Top 10 Obscure/Underground UK Heavy Prog Psych From 1970

My personal picks from 1970 from the UK underground prog psych scene. These bands/albums deserve more recognition so if you like what you hear go check them out and support them! #prog #progressiverock #heavypsych #psychedelicrock #psych #obscureprog #obscurepsych #70s #1970 #70srock

[gab]

Revisiting this list a little over a year later and I would rearrange and add some stuff for sure... maybe I will make a new one!

[HeikoMachacek]

Ich habe all diese LP.s von diesen fantastischen unbekannten Bands! Habe diese LP, s in den 70/ 80iger gekauft! 😊

[chokoholmes]

Thanks Nick. Some great stuff on here that I have not heard before. Love the Aarvark bit and I have some Audience already. Happy Progging!

[Kevin-mxvi]

That brings back some memories !
I played in a "college circuit" band in the 70's and remember supporting Patto. Ollie Halsall was probably the best guitarist I've ever seen.

[clouddog]

With the exception of one l own all these albums . A great selection of some classic L.P's Quatermass is a particular favourite but l love 'em all . What brilliant music came out in the early '70's . lnventive , original and adventurous music played by fine musicians .

[peterstudley]

I have both of the cressida lps, Munich is my favourite song. 1970 seems to be a good year for music.

[RandomButtonPusher]

Audience was a great band. Still have my vinyl LP of The House on the Hill from '71, which is a stellar album.

[Bartok_J]

From that year, I'd have included T2 "It'll All Work Out in Boomland", especially the amazing track "No More White Horses". ♥

[paulc]

Yes I did there all on my want list now!!!!

[FTStratLP]

From all these on the list I had only heard of Pete Brown before, because of his collaboration with Cream in particular with Jack Bruce. E. g. Brown wrote the lyrics of "Sunshine Of Your Love" and "White Room".

[larryrudolph]

Great list Kudo's for including Audience

[totaltwit]

I found cherry red records, got some of their collections, (I'm a freak baby, taking some time on etc. ) found all kinds of interesting things. There was a lot of good players at the time all seemingly having a go at making the big time.

[qft]

Enjoyed the content, love the 70s and band I'd never heard off. Will be scouring your videos now .
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[immaterialimmaterial]

Wow - interesting compilation. Must check some of the out! Thanks.

[Claytone-Records]

Excellent sounds. That Gracious clip reminds me a little of early Steely Dan combined with Deep Purple, but about 2 years ahead of the first Dan lp. Never heard of them here/hear. Hello from Texas.

[purplestuff]

Sweet! I recently discovered Budgie and it's cool to have some more heavy prog groups to checkout.

[groovedohg]

I like how you titled this video as MY top 10. That saves lots of arguments. The only band that I really got into was Audience. House on the Hill is a Masterpiece. The problem listening to some of these samples is the tinny production

[davidcouch]

Wow so many memories. Here are the alternate albums that would appear on my top 20

1 Beckett - Beckett
2 Dream Kid - Sutherland Brothers with Quiver
3 A Third of a Lifetime - Three Man Army
4 The Garden Of Jayne Delawney - Trees
5 Too Many Crooks - Unicorn
6 Final Offering - Axe
7 Yeti - Amon Dull II
8 Theme From A Dream - Agnes Strange
9 The Long Road - Quatermass
10 Out Of Their Skulls - Mick Green & The Pirates
11 Diamond Head - Phil Manzanera
12 A Jug of Love -Mighty Baby
13 The Second of May - May Blitz
14 Maximum Darkness - Man
15 Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat [most if not all the Feat albums released in the 1970s would be on this list but FDFMN is my favourite]
16 Lark - Linda Lewis
17 Songs From The Family Tree - Late [ Later changed name to Unicorn]
18 Journey - Kingdom Come
19 Within Reach- A Band Called O
20 Kings Of Oblivion - Pink Fairies
List are albums that never made the charts and released in the 1970s, They are in no particular order

[philbarker]

Patto, totally awesome, Ollie Halsall one of the most underrated/unknown guitarists, listen to his work on 'Money Bag'.

[johnnyhmash]

Patto, Audience and Pete Brown...but the others seem to have passed me by.After all these years it's good to be surprised.