5 Underrated Must Have Albums Of 1977

[@retromusings]

Great shout outs for those Isley Brother and Rose Royce albums. IMHO they're awesome. This is really a wonderful series and it's fantastic hearing all the backstories behind the albums. Struggling to decide which year in the 70s is my favourite!

[@vinylrecordplayer]

@@retromusings Heya RM. Thanks for the kudos! Coming to the end here, but I at least have a 78 in me just yet. Great to hear from you. Hope your summer is going great. Cheers! 🤘😁

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

Good Sunday morning to you Craig, you showed up on a Mazzy post and decided to pop in, enjoyed it, nice picks show. In this one, George, AWB, Jackson Browne album so good, the Bros, now have to look up that Rose Royce one… Thanks for that, you got yourself another VC friend 😎🎶✌🏼

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Thanks for stopping by! Always room for more folks on Team Danger! ⚡ 🤘😁

[@TheVinylLoungeMtl]

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[@andyshacks7812]

Wishing on a Star is one of my all time favourite singles- it’s just gorgeous! But strangely I don’t have that album, so that will need to be rectified! I didn’t know they were a backing band at Motown, so I’ve learnt something as well ! Thanks Mr Danger ! 🙏

[@vinylrecordplayer]

@@andyshacks7812 highly, highly available is that one. Real solid record.🤘😁

[@markovirta4213]

Interesting picks again. Jackson Browne needs maybe a little more time get under the skin. "Late for the sky", "For everyman" or "The pretender" might be also good ones to start with. I would add "Deceptive bends" by 10cc for 1977. This album is not much talked about, and still it easily is one of their best albums over all. Also Diana Ross with "Baby it's me", which is very nice collection of pop, soul and funky stuff, and it sounds great.

[@georgelewis9842]

Hi Danger I just watched your underrated of 1977 and it was great again but you are beginning to assault soul music after 1975. I’m 62 and I was 18 in 1979 and whoooo baby you got to show some love for that year. Dig deep and you will love it. Danger you’re the man but skipudad says check it out.

[@vinylrecordplayer]

I hear you. I love the quality throughout, but once the machines step in, I step out.😎 Suggestions are welcome! 🤘😁

[@brunohebert1351]

Hey Craig, I thought I had one to add but found out it's 1976 so I'm going to post it on the 1976 video ;-) Thanks again for another great selection.

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Rock on! 🤘😁

[@myles7522]

I’m enjoying this series. Thank you 👍

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Glad to hear it! Appreciate the comment! 🤘😁

[@johncalarco3728]

Thanks. I love a lot of the Isley’s later stuff, especially The Real Deal. 1977was a great year:BookerT&theMG’s UniversalLanguage, JamesBrown-Mutha’sNature, Santana-Festival,CafeJacques-Round the back,EelaCraig-Hats of Glass, Danny Kirwin(American version of Midnight in SanJuan.)

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Great picks in there. Love it when there are albums I've never heard of.🤘😁

[@audiotomb]

Yes Going for the One better be there - I was

[@edwardgonczy3170]

Mr. Danger. Oh, my goodness, what an omission. Booker T & the MG's. - "Universal Language". Pete Townsend once stated one of his favorite guitar players was Steve Cropper. Listen to this LP and you will know why. Funk and a slight nod to disco.

[@johncalarco3728]

Right on! Universal Language is one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time!

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Alright. Second Booker T recommendation. I will hear it today! Cheers! 🤘😁

[@kevinogracia1615]

Always cool. Peace on earth

[@danny1959]

Klaatu Hope, Hall & Oates Beauty in a Backstreet, Ian Dury New Boots and Panties, and The Doobie Brothers Living on the Fault Line.

[@jazzpunk]

...I was revisiting The Doobs' FAULTLINE album over the weekend. If youe a fan & maybe burnt out on hearing their usual stuff time after time...FAULTLINE has some really good, somewhat obscure tunes. Some jazzy stuff, too, if that floats your boat.

[@tomgrych]

Dangerman! I'm going to pretend that that Joan Armatrading album is up there for me ( : thanks

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Just listened to that big dog. So, so good. Joan rules! 🤘😁

[@DerekPugh-uj4yd]

It's weird that you're all about the vinyl, yet your initials are CD. 😁✌️

[@vinylrecordplayer]

@@DerekPugh-uj4yd it's a good weird, for sure. CDs remain a "hell no" for me.😆

[@georgemathie8123]

Love the Isley Brothers late 70s albums they are fantastic here a few underrated gems for ya Steve Winwood self titled solo debut a fantastic album that's an r+b funk album if you've never heard it check it out and j Geils band monkey Island this is a fantastic album and has some of their best music of the time again if you haven't heard it check it out a few honorable mentions wishbone ash front page news sad cafe fanx ta ra and Bryan ferry in your mind

[@grahamgreene779]

Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind (Although the following year's "the Bride Stripped Bare" is the great Ferry solo album to get. Al Green - The Belle Album - A great transitional album between the previous secular stuff and the gospel just around the corner. A masterpiece, maybe. The Vibrators - Pure Mania - punkish rock. Whips & Furs indeed. Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns - Killer tracks like the pride and footsteps in the dark but the real gem for me is "Voyage to Atlantis." No idea what it's about, but i love it. lastly, maybe graham parker's Stick To Me or Heartbreaker's "LAMF." [check out the 2021 Found masters for the latter - crappy mixing, i think, has always plagued LAMF and the masters were lost - they released various mixes over the years, none sounding great, until sometime around 2019 they found the masters in an attic (?) and the new remaster sounds revelatory

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Belle is good . Appreciate the comment! 💯🔥

[@Carl-x8y3c]

I was into the British punk rock scene in 1977. Jackson Browne was boring.

[@vinylrecordplayer]

Haha. Compared to punk? Oh for sure! 🤘😁