Slick 70s rock bands - lesser known

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  1. Purple Jim

    Purple Jim Senior Member Thread Starter

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    In the 70s (especially before punk), there were a number of very slick rock bands that never really found "fame" but developped a good little following and put out some neat albums. They seemed to be following on from what Steely Dan, Little Feat or Doobies were doing.
    My experiene of them is UK based but I'm sure that there were similar outfits in the USA , Australia, Europe,...
    So, this thread is for those forgotten musos. I won't list them, so as to let everyone post examples.
    Kicking off with The Movies and the opening song of their self-titled first album, "Black Country Lady":



    The album cover screams mid 70s.
     
    Purple Jim, Oct 22, 2018
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    You mean bands like Ambrosia?
     
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    Raspberries

    Raspberries - Go All The Way
     
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    Purple Jim Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Racing Cars - Four Wheel Drive
    Very Jeff Beck-like!
     
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    Snafu - Long Gone
     
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    Shanghai, here on TOGWT featuring guitar genius Mick Green, they had two LPs out (74 and 76), I've been badgering BGO to do a two-fer, no luck so far.

     
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    This is a great song...
     
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    Fischer Z

     
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  9. Purple Jim

    Purple Jim Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Lesser known bands is the objective here!
     
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    Nutz - Poor Man
     
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    Whoops...
     
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    City Boy

     
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    This is really good.
     
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    Sassafras

     
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    Boxer
    This band where topped for major success , signed by Virgin and had a few well known musicians in the line up incl. Boz Burrell and Mike Patto

     
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    Trace Senior Member

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    From Ft. Worth, Texas....
    Nitzinger
     
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    AceFrehleyJr Doesn't Believe The Hype

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    Lone Star
    Probably my favourite 70's band that didn't make it. Featuring future UFO guitarist Paul Chapman.
    Love this cover of The Beatles 'She Said She Said'.
     
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    Purple Jim Senior Member Thread Starter

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    ...and Sad Café of course:

     
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    Fotomaker - Where Have You Been All My Life. Lineup included an ex-Raspberry (Wally Bryson) and a couple of former Rascals (Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli). Made three albums with little success outside of a few markets.
     
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  24. Rooster_Ties

    Rooster_Ties Senior Member

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    Good idea for a thread! Some of these will surely sound quite dated (both good and bad), but I'm especially curious to hear examples of those I've never even heard of. 2nd string (even 3rd string) 70's pop, with production that aimed for the stars.

    Actually, a good well-curated 2CD comp of this stuff might be kinda fun too. Kind of like an alternate reality, of 'never were hits' by bands no one's ever heard of -- but that sound not entirely unfamiliar either. Fun!!
     
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    These guys used to play around Chicago all the time. Saw them often. Always a great time.

     
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