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[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

Which are the best albums from the 70's recorded by artists who started their careers before the emerging of Sgt. Pepper's? I use the famous Beatles album as a reference because I understand that rock music is divided into two eras before and after that record.

My list:

1. Who's Next (The Who)
2. Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones)
3. Quadrophenia (The Who)
4. Exile On Main Street (The Rolling Stones)
5. Lola (The Kinks)
6. L.A. Woman (The Doors)
7. Imagine (John Lennon)
8. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney)
9. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
10. Morrison Hotel (The Doors)

[oldbrownshoe]

I'm not wildly sure I could stretch to 10 given your criteria (no Nick Drake!).
That said, I'll name my first two:
The Beatles - 'Let It Be'
Paul McCartney - 'McCartney'.

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

I used the pre-Sgt. Pepper's criteria because the spirit of this theme is to talk about the post-60's work of artists who essentially belong to the 60's. I think Sgt. Pepper's pretty much defined a new path to follow, and it was the base for lots of new bands that made their career mostly in the 70's; that's why I'm pointing to artists who started from a previous point.

[nimrod]

Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Time Honoured Ghosts - Barclay Jam,es Harvest
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Octoberon - Barclay James Harvest
Imagine - John Lennon
L A Woman - The Doors
McCartney - Paul McCartney
5 Bridges - The Nice

[tkitna]

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
Parachute - The Pretty Things
Quadrophenia, Who's Next - The Who
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Goats Head Soup, Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Sunflower, Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
False Start - Love

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Time Honoured Ghosts - Barclay Jam,es Harvest
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Octoberon - Barclay James Harvest
Imagine - John Lennon
L A Woman - The Doors
McCartney - Paul McCartney
5 Bridges - The Nice

Hi Kevin. I think Pink Floyd is not essentially a 60's band, but their first singles were released before Sgt. Pepper's, so your choice is technically ok.

[nimrod]

Hi Kevin. I think Pink Floyd is not essentially a 60's band, but their first singles were released before Sgt. Pepper's, so your choice is technically ok.

haha

I know an old brown shoe that will disagree with you there..

I think they had a couple of singles in the charts and an album release before Pepper

[Hello Goodbye]

The Pink Floyd.

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

haha

I know an old brown shoe that will disagree with you there..

I think they had a couple of singles in the charts and an album release before Pepper

Actually Piper was released a couple of months after Pepper, but (the) Pink Floyd certainly published some singles before that Beatles album, so their inclusion is not wrong beyond my opinion.

I think Pink Floyd was two different bands before and after Syd Barrett. My point is that if most of your records and reputation were made during the 70's, then you're not a 60's artist in essence. But that's just my point of view.

[nimrod]

The Pink Floyd.

 

[Hello Goodbye]

 

[Moogmodule]

I think most have been covered by others.

ATMP
Imagine
Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall -Pink Floyd
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Seventh Sojourn - the Moody Blues
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Exile on Main - The Stones
Who's Bext - the Who
Muswell Hillbillies - the Kinks

[Hello Goodbye]

Ah, the 60s!  We had groups like The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Vanilla Fudge, Canned Heat, Jefferson Airplane, The Moody Blues, The Electric Prunes, etc.  I remember Steve Allen doing a bit on his show where he had two wheels of fortune; one with assorted adjectives and the other with nouns.  He spun them to invent names for new groups.

Just flashing back.  Carry on...

[nimrod]

Maybe Rumours Fleetwood Mac is a contender

[Moogmodule]

Maybe Rumours Fleetwood Mac is a contender

They might just miss the cut off. My Wiki says they were formed in July 1967.  Pepper was June. 

[Moogmodule]

To have an Aussie entry, Stevie Wrights  (lead singer of the Easy Beats) Hard Road could be put forward. I haven't listened to it in years but I did like it quite a bit at one point.

[nimrod]

They might just miss the cut off. My Wiki says they were formed in July 1967.  Pepper was June. 

Yeah your right

I forgot John Mayall

[oldbrownshoe]

With the possible exception of Jimi no other act more represents the Summer of Love/1967/swinging London than The Pink Floyd.
In the UK they released 5 singles and 4 LPs pre 1970.

I'm really struggling with my 10 as the 1970s were c---, but I'm on three now.

The Beatles - Let It Be.
Paul - McCartney.
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane.

[Ovi]

My favourite 70's record is Broken Record by a guy who calls himself oldbrownshoe.

[Hombre_de_ningun_lugar]

With the possible exception of Jimi no other act more represents the Summer of Love/1967/swinging London than The Pink Floyd.
In the UK they released 5 singles and 4 LPs pre 1970.

Ok, you convinced me: the Pink Floyd was a truly 60's band.