As rock critic for both CREEM and Rolling Stone, Dave Marsh has enough influence in the 70's to have his day here at 1001Songs. Marsh championed his fair share of rock and soul acts but , 40 years later, this selection is just as notable for the bands that don't make the list. Anyone who bought the first Marsh-edited Rolling Stone Record Guide will recall all the two star ( or mediocre) grades for Genesis, Queen, 10cc, The Grateful Dead and Black Sabbath.
1. "Wonder, Stevie" Innervisions
2. Mott The Hoople Mott
3. "Spinners, The" The Spinners
4. "Green, Al" Call Me
5. "Who, The" Quadrophenia
6. "Gaye, Marvin" Let's Get It On
7. "Dylan, Bob" Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid (Soundtrack)
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
9. "Temptations, The" Masterpiece
10. "Mccartney, Paul And Wings" Band OnThe Run
11. "Simon, Paul" There Goes Rhymin'Simon
12. "Hendrix, Jimi" "Sound Track Recordings From The Film ""Jimi Hendrix"""
13. Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy
14. "Winter, Johnny" Still Alive And Well
15. Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy
16. Dr. John In The Right Place
17. "Stylistics, The" Rockin' Roll Baby
18. "Lennon, John" Mind Games
19. "O'Jays, The" Ship Ahoy
20. "Rolling Stones, The" Goat's Head Soup
21. "Allman Brothers Band, The" Brothers And Sisters
22. "Geils, J. Band, The" Ladies Invited
23. "Knight, Gladys And The Pips" Imagination
24. "John, Elton" Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
25. Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon
26. "Chi-Lites, The" A Letter To Myself
27. "Franklin, Aretha" Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)
28. "Green, Al" Livin' For You
29. "Isley Brothers, The" 3 + 3
30. Blue Ridge Rangers The Blues Ridge Rangers
31. "Geils, J. Band, The" Bloodshot
32. "Browne, Jackson" For Everyman
33. "Gray, Dobie" Drift Away
34. Various Artists American Graffiti (Soundtrack)
35. "Young, Neil" Time Fades Away
36. "Derringer, Rick" All American Boy
37. "Knight, Gladys And The Pips" Neither One Of Us
38. "J. B.'S, The" Doing It To Death
39. "Dibango, Manu" Soul Makossa
40. Deep Purple Made In Japan
The Rolling Stone Record Guide's Five Star ( or indispensable) Albums from 1973:
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Al Green - Call Me
I Roy - Presenting
Leo Kottke - Greenhouse
Leo Kottke - My Feet Are Smiling
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Paul Mccartney And Wings - Band On The Run
Bill Monroe - Bean Blossom
Mott The Hoople - Mott
Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream (re-issue)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Jimmy Rushing - Every Day I Have The Blues
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Spinners - Spinners
Ringo Starr - Ringo
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
GREATEST HITS ALBUMS FROM 1973
American Graffiti (Soundtrack)
The Animals - Best Of The Animals
The Beatles - The Beatles/1962-1966
The Beatles - The Beatles 1967-1970
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2
Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Best Of Bobby Bland
Ray Charles - A Twenty-Fifth Anniversary In Show Business Salute To Ray Charles
Ray Charles - Ray Charles Live
Dion - Everything You Always Wanted To Hear By Dion And The Belmonts
The Hollies - Greatest Hits
Son House - Son House
Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Anthology
Afghanistan (Music From The Crossroads Of Asia)
Tibetan Buddhism (Tantras Of Gyuto/Mahakala)
Animals Of Africa (Sounds Of The Jungle, Plain And Bush)
