Editing 1972 in music (section)

===May===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Jeff Beck Group (album)|Jeff Beck Group]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] ||US
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Brother, Brother, Brother]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Cabbage Alley]]'' || [[The Meters]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Lookin' Through the Windows]]'' || [[The Jackson 5]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Demons and Wizards (Uriah Heep album)|Demons and Wizards]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honky Château]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waterloo Lily]]'' || [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |22
| ''[[America Eats Its Young]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Sing the Body Electric (album)|I Sing the Body Electric]]'' || [[Weather Report]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wind of Change (album)|Wind of Change]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Live at Max's Kansas City]]'' || [[The Velvet Underground]] || Live 1970
|-
| ''[[Understanding (Bobby Womack album)|Understanding]]'' || [[Bobby Womack]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="18" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Live in Europe (Rory Gallagher album)|Live in Europe]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rorygallagher.com/albums/live-in-europe/|title=Gallagher official site}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Lou Reed (album)|Lou Reed]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Ace (Bob Weir album)|Ace]]'' || [[Bob Weir]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bloodrock Live]]'' || [[Bloodrock]] || Live
|-
| ''Castles'' || [[Joy of Cooking (band)|Joy of Cooking]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chameleon (The Four Seasons album)|Chameleon]]'' || [[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Colors of the Day]]'' || [[Judy Collins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Come from the Shadows]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Floy Joy (album)|Floy Joy]]'' || [[The Supremes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Concert (Janis Joplin album)|In Concert]]'' || [[Janis Joplin]] || Live 1968 and 1970
|-
| ''[[Last of the Red Hot Burritos]]'' || [[The Flying Burrito Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[People ... Hold On]]'' || [[Eddie Kendricks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roy Orbison Sings]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sail Away (Randy Newman album)|Sail Away]]'' || [[Randy Newman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sailin' Shoes]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skies of America]]'' || [[Ornette Coleman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Bill]]'' || [[Bill Withers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tell Me This Is a Dream]]'' || [[The Delfonics]] ||-
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