paulfromcamden
Baffled
If I really wanted to collect that period I think my cost-effective target would be early to mid-70s US Atlantic. I’d not care about the label colour or address, any are fine, and all are obvious well before the fire that wiped-out so many masters. I’ve mentioned before I compared one of these (Blues) against the Heavyweight Champion and preferred it and they shouldn’t be too spendy. They were just mid-priced ‘70s albums.
The UK 1970s 'Atlantic Years' pressings are still cheap - possibly because they have cover art that's rather of it's time...
I seem to recall Jim @poco a poco compared one of the titles against a good recent reissue and it got the thumbs up.