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Hidden Gems in Classic Rock Albums

Please share songs you love that get overlooked on classic albums that most consider among the best ever--for example, those that regularly appear on the Rolling Stone top 100 list. Last weekend I played "Hotel California" all the way through and was really digging "Try and Love Again". Can't get it out of my head. Oddly, a Randy Meisner tune with great bass guitar and unique bass drum work by Don Henley--pumping it twice rather than once not sure why. There is some really great stabbing guitar lines, awesome rhythm guitar licks and a nice lead guitar. As always, great harmony vocals to boot. A really great song that seems to fly under the radar because it is on an LP that has so many "hits" and really great songs. 

Share yours!

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grislybutter
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BNL Maroon, maybe too young to be a classic

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papaboo
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Deep Purple "The Shield" from The Book of Taliesyn 
Procol Harum "Homburg" and "Salty Dog"

 

dz13
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Mott the Hoople has a number of them. Right now I’m thinking of "Drivin’ Sister." Has almost every clique guitar riff in it and it is fun. 

sgreg1
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Savoy Brown “Hell Bound Train”

Bowie “China Girl” Stevie Ray on guitar

Tull “Minstrels in the Gallery”

AC/ DC “Sin City”

Floyd “Pigs on the Wing”

 

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thecarpathian
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@dayglow ,

You know threads always get a tad sidetracked (or a lot!) or stray from the precise meaning of the thread. Sometimes that's a bad thing, sometimes it's a harmless meandering off the designated path. This is harmless and it's bringing up a bunch of hidden gems that would not otherwise be mentioned.

Hope all is well with you.

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