40 years of rock and roll

Black Sabbath wasn't new to the music scene in 1973 when 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' was released it was their 5th studio album, nor was it...

'Ringo' was Ringo Starr's third album and well supported by the other former members of The Beatles.

If a rock opera worked once (Tommy 1969) no reason why The Who couldn't make it happen again, so in 1973 'Quadrophenia' was born.

Thank heavens for phonetic spelling or may never figured out how to pronounce Lynyrd Skynyrd's Name.

Iggy Pop could for intensive purposes be considered an early prodigy of the Punk genre but when interviewed he states he really doesn't care much for punk rock.

It didn't take long for Queen to establish a unique sound and style, all it took was their debut album, 'Queen'.

What would 1973 be without something from Frank Zappa (?), 'Over-Nite Sensation' was Frank's 17th album.

In the photo above you will see Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart as a member of Faces, however Rod had started a pretty successful solo career during that time frame.

It took six tries but Mott the Hoople finally cracked the Top 10 on the album charts in the U.K. with their album 'Mott'.

It was a rough start for this soon to be superstar as 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' as it was Bruce's lowest charting album coming in at #60.

1973 was a very good year, what was to become the definition of classic rock was released that year on vinyl.