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Color Coding Key:
- Red β Under Appreciated Recording Artists and Performances
- Pink β Barely Appreciated Recording Artists and Performances
- Blue β Somewhat Appreciated Recording Artists and Performances
- Green β Greatly Appreciated Recording Artists and Performances
- Gold β Highly Appreciated Recording Artists and Performances
- Orange β Films, Musicals, Non-Musical Performers and Performances, Etc.
- Purple β Cities, Countries, Venues, Colleges, Etc.; Also, Languages and Ethnicities
- Black β Dates, Musical Genres, and Other Items That Are Highlighted
β A β
- ABBA β The Singles
- Paula Abdul β Forever Your Girl
- Aerosmith β Toys in the Attic
- The Allman Brothers Band β The Allman Brothers
- All-Star Hootenanny (Various Artists)
- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass β The Lonely Bull
- America β Hearts
- The American Breed β Bend Me, Shape Me
- 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti (Various Artists)
- Americaβs Best Loved Hymns (Various Artists)
- The Angels β My Boyfriendβs Back
- Eric Burdon and the Animals β The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals, Volume II
β B β
- The B-52βs β Wild Planet
- Bad Company β Run with the Pack
- Joan Baez β Hits/Greatest & Others
- Baja Marimba Band β Watch Out!
- John Baldry β It Ainβt Easy
- Beach Beat Classics, Volume II (Various Artists)
- The Beach Boys β Best of the Beach Boys
- The Beat (Various Artists)
- The Beatles β The Early Beatles
- The Beatles β Revolver
- The Beatles β Sgt. Pepperβs Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Pat Benatar β In the Heat of the Night
- Brook Benton β The Incomparable Brook Benton
- Chuck Berry and Others β Chuck and His Friends
- Big Brother and the Holding Company β Cheap Thrills
- Blackfoot β Strikes
- Blind Faith β Blind Faith
- Blondie β Parallel Lines
- Blood, Sweat and Tears β Child Is Father to the Man
- Blue Mink β Blue Mink
- Blue Γyster Cult β Agents of Fortune
- The Blues at Newport 1964, Part 1 (Various Artists)
- The Blues at Newport 1964, Part 2 (Various Artists)
- The Best of Bomp, Volume One (Various Artists)
- Pat Boone β Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin
- David Bowie β Fame and Fashion
- Clarence βGatemouthβ Brown β The Original Peacock Recordings
- James Brown and His Famous Flames β Please, Please, Please
- James Brown and His Famous Flames β Live and Lowdown at the Apollo, Vol. 1
- James Brown β Revolution of the Mind
- Jackson Browne β The Pretender
- Brownsville Station β Yeah!
- Tim Buckley β Tim Buckley
- Buffalo Springfield β Buffalo Springfield
- Cindy Bullens β Desire Wire
- The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopperβs Feast (Various Artists)
β C β
- Cabaret β Original Movie Soundtrack
- Hamilton Camp β Hereβs to You
- Glen Campbell β By the Time I Get to Phoenix
- Canned Heat β Live
- Wendy Carlos β Switched-On Bach
- Carpenters β Yesterday Once More
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds β Tender Prey
- Ray Charles / Harry Belafonte β The Greatest Ever!
- Chicago β Chicago II
- The Chieftains β 10 / Cotton-Eyed Joe
- The Chocolate Watchband β The Inner Mystique
- The Choir β Choir Practice
- The Church β Starfish
- Eric Claptonβs Rainbow Concert (Various Artists)
- The Dave Clark Five β The Dave Clark Fiveβs Greatest
- Climax Blues Band β 1969-72
- Eddie Cochran β The Legendary Eddie Cochran
- David Allan Coe β The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
- Judy Collins β Colors of the Day / The Best of Judy Collins
- Commodores β Midnight Magic
- Perry Como β When You Come to the End of the Day
- Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, and Roy Clark β NAPA Presents A Concert: Behind Prison Walls
- Contact: Sounds of Mod (Various Artists)
- Sam Cooke β Cookeβs Tour
- Alice Cooper β Alice Cooperβs Greatest Hits
- The Music of Cosmos (Various Artists)
- Country Joe and the Fish β Together
- The Cramps β Ohio Demoβs 1979
- Cream β Disraeli Gears
- Creedence Clearwater Revival β More Creedence Gold
- The Cretones β Thin Red Line
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young β So Far
- Cuby and the Blizzards β Live
β D β
- The dBβs β The Sound of Music
- Deep Purple β Shades of Deep Purple
- Def Leppard β Pyromania
- Depeche Mode β Violator
- Bo Diddley β Bo Diddleyβs 16 All-Time Greatest Hits
- Bo Diddley β The London Bo Diddley Sessions
- Dion and the Belmonts β 24 Original Classics
- Dire Straits β Dire Straits
- Dr. John the Night Tripper β Gris-Gris
- Donovan β Donovanβs Greatest Hits
- The Doors β The Doors
- The Doors β 13
- The Dukes of Dixieland β Circus Time with the Dukes of Dixieland
- Dutch Pop Giants (Various Artists)
- Bob Dylan β The Freewheelinβ Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan β Electric Lunch Sampler
- Bob Dylan β Slow Train Coming
β E β
- Ear Piercing Punk (Various Artists)
- Sheena Easton β Sheena Easton
- Jonathan Edwards β Jonathan Edwards
- Ekseption β Ekseption
- The Electric Flag β A Long Time Cominβ
- Gloria Estefan β Cuts Both Ways
- Melissa Etheridge β Brave and Crazy
- Everything but the Girl β Idlewild
- Evita (Premiere American Recording)
β F β
- Face to Face β Face to Face
- Faces β A Nod Is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse
- Fairport Convention β Liege and Lief
- Marianne Faithfull β Broken English
- Falco β Falco 3
- Fat Boys β Coming Back Hard Again
- A Festival of Inspiration (Various Artists)
- Fetchin Bones β Bad Pumpkin
- The Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler Conductor β Pops Stoppers
- Fillmore / The Last Days (Various Artists)
- The Firesign Theatre β Donβt Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers
- Kenny Rogers and the First Edition β Greatest Hits
- Fleetwood Mac β Tusk
- The Fleetwoods β The Very Best of the Fleetwoods
- The Fleshtones β More than Skin Deep
- A Flock of Seagulls β A Flock of Seagulls
- FM / The Original Movie Soundtrack (Various Artists)
- Focus β Moving Waves
- Foghat β Fool for the City
- Tennessee Ernie Ford β Olβ Rockinβ Ern
- Tennessee Ernie Ford β Hymns
- Foreigner β 4
- Fotomaker β Fotomaker
- Pete Fountain β The Blues
- The Four Seasons β βDawn (Go Away)β and 11 Other Great Songs
- The Four Tops β Greatest Hits
- Kim Fowley β Kim Fowley is the Ultimate Underground Animal
- Peter Frampton β Frampton Comes Alive!
- Frankenstein and Other Rock Monsters (Various Artists)
- Aretha Franklin β Aretha Arrives
- Free β Heartbreaker
- Freedom (Various Artists)
- Friends (Various Artists)
- David Frye β I Am the President
β G β
- Marvin Gaye β Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye
- The J. Geils Band β The J. Geils Band
- Generation X β Valley of the Dolls
- Terri Gibbs β Somebodyβs Knockinβ
- Girls in the Garage (Various Artists)
- The Godfathers β Birth, School, Work, Death
- Godspell (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Louise Goffin β Kid Blue
- The Go-Goβs β Beauty and the Beat
- The Golden Age of Rock βnβ Roll (Various Artists)
- The Golden Earrings β Just Ear-Rings
- Lesley Gore β Iβll Cry If I Want To
- Grand Funk Railroad β Closer to Home
- The Great Songs of Christmas, Album Two (Various Artists)
- Greatest Hits of the Golden Groups (Various Artists)
- The Guess Who β Wheatfield Soul
- Arlo Guthrie β Aliceβs Restaurant
β H β
- Hair (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- George Harrison β The Best of George Harrison
- Hawkwind β Hawkwind
- Head East β Flat as a Pancake
- Headpins β Line of Fire
- Heart β Bad Animals
- Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers β L.A.M.F.
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Otis Redding β Live at Monterey Pop
- High Anxiety (Movie Soundtrack) / Mel Brooksβ Greatest Hits
- Hitmakers, Volume II (Various Artists)
- Buddy Holly and the Crickets β 20 Golden Hits
- John Lee Hooker β Whiskey and Wimmen
- Mary Hopkin β Post Card
- Johnny Horton β Johnny Hortonβs Greatest Hits
- Hot Chocolate β Cicero Park
- Hot Platters (Various Artists)
- Hot Tuna β First Pull Up, Then Pull Down
- Ian Hunter β Ian Hunter
β I β
- Janis Ian β Janis Ian
- In Harmony (Various Artists)
- The Ink Spots β The Fabulous Ink Spots
- INXS β X
- Peter Ivers β Peter Ivers
β J β
- The Jackson 5 β Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
- Michael Jackson β Thriller
- The James Gang β Live in Concert
- Jan & Dean β Jan & Dean Take Linda Surfinβ
- Japan β Oil on Canvas
- Jean Michel Jarre β Equinoxe
- Jefferson Airplane β The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
- Jesus Christ Superstar / A Rock Opera
- Jethro Tull β Living in the Past
- Robert Johnson β King of the Delta Blues Singers
- The Jonah Jones Quartet β Jumpinβ with Jonah
- Quincy Jones β Gula Matari
- Tom Jones β Tom Jones Live! at the Talk of the Town
- Janis Joplin β Janis Joplinβs Greatest Hits
β K β
- Kansas β Point of Know Return
- Kid βN Play β 2 Hype
- Killing Joke β Killing Joke
- B. B. King β Live in Cook County Jail
- Carole King β Tapestry
- The Kinks β The Kinksβ Greatest Hits
β L β
- Cristy Lane β One Day at a Time
- k.d. lang and the reclines β Angel with a Lariat
- Led Zeppelin β Led Zeppelin IV
- Peggy Lee β Is That All There Is?
- The Left Banke β And Suddenly itβs the Left Banke
- The Lemon Pipers β Green Tambourine
- John Lennon β Shaved Fish
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono β Double Fantasy
- Les MisΓ©rables (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- Letβs Active β Cypress
- Little Feat β Time Loves a Hero
- Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories β Tails
- Love β Forever Changes
- Love Craft β We Love You Whoever You Are
- Loverboy β Get Lucky
- Lyle Lovett β Pontiac
- The Lovinβ Spoonful β Hums of the Lovinβ Spoonful
β M β
- Madonna β Madonna
- Madonna β Like a Prayer
- Maiden Australia (Various Artists)
- The Sun Story, Volume 6: Carl Mann
- Manfred Mannβs Earth Band β The Roaring Silence
- Documentary of the March on Washington / Authorized Recording
- Marine Girls β Lazy Ways
- The Marshall Tucker Band β Long Hard Ride
- Dean Martin β Dean Martinβs Greatest Hits, Volume 1
- Martini Ranch β Holy Cow
- MC5 β Babes in Arms
- Country Joe McDonald β Thinking of Woody Guthrie
- Paul McCartney β McCartney
- Malcolm McLaren β Duck Rock
- Lee Michaels β Lee Michaels
- Bette Midler β The Divine Miss M
- Midnight Oil β Diesel and Dust
- Roger Miller β Golden Hits
- The Steve Miller Band β Children of the Future
- The Mindbenders β A Groovy Kind of Love
- Missing Persons β Rhyme and Reason
- The Mitchell Trio β The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio
- Joni Mitchell β Joni Mitchell
- The Monkees β More of the Monkees
- The Moody Blues β This Is the Moody Blues
- More American Graffiti (Movie Soundtrack)
- The Motels β All Four One
- The Mothers of Invention β Absolutely Free
- MotΓΆrhead β Ace of Spades
- Mott the Hoople β Mott
- Mountain β Climbing!
- MTVβs Rock βn Roll to Go (Various Artists)
- Mungo Jerry β Mungo Jerry
β N β
- Nantucket β Nantucket
- Nederpop IV / 1965-1975 (Various Artists)
- Ricky Nelson β Legendary Masters Series
- Willie Nelson β The Best of Willie
- New Order β Power, Corruption and Lies
- The New Vaudeville Band β Winchester Cathedral
- Olivia Newton-John β Olivia Newton-Johnβs Greatest Hits
- Stevie Nicks β Bella Donna
- Nilsson β The Point!
- Nuggets, Volume Three β Pop (Various Artists)
- Laura Nyro β Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
β O β
- Ocean Drive (Various Artists)
- Mike Oldfield β Tubular Bells
- Yoko Ono β Season of Glass
- Ooh Child (Various Artists)
- Roy Orbison β Roy Orbisonβs Greatest Hits
- Gilbert OβSullivan β Himself
- Outlaws β The Outlaws
- The Outsiders β The Outsiders
β P β
- The Alan Parsons Project β I Robot
- Dolly Parton β Collectorβs Series
- Pebbles, Vol. One (Various Artists)
- Pebbles, Vol. Two (Various Artists)
- Pebbles, Volume Three (Various Artists)
- Pebbles, Volume Four (Various Artists)
- Pebbles, Volume Five (Various Artists)
- Pebbles, Volume Six (Various Artists)
- Carl Perkins β The Best of Carl Perkins
- Pet Shop Boys β Actually
- Peter, Paul and Mary β Peter, Paul and Mary
- The Phantom of the Opera (Original London Cast)
- Edith Piaf β The Best of Edith Piaf
- Wilson Pickett β Mr. Magic Man
- Pink Floyd β The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- The Pirates of Penzance (Broadway Cast)
- Gene Pitney β Gene Pitneyβs Greatest Hits
- The Police β Ghost in the Machine
- Elvis Presley β Elvisβ Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Parts 1 & 2
- Prince and the Revolution β Purple Rain
- John Prine β Prime Prine / The Best of John Prine
β Q β
β R β
- The Radiators β Law of the Fish
- Ramones β Ramones
- Ranking Roger β Radical Departure
- The Rascals/The Young Rascals β Time! Peace! The Rascalsβ Greatest Hits
- Raspberries β Raspberries
- Otis Redding β History of Otis Redding
- Jimmy Reed β Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall
- R.E.M. β Document
- Renaissance β Renaissance
- Paul Revere and the Raiders β Paul Revere and the Raidersβ Greatest Hits
- Barry Reynolds β I Scare Myself
- Minnie Riperton β Perfect Angel
- The Rolling Stones β The Rolling Stones
- The Rolling Stones β Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
- The Rolling Stones β Beggars Banquet
- Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys β Stoney End
- Linda Ronstadt β Hasten Down the Wind
- Linda Ronstadt β Living in the U.S.A.
- Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels β Breakout
β S β
- Buffy Sainte-Marie β The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Sam & Dave β The Best of Sam & Dave
- Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs β Wooly Bully
- Leo Sayer β Just a Boy
- Seals and Crofts β Unborn Child
- The Searchers β This Is Us
- Searching in the Wilderness (Various Artists)
- The 2nd Chapter of Acts β In the Volume of the Book
- Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band β Night Moves
- Sha Na Na β The Golden Age of Rock βnβ Roll
- The Shadows of Knight β Gloria
- Ravi Shankar β Live: Ravi Shankar at the Monterey International Pop Festival
- Sharp Cuts (Various Artists)
- Dee Dee Sharp β Biggest Hits
- Shindig with the Stars (Various Artists)
- Shocking Blue β The Best of Shocking Blue
- Dinah Shore and Lena Horne β Lower Basin Street
- Simon and Garfunkel β Bridge over Troubled Water
- Frank Sinatra β Strangers in the Night
- Nancy Sinatra β Sugar
- The Singing Nun β Soeur Sourire
- Sir Douglas Quintet β The Best of Sir Douglas Quintet
- Smash β Smash
- Patti Smith β Horses
- South Pacific (Original Movie Soundtrack)
- Joe South β Games People Play
- The Specials β The Specials
- Chris Spedding β Ready Spedding Go
- Spirit β The Family that Plays Together
- Dusty Springfield β Dusty Springfieldβs Golden Hits
- Bruce Springsteen β Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
- The Standells β Dirty Water
- The Status Quo β Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
- Steely Dan β Canβt Buy a Thrill
- Steppenwolf β Steppenwolf
- The Steppes β Atomic Cossack
- Cat Stevens β Greatest Hits
- Al Stewart β Year of the Cat
- Stiff Records β Live Stiffs
- The Strangeloves β I Want Candy
- Strawberry Alarm Clock β Incense and Peppermints
- The Strawberry Statement (Movie Soundtrack)
- Sugarloaf β Sugarloaf
- The Super Hits, Vol. 4 (Various Artists)
- Supertramp β Supertramp
- The Sweet β The Sweet
- Swing Out Sister β Itβs Better to Travel
- Gabor Szabo and Bobby Womack β High Contrast
β T β
- T. Rex β Electric Warrior
- Talking Heads β Stop Making Sense
- Tangerine Dream β Das MΓ€dchen auf der Treppe
- James Taylor β James Taylorβs Greatest Hits
- Teen Dreams (Various Artists)
- Television β The Blow-Up
- The Temptations β Cloud Nine
- 10,000 Maniacs β In My Tribe
- Ten Years After β The Classic Performances of Ten Years After
- Them β Them
- Thin Lizzy β Jailbreak
- Think! (Various Artists)
- This is How it All Began, Vol. 1 (Various Artists)
- B. J. Thomas β Country
- Thrashing Doves β Bedrock Vice
- Three Dog Night β Three Dog Night
- βtil tuesday β Voices Carry
- Lily Tomlin β This Is a Recording
- Tomorrow β Tomorrow
- Top 100 Rock βn Roll Hits of All Time (Various Artists)
- Traffic β The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- The Trashmen β The Great Lost Album!
- The Trashwomen β Spend the Night with the Trashwomen
- Traveling Wilburys β Vol. 3
- The Troggs β Pop Diamonds
- Troublemakers (Various Artists)
- Robin Trower β Bridge of Sighs
- The Tubes β T.R.A.S.H. (Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits)
- Ike & Tina Turner β Dynamite
- Tina Turner β Private Dancer
- The Turtles β Greatest Hits
- Twisted Sister β Stay Hungry
- 2001: A Space Odyssey / Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Tyrannosaurus Rex β A Beard of Stars
β U β
- UFO β Lights Out
- Underground Communication (Various Artists)
- Uriah Heep β The Best of Uriah Heep
β V β
- Vanilla Fudge β Vanilla Fudge
- Suzanne Vega β Solitude Standing
- The Velvet Underground β Andy Warholβs Velvet Underground Featuring Nico
- The Ventures β Walk, Donβt Run
- A Very Special Christmas (Various Artists)
- Village People β Cruisinβ
- Gene Vincent β Bird-Dogginβ
- Violent Femmes β Violent Femmes
β W β
- Wally β Wally
- Jeff Wayneβs Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (Various Artists)
- Dionne Warwick β Dionne Warwickβs Golden Hits Pt. 1
- The Washington Squares β The Washington Squares
- Ethel Waters β His Eye is on the Sparrow
- USA for Africa β We Are the World
- We Five β Make Someone Happy
- The Who β The Who Sell Out
- The Who β Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy
- The Who β Whoβs Next
- Kim Wilde β Kim Wilde
- Hank Williams β 14 More of Hank Williamsβ Greatest Hits β Vol. III
- Nancy Wilson β Nancy Naturally
- Paul McCartney and Wings β Band on the Run
- Johnny Winter β Second Winter
- Women of Rock (Various Artists)
β X β
β Y β
- Yachts β Yachts
- The Yardbirds β The Yardbirdsβ Greatest Hits
- Neil Young β After the Gold Rush
- The Youngbloods β The Youngbloods
β Z β
