Infinity
    Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped
    Sweet - Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be

    T

    James Taylor - James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine (recorded ‘66-'67)
    James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
    Kate Taylor - Sister Kate
    Livingston Taylor - Liv
    The Temptations - Sky's the Limit
    Ten Years After - A Space in Time
    Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy
    Three Dog Night - Golden Bisquits
    Three Dog Night - Harmony
    Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
    Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen (live)
    T.Rex - Electric Warrior

    U

    UFO - UFO 2: Flying
    Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
    Uriah Heep - Salisbury

    V

    Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts


    W

    War - All Day Music
    War - War
    Dionne Warwick - The Dionne Warwicke Story
    Muddy Waters - They Call Me Muddy Waters
    Weather Report - Weather Report
    Tony Joe White - Tony Joe White
    The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
    The Who - Who's Next
    Andy Williams - Love Story
    Wings - Wild Life
    Edgar Winter - Edgar Winter's White Trash
    Johnny Winter and - Live
    Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
    Bill Withers - Just as I Am
    Stevie Wonder - Where I'm Coming From
    Link Wray - Link Wray

    Y

    Yes - Fragile
    Yes - The Yes Album

    Z

    Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Fillmore East, June 1971
    Frank Zappa - 200 Motels Soundtrack
    ZZ Top - ZZ Top's First Album
     
  2. Almost Simon

    Almost Simon Forum Resident

    Quite possibly my favourite music year ever. I recently made playlist of my favourite songs recorder/released for every year from 1970 upto 1979 and by far 1971 was the longest.
     
  3. ceddy10165

    ceddy10165 My life was saved by rock n roll

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    Thanks for the list. I'll be turning 40 this year myself, so i'm very interested.
     
  4. Mr Sam

    Mr Sam "...don't look so good no more"

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    France
    +
    Burt Bacharach - s/t
    Eddie Kendricks - All By Myself
    Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman
    Gladys Knight & The Pips - Standing Ovation
    Michel Polnareff - Polnareff's
    Valerie Simpson - Exposed
    The Undisputed Truth - Face To Face With The Truth
    Jimmy Webb - And So: On

    ...and so on...
     
  5. Dr. Pepper

    Dr. Pepper What, me worry?

    Michael Nesmith - Nevada Fighter - 05/1971
     
  6. music4life

    music4life Senior Member

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    Elton had three releases in 1971. The third being the "Friends" Soundtrack
     
  7. Mark Kaufman

    Mark Kaufman Forum Resident

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    What a freakin' unbelievable year. Here's to more like this one.
     
  8. Raunchnroll

    Raunchnroll Senior Member

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    Seattle
    Dennis Stoner - self titled (Rare Earth)

    Ash Ra Tempel - self titled (Ohr)

    Keef Hartley Band - Overdog (Deram)
     
  9. ManFromCouv

    ManFromCouv Employee #3541

    From a pop/rock perspective...the best year of the 70's. Easily.
     
  10. jimbags

    jimbags Forum Resident

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    Leeds
    Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
    Asoka - Asoka
    Chicken Shack - Imagination Lady
    Dando Shaft - Dando Shaft
    Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
    Frumpy - 2
    Gila – Gila
    Guru Guru - Hinten
    Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior
    Leaf Hound - Growers Of Mushroom
    May Blitz - The 2nd Of May
    Savoy Brown - Street Corner Talking
    Second Hand - Death May Be Your Santa Claus
    Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
    The Dog That Bit People - The Dog That Bit People
    The Way We Live - A Candle For Judith
    Tudor Lodge - Tudor Lodge
     
  11. O Don Piano

    O Don Piano Senior Member

    Wow! Thanks for that list! I have several albums under every letter except: I, O, U and V!

    Not to be nit picky, but for Yes' 'Fragile', the album cover states '1972' as release year. Was it rush-released in 1971?
     
  12. ChrisM

    ChrisM Reclusive Enabler Thread Starter

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    This is one of the reasons that I mentioned the difference between the UK and US release dates in the first post. Fragile was issued in Nov '71 in the UK and Jan '72 in the US. I remember it pretty well since the radio stations in the Detroit/Windsor are were playing the import when it was released.
     
  13. steveharris

    steveharris Senior Member

    Location:
    Mass
    Holy...Great new releases to choose from every week!This must have been a tough year on peoples`wallets huh?
     
  14. keifspoon

    keifspoon Senior Member

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    New Jersey, USA
    Dust s/t, Fuzzy Duck and Leafhound's Growers Of Mushroom were also released in this magical year.
     
  15. Runt

    Runt Senior Member

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    Motor City
    Fragile was first released in the UK in late '71...

    Awesome list! I'd like to add...

    Argent - Ring of Hands
     
  16. ChrisM

    ChrisM Reclusive Enabler Thread Starter

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    Thanks for the feedback, folks. I think that I'll wait until the weekend and then post a "Deluxe Edition" of the list including bonus LP listings. :D
     
  17. Jay F

    Jay F New Member

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    I count these 41 as records I bought then. And there are others I know well that friends and roommates bought. It was a good year for music.
     
  18. Jay F

    Jay F New Member

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    That's one of my favorite Elton LPs--one of the only ones I still listen to.

    I think Seatrain and America had albums I liked in '71, too.
     
  19. ascot

    ascot Senior Member

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    Now available on LP and 8-track cartridge. :D
     
  20. CBC

    CBC Forum Resident

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    I was living in Detroit then & was in the hospital for two weeks right when Fragile came out. I'd never really heard Yes before. They played tracks from it all day long, & I had my FM radio in my room & dug the heck out of this new sound I was hearing!! :thumbsup:
     
  21. Col Kepper

    Col Kepper Well-Known Member

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    Texas, Where else?
    The Osmonds - Homemade
    The Osmonds - Phase III
     
  22. ChrisM

    ChrisM Reclusive Enabler Thread Starter

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    I just did a quick count from the original list. I own (or have owned) 167 of these albums. Yikes!
     
  23. quicksrt

    quicksrt Senior Member

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    Los Angeles
    I had Three Dog Night - Harmony and Golden Biscuits, so there!!!

    I was not cool enough to have (or even know about) Ash Ra Temple, and all that stuff.

    I had 45s of CCR, and certainly wished I had Green River and Cosmo's Factory on Ampex 8-Track Cartridge.

    Any CCR out in the year 71?
     
  24. ChrisM

    ChrisM Reclusive Enabler Thread Starter

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    Nope. Pendulum was released the end of 1970 and Mardi Gras didn't come out until '72.
     
  25. quicksrt

    quicksrt Senior Member

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    Los Angeles
    Phase III was a killer album for a 10 year old. But "Sound Magazine" was my favorite at the time, and I still love it!
     
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