20 Obscure Hard Rock Albums that will Blow Your Mind!

[@noblerecords]

Previous Obscure Rock Recommendations: Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6bHampvqsySn6M Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmXQdaKDmceIbsk

[@exzardoz2851]

I would like to listen to this music without thinking about the war, unfortunately all music is political, too bad, good video anyway

[@sconzilius]

you fire me up to listen to new and obscure music 🤟😝🇦🇺

[@Glostahdude]

A guy I worked with 30 years ago was an audiophile/record guy! Over 17,000 piece of Vinyl. He used to go to Running Man as a pirate radio gig. Long before it became the capitalist shithole it has become…. His whole house was walls of milk crates with Albums from any genre you could possibly think of. And he had them ALL memorised and catalogued!

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

Crow - Evil Woman, was my favorite back in 69.

[@MindBodySoulOk]

Nantucket!!!! From North Carolina.....er didn't know you were from NC, you know who Nantucket is

[@RickDonmoyer]

Rick Donmoyer from WARPIG here. Thank you for your enthusiastic review. Myself, bassist Terry Brett, and drummer Terry Hook are still standing, but we lost our brother-in-Rock/co-composer/keyboardist Dana Snitch a few months back and he is dearly missed! FYI, there was a second WARPIG album of all new original songs that we had begun recording back in 1974 that was never completed, and each of us moved on to other pursuits, though I carried on playing with other music projects for a number of years! Shift ahead a few decades and in 2004 we began getting together as often as 3 or 4 times a year through until about 2016, here in my studio, and many of those sessions resulted in song frameworks, some instrumental bed tracks and a dearth of new ideas which I have here both on digital tracks and dozens of pages of handwritten notes. We had assistance from engineer/producer Tom (TomB) Brennand (the guy who was working on album 2 with us in 1974) who came out of retirement to engineer recording some of the sessions, and then producer Nick Blagona (Deep Purple, Chicago, James Bond Thunderball soundtrack orchestrations, Police, Chicago, BeeGees, etc)….worked with us on a few sessions before his passing! Never say Never, WARPIG may yet deliver more original music if I can muster the resources to complete some of what we started so long ago! We are honoured to be included in your collection!

[@keepthemetalflowing]

Hey Rick, found this channel by chance and saw his review of the Warpig album. Listening to it as I type this. Some kick butt hard rock from a time that, unfortunately, we will never see again musically speaking. Killer album, thanks for the great music and hope that you are able to release the second album at some point. Oh, not sure you knew or were aware of this but you guys have a page on Wikipedia lol! Here's the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warpig_(band) Take care and rock on man!

[@masteringersoll]

Awesome post Rick, I have not listened to WARPIG for a long time. I hope you guys put something together soon. I would often meet Terry at his local Pub, Feel like going for a pint to see if he is there and inquire about the progress on your new work.

[@scottroberts7103]

Warping is amazing ! So much so, I have the original and the London pressing. Flat out awesome.

[@shoominati23]

Let's crowdfund the rest of the album!

[@garyconway6769]

Hello Rick, I had that record bought it at Sam The Record Man downtown Kitchener Ontario for $1. I had it for a long time until I found what they were selling for on Ebay. I got $150US for it and I believe it went to Japan? Did you have any idea that it was fetching that much cash? It was a fantastic record but I needed the cash. Thanks for that great album! Rock On!

[@EwanMee2]

Captain Beyond's first album from 1972, if you haven't heard it, you are in for a treat. I bought it back in 72. I was browsing through albums and it was playing in the shop, I was trying to work out who it was. By the third track I remember thinking, " I don't care who it is, I am buying it". I had never even heard of them but it turns out it was a mixture of Deep Purple and Iron Butterfly members, but it didn't sound like either. It is still one of my most played albums.

[@noblerecords]

Oh yeah! That’s a good one! Found that one when I was a kid too!

[@Barflew1]

@@noblerecords Those were some Good days.."Dancing Madly Backwards,on a sea of Air."Marshall Amps set to STUN.Far Out Album cover..They all were back then.Stumbled on your channel..Subbed 👍

[@captainhowdy6353]

It is my favorite album in the whole world

[@corm1000]

That first Captain beyond album is awesome.

[@EwanMee2]

@@corm1000 Yes it is, Set the volume to "f*** the neighbours", sit back and enjoy.

[@josephtabar492]

Thank you for your list of 20 great albums that I knew nothing about. I'm 59 years old and have enjoyed Rock from the '40s on to about 1990. I'm really needed something new to listen to for a while. I wish I hadn't got rid of my record collection back in the days when CDs were just coming in Vogue. I had some killer albums that I tried to replace by buying CDs. I wish I didn't get rid of them. I'm more in their loss now. Hind sight is 20/20. I definitely feel the Loss. I am very much looking forward to check in each and every album that you mention today. I actually am writing everything down, so that I don't miss anything. Again thank you very much. You are much appreciated. I am also a guitar player who has made seven CDs of original music hard Rock that sounds like it's from the '70s era

[@justinberkowsky]

Wanted to check out to all these albums so made a playlist on Spotify. Here’s the link in case anyone else wanted to use it: open.spotify.com/playlist/3MiOV9KadmSI7W7tGiYSCA?si=TyMaRJQVTICX7XMvv0I87A Thanks as always for the recommendations Dillon!

[@t-swizzle8102]

Nicely done, Justin. Thanks!

[@arnoldjones]

Hey, thanks man! Cool way to check out these tunes.

[@jebstewart666]

funny, i too put them into my "whole pieces 3" youtube playlist starting at #83. two of the albums i had to list separate tracks but all are in order and as they appeared on this vid. great collection of old stuff, love it!

[@davidwallace7411]

Justin, Thanks for doing this!! You saved us a LOT of time !!

[@jtuteleers]

Wow!…thanks Justin!!!

[@adamkrauss303]

Very excited to explore all of these! I was ready to thumb my nose at the obscurity classification, but these are all new to me. On the univibe pedal however, it’s pretty much Robin Trower all the way for me. Love what Hendrix did with it, but for me, Trower’s univibe sound is perfect.

[@markkemp7608]

Wow! Orang-Utan, Parish Hall, Warpig, Irish Coffee, listened to these 4 albums on Spotify, really enjoyed them. Thank you for the info.

[@Bleik49]

Someone from Uruguay here! Its an honour you included Dias de Blues in this list. Thank you, they are really great.

[@RunTFC]

This video is my intro to your channel and must say I'm glad I discovered you. Not knowing anything about you or your channel I admit I expected to hear a lot of bands that I knew. But, was I wrong. I knew none of them and that's what has me excited about diving into all of your suggestions and listening. Thanks for your knowledge and sharing it with us, the rockers!

[@robertmcdougall3166]

Absolutely stunning collection, I am now 69 and spent a massive amount of time in record shops during the late 60s to 80s. Just as you mentioned I picked up the Parish Hall album in the import section and thought it had been wrongly categorised. Someone mentioned the Morly Grey below, the album The Only Truth is superb. Thanks for bringing back so many memories of that period.

[@roygoad2870]

I saw Andromeda quite a few times in London, the Roundhouse and the Lyceum, I saw so many live bands from 1969 to 1979 living in London, looking back didn’t realise how lucky I was! 😎

[@edwardallen4051]

Me too also at the Lyceum ( the all nighters were awesome), really good live, the album though hugely disappointing. I recently listened to the album and I still feel the same about it.

[@bloodymary3008]

You'd really like Blood🩸Ceremony then

[@anthonycrumb5753]

It's a wonder you can remember any of that- yes them was the days - if I had a time machine I know what era I would be headi g for some r n r

[@nikturk9566]

Hello! There is a lot of really good Ex-Yu music. Unfortunately it never really made it out of Yugoslavia, so a lot of collectors have never heard it. I have taken it upon myself to compile, basically, a list of top 10 albums (in my opinion), which some of you will probably like. 1. Bijelo Dugme - Doživjeti Stotu 2. Crvena Jabuka - Za Sve Ove Godine 3. Električni Orgazam - Letim Sanjam Dišem 4. Lačni Franz - Ikebana 5. Martin Krpan - Od Višine Se Zvrti 6. Pankrti - Dolgcajt 7. Parni Valjak - Lovci Snova 8. Prljavo Kazalište - Zlatne Godine 9. Riblja Čorba - Priča O Ljubavi Obično Ugnjavi 10. Sokoli - Marija Pomagaj (This is one of my favourite records of all time, so I definitely recommend to be on the lookout for this, since it’s probably the rarest of all listed above). Anyway, if any of you take a liking to Ex-Yu music, do let me know - there are not many of us out there.

[@jamespickell8564]

Ah man! If ever I'm in North Carolina I got to shake your hand and check out Noble Records. There was only one band I was familiar with---Witch. The rest I listened to on Amazon Music and youtube, and there wasn't a single bad song. You threw 19 gems my way of bands I've never listened to, although I have heard of Parish Hall because I reside in California. So thank you so much brother.

[@luismasi]

Here's a Spotify Playlist I made with albums I could from this video, as well as Part 1 and Part 2: open.spotify.com/playlist/5JoNtHaepUKWyXi8RwW7IE?si=faad69478569445a

[@HeepsterMac]

As a big Uriah Heep fan, I'm always looking for similar bands. Zarathustra from Germany in 1970 was a great band that was heavily influenced by Heep. Zarathustra even did a cover of Gypsy in their live show.

[@ricefieldrecords]

I used to think I saw every record release album jacket in the stores in the late 60s/early 70s, but man, you just scoop me record after record. Zipper, Andromeda, Pooh Bah, Parish Hall. These guys had so much originality, energy and talent. I can't believe more people don't know about these groups. So few followers on Spotify. Amazing. PS - Kudos for listing the artist/title in big honking readable text at the bottom of the frame (VC Newbie presenter KZbinr's take note of that and do it too, please)

[@noblerecords]

Thanks michael!

[@joebeaudoin254]

You can never have enough favorites thats what its all about.

[@MrMetalminded]

Thank you for turning me onto some great bands!! I’m not a record collector, but am a CD collector. I’m a physical media guy but enjoy being able to check some of these out on iTunes. I’m listening to Witch-Lazy Bones as I write this and am blown away! Love it! Please keep posting videos like this!! Nothing better than new old music!!

[@mdfacp]

Care to share a SoundCloud playlist?

[@timbonczyk4116]

Ever heard of atomic rooster

[@gregmcdonald8962]

I picked up Parish Hall as a Record Store Day reissue either in 2020 or 2021. Great record and cool to finally see something I own in one of your obscurity lists.

[@kenlee1416]

A few heavy psych/hard rock albums that may be of interest (from 1971-72): Bang - self titled ; Mother/Bow To The King Toad - self titled McPhee - self titled Shiver - San Francisco's Shiver

[@Mike-kv5pl]

Toad's song PIG'S WALK is a killer track.

[@humansnotai4912]

Ahhh mate. great video! Just been listening to Parish Hall for the last week after watching your reviews. Then hit Dias Des Blues this arvo. Just amazing records. I love your passion and energy you have for your music. Really great to see your musical taste spreading globally and not just stuck in the states - which is easy to get caught up in as you have some cracking artists in America. If you have any more recommendations please do another video brother. Namaste x

[@joeking5310]

Some great albums there, I've got over 50% of them. There are loads of others such as - Captain Marryat - Captain Marryat, Pinnacle - Asassin, Someones Band - Someones Band, Mouse - Ladykiller, Eden Rose - On the way to Eden, Group 1850 - Polyandri, England - England, NSU - Turn on or turn me down, Euphoria - Lost in trance, Morly Grey - The only truth, P. F. Flyer - Play gianchetta jazz, High Tide - Sea shanties (so heavy it'll break your turntable). Message were a British band based in Germany so I suppose they could be considered kraut rock!

[@robertmcdougall3166]

Really nice to see Morly Grey mentioned, one of the few bands where the bass work was at the heart of most of their tracks. The Only Truth is a briliant album.

[@toddgaines9446]

As an older vinyl junkie myself. It still amazes me how many great rock records i find baried deep in obscurity. Keeps me hungry to find more.

[@FighterPilot1945]

Me too hi from uk

[@conradpoos2859]

As a convert to the Brown Acid series, I can't thank you enough for bringing these obscurities to light. Phenomenal.

[@samkeepintherockalive]

Two of my faves are Truth and Janey "Erupts", and " No Rest For The Wicked". Also Toad's "Toad", and "Tomorrow Blue". Toad is from 71-72, and Truth and Janey is from 1976. Killer stuff. Forgot to mention Leaf Hound "Growers Of Mushroom", real awesome!! Note: The lead guitarist for Truth and Janey is Billylee Janey. His solo lps are real good. Just some nasty hard rocking blues rock!! He has a son called Bryce Janey who is an extreme talented blues rock guitarist. I own 5 of his albums. Other cool obscure bands are: Captain Beyond, Agnes Strange, Sir Lord Baltimore, Hydra, Three Man Army, Atomic Rooster, Fuzzy Duck, Bullet, Hooker, Icecross, Iron Claw, Tucky Buzzard, Bakerloo, Euclid, and Legs Diamond just to name a few!

[@bauseeker]

Ya i gotta agree LUCIFER SAM anytime I see a list like this and no CAPTAIN BEYOND I'm inclined to dismiss it , still worth checking out though

[@keithlupton451]

Good stuff. Surprised you didn't mention Bob Daisley when you mentioned Kahvas Jute. From wiki - Robert John Daisley (born 13 February 1950) is an Australian musician, songwriter and author. He has collaborated on several occasions with Ozzy Osbourne, for whom he contributed bass, backing vocals, co-production and songwriting. He has also worked with prominent rock acts including Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Chicken Shack and Uriah Heep, among others.

[@paulmorgan8254]

seen him a number of times, definitely with Ozzy once & also maybe with Uriah Heep.

[@marksavage1744]

Was he in Widowmaker also?

[@keithlupton451]

@@marksavage1744 Yes mate.

[@mickbear413]

Two great British bands that were so underrated, the first being Manfred Mans Earthband, with their awesome album Angel Station, and the second, being The Groundhogs, with their album Split.

[@musclecarfan74]

One of my rarest albums is a mint copy of Frijid Pink first album, and a white label promo of the Yardbirds.

[@Matasky2010]

Brother Dylan- doing God's work. Many of us would simply never have the chance or enough time to discover half the things he would see as a shop owner/buyer/collector. Keep spreading the good word!

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Bob Daisley's bass playing on the Kavhas Jute album is fantastic. No wonder he went on to play with so many great bands in the UK.

[@mereobservation]

He was amazing in that band and everything else he's ever played in for sure!

[@LOFIGSD]

Wow, I'd never heard of this Band but playing it now, and know who Bob Daisley is, Drum and Bass on this is great, can definitely hear Cream influences also.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@@LOFIGSD Bob's first important band. They only did the one album. The guitarist, Tim Gaze, was only 16 or 17 - he also played on another fantastic very rare and now very expensive Australian album ' The Goolutionites and the Real People (1970) by Tamam Shud (psych prog). Cheers.

[@LOFIGSD]

@@lupcokotevski2907 fantastic playing for someone so young, especially considering they didn't have the resources we have now for learning, thanks for the info, I'm a musician and know plenty of guys, who are as good as many who became famous, it's also a hard life, which put me off doing it as a day job many years ago, I streamed this Album, the Production is good, songs are well constructed, for a first Album damn good job, I shared with the Bass Player in my Band, a good find

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@@LOFIGSD Glad you enjoyed it. From all accounts, its tougher for musicians to make a decent living in the digital age of music production and distribution.

[@cwize]

I worked with the original bass player from Oz Knozz for several years. So cool to see you include that Ruff Mix LP in this vid!

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

some of my favorite lesser known bands in my ex-collection range from the chocolate watchband ("no way out" and "the inner mystique"), joe byrd and the field hippies ("american metaphysical circus"), pearls before swine ("balaklava"), hydra (self titled), the residents ("meet the..." and "the third reich and roll") and gong (the flying teapot trilogy and "camembert electrique"). i'm sure these are well known to you though. but not to most people. thanks for the video.

[@Mr.TeETH78]

That Mistreater album… whew! I’m loving that one! Thank you!

[@JoelDechant]

A couple Japanese bands to check out : Flower Travellin’ Band and Speed, Glue & Shinki. Lots of reissues put out in the past few years, but originals are pretty hard to come by.

[@noblerecords]

Oh yeah those are amazing!

[@ledzeplover58]

Found an original Satori in my local antique store for 12 bucks. Cover VG+ record Near Mint.

[@voicesofvinyl]

I just picked up a few Creation records and have been looking for Satori by Flower Travellin Band.

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

Flower Travellin' Band is amazing. I had a friend who called it "Japanese 'fro metal." I liken it to more like Black Sabbath meets a screaming banshee.

[@ledzeplover58]

@@jonsrecordcollection7172 SO far ahead of their time-elements of proto metal,stoner,Zep-all mixed in a pot of Joe's outta control "vocals". I've met with a lot of mixed reactions to the band over the years,the vocals usually being the deal breaker.

[@marksavage1744]

Thanks for the list! I have Poobah and Warpig, but there's so much more to explore! A great hard rock l.p. is "Dirty Diamonds" by the Pittsburgh, Pa band Diamond Reo in 1976. I got to see these guys numerous times. One of the best live bands. Check it out. May Blitz and Granmax are two LPs that I've not heard mentioned much, so I thought I'd include them as well. Rock on!

[@SamQuentin]

I feel like you and @SeaOfTranquility should co-host a video. You both have around 80k subscribers and you both love that 70s hard rock like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, as well as having a ton of knowledge about great but obscure and overlooked bands. He’s like your brother from another mother.

[@owenmanuela6949]

Hi,Dillon just started to watch your videos from the beginning of this year and catching up on what I’ve missed,you are so right about these records. I was 15 yrs old when I started to buy records and had most of these you’ve mentioned but as you get older and more than a few parties later you tend to lose or leave lps behind.With the benefit of hindsight I’d have a good collection,Cannot justify paying for originals now that go for more then what I bought for a few dollars back in the early Seventies.Anyway love what you do one more thing I do have an original copy of Pooba let me in great shape.

[@ignazamrein6198]

I haven't gone through all the comments and therefore don't know if someone mentioned this band. There was a Swiss band called 'Toad', you can find them on KZbin. These guys are pretty amazing.

[@KellyKasia]

I just listened to two of your picks, you were spot on. Thanks, I will be checking out more

[@briankessler3501]

Am a cd guy but love the obscure bands you show here. Got the Brown Acid series, Pebbles box set, and Hillbillies from Hell series. All quality cds with mostly "unheard" of bands/musicians/projects. Thanks for cool post.

[@steverogers2603]

I just listened to Truth and Janey. You weren’t kidding when you said they were influenced by Hendrix! Big time. The singer even says “ yeah “ like Jimi. Definitely heavy guitar band. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@richardburkholder3864]

Im 53, and was always behind the times when it came to rock that I always thought was cool. Im happy to know that Im not alone. But, as a teenager, getting my (rocker) friends to love Sabbaths Sabotage album, or Uriah Heeps Magician Birthday album, amounst others, was a pain in the ass! I just love the late 60s/early-mid 70s rock thats untypical. Great presentation, knowledge, and being so down for what you obviously love! I hope youre my bunkie in hard rock heaven!

[@monkeyhousescouse]

Hello! From Southend-on-Sea in the UK! Just landed here 🙌 🤗 and really enjoyed your content and how you articulated the run down of these wonderful records. I see the love and passion for the artists and their output and enjoyed you playing demoing that Hendrix-y pedal layering too! Just subscribed and I will check out more videos! Cheers 🍻

[@SydBaron]

Check out Man from Wales - Mickey Jones and Deke Leonard on guitars. Also, a band from the 80s; White Lightning made only 2 albums. I interviewed their lead vocalist for Songfacts.

[@paulnolan4971]

Orang-Utan Profile: An often considered Psychedelic, Acid Rock, Heavy Rock, Hard Rock group from London, England, whose only album was originally released in the U.S. exclusively. “Orang Utan featured musicians from several other notable dissolving bands, that had been playing in north London in the late 60s. Singer Terry “Nobby” Clarke was co-founder of the band Jason Crest. They recorded their album at a 16 track studio facility in London. The band's only album was released on the U.S. Bell Records label in 1970. Several of the songs are nothing short of brilliant and serve to show what incredible talent these young 19-20 year old musicians possessed. Most all of the music was written and composed by Jeff Seopardie who was the drummer, with the majority of the guitar & bass riffs being developed and played by Mick Clarke & Paul Roberts respectively. “Musically, Orang Utan features great twin lead guitar work and some long tracks with titles like "Chocolate Piano" this is similar in style to Leaf Hound and early Led Zeppelin with a late '60's U.S. feel.“ Members: Terry "Nobby" Clark (vocals) Mick Clarke (guitar) Sid Fairman (guitar) Paul Roberts (bass) Jeff Seopardie (drums)

[@ZONERBAND]

Love the fact that u included Socrates... U should definitely also check their 1976 album Phos (produced by Vangelis Papathanasiou) and Waiting for Something (1980) The great late Yiannis Spathas is one of the most underrated guitar players in history...

[@gwalchjai]

Nice to meet you at the Witch show in Asheville tonight! Thanks for turning me on to them. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@TLA1014]

Love this video, Dillon! Thank you for sharing some of your favs!

[@zeuszoos8386]

NOBLE: I like the way you presented this! You gave us the information we'd want to know and your take on it, without going on forever. And your excitement about each record came through clearly and made me want to check them out! :-) One thing though… The album you show at roughly 15:30 seems to be the one you were most excited about which is of course fine, but it's also the only one where the band name and name of the album didn't show on the screen and I couldn't quite make out what you were saying. I heard "Truth in… ???" and then I heard "from Iowa" and I didn't know if that meant "The band is from Iowa.", or it meant, "The name of the band is Iowa." Could you please clarify this one for me? Thank You and I have Subscribed. :-)

[@kennethwilliams8094]

Truth & Janey is the band’s name. Erupts! is the album name. It’s available to stream on Apple so it’s probably on Spotify ad well. Turn it up!

[@joerg6908]

I still miss a mention of the best Deep Purple record they didn't make: Warm Slash by Tucky Buzzard, one of the most underrated bands of the seventies. Besides that, your inspiring listing motivated me to immediately buy some of the mentioned records. Thanks a lot. 👍😁

[@vibeprospector]

Picked up a Tucky Buzzard album in Colorado on my honeymoon a few years back they kick ass

[@mez5590]

My favorite, totally underrated album is Yesterday And Today (Y&T) first record on London records…masterpiece imho…

[@johnnelson4386]

This is awesome, thank you i wrote all of these bands down and will search them out. I havnt heard of any of these so this is like Christmas Day. The last few years ive discovered bands like Budgie, Birth Control, Eloy, Captain Beyond, Atomic Rooster and Black Widow. So putting your list here and the list of the other two videos i have now 40 Bands/artists to discover! You rock man! Thanks!

[@noblerecords]

Heyyyy thanks so much!

[@martinkdoorstoperception.1913]

you will love sir lord baltimore.

[@simonmason8582]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7diIuki96Vm8k

[@lukedoxtator2497]

I was just turned onto Warpigs and was listening today while at work, they sound so great.

[@Fatdogrecords]

I’ve watched loads of your videos, a record I’ve never seen you show. So a recommendation - climax Chicago blues band - a lot of bottle (1970) More on the blues rock tip

[@MrLilwallace]

Since watching this video, I've bought Parson Hall, Orangutan, and Poobah, based on your recommendations. I listened to them all for a few minutes first via YT to make sure they were my style. My quick and dirty review. All three have some absolutely kick ass tunes and are well worth the investment. All of them also have a few weaker tracks, and can probably compare to debut albums from favorite bands in that you can feel the bands in question still working out some of the kinks. It's really a shame that they never got the chance to build into the bands that are showing such huge potential here. An album that fans of this kind of music might like is Suicide, by Stray. Awesome album that I listened to a bunch of times and could never figure out why it never became a bigger band. I listened to it once a couple of years ago based on a KZbin algorithm recommendation. I have no idea if the band is as obscure as some of the ones mentioned here, but I'd never personally heard of them.

[@corm1000]

I am so glad I found this channel. I am exactly the same way, where I try to find obscure hard rock bands and suck it out like black vans, and proud bands from the 1970s or late 60s some of the things you mentioned I have purchased from the internet.

[@zapniles8609]

Excellent list -- although I've included songs from many of those albums on my Prog-Scure radio show these past few years, there were four bands on your list that were new to me. So thanks for the recommendations. Looks like our tastes in 70s hard rock are quite similar, so great video.

[@bigredfred33]

Never heard of Orang Utan and I lived through all the late 60’s and the 70’s rock. Almost a Humble Pie British kinda sound. Thank for bringing out all this old rock!, gives me something new to listen to.

[@magnuswettermark8293]

I like all the old behind the Iron Curtain bands. TSA(poland),Omega,Piramis,Locomotiv GT(hungary),Puhdys(east germany),Yu Grupa,Bijelo Dugme(yugoslavia)..Great bands all of them.

[@matthewguilliom6933]

Never have heard of these bands. Yet I always love to hear from a guitar player who knows a lot about rare music 🎶 finds. Great 👍 video. Great store, too!

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

Some recommendations for obscure hard rock from my collection include Morgen, High Tide, Granicus, Stepson, The Hook, The Velvet Turner Band (Hendrix-y soul psych), Josefus, The Third Power, Thunder & Roses, Phantom's Divine Comedy, SRC (three amazing albums!), Third World War... The list goes on.

[@michaeljozwiak25]

I can vouch for the band, Josephus. The band is more psychedelic in the 1960s and more hard rock influenced by Black Sabbath in the 1970s.

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

@@michaeljozwiak25 Unfortunately, I don't have their 2nd album Dead Man, which is supposed to be even better. However, "I Saw A Killing" from their 1st LP is super downbeat psych. If you like your psych doomy & hard, "I Saw A Killing" is very solid if you're into that Brown Acid stuff.

[@justinnuttall1901]

Velvert

[@arthurwatts1680]

Radio Birdman were awesome live back in the day but they got the punk tag by pure virtue of their energy - both guitarists were streets ahead of any punk band I know of. Even though Lizzy had a huge hit with Boys Are Back In Town I still believe they were underrated - RIP Phil

[@AKASCOOCH]

Interesting,,,,,, and great job. I was 10 years old in 1970 and 52 years later I certain and always have felt that the sixties and early seventies was the greatest time for music! And now you have proven to me that it was happening EVERYWHERE.

[@CraigHollabaugh]

You have some serious fans, I checked out every album mentioned here and KZbin auto filled every one. Took me an hour to get through, thanks from Colorado.

[@keng8883]

Rock'n out to Oz Knozz now on Apple Music...Great band! Thanks for the recommendation!! Looking forward to sampling all the other bands.

[@LunarWolf]

WITCH is incredible. Thank you for this video. :) 1971 is special to me.

[@DanSPsych67]

Nice Show My Friend!! I Never Get Tired Of Seeing These Gems!!! HEY I Was At The Store A Few Weeks Ago!! Picked Up Some Nice Re-Issues!! Also The "Ultimate Prophecy!! Copy You Had!! So Good!! Hope To Catch You Next Time!!!

[@michaeljozwiak25]

In the 1970s, Oz Knozz appeared to play regularly in local Houston clubs. Unfortunately, I never saw them play. My buddies were more into Progressive Country, singer-songwriter, folk and blues vein of music. I often tagged along with them. I could have an Oz Knozz song on a local compilation.

[@leechild4655]

Ozz Knozz! I had a drummer friend whos sister dated the guy that was in Ozz Knozz. He has some signed copy i remember.

[@seatstitcher3636]

Saw oz Knozz in a now torn down venue in Victoria several times in the early 80’s

[@samjaza666]

Superb selection there. Have managed to make a whole playlist for the trip london to blackpool for the rebellion festival tomorrow based solely on those albums, cheers… great music.

[@fredacuneo5180]

That solo on the song Butterflies is amazing. Thanks for all of these gems.

[@kenlee1416]

That Night Sun's album (their one and only) is for me the 'heaviest' album of that year, probably one of the heaviest of the early 1970s. The Poobah album, on CD, has quite a lot of extra material - worth checking out.

[@lonewizzard8456]

Night Sun continues to blow me away. Unreal heavy

[@1dominickjohn]

Amazing, thank you will feature these on an upcoming Beatsville radio streaming showshow and give you all the credit and let all of our listeners in on your amazing record store!

[@HeepsterMac]

Bob Daisley (of Blizzard of Oz fame) was the bassist for Kahvas Jute. Just a great album!

[@gonzaloduarte4607]

Great video! Thanks! Thruth and janie kick ass, I didn't know this band. I'm from Uruguay and your mention of Días de Blues, an Uruguayan band, made me happy. I hope you understand my English, greetings!

[@robertprady885]

check out side 2 of the Godz debut album by the same name: Under the Table, Cross Country, Candy's goin' Bad...I call their brand of hard rock Biker Rock

[@jdk353]

It's music like these bands played that future well known rockers heard, maybe at a small venue or album, and it influenced these soon to be well known musicians in some way. Maybe just the way a guitar was tuned or effects used, or the vocalists style, in some way many of these bands may have influenced bands that became famous, while these talented bands fell into obscurity. It's not a tree of rock, but a massive interlaced ball of connections.

[@nathanielnicholson559]

Holy shmite, the chef when I worked at a local brewpub 25 years ago talked about Oz Knozz. I still haven't checked them out, but I noted all the bands you mentioned and I'm gonna check 'em out then try to stump my bassist who is always turning me on to oddities that had never crossed my path ;)

[@McAagrim]

"Flax - One" it's a really great album from 1976. You won't be disappointed!! It's on Spotify.

[@chucka2001ar]

Thanks for sharing all these 70s gems! My wantlist is just getting bigger and bigger after your reviews (also my budget expectations jeje). You've really got my subscription after mentioning Pappo. It would be really enjoyable to watch your review about Argentinian 70s/80s rock! Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Spinetta, Pappos Blues, Aeroblus, Riff, Color Humano, Vox Dei. Greetings from Argentina!

[@georgetaladriz1911]

Pescado R, Invisible, Spinetta...El Flaco rules.... Artau the best album of rock nacional. Vox Dei's La Biblia, Jeremias etc wow, what a wonderful tunes !!! with me, in my phone wherever I go.

[@chunkz1187]

I’m Australian and 3 local bands I recommend to check out are: Rose Tattoo’s self titled album, The Angels who are legends of Australian music and Warumpi Band who were an indigenous rock/pub rock band that had Midnight Oil support them on a tour and got famous with the song Blackfella/Whitefella. Some others I am enjoying lately that aren’t obscure but just good: The Gun - “Gun”, Paladin - “Charge!”, Wicked Lady - “The Axemen Cometh”, The Edgar Broughton Band s/t, Hard Stuff - “Bullet Proof”, Gerardo Manuel y El Humo - “Apocallypsis”, Aardvark s/t. Thanks for the list, I’ve heard of Dias de Blues and waiting for the reissue coming for the 50th anniversary but I’ll check the rest out.

[@hippydippy]

Rose Tattoo is bad ass!

[@chunkz1187]

@@hippydippy Hell yeah! My dad used to play their cassette heavily in the car when I was a kid and said they were one of the loudest bands around at the time

[@AttackFromDownunda]

Saw the Angels many times in New Zealand, they always killed it!. Looking forward to seeing them next year.

[@raymondproulx4828]

Australia put out some amazing music in the 70’s! How about Coloured Balls?!

[@AttackFromDownunda]

@@raymondproulx4828 Will look out for it!.

[@robctas]

Finally found my new outlet of musical discoveries. Especially from the past. Thank you

[@SuperBroncosguy]

Ok. I worked at Record Bar back in the day & this cat's the real deal. Thanks for recharging my rock.

[@mlblue5355]

Fantastic albums! Waiting for your psych band and for your album. Noble Records in-store!!!

[@redhousej]

Thank you! I've already checked out some of these bands and they're absolutely incredible. Never would have found them without your great videos. Thank you!

[@noblerecords]

Thanks so much!

[@s.r.s.r.2100]

Great recommendations. That Andromeda album is truly masterful. Glad to see Irish Coffee, WITCH of course (zamrock in general is truly under appreciated). Looking forward to checking out some of these other groups. Thank you!!

[@jamesmcbride8612]

Great video! Thanks for all of the great information and that was some great guitar playing!

[@thelastperfectman4139]

Check out the album “Paris” by the band Paris; also their second album “Big Towne, 2061.” Both great albums. Band was very short lived and only person involved in both albums was Bob Welch (ex-Fleetwood Mac). Second album version of band included the Sales brothers. The first album in particular was very heavy rocking, which you wouldn’t expect from Welch. Too bad they didn’t find an audience.

[@IgnatSolovey]

I found the rip of the WITCH somewhere around ProgArchives, maybe ProgNotFrog or thereabouts, in the early 2010s. Reportedly they recorded the album on Soviet-made equipment (which was never on par with even Czechoslovakian or East German in terms of quality, particularly in the early 1970s... except some Oktava microphones though), so rather dirty sound and social-themed lyrics make them almost proto-punks. There's their 4-disc compilation on Spotify that includes songs in one of Zambian languages (Nyanja or Bemba, I'm not an expert in Bantu languages), and those sound interesting. Virus is on KZbin, found them in 2019, maybe 2020. While they resemble an amalgam of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, there's a huge plug of Rolling Stones cover in that album.

[@bryanridge701]

Thanks for all your work! Learn a lot each video. Heads up... Samsara Blues Experiment from Berlin.

[@tvs3497]

I was a P/T musician/guitarist back in the 70s. Consumed everything I could find. I had a bunch of cassettes that were copies, not originals and never knew who the bands were on them but it was some crazy listenable stuff. I bet it's one of those.

[@steves7896]

Good stuff. I admire your enthusiasm and the little bits of history background on each album. Obviously you're very knowledgeable. One of my all time favorites is well known, High and Dry by Def Leppard. I'd like to find more of that sound; fast, hard driven, saturated in fantastic guitar work, the right combo of heavy and melodic, etc. Known or unknown, what's a handful of albums that closely resemble the sound of High and Dry?

[@So-rp6en]

Have you tried Tygers of Pan Tang?

[@steverogers2603]

Yes! Before they commercialized and with the great production of Mutt Lange, this IMHO is one of the top ten best hard rock| heavy metal albums I’ve ever heard, and I do not consider myself a fan of the band overall, just this record.

[@jonasturesson9148]

Legs diamond, 3 first albums, and Riot, two first albums , kzbin.info/www/bejne/mae9Zqyvgatnqc0, kzbin.info/www/bejne/gouQk4d4jNN_las, kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4ilc2yFfpJ-jLc

[@steverogers2603]

Try Abominog by Uriah Heep.

[@Bootradr]

I just ordered a copy of Irish Coffee for less than $25. It's a reissue of course but after sampling a little on Amazon Music, I wanted to get it! Thanks for the mention of it. I may make a few more comments as I check out some of these other bands you're recommending. Brian in Fort Worth

[@markhaus2830]

Thanks Dylan......I'm writing these down as you go along. I guess I'm somewhat of a collector myself. I don't have as many as you but a pretty good collection I believe, and it's growing all the time. I love the rare stuff to.

[@mugwump6885]

Dias de Blues is fantastic! If you dont know the band "Mon Dyh" you should hear the album "murderer". I think you could like it. The rythm section is a bit weak but great guitar and voice. The voice of this singer could have been a perfect match for Dias de Blues.

[@mattsmith3126]

Not obscure, but not on most people's playlists would be "Wishbone Ash" They made your high even higher.

[@iamnotpaulavery]

I have this Black Sabbath album that I bought in the mid '80s, I believe it was '83. Anyway, it's a live album recorded with Ozzy. I believe it was recorded in the mid '70s. It has a strange cover. It's a photo of one of our lunar landing modules either as it's about to land or it has just taken off, from the moon. It's a very raw recording, little to no editing all. Are you familiar with this album, or have you heard or seen it? Let me know because I haven't listened to it in over 30 years and I'd like to sell it. It's in practically mint condition because it was not what I was expecting so I hardly listened to it and I don't have a turntable at this moment. I also have a bootleg recording of Ozzy with Randy that was recorded in Canada. Again, a pretty raw recording, but that one isn't for sale! And speaking of vibe pedals, I bought this DOD pedal, '80s era, called "Vibra Thang". It is really cool because there are a gazillion ways to tweak it for all kinds of vibe effects. I bought it brand new in the box with original receipt and warranty card on eBay.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

I've seen that BS album and I might have a copy in storage.

[@johngrenier3265]

a nems album called live at last , a fun album even if ozzy is a train wreck and completely goes off key more than once

[@TaminoTheCat]

Ok, I bought too many records in July, so August is meant to be a no records month. But here you go, with a lot of great suggestions! I was glad to see that two of the albums listed here I already had (thanks to you) including "Lazy Bones" (reissue), which is fantastic. Thanks for doing these and, once again, introducing me to something new and cool. By the way, when searching online for Andromeda, I came across another band and album by the same name. They're a Krautrock band and they sadly have not been reissued. Did you know them? Thanks!

[@iansouthcote-want1606]

Coming in with every excuse to break out the guitar these days, first the live stream now this! Love it

[@noblerecords]

I need to scale it back 🤣(pun intended)

[@paulkindler8430]

Love your back wall! Made me feel like kid looking in a candy store window wanting to sample all of it.

[@wichitarick]

That got you a new subscriber at least :)Much as I dislike following random people on here I luv obscure sound of(most) many types:) Saw the other top10 lists you made also :)Grew up with my older bro. shopping discount bins & I have lived all over the U.S. when d.j.'s still had a lot of power,also worked a lot of places where we always had cassettes from many people,kind of a work box mix often burned from l.p's so that made for a wide mix also. or even the local libraries took peoples collections then ,also after midnight or on weekend local d.j's at several radio stations in areas I lived played the obscure whole l.p's :)I did not collect music then I always went to bars,clubs and A LOT of concerts,shows! Will keep my ears open for more from you now thanks "Peace takes Practice" Rick

[@Truthosaurus]

Damn .... one of the best videos I've seen in a long while. Thanks bro! And if you read this I would be curious to know if you had a CORONER album in your collection?

[@lucillechilds9767]

I can see you doing a video of hard rock albums from around the world...I have a psych record you hardly mention Ultimate Spinach Behold & See 1968 is a fantastic record. I really want to get my hands on a reissue of Witch Lazy Bones.