Thursday Wozz Nine at Nine

Is it just me or does 1971's Fireball album cover look like a giant deep Purple space ummmm....seed?

1971 was the year that Joni Mitchell releases the album “Blue”. It marked a turning point in music. It was simple and complex and surprising to many people including Bob Dylan (inspired Tangled up in Blue”) Robert Plant and Jimmy Page (Going to California). I only remembered it because Nazareth covered “This Flight Tonight” from the Blue album. Definitely worth a new listen. Thursday’s Wozz Nine @ Nine visits 1971. Here’s a few of the classic albums released in 1971. Definitely a good year!

All Day Music - War

American Pie - Don McLean

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band

Blue - Joni Mitchell

Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (debut)

Cahoots - The Band

Chicago III - Chicago

The Concert for Bangladesh - George Harrison and Friends

Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse

The Cry of Love - Jimi Hendrix

The Doobie Brothers - The Doobie Brothers (1st studio album)

E Pluribus Funk - Grand Funk Railroad

Edgar Winter's White Trash - Edgar Winter

The Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Warrior - T.Rex

17-11-70 - Elton John (1st live album)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (debut)

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues

Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart

4 Way Street - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Fragile - Yes

Future Games - Fleetwood Mac (First with Christine McVie & Bob welch)

Golden Biscuits - Three Dog Night

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Johnny Cash

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Bob Dylan

Harmony - Three Dog Night

Hooker 'N Heat - John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat

Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Imagine - John Lennon

Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Studio Cast

Killer - Alice Cooper

L.A. Woman - The Doors

Led Zeppelin IV

Little Feat - Little Feat (debut)

Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007 release) - Neil Young

Lizard - King Crimson

Long Player - The Faces

Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep

Love It to Death - Alice Cooper

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic

Mad Man Blues - John Lee Hooker

Madman Across the Water - Elton John

Man in Black - Johnny Cash

Master of Reality - Black Sabbath

Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy - The Who

Meddle - Pink Floyd

The Morning After - The J. Geils Band

Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon - James Taylor

Nazareth - Nazareth (debut)

New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage

Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson

A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse - The Faces

Pearl - Janis Joplin

Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Pilgrimage - Wishbone Ash

Ram - Paul McCartney

Relics - Pink Floyd

REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon

Rock On - Humple Pie

Rock Love - Steve Miller Band

Salisbury - Uriah Heep

Santana III - Santana

So Long, Bannatyne - The Guess Who

A Space in Time - Ten Years After

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Stones - Neil Diamond

Straight Up - Badfinger

The Sun, Moon & Herbs - Dr. John

Survival - Grand Funk Railroad

Tapestry - Carole King

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens

There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone

They Call Me Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters

Thirds - The James Gang

Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison

200 Motels - Frank Zappa

War - War

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Who's Next - The Who

Wild Life - Wings

The Yes Album - Yes

ZZ Top's First Album - ZZ Top