Editing 1976 in music (section)

==Albums released==

===January===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Let the Music Play (Barry White album)|Let the Music Play]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Desire (Bob Dylan album)|Desire]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Songs for the New Depression]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Wanted! The Outlaws]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], <br>[[Jessi Colter]] & [[Tompall Glaser]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Frampton Comes Alive!]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] || Live; UK release 13 February
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Station to Station]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Futuristic Dragon]]'' || [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Run with the Pack]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Coney Island Baby]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Look into the Future]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Aftertones]]'' || [[Janis Ian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Born to Die (Grand Funk Railroad album)|Born to Die]]'' || [[Grand Funk Railroad]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Chronicle, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[From Every Stage]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Havana Daydreamin']]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How Dare You! (album)|How Dare You!]]'' || [[10cc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inner Worlds]]'' || [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jessi (album)|Jessi]]'' || [[Jessi Colter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovin' and Learnin']]'' || [[Tanya Tucker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Native Sons (Loggins and Messina album)|Native Sons]]'' || [[Loggins and Messina]] ||-
|-
| ''Release'' || [[Henry Gross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sandman (album)|Sandman]]'' || [[Harry Nilsson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Childhood]]'' || [[Phoebe Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thoroughbred (album)|Thoroughbred]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To the Hilt (album)|To the Hilt]]'' || [[Golden Earring]] ||-
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| ''[[The Longhorn Jamboree Presents: Willie Nelson & His Friends]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
|}

===February===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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|2
| ''[[Gimme Back My Bullets]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Jesse Come Home]]'' || [[James Gang]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Diana Ross (1976 album)|Diana Ross]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smokey's Family Robinson]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[A Trick of the Tail]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=1976-02-13 |title=Album poster – Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail – Friday 13th – |url=https://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/album-poster-genesis-a-trick-of-the-tail-friday-13th/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Genesis Archive}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Shamal (album)|Shamal]]'' || [[Gong (band)|Gong]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Give Us a Wink]]'' || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)]]'' || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| ''[[The Third Reich 'n Roll]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Classical Barbra]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full of Fire]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's All in the Movies]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflections (Jerry Garcia album)|Reflections]]'' || [[Jerry Garcia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smile (Laura Nyro album)|Smile]]'' || [[Laura Nyro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sound in Your Mind]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Starcastle (album)|Starcastle]]'' || [[Starcastle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sunburst Finish (album)|Sunburst Finish]]'' || [[Be-Bop Deluxe]] ||-
|}

===March===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[A Love Trilogy]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nobody's Fools]]'' || [[Slade]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Wings of Love (The Temptations album)|Wings of Love]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Destroyer (Kiss album)|Destroyer]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[The Runaways (album)|The Runaways]]'' || [[The Runaways]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye album)|I Want You]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers album)|Takin' It to the Streets]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[The Sun Sessions]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Recorded 1954–'55
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Sad Wings of Destiny]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wings at the Speed of Sound]]'' || [[Wings (band)|Wings]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/8281-1142-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Amigos (Santana album)|Amigos]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jailbreak (album)|Jailbreak]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Saddle Tramp (album)|Saddle Tramp]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||<ref name=date4>"Mercury Releases Two," ''Record World'', March 20, 1976, p. 61.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Come On Over (Olivia Newton-John album)|Come On Over]]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45594|first=Joe|last=Viglione}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[American Pastime]]'' || [[Three Dog Night]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blue for You]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breezin']]'' || [[George Benson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Captured Live!]]'' || [[Johnny Winter]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home Is Where the Heart Is (David Cassidy album)|Home Is Where the Heart Is]]'' || [[David Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Illegal Stills]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just for the Record (Ray Stevens album)|Just for the Record]]'' || [[Ray Stevens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kingfish (1976 album)|Kingfish]]'' || [[Kingfish (band)|Kingfish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Locked In (album)|Locked In]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love & Understanding]]'' || [[Kool & The Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mackintosh & T.J.]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] & [[Willie Nelson]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Silk Degrees]]'' || [[Boz Scaggs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]]|| Live
|}

===April===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/5197-2162-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Live Bullet]]'' || [[Bob Seger|Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Steppin' Out (Neil Sedaka album)|Steppin' Out]]'' || [[Neil Sedaka]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Life (Van der Graaf Generator album)|Still Life]]'' || [[Van der Graaf Generator]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Moondawn]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Welcome Back (John Sebastian album)|Welcome Back]]'' || [[John Sebastian]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Blow Your Face Out]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Black and Blue]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blind Dog at St. Dunstans|Blind Dog at St.Dunstans]]'' || [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Garvey's Ghost]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Stories Live]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] || Live
|-
| ''[[If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules]]'' || [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interview (album)|Interview]]'' || [[Gentle Giant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ramones (album)|Ramones]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Here and There (Elton John album)|Here and There]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rastaman Vibration]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[No Earthly Connection]]'' || [[Rick Wakeman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moonmadness]]'' || [[Camel (band)|Camel]] ||<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/116/mode/2up?q=Camel|page=116|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995 |isbn=9780862415419 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Faithful (Todd Rundgren album)|Faithful]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hideaway (America album)|Hideaway]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||-
|-
| ''Let Your Love Flow'' || [[The Bellamy Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''A Little Bit More'' || [[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pat Travers (album)|Pat Travers]]'' || [[Pat Travers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stingray (album)|Stingray]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wedding Album (Leon and Mary Russell album)|Wedding Album]]'' || [[Leon Russell|Leon and Mary Russell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Young and Rich]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
| ''Watashi no Koe ga Kikoemasuka'' || [[Miyuki Nakajima]] ||-
|-
|}

===May===
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!Day 
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Rocks (Aerosmith album)|Rocks]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Harvest for the World]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[1st Round (album)|1st Round]]'' || [[Pino Presti]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[High Voltage (1976 album)|High Voltage]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || International version
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Rising (Rainbow album)|Rising]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] ||<ref>{{cite book |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |title=Sensitive to Light |edition=second |publisher=Wymer Publishing |year=2020 |page=305 |isbn=978-1-912782-40-6}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Warren Zevon (album)|Warren Zevon]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Turnstiles (album)|Turnstiles]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Changesonebowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbowie.com/news/changesonebowie-random-vinyl-out-now-55921|title=CHANGESONEBOWIE random vinyl out now|work=David Bowie Official Website|access-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523100821/http://www.davidbowie.com/news/changesonebowie-random-vinyl-out-now-55921|archive-date=23 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Agents of Fortune]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album)|Sparkle]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="18" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High and Mighty (album)|High and Mighty]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Heavy Petting]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Arbour Zena]]'' || [[Keith Jarrett]] ||-
|-
| ''Balls of Fire'' || [[Black Oak Arkansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Contradiction (album)|Contradiction]]'' || [[Ohio Players]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fly Like an Eagle (album)|Fly Like an Eagle]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm Nearly Famous]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Kind of Hush (album)|A Kind of Hush]]'' || [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nine on a Ten Scale]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Royal Scam]]'' || [[Steely Dan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sky High!]]'' || [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slow Down World]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T Shirt (album)|{{Not a typo|T Shirt}}]]'' || [[Loudon Wainwright III]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wired (Jeff Beck album)|Wired]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rose of Cimarron (album)|Rose of Cimarron]]'' || [[Poco (band)|Poco]] ||-
|-
|}Cardiff Rose (album) Roger McGuinn

===June===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[All Things in Time]]'' || [[Lou Rawls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Music (album)|Rock 'n' Roll Music]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Beautiful Noise]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Chicago X]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Chameleon (Labelle album)|Chameleon]]'' || [[LaBelle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[A Night on the Town (Rod Stewart album)|A Night on the Town]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unorthodox Behaviour]]'' || [[Brand X]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album)|Tales of Mystery and Imagination]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BPI certifications}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Alice Cooper Goes to Hell]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whistling Down the Wire]]'' || [[Crosby & Nash]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| ''[[Steal Your Face]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Airborne (The Flying Burrito Brothers album)|Airborne]]'' || [[The Flying Burrito Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Another Passenger]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two for the Show (Trooper album)|Two for the Show]]'' || [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Are You Ready for the Country]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Farther Along (Spirit album)|Farther Along]]'' || [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot on the Tracks]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Pocket (James Taylor album)|In the Pocket]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Hard Ride]]'' || [[The Marshall Tucker Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mark Twang]]'' || [[John Hartford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R.E.O. (album)|R.E.O.]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Right Back Where We Started From (album)|Right Back Where We Started From]]'' || [[Maxine Nightingale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake Some Action]]'' || [[Flamin' Groovies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shouting and Pointing]]'' || [[Mott the Hoople|Mott]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Softs (album)|Softs]]'' || [[Soft Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spitfire (Jefferson Starship album)|Spitfire]]'' || [[Jefferson Starship]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Starz (Starz album)|Starz]]'' || [[Starz (band)|Starz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Summertime Dream]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take the Heat off Me]]'' || [[Boney M]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...That's the Way It Is]]'' || [[Harry Nilsson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild Cherry (album)|Wild Cherry]]'' || [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|}

===July===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[15 Big Ones]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Olias of Sunhillow]]'' || [[Jon Anderson]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4820-2902-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein]]'' || [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I've Got You (album)|I've Got You]]'' || [[Gloria Gaynor]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[The Originals (Kiss album)|The Originals]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Anthology (The Jackson 5 album)|Anthology]]'' || [[The Jackson 5]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Best of BTO (So Far)]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Child in Time (album)|Child in Time]]'' || [[Ian Gillan Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dance (Pure Prairie League album)|Dance]]'' || [[Pure Prairie League]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diamond in the Rough (album)|Diamond in the Rough]]'' || [[Jessi Colter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Howlin' Wind]]'' || [[Graham Parker|Graham Parker and the Rumour]] ||-
|-
| ''More Than Ever'' || [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music, Music]]'' || [[Helen Reddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Love Affair with Trains]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sincerely (Dwight Twilley Band album)|Sincerely]]'' || [[Dwight Twilley|Dwight Twilley Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surreal Thing]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trick Bag]]'' || [[The Meters]] ||-
|-
|}

===August===
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|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Good Singin', Good Playin']]'' || [[Grand Funk Railroad]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[All I Can Do (album)|All I Can Do]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band]]'' || [[Bootsy's Rubber Band]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Man in the Hills]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Coming Out (album)|Coming Out]]'' || [[The Manhattan Transfer]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Boston (album)|Boston]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Reason to Cry]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Roaring Silence]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[My Name Is Jermaine]]'' || [[Jermaine Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amigo (Arlo Guthrie album)|Amigo]]'' || [[Arlo Guthrie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bigger Than Both of Us]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hasten Down the Wind]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| ''Honor Among Thieves'' || [[Artful Dodger (US band)|Artful Dodger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jaco Pastorius (album)|Jaco Pastorius]]'' || [[Jaco Pastorius]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Modern Lovers (album)|The Modern Lovers]]'' || [[The Modern Lovers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Thoughts (album)|Second Thoughts]]'' || [[Split Enz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secrets (Herbie Hancock album)|Secrets]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit (John Denver album)|Spirit]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Super Ape]]'' || [[The Upsetters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This One's for You (Barry Manilow album)|This One's for You]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Viva! (Roxy Music album)|Viva!]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking and Dreaming]]'' || [[Orleans (band)|Orleans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What a Lemon]]'' || [[Gasolin']] ||-
|}

===September===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Blackheart Man]]'' || [[Bunny Wailer]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Let's Stick Together]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || [[Rose Royce]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Hard Rain (Bob Dylan album)|Hard Rain]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[One More from the Road]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Ringo's Rotogravure]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[Long May You Run]]'' || The Stills-Young Band || [[Stephen Stills]] and [[Neil Young]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Tales of Kidd Funkadelic]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[All the World's a Stage (album)|All the World's a Stage]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Live
|-
| ''[[El jardín de los presentes]]'' || [[Invisible (band)|Invisible]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Children of the World]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Eyes (Tommy Bolin album)|Private Eyes]]'' || [[Tommy Bolin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jump on It (Montrose album)|Jump on It]]'' || [[Montrose (band)|Montrose]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)|Free-for-All]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit (Earth, Wind & Fire album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''Barefoot Ballet'' || [[John Klemmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dedication (Bay City Rollers album)|Dedication]]'' || [[Bay City Rollers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here's Some Love]]'' || [[Tanya Tucker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joan Armatrading (album)|Joan Armatrading]]'' || [[Joan Armatrading]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keeping in Touch]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Musical Massage]]'' || [[Leon Ware]] ||-
|-
| ''The Power of Music'' || [[The Miracles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Small Change (Tom Waits album)|Small Change]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stupidity (Dr. Feelgood album)|Stupidity]]'' || [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Troubadour (JJ Cale album)|Troubadour]]'' || [[JJ Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Troublemaker (album)|The Troublemaker]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Whole World's Goin' Crazy]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||-
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Chestnut Street Incident]]'' || [[John Cougar Mellencamp|Johnny Cougar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Arrival (ABBA album)|Arrival]]'' || [[ABBA]]||-
|-
| ''[[Four Seasons of Love]]'' || [[Donna Summer]]||-
|-
| ''[[Hoppkorv]]'' || [[Hot Tuna]]||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Triumph (Triumph album)|Triumph]]'' || [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[A New World Record]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Johnny the Fox]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Zoot Allures]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Leftoverture]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[The Song Remains the Same (album)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Live 1973
|-
| ''[[Technical Ecstasy]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Year of the Cat (album)|Year of the Cat]]'' || [[Al Stewart]] ||UK
|-
| ''[[Blue Moves]]'' || [[Elton John]]||-
|-
| ''[[Night Moves (album)|Night Moves]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[All This and World War II]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Land of the Midnight Sun (album)|Land of the Midnight Sun]]'' || [[Al Di Meola]]||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Hardcore Jollies]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brass Construction II]]'' || [[Brass Construction]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Calling Card]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Record (Van der Graaf Generator album)|World Record]]'' || [[Van der Graaf Generator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crystal Ball (Styx album)|Crystal Ball]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock and Roll Heart]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Road to Kingdom Come]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Beat (album)|Big Beat]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''Burton Cummings'' || [[Burton Cummings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deep Cuts (Strawbs album)|Deep Cuts]]'' || [[Strawbs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Stop Believin' (album)|Don't Stop Believin']]'' || [[Olivia Newton-John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flow Motion]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gold (Ohio Players album)|Gold]]'' || [[Ohio Players]] || Compilation + 2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Heat Treatment]]'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'd Rather Believe in You]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Looks Like Snow]]'' || [[Phoebe Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Misty Days]]'' || [[Robin Trower]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love's a Prima Donna]]'' || [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New England (Wishbone Ash album)|New England]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Part 3 (KC and the Sunshine Band album)|Part 3]]'' || [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radio Ethiopia]]'' || [[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some People Can Do What They Like]]'' || [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]] ||-
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Greatest Hits (James Taylor album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[James Taylor]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Water Babies (album)|Water Babies]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] || Recorded 1967–'68
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Efter endnu en dag]]'' || [[Gasolin']] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Imaginary Voyage]]'' || [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |5
| ''[[The Jacksons (album)|The Jacksons]]'' || [[Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High Lonesome (Charlie Daniels album)|High Lonesome]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[The Best of George Harrison]]'' || [[George Harrison]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (album)|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Rock and Roll Over]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Have a Good Time (Al Green album)|Have a Good Time]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Thirty Three & 1/3]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Virgin Killer]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Tejas (album)|Tejas]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Is This Whatcha Wont?]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[Made in Europe]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Best of The Doobies]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Endless Flight]]'' || [[Leo Sayer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Getting It in the Street]]'' || [[David Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gulf Winds]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hymns/Spheres]]'' || [[Keith Jarrett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Is All Around (album)|Love Is All Around]]'' || [[Eric Burdon]] & [[War (U.S. band)|War]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Shift (album)|Night Shift]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Open Sesame (Kool & the Gang album)|Open Sesame]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play 'n' the Game]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
|[[Regeneration (Roy Orbison album)|Regeneration]]
|[[Roy Orbison]]
| -
|-
| ''[[The Pretender (album)|The Pretender]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Roots of My Raising]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] || Live
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Hotel California (Eagles album)|Hotel California]]'' || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[A Day at the Races (album)|A Day at the Races]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wings over America]]'' || [[Wings (band)|Wings]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Wind & Wuthering]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Disco Inferno]]'' || [[The Trammps]] || -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29 
|''[[Luxury Liner (album)|Luxury Liner]]'' ||[[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Oxygène]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] || France
|-
| ''[[Andy Irvine/Paul Brady (album)|Andy Irvine/Paul Brady]]'' || [[Andy Irvine (musician)|Andy Irvine]] & [[Paul Brady]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blondie (album)|Blondie]]'' || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] || Debut
|-
| ''Brass Construction II'' || [[Brass Construction]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dawn (Eloy album)|Dawn]]'' || [[Eloy (band)|Eloy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Firefly (Uriah Heep album)|Firefly]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waylon Live]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] || Live 
|}

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* ''20 Magnificent Songs'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
* ''20th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll'' – [[Bo Diddley]]
* ''[[After Hours (Little River Band album)|After Hours]]'' – [[Little River Band]]
* ''[[After the Dust Settles]]'' – [[Juice Newton and Silver Spur]]
* ''[[The Art of Tea]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
* ''[[At the Sound of the Bell]]'' – [[Pavlov's Dog]]
* ''Automatic Man'' – [[Automatic Man]]
* ''[[Basie Jam 2]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
* ''[[Basie Jam 3]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
* ''[[The Book of Invasions (album)|The Book of Invasions]]'' – [[Horslips]]
* ''Both Sides of Ray Stevens'' – [[Ray Stevens]]
* ''Broken Glass'' – [[Broken Glass (band)|Broken Glass]]
* ''[[Bright Size Life]]'' – [[Pat Metheny]]
* ''[[Chicken Skin Music]]'' – [[Ry Cooder]]
* ''City Boy'' – [[City Boy (band)|City Boy]]
* ''[[Coup de chapeau au passé]]'' – [[Dalida]]
* ''[[Cry Tough (Nils Lofgren album)|Cry Tough]]'' – [[Nils Lofgren]]
* ''[[Daniel Amos]]'' – [[Daniel Amos]]
* ''[[The David Grisman Rounder Record]]'' - [[David Grisman]]
* ''David Soul'' – [[David Soul]]
* ''Disco Train'' – [[Donny Osmond]]
* ''[[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (album)|Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band]]'' – [[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band]]
* ''[[The Early Show (album)|The Early Show]]'' – [[Art Pepper]]
* ''[[Ella and Oscar]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Oscar Peterson]]
* ''[[Everybody Loves the Sunshine]]'' – [[Roy Ayers]]
* ''[[Everyday of My Life (album)|Everyday of My Life]]'' – [[Michael Bolton]]
* ''[[Fitzgerald and Pass... Again]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Joe Pass]]
* ''[[Fly with the Wind]]'' – [[McCoy Tyner]]
* ''Flyin' High'' – [[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
* ''[[Focal Point (album)|Focal Point]]'' – [[McCoy Tyner]]
* ''From My Private Collection – Sergio Con Amore'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
* ''Good High'' – [[Brick (band)|Brick]]
* ''Good Morning'' – [[Daevid Allen]]
* ''Greatest Hits'' – [[War (U.S. band)|War]]
* ''[[Happy to Be...]]'' – [[Demis Roussos]]
* ''[[Helluva Band]]'' – [[Angel (American band)|Angel]] 
* ''[[Hit the Road Jack (album)|Hit the Road Jack]]'' – [[Big Youth]]
* ''Homecooking'' - [[Sérgio Mendes discography|Sérgio Mendes]]
* ''[[Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)]]'' – [[James Brown]]
* ''[[Hot Tracks (album)|Hot Tracks]]'' – [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
* ''[[I Told You So (Count Basie album)|I Told You So]]'' – [[Count Basie]]
* ''In the Falling Dark'' – [[Bruce Cockburn]]
* ''It's a Good Night for Singing'' – [[Jerry Jeff Walker]]
* ''[[Jammy Smears]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
* ''[[Just a Matter of Time (Marlena Shaw album)|Just a Matter of Time]]'' - [[Marlena Shaw]]
* ''Kites'' – [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]]
*''[[Krokus (album)|Krokus]]'' – [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]]
* ''[[L (Steve Hillage album)|L]]'' – [[Steve Hillage]]
* ''[[La Düsseldorf (album)|La Düsseldorf]]'' – [[La Düsseldorf]]
* ''Late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed'' – [[Salawa Abeni]]
* ''[[Legalize It]]'' – [[Peter Tosh]]
* ''Life & Times'' – [[Billy Cobham]]
* ''A Little Bit More'' – [[Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show]]
* ''Lone Star'' – [[Lone Star (band)|Lone Star]]
* ''[[Look My Way (Rosemary Clooney album)|Look My Way]]'' – [[Rosemary Clooney]]
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* ''[[Look Out for#1]]'' – [[The Brothers Johnson]]
* ''Love To The World'' – L.T.D.
* ''[[Mahogany Rush IV]]'' – [[Mahogany Rush]]
* ''Man to Man'' – [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]]
* ''[[The Manhattans (album)|The Manhattans]]'' – [[The Manhattans]]
* ''Marriott'' – [[Steve Marriott]]
* ''[[Max Webster (album)|Max Webster]]'' – [[Max Webster]]
* ''[[Message in the Music]]'' – [[The O'Jays]]
* ''[[Metallic K.O.]]'' – [[The Stooges]] – Live 1973–'74
*''[[Mind Exploding]]'' – [[Lucifer's Friend]]
* ''Misty'' – Ray Stevens
* ''Mondo Deco'' – [[The Quick (US band)|The Quick]]
* ''More, More, More'' – [[Andrea True|Andrea True Connection]]
* ''[[Mother Earth's Plantasia]]'' – [[Mort Garson]]
* ''[[Moxy II]]'' – [[Moxy (band)|Moxy]]
* ''[[Music from the Penguin Cafe]]'' – [[Penguin Cafe Orchestra]]
* ''[[Mysteries (album)|Mysteries]]'' - [[Keith Jarrett]]
* ''Natty Cultural Dread'' – [[Big Youth]]
* ''No Rest for the Wicked'' – [[Truth and Janey]]
* ''[[Nobody Knows What You Do]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
* ''Octoberon'' – [[Barclay James Harvest]]
* ''[[A Parcel of Rogues (album)|A Parcel of Rogues]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
* ''[[Pangaea (album)|Pangaea]]'' – [[Miles Davis]] – Live
* ''Passport'' – [[Nana Mouskouri]]
* ''Ports of the Heart'' – [[Jimmie Spheeris]]
* ''[[Ratcity in Blue]]'' – [[Good Rats]]
* ''[[Right Time]]'' – [[Mighty Diamonds]]
* ''Ripper '76'' – Various Artists
* ''[[Roadhawks]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
* ''[[Robin Trower Live]]'' – [[Robin Trower]] 
* ''R-O-C-K'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
* ''[[Rocket Cottage]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]]
* ''[[Romantic Warrior]]'' – [[Return to Forever]]
* ''[[Satisfied 'n Tickled Too]]'' - [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
* ''[[School Days (album)|School Days]]'' – [[Stanley Clarke]] 
* ''[[Seed of Memory]]'' – [[Terry Reid]]
* ''Sergio Franchi'' – [[Sergio Franchi]] (TeleHouse album)
* ''Sergio Franchi Sings Volare'' – [[Sergio Franchi]] (Chrysler Corp. Promo)
* ''[[Shades (Keith Jarrett album)|Shades]]'' - [[Keith Jarrett]]
* ''[[Ship of Memories]]'' – [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
* ''[[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]'' – [[Captain & Tennille]]
* ''Southern Tracks & Fantasies'' – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]]
* ''[[Sowiesoso]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]]
* ''[[Starland Vocal Band (album)|Starland Vocal Band]]'' – [[Starland Vocal Band]]
* ''Still Shakin''' – [[Flamin' Groovies]]
* ''[[A Street Called Straight]]'' – [[Roy Buchanan]]
* ''Streetheart'' – [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]
* ''[[Teenage Depression (album)|Teenage Depression]]'' – [[Eddie and the Hot Rods]]
* ''This Is Sergio Franchi'' – [[Sergio Franchi]] (compilation)
* ''[[Timeless Flight]]'' – [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel]]
* ''[[Trenchtown Mix Up]]'' – [[The Gladiators (band)|The Gladiators]]
* ''[[Von Herz zu Herz]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
* ''[[The Wild Tchoupitoulas (album)|The Wild Tchoupitoulas]]'' – [[The Meters]], George & Amos Landry, [[The Neville Brothers]]
* ''[[Yesterday and Today (Y&T album)|Yesterday and Today]]'' – [[Y&T]] (debut)
* ''[[Zombie (album)|Zombie]]'' – [[Fela Kuti]]
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