They erupted with three albums that felt like one long jam. (PK) Reverse their order and I’ll probably agree with you tomorrow. (GM)

So here’s “Slider.” Bolan’s absence makes the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame a joke and he’ll likely never get in. (SM) Silly, happy fun with raunchy riffs continuously crashing out of the speakers. (MS)

They got the deep blues in harmonic minor. No guitar lover can be without one. (GM)

My first rock concert was Mountain, but the Allmans opened. What a discovery. (PK)

I heard this in a bookstore in San Francisco in 1976 and within days decided to move back to NY, where such sounds could be found on the street. (PK)

When I was in college I would type my papers to this elpee because it was really long for vinyl, meaning more time to type before turning the disk over. But also because the music is killer, from start to finish. (PK)

So different, so soothing, so fantastic from a band with a new skew. (LM)

Stellar voice with amazing songs. Gospel, rock, soul, pop, protest, country, dance, folk, Sam Cooke embraced and mastered them all. (PK)

Perfect songs perfectly played. What’s that genre? (PK)

I love the Kinks and Ray Davies’ writing, but this hodge podge of a collection better represents the range and grandeur of the band better than the concepts that drove most of the albums. Muswell Hilllbillies is the better record, but doesn’t come as close to expressing the range of the band. (PK)