Bass drum batter head preferences w/ no front head

Going to have to agree with doubledog here. The superkick has never given me the sound I wanted in the studio. Just take the front head off and stuff it until it sounds like the eagles Seriously, the Powerstroke 3 seems to always deliver if you want to avoid heavy muffling. Another thing to mention, adding some weight to the inside of the drum can help lower the fundamental of the bass drum slightly, and give you a solid thump. Anything will work, stick to about ~5ish pounds. Sandbags tend to work well here as they can conform to the curvature of the shell. Add blankets, pillows or other muffling devices to taste over the sandbag.

I think a white coated Powerstroke 3 might get you closer to that 70's sound (vs the clear) - it's got maybe a slightly less slappy attack (vs the clear) - but stuff that pillow/blanket/towel in there and you can get that 70's thud either way 

I think, with your Superkick, just take the resonant head off and put a pillow or blanket in there and see if you can get the sound you are looking to achieve. I would experiment with putting a packing blanket or something over the bass drum to prevent it from causing the toms from resonating. Depending on how dead you want it, the head really don't matter at a certain point.

Remo Ambassadors with a felt strip sound great, but I wouldn't buy them for a house kit in a studio because they don't last very long. Powerstroke 3 isn't that much different from a Superkick I (single ply 10mil heads like an Ambassador but they has a inlay ring). I have a D'Addario endorsement and while I do prefer Remo heads on toms and snare a lot of the times I do like the coated Evans EMAD, with it's removable dampening rings. That combined with a EQ3 resonant head is pretty flexible for me in the studio.

I can agree with @sean and @doubledog here. At some point, with heavy muffling, the heads matter less than the mics and muffling itself. But, I would like to expand on what @doubledog has said here. Aquarian heads are great heads, with a caveat. They have their own sound, and the feel is slightly different. The rebound, for me, feels heavier or slower. This mostly applies to batter heads struck with a stick and not a beater.

That said, @sean has some great points. There is a thread at DFO where they cover this topic exclusively, with some great insight.

www.drumforum.org/threads/where-how-did-the-dead-drum-sound-of-the-later-70s-begin.171875/

Ultimately, for a 70's kick sound, try to not overthink it. Take the front head off and stuff a blanket or big pillow in there and mic it! One thing to note: Many kick drums from that era were shorter in length, i.e. 22x16 or around that size. But, when removing the front head, the length of the kick note is dramatically shortened, so it may not matter in the end.

I mentioned earlier using the front head but putting a towel/blanket against it.  I did just that here:

themthatknow.bandcamp.com/track/whiskey-and-fistfights

drums were a vintage Ludwig 13/16/22 (and Supraphonic LM400 14x5 snare) so the kick was a 22x14.  Had a coated Powerstroke 3 and a front head with a port (newer Remo I think). Small towel inside just barely touching the heads (the normal setup)  Kick mic was a Telefunken M82.  Then I laid bath towels against both the batter and resonant heads (on the outside of the drum).  Toms and snare had "tea towels" (which were just bandanas clipped on with binder clips). Pretty sure the tom mics were 421s and snare probably an M80.  It was a pretty quick way to switch to a 70's-ish sound (at least I thought so) without having to remove heads or even retune everything.  Just pop em on and off.