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The Isley Brothers‘s ‘Givin’ It Back’ is their ninth album (covering famous songs by white rock acts), released on April 8, 1971 by T-Neck.
Alice Coltrane‘s ‘Universal Consciousness’ is her fifth solo album recorded between April 6 & June 1971 and released the same year by Impulse! Records.
Jimi Hendrix‘ ‘The Cry of Love’ is a posthumous album compiled by recording engineer Eddie Kramer and drummer Mitch Mitchell and released in March 1971 by Track.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ is a live album recorded at Newcastle City Hall on March 26, 1971 and released in November 1971 by Island Records.
Deep Purple‘s ‘Machine Head‘ feat. ‘Smoke on the Water’ is their sixth studio album recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released on March 25, 1972 by Purple.
Serge Gainsbourg’s ‘Histoire de Melody Nelson’ is his tenth studio album produced by Jean-Claude Desmarty and released on March 24, 1971 by Philips
Jethro Tull‘s ‘Aqualung’ is their fourth studio album co-produced by leader Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis and released on March 19, 1971 by Chrysalis / Island
James Taylor ‘Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon’ feat. ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ is his third studio album released on March 16, 1971 by Warner Bros.
The Allman Brothers Band’s ‘At Fillmore East’ is their first live album recorded on March 12–13, 1971 at Fillmore East in New York City and released in July 1971 by Capricorn Records.
James Brown‘s ‘Love Power Peace’ is a live album recorded on March 8, 1971 at the Olympia, Paris with the original J.B.’s featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins and released on August 23, 1992 by Polydor.
Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Aretha Live at Fillmore West’ is her second live album recorded on March 5–7, 1971 and released on May 19, 1971 by Atlantic.
Nick Drake‘s ‘Bryter Layter’ is his second album produced by Joe Boyd and released on March 6, 1971 by Island
King Curtis‘ ‘Live at Fillmore West’ is an album recorded on March 5–7, 1971 with Aretha Franklin‘s backing band, The Kingpins and released in August 1971 by Atlantic.
Faces’ ‘Long Player’ is their second album self-produced and released in February, 1971 by Warner Bros.
Can‘s ‘Tago Mago’ is their second (double) album (and the first with vocalist Damo Suzuki), released as a double LP in February 1971 by United Artists.
Soft Machine‘s ‘Fourth’ is a studio (and first all-instrumental ) album released on February 28, 1971 by CBS.
‘The Yes Album’ by Yes is their third ( and first with guitarist Steve Howe) studio album, released on February 19, 1971 by Atlantic.
Taj Mahal‘s ‘The Real Thing’ is a live album recorded on February 13, 1971 at Fillmore East, New York City with a band with four tuba players and released the same year by Columbia.
