When PUNK came along, I rejected a lot of grups that I was formerly keen on. Only recently, have I been able to admit that PUNK was just a passing phase, abeit one that lasted 30 years.
Having joined an illegal filesharing network, I decided to pursue some of these things, "long players" sold in times of poverty to buy beer and whatever. So I have made a bit of an effort to plug the gaps in my collection. The good the bad and the indifferent...
Alex Harvey Band, Stackridge, Quantum Jump, Lindisfarne, Bonzo Dog Band, Caravan, Knks, Early Roxy Music, Rory Gallagher, Grace Slick ("Manhole"), Greenslade, Jack Bruce, Rick Wakeman, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Groundhogs, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Mott the Hoople, Steely Dan, Tangerine Dream, The Oo', The Faces and the Grandaddies of the Lot, Yes.
I have no excuse but the callowness of youth.