Editing 1972 in music (section)

===August===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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|rowspan="2" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Back Stabbers (album)|Back Stabbers]]'' || [[The O'Jays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Elf (album)|Elf]]'' || [[Elf (band)|Elf]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72]]'' || [[Ella Fitzgerald]]  || Live
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[Ben (Michael Jackson album)|Ben]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]]  ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''Play the Blues'' || [[Buddy Guy]] and [[Junior Wells]]  ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Rock of Ages (The Band album)|Rock of Ages]]'' || [[The Band]]  || Live
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Everybody's in Show-Biz]]'' || [[The Kinks]]  || Double LP; one studio, one live
|-
| ''[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (album)|Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]]'' || [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |28
| ''[['Ot 'n' Sweaty]]'' || [[Cactus (American band)|Cactus]]  ||-
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |31
| ''[[Styx (album)|Styx]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
|rowspan="8" valign="top" |-
| ''[[And the Hits Just Keep on Comin']]'' || [[Michael Nesmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free Will (Gil Scott-Heron album)|Free Will]]'' || [[Gil Scott-Heron]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Irrlicht (album)|Irrlicht]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at the Paramount (The Guess Who album)|Live at the Paramount]]'' || [[The Guess Who]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Roy Buchanan (album)|Roy Buchanan]]'' || [[Roy Buchanan]] ||-
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| ''[[Smokin' O.P.'s]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
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