Influential albums in de period 1970 – 1979

That year, I turned 14. After mostly listening to singles and compilation LPs, this was the first full album I bought, and I still love it today.

Shortly before my 15th birthday, Deep Purple entered my life through the compilation album 24 Carat Purple.

During the same period I discovered Deep Purple, Frank introduced me to Traffic.

In all its raw simplicity, this album still has a powerful impact on me today.

A greater contrast with the previous album on my list is hardly imaginable.

The first song I remember consciously hearing from the Eagles was “Visions” during Herman Stok’s LP hour on Hilversum 3 in 1975.

This album was recommended to me by an acquaintance in the mid-70s. He was so enthusiastic that I quickly bought this double LP.

Little Feat has certainly produced better and better-sounding albums, but I truly got to know them through this unofficial live LP.

The 70s were certainly the years of the live double albums, and this one by Van the Man was one of the finest examples.

Birthday parties weren’t really my thing, so for my 18th birthday in July 1978, I went to Haarlem to watch The Last Waltz concert film in the cinema.

Barely recovered from the musical earthquake of The Last Waltz, Bruce Springsteen entered the scene.

Queen’s Day, 1979: my first real live concerts at a small festival in my hometown of Uithoorn.

In the late 70s, I watched a concert on Rockpalast (WDR, Germany 3) by the, until then, unknown (to me) jazz-rock band Weather Report.

One of the beautiful things about music is that you can enjoy it even more when you share it with others.

I discovered this album while working at the record store in the duty-free shop at Schiphol, back when we still sold LPs.