Editing Instrumental rock (section)

== 1970s ==
During the 70s, some musicians released instrumental records such as Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio"(1971), Booker T & the MGs' "Melting Pot", Incredible Bong Band's "Apache", Hot Butter's "Popcorn"(1972) and Rhythm Heritage "Theme from S.W.A.T."(1976).<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/song/theme-from-swat-mt0034116988 Theme from SWAT] AllMusic Retrieved 22 January 2022</ref> [[The Allman Brothers Band]] is often not considered an instrumental rock band, but they play many instrumentals and include long instrumental passages in longer versions of their songs. A good example is the 22-minute version of [[At Fillmore East#Track listing|Whipping Post]] in ''[[At Fillmore East]]'' LP. Their instrumentals, "[[In Memory of Elizabeth Reed]]" and "Jessica" are popular, with "Jessica" being featured as theme for both the [[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|1977]] and [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|2002 formats]] of ''Top Gear''.

[[Jeff Beck]] also recorded two entirely instrumental albums in the 1970s: ''[[Blow by Blow]]'' and ''[[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|Wired]]''. Successful among mainstream audiences, both have strong [[jazz]] influences, the latter featuring a cover of [[Charles Mingus]]'s [[jazz standard]] "[[Goodbye Pork Pie Hat]]".

Several [[progressive rock]] and [[art rock]] performers of the 1960s and 1970s featured virtuosic instrumental performances (and occasional instrumental songs), but many of their compositions also featured vocals. Early 70s, EL&P gained cover hit "Nut Rocker". [[King Crimson]] gained a massive cult following in the late 1960s and 1970s with their explosive instrumental output that merged rock, jazz, classical and heavy metal styles, though their albums also included songs with vocals, [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] also had multiple instrumental parts in their long songs, and when Peter Gabriel left the band the drummer Phil Collins suggested continuing as an instrumental act, but the other members didn't like the idea. [[Alan Parsons Project]] had instrumentals on every album, especially on early releases. ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' by [[Mike Oldfield]], a progressive rock album released in 1973, was all instrumental (save for some brief spoken words) and is one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever, with 16 million copies sold. A portion of it was used in the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning film ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''.

One of the most acclaimed albums of the band [[Camel (band)|Camel]], 1975's ''[[The Snow Goose (album)|The Snow Goose]]'', was entirely instrumental. Many of [[Pink Floyd]]'s early compositions were largely instrumental pieces containing structured jams fusing [[psychedelic rock|psychedelic]], [[progressive rock|progressive]] and [[space rock]]. [[Frank Zappa]] was known for intermixing instrumental rock tracks with his [[novelty song]]s on his albums.

The [[jazz rock]] of the 1970s often had considerable stylistic cross-over with rock with groups such as Colosseum, [[Soft Machine]], Nucleus, [[Brand X]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], Chase, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Affinity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getreadytorock.com/reviews/affinity3.htm|title=AFFINITY 'Origins 65-67' (Angel Air SJPCD167) |last=Randall|first=David|publisher=.getreadytorock.com| accessdate= 2022-01-21}}</ref> Surf rock's "2nd Wave" began in the late 1970s with the release of Edie & the Hot Rods' first single.