Rainbow – Rising (1976: Polydor)

Six tracks in total

two are majestic, reaching

Dio/Purple heights

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rainbow/Rising/3776

Nazareth – Close Enough for Rock ‘n’ Roll (1976: A&M)

Charm to this fossil
no set style resists labels
in ways not seen now

http://nazarethdirect.co.uk/nazareth/?q=node/32

Tommy Bolin – Private Eyes (1976: Columbia)

Like mayo in sun,
time sitting has not been kind;

short, short rock half-life.

http://www.tbolin.com/history/private_eyes.html

Aerosmith – Rocks (1976: Columbia)

The fall yet to come,
stellar spirited tone lives

up to Rocks title.

http://www.aerosmith.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400034

Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy (1976: Warner Brothers)

Sab drifts and shifts
into BÖC land/styles;

trashed unfairly.

http://www.black-sabbath.com/discog/technicalecstasy.html

T. Rex - Futuristic Dragon (2006: Rhino - a reissue/remaster of 1976: EMI)

Great job reissuing
this relic of glam-bam days;
give or take tunes though.

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/trex/dragon.html