Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved

I'll also second Ghost on The James Gang.  I'll take them over The Eagles all day long, but that's another minority position on my part.

Ah, the great Louis Jordan---good one Marty! He and Big Joe Turner were playing Rock 'n' Roll in the late 40's, and is what Elvis and the rest of them Southern white boys were listening to alongside their Hillbilly 78's. I played in a Jump Blues/Swing Band in '74-5, and we did Louis' "Choo Choo Cha Boogie" and "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens", and they never failed to get the dance floor filled.

I'd say all Ambrosia albums, Triumvirat and Prokol Harum.

+1 czarivey.  I'll add Gentle Giant and PFM

Judy Collins, Who Knows Where the Time Goes.  Backed by Stephen Stills, James Burton, Buddy Emmons and others.  Covers of Dylan, Leonard Cohen and more.  The versions of I Pity the Poor Immigrant and Bird on the Wire are killer.