1975 Topps Baseball Cards & Season - Profile of PSA Graded Key Stars & Hall of Famers HOF
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Today I am profiling 1975 Topps Baseball cards. Here you will see 30 PSA Graded Key Cards that I have selected.
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1975 called and they want their cards back! The colors on mid to late 70s cards are fantastic. Nice players you collected! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Eric. Topps experimented with some great designs and photography in the 70s. Though the airbrush jobs were pretty lousy. I guess it is part of the charm.
Excellent video Terry. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane seeing the fantastic looking 75 cards and the information about the year. I had forgotten about the Captain and Tennielle. Super cards to choose to showcase. The magazines were fantastic as always. Then 75 set is such a great set to collect. Thanks for sharing as always. Enjoyed.
Thanks Ed! I love to own a piece of the history from this era. Having these cards takes me back to the popular culture of the time. The magazines further accentuate that. It is such a beautified design too. I love having them displayed where I can see and enjoy them. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and kind words. Take care.
Hello Terry, great video as usual. You showed some great cards and i enjoyed to listen to the stories ! I love this 1975 colorful set ! After the 1972 design, this 1975 set is my favourite baseball set in the 70's. Love all the cards you showed, love too the two Bob Gibson of this set and the Vida Blue card ! Thanks Terry for sharing and have a great week-end.
Thanks Fabien. The 72 design is very cool and different design. I will profile that set at some point. I agree the 75 Vida Blue is a frat looks card. Such a great color combinationZ. I appreciate the comment.
beautiful to see thanks for sharing i enjoyed watching
Thank you so much.
Terry this maybe my favorite showcase ever !! Loved every second of this video. I really was inspired by the look the the big red machine lineup and how you had them in order batting order that is. Just awesome always a pleasure hearing you talk about your collection and the amazing facts from the era. Thank you 🙏🤙🏻🤙🏻
Hey Dylan! Thanks so much for checking the video out. It is always fun putting these videos together. I love to highlight a season and talk a little about what was going on at the time. Cards are pieces of history to me and they are bigger than the sport they represent. When I see a movie, hear a song, watch a TV show or read about an event from that time it makes me think of cards from that era. The opposite is true when I look at the cards. Just the ways my mind works. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Take care 🤙🤙
I remember Sport magazine! Cool Ali magazine! Terry, you do such a great job of giving us a history lesson with your videos.
Thanks Zach. The magazines have added so much to my collecting. I appreciate the kind words about my videos. Have a great weekend! Terry
Nice showcase, think the 75 set is one of the top 2-3 sets in the '70s. Growing up in California we also had mini's in our market, I remember as a kid how much I hated them but now I am glad to have some in my collection
Thanks. I appreciate it. I never owned a mini because I have a copy of the regular sized cards. Though, I do think they are pretty cool. What I love about Topps in the 70s is the experimentation.
I’m with you Terry on this set. I’ve heard other baseball card collectors diss this set design but ya gotta love the vibrant colors & photography
Thanks for going back to watch my older videos and leaving a comment. It’s a beautiful set that reflects the era. I like that Topps would put out a set like 1970 and then also do sets like 1972 and 1975 which were much different .
That's such a great looking set. Well done Terry.
Thanks Tony. They let the colors fly in 75. I love it.
I always liked the 75 set. Rhinestone Cowboy was a great song. Love the Bobby Bonds magazine cover. I've never understood why Frank Robinson is so underrated in the hobby and the game. He just never seems to get enough love. Beautiful examples of the Brett and Yount rookies. Love the Big Red machine run! There's McCovey! Your card run looks great in the display case. Thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday Terry 👊⚾
Hey Clint! They don’t make them like Rhinestone Cowboy anymore 😆. Frank Robinson had the misfortune of playing at the time of Mays, Mantle, Clemente and Aaron. It is remarkable how many legendary players were in the league at that time. I always wanted to own the Brett and Yount. Those cards always seemed to go together.
Like Robinson, Joe Morgan cards are pretty inexpensive given how great he was. Card prices to always correlate with on field performance.
Sport Magazine did a great job back then creating fun covers like the Bobby Bonds.
I always appreciate the comments. Take care!
Love this set Terry. The colors just pop on all 660 cards!
Thanks Brian. I know how fond you are of this set. I agree all 660 cards look great. You're a man after my own heart with your 71 and 75 set builds. Good luck finishing the 75. Take care, Terry
Great 1975 cards Terry. This set reminds me so much of 1990 Topps as i know i have said before. Just some crazy color borders. Some of the cards work really well and others not so much. This set just like 1990 took me a while to warm up to, but appreciate them much more as i get older. 75 Topps has Brett, Yount, Lynn, Rice, Carter, Mendoza RCs. Some of my favorite players and what a stacked RC year. Garvey always has some nice looking cards. Very Photo friendly. Always enjoy and thanks for sharing buddy.
There are definitely similarities between 90 and 75 Topps. They are sets that standout. I appreciate that Topps would try something different by going bold with color. The rookie crop in 75 is just fantastic. Four HOFers and then stars like Lynn and Hernandez added in. You’re right! Garvey never had a bad card. I appreciate you watching and sharing your thoughts .
Nice cards I love the 75 set.
I agree. Beautiful design. Thanks Jim.
Terry, surprisingly my 2nd favorite design of the 70's is 75. Awesome use of color and great rookie cards. I was watching that 75 world series. One of the best 7 game series you'll ever see and I was 10 years old and I still remember. I opened a couple of boxes of 75 cards. My first year to begin building sets. Well done and Thx for sharing.
Hey Scott, that is funny it is your 2nd favorite too. The 70s had so many great designs. To have four HOF rookies in a set is pretty awesome. I am thankful the Yount and Brett were issued as single player cards.
It must have been heartbreaking Red Sox fans to lose such a hard fought series.
Nice ‘75 showcase Terry! The Brett was iconic when we were growing up. I think the Frank Robinson is a historically significant card that really isn’t talked about enough. Why is it Steve Garvey cards always look really cool?
Love the magazines, I think my favorite is the one with Bobby Bonds.
Great stat on Killebrew, that’s amazing! The Bug Red Machine was literally a MACHINE!!! I wish I was old enough to have seen them. Just a few years before my time. Well done buddy!
Garvey’s Dodgers card are great. I agree that he didn’t make a bad one. He was photogenic and always in great poses.
I had fun putting this video together. One of the things I enjoy most about collecting vintage cards is going back through a year with the cards. It gives me a sense of how a kid may have viewed the players when ripping the packs. My sense is few kids would have cared about Yount in 75, but Lynn and Rice would have been cards to get if you were a Red Sox fan. Though it may have been disappointing they were on multi player cards. I don’t remember multi player cards bothering me as a kid. I liked the Murphy, Ripken and Fernando rookies.
Including the magazines makes it even more interesting. The Martin cover would have been pretty close to around the time he was fired. The Bonds cover is cool and captures the fun and creative covers that Sport was known for in that era
Thanks Chris!
I love the ‘75 set. One of my all time favorites. It’s got so many rookies but also the last Topps card of Santo, Frank Robinson, Killebrew, and Gibson. Greats going out and greats coming in.
I enjoyed the stat on Killebrew. I didn’t know that. It was cool to see the Big Red Machine laid out like that. Loved the Kentucky Derby Sports Illustrated along with how you pair the cards with magazines.
Thanks! In the 1970s Topps had so many great designs. The photography got better as the decade went on to. You're right that it is a transition year set. Four HOF rookies and the last card of four HOFers as well.
My family inherited a collection of magazines from my late father-in-law. I love to display them in my card room and to also show them in my videos. It is an area of collecting that I am branching into. Especially, finding vintage examples of newsstand issues. Magazines are a great way to add context to a player's career.
I appreciate the comment. Have a great weekend!
great video. love looking at the 75 topps baseball cards. I'm a huge schmidt fan and his card is great. so is steve carltons.
Thanks Ray. The 75 is a beautiful set. I agree that both the Carlton and Schmidt are great cards.
Great set showcase! The Hank is one of my favorite cards. Something about the color combination really does it for me. Frank feels so underrated in the hobby for his significance to the game. Yount and Brett rookies really anchor this set, but it is flush with great cards.
I agree, George. This set is loaded with HOFers. I love that it has four HOF rookies and the last playing days cards of Killebrew, Gibson, Frank Robinson and Ron Santo. There is even a Kaline highlight card, but he was retired at that point. Frank played in the era of legends like Mantle, Mays and Aaron. He likely would have stood out more in a different era. He is certainly in there class as a ball player.
Love the ‘75 set design as well. Awesome cards! Love the magazines too. Rhinestone Cowboy…good ole Glenn Campbell. I still maintain Jaws may be the most impactful movie in terms of fear ever made. I’d argue most people who have seen it can’t help but at least think a little about sharks when swimming in the ocean. Take care Terry
Thanks David! Good point about Jaws. After seeing it as a kid, I was even thinking about it when I went in the swimming pool. That is how irrational the fear got. Given that so many people saw it and it was the first summer blockbuster it has to the most impactful. You got to love those colors on 75 Topps. It was fun picking out which magazines to incorporate.
I was happy to find that 75 Martin with the Rangers. That had to be out right around the time he was fired. Thanks for watching, my friend.
Love the 75 set . All the colors done right . Seen some with a lot of color done wrong. Brett and Yount Rc’s set too ❤
They definitely did those colors right. A striking set when displayed together. Having four HOF rookies adds to the appeal.
Awesome 75 Topps showcase! This set has grown on me over the years. The dual color border is classic 70s look! Love that you tied in the SI’s and Sport magazines! The Billy Martin cover is awesome! Looks like he’s chewing someone out! 😂 The Frank Robinson cover is sweet too, perfect fit with his 75 Topps card! Thanks for the shoutout too! The Brett and Yount cards are classic! I wish Jim Rice had his own card in the set! Do you have the Herb Washington card? I always loved how they have “Pinch Hitter” for position! That’s a card I’ve always wanted but never got around to picking it up! Great video Terry! Enjoyed!
Thanks Jim. I enjoy putting this together. it reminds me how good some of these players were by looking at a specific season. Joe Morgan is an all-time great, but that 75 season is in the top 50 offensive seasons of all time, and maybe the best of the 70s. It certainly is if you go by WAR. I do not have the Herb Washington. It's a great card though. A single Jim Rice and Fred Lynn card would have been great given the outstanding years both had. I am thankful that Yount and Brett had their own cards.
The magazines continue to be an area I am getting more and more interested in. The covers on a lot of them are beautiful and I love the connection to certain moments in time. They also look great when displayed. I enjoy including them in videos like this. I have begun adding a magazine here and there into my card budget.
I always enjoy your comments, Jim. Take care
as usual we completely agree on our opinion of cards . 1975 and 1971 Topps baseball offered the best designs ,photos, colors and sets for the 1970's.also nice history segment on 1975. My first thoughts when 1975 comes to mind is Red Sox vs. reds. your cards tell the story of the players in the series, Hall of famers all around the place, the series is considered by most One of the best world series in history. aside from the world series.... amazing cards displayed iconic George Brett iconic Robin yount, The set itself is iconic I'm sure you would agree. Great video as usual.... keep them coming my friend... health and happiness .....the kid
Thanks Jonathan. I love the set, the season and the popular culture of the time. You’re right! These cards are reflective of the 70s from the colors, to the pictures and overall design. It was such a historical season and I love having It captured in my collection. I can display these cards and admire the beauty while taking me back to that time. For me, that is the joy of the hobby. Always a pleasure to read your comments. Take care, my friend.
Terry, I remember being terrified by the movie jaws, but loving "love will keep us together" and "rhinestone cowboy". What sweet cards in high grades! I can tell you were generally less concerned about centering but went for some sharp corners and edges, which appeals to me because ... well ... I am often less concerned about centering but like sharper corners! I am amazed at your knowledge! The only 1975 Topps card I have so far is the #1 highlights Hank Aaron. I am going to have to remedy this situation! You are another "influencer" that is going to cost me money! 😊
Hey Adam, sorry to cost you money 😆, but at least it will be well spent. You’re right, about centering. It only had to be 70/30 or better. I generally prefer sharp looking cards (corners and edges) especiallly with colored borders. I put together a straight NM set with every card graded a 7. That also appeals to me having the cards all in the same general condition from each year. Centering is only one factor. Just my approach. There is no wrong way.
I also bought these cards with the exception of the Richie Allen over 17 years ago. You didn’t have as many choices for graded cards then, but they were far cheaper. These were the days when graded 7’s from this set might be $7 to $12 shipped except for the big names like Rose, Aaron, Yount and Brett. The latter two I wanted especially nice examples of. There were more options to choose from of those two. I paid $30 for the Yount and $50 for the Brett. No tax either in those days. I am not sharing prices to brag, but to provide perspective. I was no genius. I was just fortunate to be collecting then and patiently built HOF and star runs from each year.
The most important thing to me is sharing the history and connection to the cards which is the main reason I love having them. When I watch or read something about 1975, I like knowing that I have these cards that reflect that time. That is what I want to come across in my videos.
Jaws was terrifying when I was a little kid. I thought about it when I went in my friends swimming pool. Shows how irrational the mind can be 😆. I will take Glen Campbell and the Captain and Tenille over much of the music out there. Good, clean music that didn’t take itself too seriously.
Keep showing those great looking cards. Take care, my friend.
Hey TJ, Great Show !! In grade school you could order books from Scholastics. Each month my mom and dad let me order books. I got a variety cause I liked to read. In 6th grade I remember getting 6 Uncut 1975 topps baseball Cards stapled into the Centerfold of a magizine I ordered. I wish I could remember which magazine, anyway the color combo's on those 75 topps are Fantastic. So hard to get a really nice centered card, but the Colors make up for it. I guess.
Few comments,
Frank Robinson looks like He's sleeping. Aaron looks like a janitor at Chevron.
To be on the A's you had to have lots of facial hair. Classic 70s, love it.
Your pairing Seaver and Palmer reminds me they were the starters in the 1970 All-Star Game. I have both their 1970 3D cards. You continue to impress with such a aray of magizines in Top Notch condition. Love to see that. I mean what's the use of having a RC Mantle in a PSA 1 ?? Just so you can say I have a RC Mantle ??
To me, eye appeal means everything.
Doesn't have to be perfect by no means, just Clean and presentable. Peace
I agree with the unflattering Hank Aaron image. He's my favorite all time player but even 47 years later I am still disappointed with TOPPS for this. Beautiful set otherwise . Ordered mine from Renata Galasso back in 1975, 10 dollars,lol. Great video.
I used to love ordering from scholastic as a kid. My mom would give me so much money and I could pick what I want. I don’t remember getting cards with them. I would have definitely picked a magazine up if it came with cards.
I am with you on adding quality items. It enhances the display when the cards and magazines are presentable. I don’t need perfect centering and corners but just as you stated a clean and presentable overall card. When you mainly collect vintage it is hard to get super high grades.
I agree the Aaron card is not his best. I do like the blue color with the border and team name, but the photo choice is uninspiring.
Frank looks tired after a long and storied career. Plus the guy is a manager and player now 😆. Go easy on him.
Love your the comments, as always.
I agree, GG. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Aaron is a great one to collect.
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Hey TJ, I also have 6 Uncut 1976 topps baseball that has a killer Dan Dreisen.
I really can't remember what scholastic magizine put these 75 and then the next year 76 cards in the Centerfold. It's probably the same one that I got my 73 Larry Csonka and 76 OJ posters from. They were also stapled to the Centerfolds.
I've gone online and found all my scholastic sports paperbacks. I'll have to go back and look for sports magazines, maybe that will trigger my memory.
Talk to you later
Tom, very cool you picked up some of your old scholastics paper backs. A nice way to connect with your childhood. Thanks for sharing . I was meaning to ask you what is your favorite program/magazine in your collection?
This set is great because to me it was sort of passing the torch from Killebew, Robinson, Gibson to guys like Brett, Yount, Carter and the like. The only thing to me I'm not a fan of is a lot of cards from the 70s had that grey and green backs that they really didn't change up besides 70, 73 and 78 if I remember. Thanks for giving us some background from 1975!
Thanks Sammy. I agree with you that the card backs were not as imaginative, but they did tinker with them a bit. You’re correct on the three years you pointed out. The 75 did have pink color similar to 77 Topps football. 71 put a player photo on the back. I don’t care for it but I love the fact that they experimented with something different. 78 had the game. I didn’t care for it then but maybe some kids did. It couldn’t have been that big of success because they didn’t do it again in the base issue. Thanks for the great comment.
What a great video, Terry. Great set, great facts. I always think I'm the only one who thinks Billy belongs in the HoF. His stats aren't great but he won everywhere he was. (Yaz never had an off year, ever!)
Thanks John. You're not alone on Billy. He was a baseball genius but had the emotions of a child. Billy had such a feel for the game. His decision to bench Reggie Jackson in the deciding game of the 1977 ALCS was gutsy. What is even gutsier is he didn't have him DH either. It worked out for him, and Jackson ended up getting a pinch-hit single. My mistake on the Yaz off year LOL.
Hi Terry! Man, seeing the Ali, Billy Martin and Bobby Bonds Sport magazine covers brings back a lot of memories. I miss that magazine. Had very nice 8 x 10 photos inside. Regarding the 1975 Topps cards, I never realized Harmon Killebrew really didn't do much his first five years. After that, he turned into a monster at the plate. Do you buy your cards raw and submit them for grading or are you buying graded cards? You have a lot of nice 75's. A lot of 7 grades. Good stuff, Terry!
Hey RIck! I thought it would be fun to show some magazines from 1975 with the video. I am glad you enjoyed them. I just picked up a beautiful newsstand SI that came in today. I will be showing it on my channel in the near future.
Killebrew started so young. I think he was 18 years old when he came up. If he had started hitting right away, he may have hit 700 home runs.
It's funny I have been doing this for over 22 years and have never graded a card. The 75's I showed today with the exception of Dick Allen I have had for at least 15 years. The entire group of 75s in my collection including the ones I didn't show are PSA 7.
Thanks for the comment and watching.
Hmm... It would be neat to find a copy of that Frank Robinson Sport magazine signed on the lineup card.
I agree that would be cool. I wonder if it was tempting to bat himself first and to play shortstop like so many of the parent coaches of my kids little league teams do with their own kids 😆.
Cleon Jones #43 in the Topps 1975 set is an excellent example for me how cards represent so much more than the players career and stats and how the card looks , The cards can tell a story of a persons background, history, descendants and the story of how that player came to be, and their story as it relates to the story of america, You just have to be willing to research it a little bit.jones great grandmother was on the last (illegal) slave ship to arrive in America,called the Clotilda, arriving in Alabama around 1860 ,there is currently a documentary about the ship featuring Jones briefly on Netflix now called descendants which I think you would find very interesting, eventually I'll do a video on how cards reveal individual stories about players and their history as it relates to America and how each card is a time capsule within a time capsule . many other famous ball players came from Alabama such as Hank Aaron, William McCovey, Tommy agee and others, all with their own unique stories. anyway... thought you'd find looking at cards a little bit differently interesting...... health and happiness to you always.... your friend Jonathan
Hey Jonathan, thanks for sharing the background on Cleon Jones. I know little about his life outside of baseball. It is fascinating that his grandmother was on the last illegal slave ship. In some ways it tells us how far we have come as a country where about 100 years later, he is playing in a fully integrated game. I have Netflix and will check the documentary out. You're right that baseball and American history is interwoven. I look forward to you sharing more of these types of stories. It is those types of videos that deepen my connection to the cards. I appreciate your thoughtful comment, Jonathan. Take care
Hey Terry. Yeah, the '75 set is definitely nice. The colors for sure, are beautiful. But I feel there are some shortcomings about the set: the choice of some of the photos, and then how set back the players are in some of them. In these cases, the border kind of overtakes the photo and almost becomes more the feature than the player. It would be a lot of fun to bat this stuff around in a video (if I ever decide to start doing them!) I know they did that on Bench Clear a year ago or so, but while they covered some ground, there was a lot they didn't bring out. Actually, I have a lot of critiques about the 70's sets in general that might be controversial. Anyway, agree with you about Martin, and didn't know that about Killebrew! Always great to hear from you, Terry.
Hey Gannon, I agree that there are shortcomings and some of that was driven by the technology at the time. To me, the 70s were an era of experimentation with photography. I read an article about the man who chose the photos for Topps from the 70s into the 90s and he discusses that. Topps hired many independent photographers and they would get different types of shots. Posed, action, with the hat and without. There would be in season and spring training shots. As the decade went on the photography got better. I think many of the photos in the 79 set are beautiful. Like 88 Topps it is very underrated for the photography and a design that lets the picture stand out.
There is a charm to each of the designs and that may be me showing a fondness for the past, but I like how there are big differences in some of the card designs. You have the colors of 75 where they dominated the card compared to 78 where the photo stands out more. I agree that the 75 set was not a great year for photography, but I love color and Topps went all out. From a design and photography perspective, the 76 set has a better balance.
There are examples of cards that are works of art like the 73 Munson and 74 Garvey. I love the 75 Dick Allen too. Of course, there are many others. It is a great topic to explore further. We also have to remember that these were marketed to kids and Topps had a virtual monopoly on the industry so there is plenty to criticize. Many of the picture selections were questionable, but I do like they mixed head shots with full body shots and action shots. Some of the airbrushing was atrocious, but they appeared to want to get it right rather than put out a player image that was aesthetically pleasing.
I do appreciate that Topps stopped repeating images like they did in the two previous decades. The gentleman who I read about stated one of his duties was to keep track of that.
Always appreciate the well thought out insight.
@@tjmacvintagecardsnostalgia648 Hey Terry. Thanks for your detailed reply. First of all, let me say that I love the display you put together of the '75 set. Such great players, and those beautiful colors. All of this is just in the spirit of talking about the cards we love. To the topic at hand, there is no disputing that Topps broke new ground photography-wise in the 1970's. But I'll disagree with you that the photography "got better" by the end of the decade. (Also - not that you're saying this - I don't think that action photos are inherently better or more desirable in a card, which is another topic altogether.) But I'll take some of the action photos that you see in the 1971 and ''73 sets over many of the action shots that were used in the later part of the decade. And while there were some different angles explored with the posed and portrait shots as the 70's progressed, overall I wouldn't say these constitute an improvement in Topps' photography. I mean, just look at the great cards for instance from the 1969 set: cards like Mike Cuellar, Tony Oliva, Bench, Ryan, Jackson, etc. Rico Carty, Jerry Grote, Cleon Jones, and Luis Tiant. I don't see anything that Topps was doing in '79 as being any "better" than that. I mean, it was good in a different way. It really comes down to beauty being in the eye of the beholder, and all of us having different tastes. That said, there are some shots I like from the '79 set that you mention. That Mickey Rivers is really interesting, and I like cards like the Bobby Grich, Lance Parrish, and Graig Nettles. There are many others. And yes, some of the action shots are right up there with the earlier ones, like the Goose Gossage. But approaches taken on cards like Ed Kranepool's, don't do him justice. Of course, there are duds really, in every set.
One thing that I don't like about the 70's sets, is the absolute lack of variation in design that begins to take place in 1974. I remember being really disappointed with the '74 set as a kid, in that it was too much like the '73. Too much white on the outside! That was really the last year I collected modern cards. The '75 set, yes is a major variation, but then from '76 on through the early 80's Topps got into this monotonous, white border thing. And those dull backs. Look at the great backs of cards that Topps produced up until 1970. Every year was different and interesting. After that, forget about it. As you say, Topps had no competition and they were making these things for kids, who may not have been thinking about that kind of stuff. But Topps also had no competition for most of the 1960's. Lastly, the card stock is flimsier with 70's cards.
Finally, I also understand that sentimental and nostalgic feelings enter into the equation of how one feels about a set. Collectors who grew up with the cards of that era have the added experience of those being the cards of their childhood. And that can strongly influence how one feels. And that's a great thing.
@@jga59 Hey Gannon, I appreciate the discussion with someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about cards. It is good to dig a little deeper. Some of those cards you mentioned are burned in my brain because I have the 69 set. I am going to check out the other cards you had mentioned more closely, but I wanted to respond. To be clear, I am not disagreeing that many of the photographs taken were better in the early 70s. For example, the 73 set. So many great game action photos and I love the experimentation. That is one of the reasons I built the complete set. It looks great in a binder and can you see the different photos on each page. What I meant was the quality of the photographs were better on the game action shots. By 79 the actions photos were generally clearer than the early 70s. I believe there were more up close action shots mainly of players batting. Though, they didn’t do nearly as many of the action shots involving more than one player. I haven’t studied it closely but that is the feel I get from looking at these sets over the years.
The posed shots of the 70s were not better than previous decades. Topps also started using head shots during games. This was especially prevalent in football. A lot of sweaty head and shoulder shots. Still, it was part of the era of cards I grew up with and they do have their charm. I prefer the formality of many of the photos prior to 1971. I think it was you that mentioned that 1970 was the last of the traditionally photographed set. I agree. The sets after that have a different feel.
I don’t find the issues of the later 70s into the early 80s monotonous. I generally like all the sets from that era and they have differences on the card fronts that I appreciate. I think 76 is a great looking set with some nice color combinations with the uniform. I also like the mix of head, posed and action shots that were being used during those years. They look great in a display case or binder. Again, my preference.
I agree the card backs were nicer pre 1970. I especially love the 1970 backs. Topps did try different things with the photo on the back in 71 and a game in 78. I am not a fan of either. I agree most of the backs were pretty boring.
Thanks again for leaving thought provoking comments.
@@jga59 Gannon, I was also going to add it can be argued that the baseball sets from 66, 67 and 69 are monotonous as they look similar from the front. I don’t agree with that since there are aspects I like about each, but I get why someone may think that.
@@tjmacvintagecardsnostalgia648 Hey yeah, Terry. I love discussing this stuff. I see the point you are trying to make about the photography. I will also have to go back and look. But I see what you're saying. I completely agree with you about the '73 set and those great game action shots. 1974 also did some of that. There are cards in each of the 70's sets that I really do love. But I still have to disagree with you about the designs! Too much white! If I had to pick any favorites among them - for design, not necessarily photographs - I would pick the '73 and the '78.
And the designs were much different from year to year in the 60's. I don't see how anyone could really compare '66, '67, and '69 as being similar or monotonous. I mean, I know about the placement of the team names on the '67 and '69 cards. But I think there is more of a similarity between the '68 and '69 sets. I know you're not saying this. But is the reason why you see people say this because of the photographs? Their style? I will have to go back and reexamine the photos. I think they all have their own style and feel. The same with the designs. And I know they reused some photographs during those years - Mays, Yaz, Aaron, etc. But that didn't bother me as a kid. Nor does it now. I liked what the '69 set did with guys like Yaz and Banks, zooming in on the previous year's photo.
We seem to agree on the card backs. I'll tell you, I'm not crazy about the '71 backs either. Too dark, and at the time, I was ticked that they only gave you last year's stats. To be honest, when the set was issued, I wasn't really crazy about any of it. It was like, "Ok, so this is what they're doing this year." But now, I see there are certainly some great cards from that set, and in mint condition, the set really does look great. But as you allude to, I saw '71 as a major turning point. It kind of reflected changes that were occurring then . Think of children's shows going from "Sandy Becker" to "Sesame Street". 1970 was to me, the curtain call for what I consider Topps' classic sets. Those cards were, and are so distinguished. The gray borders and the beautiful blue and banana yellow backs. The names written in cursive. Those cards didn't pander. I felt like '71 was trying to be mod and then of course '72. I wasn't super crazy about '72 when it came out, but I really like that set now too. It definitely speaks the times. And again, I like'71. I used to have that entire set, I may have told you, but I sold it some years ago because I needed some cash.
When card prices were super low I picked up a yount (not the best condition) for less than $5. Brett always seems to be high
Less than $5 for a Yount is great even if not in the best condition. I agree Brett is always high. I picked up both of those close to twenty years ago. Like I said in the video, I never had them as a kid. They were always too expensive.
So are 2nd favorite set is the same 1975 interesting what place does the 1972 come in? your favorite is the 1971 mine is 1973 so what place is the 1973 on your list? I will check but I believe 1971 is in 9th or 8th! on my list!
Jaws was on AMC either Wed or Thursday night!
so who has the best 8 track back then?
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic?
Queen _ Night at the opera?
Kiss - Dressed to kill?
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffatti ?
Rush - Fly by night Cat on the 8 track?
feel free if you have time to rank them? or just pick a few or just your favorite whatever you have time for?
some cool sport and sports illustrated magazines .
that is a nice 75 of Jenkins , nice Frank Robinson, same with Brett and Yount, nice Big red machine , nice Yaz, Fisk , nice Hunter , Great great relief pitcher in Rollie Fingers and it all happens in October with Mr. October?
14 home runs in deed is an off year by Yaz numbers !
nice Seaver , Palmer yes I feel the same for sure top 10 pitchers in a jammed quality decade both Carlton and Ryan , nice Schmidt and Carew ,
that was Munsons 5 th year or so he wasn't the younger player Winfield you have a point but Munson was playing longer than Brett and Yount I don't understand that statement?
nice Stargell , Allen and Brock , nice Brooks Robinson , Mccovey and Gibson , Aaron was also a star of the 50's too?
when you said you bought those cards a while back what years were you refering to say the 90's at a card show/store or in the last 22 at a card show/ store /ebay? Brett and Yount
films of 1975
Jaws
Shampoo
Rollerball
Dog Day After noon
one flew over Cucco's Nest
my top for the decade
Guidry
Hunter
Seaver
Palmer
Jenkins
Ryan
Carlton
Hey Mark! There isn't a set in the 70s I don't like. I collect them all. If I had to rank them it would go as follows:
71, 75, 79, 76, 72, 70, 73, 78, 74, and 77, but I like them all.
I saw Jaws is on demand for AMC too. Still a good movie. Of the 8 Tracks you listed; I would put them in the order you have them.
I didn't show Munson with Yount and Brett. He definitely wasn't as young as them. I had him with Winfield and Garvey. Yeah, Winfield was younger than Munson, but they were still contemporaries. I just wanted to do some different groupings. Of course, Munson and Garvey met in the 77 and 78 World Series.
I bought all of these cards graded probably about 15 or so years ago.
Nice list of movies and players. Thanks Mark for always leaving great comments.
Take care,
Terry
@@tjmacvintagecardsnostalgia648 I just checked my list on Johns favorite card of the 70's in the comment section
this week the 1971's are in 9th place. my list can change week to week but considering this is a jammed quality decade
9th place isn't that bad . now if we were talking all time set 9th place is looking really good you can't expect much it's a quality tough decade. 9th place in the 70's would be 5th place in the 80's first place in the 90's and first place in the 2000's !
@@marksantucci4230 I agree Mark. My rankings change too. So many nice sets.
George Brett took himself out of last game of season to win batting title. Ted Williams would have never done that.
You’re right. Ted Williams didn’t do it when he hit .400.