Missing Consumer Guides

The following records were released in the 1970-1979 timespan of Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s, but were not included in the book. In most cases these are outside the scope of the book. Some artists moved to Subjects for Further Research. Some were dropped for negligible interest. And some were reviewed after the book deadline.

This list is sort of a first pass. It is limited by the fact that we have very few non-book consumer guides online. Please let us know if you find any errors or omissions.

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Listing for 225 records.

• Stephen Ambrose: Gypsy Moth [1972, Elektra] D+
• Any Old Time String Band: Any Old Time String Band [1978, Arhoolie] C+
• Art Ensemble of Chicago: Bap-Tizum [1973, Atlantic] C-
• Brian Auger's Oblivion Express: Second Wind [1972, RCA Victor] D+
• Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust [1975, A&M] C
• Gato Barbieri: Bolivia [1973, Flying Dutchman] A-
• David Barretto: David Barretto [1974, Mercury] B
• Bay City Rollers: Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter [1976, Arista] C+
• Dickie Betts & Great Southern: Dickey Betts & Great Southern [1977, Arista] C+
• Black Oak Arkansas: Keep the Faith [1971, Atlantic] C-
• Paul Bley: Live at the Hillcrest Club 1958 [1976, Inner City] A
• Blood, Sweat & Tears: B, S, & T; 4 [1971, Columbia] C-
• The Bottles: The Bottles [1979, MCA] C-
• Dollar Brand: Cape Town Fringe [1977, Chiaroscuro] B+
• Anthony Braxton: New York, Fall 1974 [1975, Arista] B+
• Teresa Brewer: Unliberated Woman [1975, Signature] C-
• Albert Brooks: A Star Is Bought [1975, Asylum] B+
• Ruth Brown: The Real Ruth Brown [1972, Cobblestone] B-
• Roy Buchanan: Roy Buchanan [1972, Polydor] C
• Joseph Byrd: Yankee Transcendoodle [1976, Takoma] B
• Cachao: Cachao y Su Descarga '77 [1977, Salsoul] A-
• Can: Soon Over Babaluma [1974, United Artists] B-
• Capitol City Rockets: Capitol City Rockets [1973, Elektra] C-
• George Carlin: Toledo Window Box [1974, Little David] C+
• Don Cherry: Don Cherry [1976, Horizon] B+
• Chicago: Chicago VI [1973, Columbia] C
• Bill Chinnock: Badlands [1978, Northern State] C+
• Christ Child: Hard [1978, Buddah] C-
• Lee Clayton: Border Affair [1978, Capitol] C+
• Judy Collins: Whales & Nightingales [1970, Elektra] C+
• John Coltrane: Africa Brass, Vol. II [1974, Impulse] A
• John Coltrane: Interstellar Space [1974, Impulse] A-
• Commodores: Natural High [1978, Motown] C-
• Congress of Wonders: Sophmoric [1973, Fantasy] E+
• Alice Cooper: Lace and Whiskey [1977, Warner Bros.] C+
• Chick Corea: My Spanish Heart [1977, Polydor] B+
• Bill Cosby: Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby [1972, Uni] A-
• Stanley Cowell: Waiting for the Moment [1978, Galaxy] B+
• Crackin': Crackin'-1 [1975, Polydor] C-
• The Credibility Gap: A Great Gift Idea [1973, Reprise] A-
• R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders: Number 2 [1976, Blue Goose] C+
• Ted Curson: Tears for Dolphy [1976, Arista/Freedom] B+
• Mike d'Abo: Down at Rachel's Place [1972, A&M] D+
• Ray D'Ariano: Are You on Something? [1972, Kama Sutra] B+
• Spencer Davis Group: Gluggo [1973, Vertigo] B
• Blossom Dearie: Blossom Dearie Sings [1973, Daffodil] B+
• Jack DeJohnette: New Directions [1978, ECM] B+
• John Denver: Aerie [1971, RCA] D
• John Denver: Back Home Again [1974, RCA Victor] C+
• Derringer: Derringer [1976, Blue Sky] B-
• Richard Digance: Richard Digance [1975, Mercury] B-
• The Dodgers: Love on the Rebound [1978, Polydor] C+
• Eric Dolphy: The Berlin Concerts [1978, Inner City] A
• Dreams: Dreams [1970, Columbia] C-
• Harry Edison: Edison's Lights [1976, Pablo] A-
• Yvonne Elliman: Yvonne Elliman [1972, Decca] C+
• Duke Ellington and Ray Brown: This One's for Blanton [1972, Pablo] A-
• Cass Elliott: Don't Call Me Mama Anymore [1973, RCA Victor] D
• John Entwistle's Ox: Mad Dog [1975, Track] B-
• Eruption: Eruption [1978, Ariola America] C+
• Exuma: Exuma [1970, Mercury] D
• John Fahey: Of Rivers and Religion [1972, Reprise] A
• John Fahey: After the Ball [1973, Reprise] A-
• Fania All-Stars: Delicate and Jumpy [1976, Columbia] C-
• Freddy Fender: Swamp Gold [1978, ABC] B-
• W.C. Fields: The Further Adventures of Larson E. Whipsnade and Other Taradiddles [1974, Columbia] A-
• Firesign Theatre: Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers [1970, Columbia] A+
• Firesign Theatre: I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus [1971, Columbia] B-
• Firesign Theatre: Everything You Know Is Wrong [1974, Columbia] A-
• Firesign Theatre: Just Folks . . . A Firesign Chat [1977, Butterfly] B-
• The 5 Stairsteps: Stairsteps [1970, Buddah] B-
• Tommy Flanagan: Something Borrowed, Something Blue [1978, Galaxy] B+
• Flo & Eddie: Illegal, Immoral and Fattening [1974, Columbia] C-
• Focus: Mother Focus [1975, Atco] C+
• Sonny Fortune: Long Before Our Mothers Cried [1974, Strata-East] B+
• Sonny Fortune: Awakening [1975, Horizon] A-
• Frummox: Here to There [1970, Probe] C-
• Leif Garrett: Leif Garrett [1977, Atlantic] D
• Dizzy Gillespie: The Giant [1973, Prestige] B+
• Lotti Golden: Lotti Golden [1971, GRT] B
• The Golliwogs: Pre-Creedence [1975, Fantasy] D
• Dexter Gordon: Homecoming [1977, Columbia] B+
• Stephane Grappelli: Parisian Thoroughfare [1978, Arista/Freedom] A-
• Grateful Dead: Vintage Dead [1970-1, Sunflower] B-
• Great Speckled Bird: Great Speckled Bird [1970, Ampex] C+
• Al Green: Al Green [1972-1, Bell] B-
• Henry Gross: Plug Me Into Something [1974, A&M] C+
• Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra [1970, Impulse] C+
• Bob Hadley: Tunes From the Well [1975, Kicking Mule] B
• Herbie Hancock: Thrust [1974, Columbia] C+
• Hannibal: Hannibal [1975, MPS] B+
• Donny Hathaway: Donny Hathaway [1971, Atco] D-
• Joe Henderson: Canyon Lady [1975, Milestone] C+
• Hidden Strength: Hidden Strength [1975, United Artists] C
• Becky Hobbs: Becky Hobbs [1974, MCA] C-
• The Dave Holland Quartet: Conference of the Birds [1972, ECM] A
• John Lee Hooker: Endless Boogie [1970, ABC] B+
• John Lee Hooker: Never Get Out of These Blues Alive [1972, ABC] A-
• Hounds: Unleashed [1978, Columbia] C+
• Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies: Ray Wylie Hubbard & the Cowboy Twinkies [1976, Warner Bros.] B
• Imus in the Morning: One Sacred Chicken to Go [1973, RCA Victor] B-
• Luther Ingram: (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right [1972, Koko] C
• Michael Jackson: Music and Me [1973, Motown] B-
• Michael Jackson: Forever, Michael [1975, Motown] A-
• Bob James: Heads [1977, Columbia/Tappan Zee] D+
• Keith Jarrett: Fort Yawuh [1973, Impulse] A-
• Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island [1974, Impulse] B
• Keith Jarrett: Death and the Flower [1975, Impulse] B
• Keith Jarrett: Bop-Be [1978, ABC/Impulse] A
• Waylon Jennings: Ladies Love Outlaws [1972, RCA Victor] C
• Waylon Jennings: Lonesome, On'ry and Mean [1973, RCA Victor] B
• The Johnstons: The Johnstons [1972, Mercury] C
• Jo Jo Gunne: Jo Jo Gunne [1971, Asylum] B+
• Jerry Jordan: Phone Call From God [1975, MCA] B
• Eric Justin Kaz: If You're Lonely [1972, Atlantic] D
• Sarah Kernochan: House of Pain [1973, RCA Victor] C
• King Floyd: King Floyd [1971, Cotillion] B
• Robert Klein: Child of the 50's [1973, Brut] B
• Robert Klein: New Teeth [1974, Epic] A-
• Ernie Kovacs: The Ernie Kovacs Album [1977, Columbia] C+
• John L.: Stay Up! [1977, Virtu] B-
• Labelle: Phoenix [1975, Epic] C
• Richie Lecea: Magic [1974, Wooden Nickel] D
• Alvin Lee: In Flight [1974, Columbia] B-
• Charles Lloyd: Waves [1972, A&M] B
• Looking Glass: Looking Glass [1972, Epic] C-
• Barry Manilow: Manilow II [1974, Bell] C
• Barry Manilow: Tryin' to Get the Feeling [1975, Arista] C-
• The Mark & Clark Band: Double Take [1977, Columbia] D-
• Steve Martin: Let's Get Small [1977, Warner Bros.] B
• Ian Matthews: Tigers Will Survive [1972, Vertigo] B-
• John Mayall: New Year, New Band, New Company [1975, Blue Thumb] C-
• Delbert McClinton: Love Rustler [1977, ABC] B-
• O.B. McClinton: If You Loved Her That Way [1974, Enterprise] C-
• Ken McIntyre: Home [1976, Inner City] A-
• Jackie McLean: New Wine in Old Bottles [1979, Inner City] A-
• Jay McShann: The Big Apple Bash [1979, Atlantic] B+
• Miami: The Party Freaks [1974, Drive] C-
• Roger Miller: Dear Folks Sorry I Haven't Written Lately [1973, Columbia] D-
• Millington: Ladies on the Stage [1978, United Artists] D
• Charles Mingus: Three or Four Shades of Blue [1977, Atlantic] A-
• Charles Mingus: Cumbia and Jazz Fusion [1978, Atlantic] B+
• Molkie Cole: Molkie Cole [1977, Janus] B-
• James Moody: Feelin' It Together [1974, Muse] B+
• Dorothy Morrison: Brand New Day [1971, Buddah] B-
• The Mothers: Just Another Band From L.A. [1972, Bizarre] C
• Martin Mull: Normal [1974, Capricorn] D+
• David Murray: Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, Volume 1 [1978, India Navigation] A-
• Johnny Nash: My Merry-Go-Round [1973, Epic] D+
• National Lampoon: That's Not Funny, That's Sick! [1978, Label 21] B
• Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band: Rudy the Fifth [1971, Decca] B-
• Jane Olivor: First Night [1976, Columbia] C-
• The Osmonds: The Osmonds [1971, MGM] D
• The Osmonds: Phase III [1972, MGM] B
• Pablo Cruise: Lifeline [1976, A&M] C-
• Pacific Gas & Electric: Are You Ready? [1970, Columbia] B
• Paris: Big Towne, 2061 [1976, Capitol] B
• Johnny Paycheck: Take This Job and Shove It [1978-0, Epic] B-
• Freda Payne: Band of Gold [1970, Invictus] C+
• Elvis Presley: Good Times [1974, RCA Victor] B-
• Elvis Presley: Today [1975, RCA Victor] B-
• Alan Price: Alan Price [1978, Jet/UA] B
• Proctor & Bergman: Give Us a Break [1978, Mercury] C
• Richard Pryor: That Nigger's Crazy [1974, Partee] A
• Richard Pryor: . . . Is It Something I Said? [1975, Reprise] A
• Richard Pryor: Wanted [1979, Warner Bros.] A-
• Redeye: One Man's Poison [1971, Pentagram] C-
• Jerry Reed: Cookin' [1970, RCA Victor] C+
• Steve Reid: Rhythmatism [1977, Mustevic] B+
• Burt Reynolds: Ask Me What I Am [1973, Mercury] E+
• Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge [1974, Milestone] B
• Sonny Rollins: Don't Stop the Carnival [1978, Milestone] A-
• Sonny Rollins: There Will Never Be Another You [1978, ABC/Impulse] A
• Biff Rose: Half Live at the Bitter End [1971, Buddah] B+
• Ross: Ross [1974, RSO] C-
• Diana Ross: An Evening With Diana Ross [1977, Motown] B-
• Devadip Carlos Santana/Turiya Alice Coltrane: Illuminations [1974, Columbia] C-
• Savoy Brown: Hellbound Train [1972, Parrot] B-
• The Earl Scruggs Revue: Rockin' Cross the Country [1974, Columbia] B-
• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: The Impossible Dream [1974, Vertigo] C-
• Archie Shepp: A Sea of Faces [1975, Black Saint] B+
• Archie Shepp: Steam [1978, Inner City] A-
• Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes: Expansions [1974, Flying Dutchman] C+
• Sneakers: In the Red [1978, Car EP] B-
• Rosalie Sorrels: Travelin' Lady [1971, Sire] B
• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: I Don't Want to Go Home [1976, Epic] B
• Space Opera: Space Opera [1973, Epic] C+
• The Stanky Brown Group: Our Pleasure to Serve You [1976, Sire] D+
• Rod Stewart: A Shot of Rhythm and Blues [1976-2, Private Stock] C-
• Styx: Pieces of Eight [1978, A&M] C-
• The Sylvers: Showcase [1976, Capitol] C
• Shoji Tabuchi: Country Music My Way [1975, ABC/Dot] D-
• Cecil Taylor: Silent Tongues [1974, Arista/Freedom] B
• Chip Taylor: Last Chance [1973, Warner Bros.] C
• James Taylor: One Man Dog [1972, Warner Bros.] C+
• Leon Thomas: The Leon Thomas Album [1970, Flying Dutchman] A
• Leon Thomas: Spirits Known and Unknown [1970, Flying Dutchman] B+
• Tipica Ideal: Out of This World [1979, Coco] A-
• Libby Titus: Libby Titus [1977, Columbia] B
• Lily Tomlin: Modern Scream [1975, Polydor] B
• Topaz: Topaz [1977, Columbia] D+
• McCoy Tyner: Sama Layuca [1974, Milestone] B+
• The Undisputed Truth: Face to Face With the Truth [1971, Gordy] B
• The Undisputed Truth: Higher Than High [1975, Gordy] C+
• Uriah Heep: The Magician's Birthday [1972, Mercury] B-
• Van Der Graf Generator: Godbluff [1975, Mercury] D+
• Gino Vannelli: The Gist of the Gemini [1976, A&M] D
• Martha Velez: Escape From Babylon [1976, Sire] B
• Wendy Waldman: Gypsy Symphony [1974, Warner Bros.] C+
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson: Giant [1978, DJM] B-
• Randy Weston: Carnival [1974, Arista/Freedom] B+
• Wet Willie: Wet Willie [1971, Capricorn] C
• Duke Williams and the Extremes: Fantastic Fedora [1974, Capricorn] C-
• David Wills: Barrooms to Bedrooms [1975, Epic] B
• Al Wilson: Show and Tell [1973, Bell] D
• Paul Winter Consort: Icarus [1973, Epic] B+
• Wolfman Jack: Wolfman Jack [1972, Wooden Nickel] E
• Bill Wyman: Stone Alone [1976, Rolling Stones] C+
• Tammy Wynette: Just Tammy [1978, Epic] B-
• John Paul Young: Love Is in the Air [1978, Scotti Bros.] C-
• This Is Reggae Music [1974, Island] C+
• Spitballs [1978, Beserkley] B-
• Woodstock Mountains: More Music From Mud Acres [1978, Rounder] B
• Propaganda [1979, A&M] C+
• Rio Grande [1971, RCA Victor] B

Note that while the Consumer Guide started in 1969, records that were released in 1969 were omitted from the book. For those records, see Consumer Guide Index by Year: 1969.