Was 1971 Rock Music's Greatest Year? - SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY - If Guitars Could Speak… #26

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1971 was a bellwether in the annals of rock history. So many amazing albums were released that it has led to this nearly-20-minute-long video to accurately capture everything that happened. I hope you enjoy reliving this amazing year as much as I enjoyed looking back on it! And for those, like me, who weren't even born yet, prepare to have your mind BLOWN by the sheer volume of great music that spun turntables that year.

Featuring albums like:
Led Zeppelin IV (ZOSO)
The Who - Who's Next
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
George Harrison - Concert for Bangla Desh
Don McLean - American Pie
The Doors - L.A. Woman
And MANY, MANY, MANY, MAAAANY MORE!!

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*** FEW CORRECTIONS ***

- I erroneously list Master of Reality as Black Sabbath’s 4th album when it is, in fact, their third album.

- I erroneously used the wrong album cover for Jesus Christ Superstar. The one pictured is the film soundtrack, not released until 1974. It should have been the cast recordings from the stage show, released 1971 and featuring Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan as Jesus.

- How many people have been pointing out the albums that I missed, and I just wanted to say that it was impossible to put every album made in 1971 without having some form of entertaining blurb about some of them. I tried to fit as many genres in as I could, as well as touch most of the high points. Also, since I’m a classic rock channel, most of my focus was on rock albums.

- Just to point out that I don't say "1971 WAS the greatest year ever, " I say, "WAS 1971 the greatest year ever?" Its to foster discussion. In fact, in my opinion, there are years in the 60s that blow 1971 away. But I did this years SPECIFICALLY because it is the 50th anniversary of it. Next year I will probably do a "1972" sequel. Or a "1962."

TheGuitarHistorian

1971 I was18, married with a Baby and became a United States Marine.Good year.We would remain married untill 2019 when she entered Heaven.1971 Great Music, Good times.

wardscott

I think it's very subjective, but I have always argued the 10 year period of late 60s to 1st half of the 70s was the greatest period of creativity for modern music. Hard to seperate which year was best but do agree that 71 was a great year!

pauldalmau

The greatest 10 years in rock music was 1964 to 1974. That covers all the greatest bands and the great albums.

trajan

The first half of 1971 I was stationed in Vietnam. I know I was turned on to a lot of great music over there. CCR, Neil Young “after the gold rush, ChicagoTransit Authority, Grand Funk Railroad, Beatles Revolver, Jeff Beck Truth, Savoy Brown Hellbound Train, I know a lot of these may have been released earlier but that’s when I found them. Also Jethro Tull Benefit, Elton John Tumbleweed Connection, James Gang. All in all what a wonderful time for Rock music. It helped me through the war immensely. My love continued on until today at 70 years old and being a disc jockey in my youth at a underground alternative album station “free form” my love for music has never waned. Thanks for a great rundown on the phenomenal music of the early 70’s

bobmohr

I like Who’s Next best. Cutting edge and amazing musicianship.

willt

I have been telling people for about 40 years that 1971 was the best music year. Thanks Guitar Historian for doing the heavy lifting and explaing why. You see, for at least the last 20 years I have not had the patience or energy to try to explain it myself! Great Job.

stevelambson

Any year between 1967 and1975 could be a contender. 71 is a great pick though!!!

waynewaltz

Favorite album that year for me was, by far, Led Zeppelin’s fourth album. And this year could arguably be the best year of all time in regards to the plethora of rock albums that were produced in 1971

bobtufo

For me Baba O’Riley and Won’t Get Fooled Again were unlike anything that had gone before.

marcusadams

1965-1980. 15 years that takes an incredible and unsurpassed musical era from Dylan's 'Like a rolling stone' through to Clash's 'London Calling'. I don't think that time span has ever been equalled for rock music and soul music too.

songshed

"The unofficial start of World War 2 in 1941"? America joined the war in 1941, but it started in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. By 1941, Germany had already taken over France and had been bombing Britain for a year. Your love of history is a very special kind of love.

ianking

Not just the music but the time. In the AF and flew thousands of miles in a C - 47. Owned every single one of those albums from Vinyl to 8 - track to cassette to CD. Life pretty much ended when I left th AF

SickAgain

Zeppelin 4, Tapestry and Joni Mitchell's Blue are all great!

hannibalwolf

1971 also saw the release of The Mahavishnu Orchestra`s debut album. "The Inner Mounting Flame"

tomvespestad

The Allman Brothers Band at the Fillmore East live album is one of the greatest albums of all time. The guitar interplay between Duane Allman and Dickey Betts is unmatched.

TheGuitarMan

November of '71... Wow, just wow....

SabrSuave

I turned 21 in '71. Hearing the list of all these great albums brought back so many memories of people and places. This is a great video. Thanks.

marstondavis

‘66 through ‘71, the best 5 year period for music.

sdb

As a 11 year old in 1971! I remember seeing album covers and found them scary. But now amazing. Really 1971 music is a powerhouse.

beingwoman