These albums are fifty years old! The TEN GREATEST ALBUMS of 1975 | RANKED

[@Aaron628318]

Minstrel in the Gallery is probably my most treasured album from 1975

[@mchmch6185]

I don't really listen to music much anymore, and when I do, I don't get the buzz that I used to (as is common with age). But what I love about you, Andy, is that you really trigger my nostalgia and take me back to my teen years in the late 70s and early 80s when I discovered and was really blown away by (what I've come to realise is a fairly limited selection of) prog rock and some other related rock music. Ah, happy days! I only ever got into jazz in a VERY limited way later, and I've never listened to more than 1 or 2 jazz rock albums. And I must say that "Physical Graffiti" is the only album I know from your selection here. But, as ever, your enthusiasm is infectious and I love it! Keep up the good work!!

[@eleanorchristiansen6125]

Bytor and the Snowman! Priceless! Andy, you're the Count Arthur Strong of Prog and Jazz. (And don't ever change!)

[@stevesmith3990]

@@eleanorchristiansen6125 omg, you are right 😀

[@roberttower8059]

Ha ha ha, I caught that one too! Bytor and the Snowman sounds like it came from the Rush Christmas record!

[@chrisdunn1155]

It's that the one that goes... "I'm walking in the air..."?

[@crado.v1]

You couldn't make it up...

[@guitarlaurence]

The suspense is killing me as your slugging that sugar. Great list of classic albums!

[@seekah1]

Slugging that sugar..note to self, great album title!

[@b2tall239]

Andy, by having "Fly By Night" on this list, I hereby absolve you of all previous transgressions from your videos. You now have a clean slate with me 😁. Thanks.

[@goport]

but ... By-Tor and the SNOWMAN????? 😆

[@montaguewithnail6372]

Don't absolve him. You'll only encourage him to put even more shite on his next list.

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

How many women like Rush? And how many of those would you date? Overrated for that reason.

[@bassfan41]

@@PseudoIntellectual2.0 who cares what women like

[@PseudoIntellectual2.0]

@@bassfan41 So you must not be straight.

[@charlesandrews2360]

I saw Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer in Chicago 1976 when they open for Aerosmith at Comiskey Park. The stadium caught fire that day while Jeff Beck was on stage

[@styrmugnsell4560]

Haven't seen the whole video yet, but: By-tor and the Snowman?? And you mix Fly by night with Carress of steel a lot... Love your channel and videos🙂

[@ronfeenstra3659]

On a roll! Good insights. Love the enthusiasm.

[@wallac11]

Great selection. Take a shot every time Andy says”For me”.

[@nkkado]

Or "my favorite..." (We love you, Andy ...)

[@markperry9427]

Great video Andy, I love your enthusiasm. I have 6/10, in fact two of them I bought last year on your recommendation, Tony Williams Lifetime and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, both great albums and I thank you for the recommendation 👍 You've given me your others to now check out.

[@CineSolutions]

Thanks!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Love you

[@mikemonahan1211]

Andy knows his stuff.

[@TheeRobertPhoenix]

My top ten for 1975 in no particular order: Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell, Force it - UFO, Go Girl Crazy - The Dictators - Lou Reed Live - Lou Reed, The Tubes - The Tubes, Initiation - Todd Rundgren, Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck, No Mystery - RTF, Fandango - ZZ Top, Teaser - Tommy Bolin, Physical Graffiti - LZ

[@OKuusava]

It was strange that Lou Reed divided the rr Animal and LIve.

[@7BobbyGaylor7]

Great video! Fly By Night is killer! I was lucky enough to see Rush on the Moving Pictures Tour! My top albums for 1975 would include SABOTAGE - WISH YOU WERE HERE - HAIR OF THE DOG - HORSES - THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS - FLY BY NIGHT - PHYSICAL GRAFITTI ... just to name a few. Cheers

[@erikbartlam7377]

Between this list, perusing the 1975 albums, and finishing up Michael Walker’s Laurel Canyon…covering all that airbrushed eagles, singer songwriter stuff…all I can say is thank God for the punk rock. I do enjoy listening to someone speak passionately and intelligently about things they love…you accomplished that.

[@tor5457]

Very cool. I've got a great list now of albums to listen (and re-listen) to. Awesome picks! I got to see Gentle Giant in the early seventies at the German rockfests (yes, I'm older than you, lol). They always stood out. They played so cleanly and efficiently with tons of musicality. I'm in guitar heaven with Venusian Summer, so thanks for that!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a great day as always happy Wednesday Andy from Canada ❤😊

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

1.Blood On The Tracks - Dylan 2.Beethoven 5th Symphony - Carlos Kleiber 3.Horses Patti Smith 4.Born To Run - Springsteen 5.Wish You Were Here - Floyd 6.Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris 7.Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart 8.Still Caught Up - Millie Jackson 9.The Who By Numbers 10.Straight Shooter - Bad Company

[@jwa725]

I had 4 of the albums on your list back in the 70's. I get your point about Physical Graffiti but I listened to it back then without the knowledge that some of the songs were outtakes from other sessions, so it's still my favorite Zeppelin album. It was the first album of theirs that I was waiting for as a fan. I also loved Blow by Blow, which I picked up while it still was on the charts. One Size Fits All was a later purchase, since there were so many Zappa records that I needed to catch up on. I owned Visions of the Emerald Beyond but I hated it and never revisited John McLaughlin. Oddly, I became a huge fan of Jean-Luc Ponty later on, without ever making the connection that he was on that album. My interest in Jazz Fusion was just getting started in 1975 as a 14/15 year old. I funded my music habit back then with my paper route. I rode my bike 10 miles to the closest record store.

[@justicelovingskunk9910]

Prediction: 1) Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond 2) Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All 3) The New Tony Williams Lifetime - Believe It 4) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 5) Brian Eno - Another Green World 6) Parliament - Mothership Connection 7) Black Sabbath - Sabotage 8) John Abercrombie - Timeless 9) Herbie Hancock - Man-Child 10) KC and the Sunshine Band - KC and the Sunshine Band

[@stevelamonica2297]

Chris Squire's 'Fish Out Of Water' is pretty badass, and I agree OSFA is Zappa's best album but I'm surprised you didn't mention my favorite track ANDY!

[@bikergeek1963]

I kinda grinned when this list started. By the time you wrapped up, showcasing so many albums that I've spent countless hours enjoying, I was broadly smiling! Admittedly, there are a few albums that I've never heard at all - but I'm in the process of rectifying that omission. Thank you Andy!

[@seekah1]

INPO: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull Fly by Night - Rush Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin Dressed to Kill - Kiss Abba - Abba Alive - Kiss Caress of Steel - Rush Fish out of Water - Chris Squire The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers

[@geoffadolph8450]

I just listened to your comment of your #10 of 1975 Free Hand, I'm wondering when will we find an interview here with John Weathers, it's just about time ..

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Yes, he's a nice bloke!

[@brentlwhite]

I purchased a used LP copy of “Visions of the Emerald Beyond” recently because of your earlier praise of the album. Thank you. Wonderful. Still exploring it. On the more prog-oriented side, I might have included “Minstrel in the Gallery,” maybe my favorite Tull album. Who knows?

[@OKuusava]

My list is only 8: Horses - Patti Smith Down by the Jetty - Dr. Feelgood Malpractice - Dr. Feelgood Physical Graffiti -Led Zeppelin Lou Reed Live (+RR Animal) - Lou Reed HQ - Roy Harper Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Zuma -Neil Young & Crazy Horse Bonus: Abba because the Legs!

[@jublaim]

Great list! Ray Gomez play on Roy Buchanan album Loading Zone which I think includes a track named Fly By Night.

[@ChuckCarlise]

Futurama by Be Bop Delux (1975) epic. What an amazing year!!

[@pjc825]

Andy, please do a video about Be Bop Deluxe, they are such and underrated band and Bill Nelson is amazing guitarist and musician 🙏

[@daicullinane7746]

Andy's top 10 : Blood on the Tracks, Born to Run, Horses, Metal Machine Music, The Basement Tapes, Blues for Allah, Atlantic Crossing, Beautiful Loser, Rock n' Roll and One of These Nights. No mention whatsoever of Physical Graffiti, Blow by Blow, Sabotage, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury, Minstrel in the Gallery, Relayer, Free Hand, Ommadawn, Radio-activity, Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, Bandolier, A Night at the Opera, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Fighting, Wish You Were Here, Heaven and Hell, Rubycon, The Snow Goose to name a few.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Had similar thoughts, but checked on Wikipedia - Relayer came out in '74.

[@daicullinane7746]

@@BanalayerPete1972 oops.

[@daicullinane7746]

On a serious note Mahavishnu Orchestra will be very high up.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@daicullinane7746: Andy's going to turn us all into Fusion Fans!

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

​@@BanalayerPete1972 If you weren't already. I've been a convert since the late 1970s.

[@LeeMoran-oz3er]

Great selection, honorable mentions: War, can't we be friends and Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the gallery

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

One Size Fits All is more than just a great album. For me, it pretty much contains everything I need musically... it's in my top 10 of all time.

[@gaggalari]

Ten Years Gone is among my 10 all time favourite songs.

[@joegillam1497]

Absolutely exquisite .

[@wayneblanchard97]

Re: Zappa's injury. It happened at London's Rainbow Theatre, when a 'fan', apparently upset that his girlfriend fancied Frank, pushed him off the stage and into the orchestra pit. This from Far Out UK Magazine. In The Real Frank Zappa Book, Zappa said, “The band thought I was dead…My head was over on my shoulder, and my neck was bent like it was broken. I had a gash in my chin, a hole in the back of my head, a broken rib, and a fractured leg. One arm was paralyzed.” The 15-foot fall also crushed Zappa’s larynx which affected his vocal range making him transform into a low and husky style. The attacker was jailed for 12 months.

[@charlesdbruce]

I'm glad you like those early Rush albums but you mixed up the tracks a little... 😆 I did something similar. I heard 2112... was blown away... and ran out and bought Archives and A Farewell To Kings (which had just recently came out at the time). As you know, back in those days, you didn't know when albums came out. I didn't know that Hemispheres came out until I heard Circumstances on the radio. Of course, I ran out and bought it as soon as I could. I was on top of things from that point on. Never missed a release after that.

[@preservedmoose]

First Seven Days is phenomenal. One of the great musical windows that you opened for us on the channel was to Jan Hammer.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Mental Notes by Split Enz. Prog. Its mental, alright. If you like the Cardiacs, this is the album that may have well started it. Another eccentric New Zealand 70's band was Mother Goose. Highly accomplished musicians. Their big hit was Baked Beans.

[@pmatti01]

Good call! Go the ENZ!

[@lupcokotevski2907]

@pmatti01 Cheers, mate.

[@Billfish57]

I saw Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer, fantastic, Tommy Bolin opened for them in Miami that night and unfortunately went to his hotel after the show and died. What a night. Those were the days when music was so great, and all the time, something new every month from someone. Cheers.

[@winstonsmith8240]

Does someone have to die for you to have a good night out?

[@richardgale5369]

Andy, I think is a very fair list. Perhaps not Rush and Gentle Giant for me. I largely departed from the rock and prog world by then and my tastes became more arcane and esoteric. I would have included Jarrett's The Koln Concert released in '75; and with that I would challenge you on your earlier removal of that album from your most influential jazz album episode. I was introduced to Jarrett in 1974 with his solo Lucerne-Bremen ECM release, which I prefer to Koln. Nevertheless, both of those albums. especially Koln, were an enormous influential entry point for me as well as many in my generation to the world of ECM artists, especially in the US. I really think you underestimate Koln's importance. Consider ECM's releases in '75 alone: Abercrombie's Timeless, Bill Connors' Theme to the Guardian, Kuhn's Ecstasy and Trance, Towner's Solstice, Weber's Yellow Fields, Rypdal's Odyssey, Burton Quintet's Dreams So Real, and Jarretts' other Arbour Zena (a personal favorite) and Luminessence. A stellar year for ECM and each exploring new directions and venues in jazz, some without earlier precedents.

[@ashfromlondon7008]

This was my ten faves of '75 at the time... I never do retro versions...no particular order.. Warrior of the Edge of Time - Hawkwind Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield Sabotage - Black Sabbath Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell Bundles - Soft Machine HQ - Roy Harper Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[@winstonsmith8240]

So when people tell me 'I'm out with the fairies' they're comparing me to Gentle Giant? I'll take it.

[@jimsalman7257]

The other great thing about One Size Fits All that I think needs to be mentioned is - the recording and mix sound absolutely amazing! And the instruments and voices sound luscious.

[@wahid-lg1kk]

Nearly impossible to get a good digital copy of it

[@timbates6309]

Andy, half of the songs you mentioned for Fly By Night are actually from Caress Of Steel. (Both albums from 1975 so you get a pass)

[@wagstaff6135]

Nice. Ray Gomez spent the first fifteen years of his life in Morocco, I believe; then moved to Spain. I love your brief rant/tribute to him! And indeed, it is impossible to cut this down to 10 albums, so there's absolutely no way I could criticize. (I was going to joke about you having mistakenly overlooped Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here", but then nuances of irony are too easily flattened in social media postst).

[@QBandBookingKC]

Fantastic video, thank you.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marcsullivan7987]

Physical Graffiti is my favorite Zeppelin album. (I’m generally a fan of the “sprawling patchwork double album”. The White Album. And, Andy, you’re wrong about Exile on Main St ;)

[@robertlewis8024]

Thanks for giving kudos to Max Middleton!

[@tomroot7961]

Thanks for reminding me about Believe It. I paused this and went and listened to the whole thing on KZbin. It's unbelievably good. I hadn't heard it since the 1970s. I had to repeat "Fred." Now I'm back to your countdown.

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

Caress of Steel has Bastille Day, I Think I’m Going Bald, Lakeside Park, The Necromancer, and The Fountain of Lamneth. I think it’s my favorite Rush album, but it’s tricky because I love side one of 2112 so much. Rush adapted and caved a little and went a little commercial in some later albums but the purity of the band was on display in this one. (And 2112 side one)

[@VIDSTORAGE]

A couple from 1975 Black Oak Arkansas /Ain't Life Grand has some amazing songs on that one...The Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer very good production on that with a good line up of songs from three of the members and different styles .Edgar was a great saxophone player as well and still is I reckon

[@Skycladatdusk78]

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Black Sabbath - Sabotage Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Rush - Fly By Night Foghat - Fool For The City Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time Scorpions - In Trance Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent ZZ Top - Fandango!

[@simonvaughan6017]

You keep using the word "obtuse". I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@jbvinyl]

Inconceivable

[@stevesmith3990]

By tor and the snowman 😅! You mixed up the tracks of Fly by night and Caress of Steel! We had a Makro card too, I clearly remember getting Topo Oceans for a bargain price there, happy days.😊

[@fredhinckley8630]

Andy - Your last two videos have given me an inspiration that might result in your top viewed video ever. You always say that the videos where you list the things you "hate" get the most views. This kind of plays on that. Do a video called TEN ALBUMS I LOVE THAT EVERYONE ELSE BLOODY HATES! It can't lose! Let me help you get started: Anything by Kraftwerk. Go for it!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

That's a great idea...thanks

[@DwainDwight]

I'm a guitar player, but first time I heard you #1 it was the drumming that blew me away. unbelievable

[@DerekPugh-uj4yd]

Andy with the backwards ball cap and guzzling pepsi gave me 80's flashbacks. LOL. 😁

[@StratsRUs]

The way Jimmy moves around the timing of his 'fills' on Houses Of The Holy is joyous...and that's just one song that hardly gets a mention cos it's commercial.

[@arnaudb.7669]

The MVP player on Lenny White Venusian Summer is David Sancious. His 1975 Forest of Feelings produced by Billy Cobham is a progfusion masterpiece.

[@incognitoatunknown2702]

The Botanic Gardens of Sidney corpse flower finally bloomed. It was my weirdo equivalent of the tv crackling wood fireplace at Christmas for a few days but it finally happened. It's a beautifully strange thing but thankfully smell-o-vision never really caught on because it's meant to have a very unique and unpleasant scent. I like to think of it kind of like the prog of plants. I lived a two minute walk from the actual Lakeside Park (Port Dalhousie) in my teens. I spent so many nickels (5 cents) riding the vintage carousel, so many hours walking through the carnival when it came and playing chicken with the water going in and out on the beach. That song really is a memory for me. It was on Caress of Steel though not Fly by Night. I couldn't remember either. Lol

[@CorkDave1]

The album Spectrum was a central to Jeff Beck’s inspiration for Blow by Blow, he played it in his car (where he listened to most of his music), he also hated the string arrangement on the brilliant Diamond Dust (surprisingly) on first hearing it, so he said. (Really miss JB) PS Rory Gallagher, Philo or Gary Moore are the kings of Ireland 🇮🇪 not Van Misery Morrison Great and interesting list 🎸👍

[@domb8448]

Did you catch the Christie's Jeff Beck guitar auction this afternoon?

[@bobparr4723]

Hey up Andy. My favourite 10 are: Renaissance - Scheherazade & other stories. Hawkwind - Warrior in the edge of time Camel - The Snow Goose Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Supertramp - Crisis! What crisis? Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti Gentle Giant - Freehand Dr. Feelgood - Down by the Jetty Steely Dan - Katy Lied

[@reshhaverstahm7729]

Renaissance never gets the attention they so richly deserve. Choosing a favorite is for me difficult. If pushed I'd probably pick Turn of the Cards. Great list, BTW.

[@bobparr4723]

@reshhaverstahm7729 Cheers pal. Turn of the cards is my favourite also. 👍

[@ftlpope]

I am 68 and played in prog type band in the first half of the 1970s and have met lots of people who love music. I have never met anyone who listens to Rush.

[@sizzlechest69]

I think you need to fix that immediately!

[@wahid-lg1kk]

Never met any Canadians your age? If you were a Canadian with long hair in the 70s, you did listen to Rush.

[@nobrainsnoheadache2434]

That's not the band's fault; all it says is that you are insulated, perhaps by design. You could just say it's not my cup of tea.

[@Strimbles]

By-Tor and the Snowman ⛄ Andy 4 of those songs are not on Fly By Night! It's one of your favorite albums???!?!?!

[@billphelps5611]

It sounds like Caress Of Steel is one of his favorite albums!

[@Strimbles]

@@billphelps5611 Hahaha yep

[@robertzm]

I was a teenager in the 1970's so I know that era well. Thanks for the tip on the Lenny White LP. I will check it out. Loved his work with RTF who are one of my favorite all-time bands. Don't care for Mahavishnu Orchestra even though I appreciate the immense talent. I tried many times to get on board, but too far out there and overly dissonant like "Bitches Brew". I much prefer other Miles Davis LP's including "Silent Way" which preceded "Bitches Brew" which was in a similar vein, but more melodic and rhythmic. I have many McLaughlin LP's and saw him live once, but I don't own any MO and probably never will. Glad you had Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" on the list, which is a brilliant masterpiece LP by arguably the #1 all-time rock guitarist. Rush's "Fly By Night" featuring Anthem and By Tor and the Snow Dog was a strong pick. Plus this was the first Rush LP with Neil Peart which made it a very important historical document and a significant transition for the band which you pointed out.

[@davestephens6421]

Clickbait thumbnail...but very nice 😂

[@AABB-bm9kk]

These albums are getting very attractive ✌️

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Is that Linda Carter? My boyhood crush...she came third in Miss Universe 1972.....Third!!

[@garyjedlicka5394]

It is Lynda Carter.

[@georgeedward1226]

Makes one wonder what woman came in first.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Geez!🙄

[@thepagecollective]

There were a whole ten?! Oh, wait, I forgot, right, it was 1975, not 2024.

[@eaglesrule1415]

Great list and great content. Really enjoyed "living in the past" with this. 👍🎶❤I would swap out Gentle Giant for Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd or Jethro Tull's Minstrel in the Gallery. Otherwise spot on (imo).

[@GeofHolmes]

Of course Physical Graffiti and Wish you were Here, plus, Zuma (Neil Young) Fleetwood Mac Another Green World (Eno) Katy Lied (Steely Dan) Nuthin' Fancy (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Siren (Roxy Music) Malpractice (Dr. Feelgood) Marcus Garvey (Burning Spear) Natty Dread (Bob Marley and the Wailers) Landed (Can) and 'One of These Nights (Eagles) They were good with Bernie Leaden.

[@memermetalthemiddleagedaut99]

definitely got the tracks from fly by night and caress of steel mixed up lol, love your videos though dude

[@DarkSideOfTheMoule]

You accidentally omitted Rubycon by Tangerine Dream and Radioactivity by Kraftwerk Andy! P.S. I hope Pepsi wakes up and starts sponsoring you soon.

[@willyupshaw]

10. Katy Lied 9. Ricochet 8. Scheherazade and Other Tales 7. Bob James 2 6. One Size Fits All 5. Stepping into Tomorrow 4. Wish You Were Here 3. Warrior on the Edge of Time 2. Sabotage 1. Free Hand

[@kevinkliegl9315]

The year I graduated from high school. Great year.

[@garyh.238]

Absolutely Bang On re picks #1 & #2.....Mahavishnu made a masterpiece with Emerald Beyond, and the guitar work on Lenny's album is to die for! May I suggest an honourable mention for 1975.....Alphonse Mouzon's Mind Transplant with the magical guitar work of Tommy Bolin and others.

[@patfixsen7884]

Is there a difference between Jazz Rock and Jazz Fusion?

[@mikekain3735]

Probably, but who cares ? 😋

[@marcsullivan7987]

Yes

[@sashaames9952]

Maybe... Jazz could be fused with Rhythm+Blues or Funk without most elements of rock music... but hard to avoid rock music elements in practice

[@peterwilliams6114]

I do enjoy your videos , Andy , I really do ...and you've widened my knowledge of music ....but ....there's always a but.....this isn't a true reflection of the Best Albums of 1975 is it , it's just your opinion from your favourite genre . Where is Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks , Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here , Neil Young's Zuma , Parliament's Mothership Connection or Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger ?

[@GrantTregellas]

By-Tor and the Snow Man is my favourite Rush song

[@Jellybeantiger]

Billy Corgan loves it also.

[@noodlehat3250]

Not an Andy favorite, but Born to Run.

[@nazaholicable]

Top 10 in 1975 1. Mother Focus - Focus 2. Short cut draw blood Jim Capaldi 3. Wish you were here Pink Floyd 4. Switch - Golden Earring 5. Four wheel drive - BTO 6. Hair of the dog Nazareth 7. Reach for the sky Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 8. Why can't we be friends War 9. Minstrel in the gallery Jethro Tull 10. Suicide Sal Maggie Bell I wonder whether Andy will pick any of these (other than Floyd).

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

none of them :(

[@nazaholicable]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I mistakenly thought that Visions of the emerald beyond was 1974, otherwise, I'd have included it in a heartbeat. I love that you love John McLaughlin, and 'Lilah's Dance' and 'Earth Ship' are as good as it gets. So that means, I 'd take out BTO from my list.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

Mother Focus is a great chill out album with only one vocal song about going to the bathroom..

[@jimbelton]

I have a very different top 10 list in order worst to best: Fleetwood Mac, Toys in the Attic, Fandango!, Equinox, One of These Nights, Dreamboat Annie, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Wish You Were Here, Night at the Opera, Face the Music

[@rocketshiptoaltair]

Going to check out that Jan Hammer album. Thanks Andy.

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

I totally agree with what you say about Jan Hammer.... an absolute fusion god.

[@frankthorne11]

If Aliens kidnap me and ask me to show something that proves that humanity is worth its existence; I will hand them Lather.

[@eximusic]

Damn good year. I had all those albums, cept Rush. I bought Visions OTEB, Blow by Blow, Physical Graffiti, Free Hand as soon as they came out.

[@thekeywitness]

You’ve mixed Caress of Steel with Fly by Night. “By-tor and the Snowman” 😂

[@49TheWall]

Great list but you might want to review the track lists before you press record ;-) And Ten Years Gone is one of the best Zeppelin songs. So beautiful, so underrated. The album it comes from is my clear no. 1 in '75

[@mutant_blues]

(Random Order) 01. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers 02. Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon the Wings of Music 03. Hatfield and the North - The Rotters' Club 04. John Cale - Slow Dazzle 05. Larry Young - Fuel 06. Neu! 75 07. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning 08. Sonny Rollins - Nucleus 09. Brian Eno - Another Green World 10. Henry Mancini - Symphonic Soul

[@michaeltischuk7972]

Blinded by the Light, great song, the Boss absolutely destroyed that one though...

[@mutant_blues]

@michaeltischuk7972 Great song, wrong album...

[@mojobag01]

You're weird.

[@axelclaussen5580]

@@michaeltischuk7972 Without the Boss the song wouldn't exist, because he wrote it.

[@michaeltischuk7972]

@ that’s the only song I know from Manfred Mann ‘revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night’ are the coolest lyrics I heard in my childhood, the way the boss sang it made it seem like an entirely different song

[@nkkado]

I generally have very similar taste to Andy (diehard MO and Jan Hammer fan here) and he makes me aware of things I somehow didn't get exposed to -- case in point, Gentle Giant - just listened to Freehand, starting to really connect to them (hats off to Brad Mehldau and his Jacobs Ladder album as well.)

[@BanalayerPete1972]

Will Physical Graffiti win? My '75 Top 10: 1. Straight Shooter, Bad Company 2. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 3. Force It, UFO 4. Duit On Mon Dei, Nilsson 5. Drive On, Mott 6. Ian Hunter 7. Fighting, Thin Lizzy 8. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 9. Come Taste the Band, Deep Purple 10. Teaser, Tommy Bolin (Yes, I'm a "Phys Graf should've been a single album" type.😅)

[@Skycladatdusk78]

I can't think of a single song I'd cut from Physical Graffiti, all 15 songs are Zep classics to me.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@Skycladatdusk78: I know, I'm in a minority. I'd lose Sick Again, Down by the Seaside and Boogie with Stu (that one sounds like a halfhearted rehearsal to me), make In My Time of Dying and In the Light shorter, and restore Houses of the Holy to its own album. But In Through the Out Door is in my Top 3 Zeppelin albums, so what do I know?😄

[@Skycladatdusk78]

@@BanalayerPete1972 Boogie With Stu has a unique charm to it, hard to explain. I enjoy In Through The Out Door a lot too, I'm more of a later Zep guy.

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@Skycladatdusk78: I'll have to play Boogie with Stu again and see what I'm missing. I was guilty of expecting every track to be a Stairway to Heaven / Song Remains the Same when I bought Phys Graf - some of it's just fun.

[@Skycladatdusk78]

@@BanalayerPete1972 Boogie With Stu was meant to be just a fun 50s style Boogie rock tune, even featured original Rolling Stones keyboardist Ian Stewart on piano, who was the Stu in the song title. I just think it's a fun little rocker amongst all the serious tunes, kinda like Candy Store Rock on Presence.

[@philt4346]

Shocked me with the mind-reading 'Sweetnighter' reference heh.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

I always loved Sweetniter. Zawinul bragged that it created rap, sampled heavily.

[@TrevorBarre]

No 'Last Record Album' by Little Feat. Pah!

[@stanls265]

Have you heard of the Spanish band Iceberg? They're like a mix between RTF and Mahavishnu Orchestra

[@jeffp6072]

A lot of great music in '75. My personal collection would include Wish You Were Here and For Earth below by Robin Trower.

[@kennyhaughan9605]

I bought Ommadawn in the 70s and still haven’t played it! It’s on my bucket list

[@JohnMilller]

Return to Forever is my favourite band name ever and one of my favourite groups

[@DavidJohnSongwriter]

Elton: Captain Fantastic Queen: A Night at the Opera Alice Cooper: Welcome the My Nightmare Elton again: Rock of the Westies. I have spoken. 😉

[@lupus7194]

I hate Captain Fantastic. It brings back bad memories for me. I had listened to Madman . . so much that CapFan sounded like filler.

[@paulfletcher5696]

Did you go to XL's in Brum back in 1991 or 1992?

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Yes I think so

[@goport]

panoramic fills... possibly the best Peart description I have heard.

[@of6594]

Have to disagree a bit with Andy here. Side 3 of "Physical Graffiti" is probably the best they ever made if you ask me, with "In the light", *Bron Yr Aur", "Down by the seaside " and "Ten years gone". Some say there are some fillers on side 4, well that's how it might seem becase side 3 is so awesome 😊.

[@robertwheatley2471]

For me Physical Graffiti is my favorite album ever by any artist. Released on February 24, 1975.

[@Jellybeantiger]

I was a Rush freak in the 80's. A mate ftom Manchester at high school who came to Oz told me about Rush and I owe him for that wisdom. Bought Moving Pictures first,then Permanent Waves then Hemispheres then the whole catalogue previous to those albums. Neil Peart was my inspiration to drum better.❤