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5-Star-Albums from the Second Edition (Published in 1983) of "The Rolling Stone Record Guide"

Edited by Dave Marsh and John Swenson

Contributed by Montse Viladot  & Sergio Ferrer-Salat

A Random House/Rolling Stone Press Book

A

• Allman Brothers Band - Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East (1971)

• Albert Ammons - King of Blues and Boogie Woogie

• The Animals - Best of the Animals (1973)

• Atlanta Rhythm Section - A Rock and Roll Alternative (1977)

• Average White Band - AWB (1974)

B

• Lavern Baker - LaVern Baker

• The Band - Music from Big Pink (1968)

• The Band - The Band (1969)

• The Band - Rock of Ages (1972)

• The Beach Boys - All Summer Long/California Girls (1964)

• The Beach Boys - Endless Summer (1974)

• The Beatles - Meet the Beatles (1964)

• The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album (1964)

• The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)

• The Beatles - Beatles '65 (1964)

• The Beatles - The Early Beatles (1965)

• The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

• The Beatles - Revolver (1966)

• The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

• The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

• The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)

• The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

• The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

• The Beatles - The Beatles/1962-1966 (1973)

• The Beatles - The Beatles 1967-1970 (1973)

• The Beatles - Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976)

• Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1970)

• Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967)

• Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (1973)

• Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops

• Big Youth - Everyday Skank

• Black Uhuru - Showcase (1979)

• Black Uhuru - Red (1981)

• Black Uhuru - Vital Selection (1981)

• Bobby "Blue" Bland - Two Steps from the Blues

• Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Best of Bobby Bland (1973)

• Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Best of Bobby Bland, Vol. 2

• Blood, Sweat and Tears - Child Is Father to the Man (1968)

• Gary U.S. Bonds - U.S. Bonds' Greatest Hits (1963/1981)

• The Bonzo Dog Band - The History of the Bonzos (1974)

• The Bothy Band - Best of the Bothy Band (1981)

• Big Bill Broonzy - Young (1968)

• Big Bill Broonzy - Do That Guitar Rag (1972)

• Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - San Antonio Ballbuster (1975)

• Dennis Brown - Visions (1978)

• James Brown - Soul Classics, Vol. 1 (1972)

• James Brown - Live and Lowdown at the Apollo, Vol. 1 (1980)

• Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues

• Roy Brown - Good Rockin' Tonight (1978)

• Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)

• Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (1978)

• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)

• Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (1976)

• Solomon Burke - The Best of Solomon Burke (1965)

• Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (1976)

• Burning Spear - Harder Than the Rest (1979)

• Burning Spear - Social Living (1980)

• Jerry Butler - The Best of Jerry Butler (1970)

• The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)

• The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (1966)

• The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)

• The Byrds - Byrds' Greatest Hits (1967)

• The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)

C

• John Cage - Indeterminacy (1959)

• Gus Cannon - Cannon's Jug Stompers/Gus Cannon as Banjo Joe 1927-1930

• Joe "King" Carrasco - Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns (1981)

• Bo Carter - Greatest Hits 1930-40 (1968)

• Bo Carter - Twist It Babe (1972)

• Bo Carter - Banana in Your Fruit Basket

• The Carter Family - Happiest Days of All (1975)

• The Carter Family - Lonesome Pine Special (1975)

• The Carter Family - More Golden Gems from the Original Carter Family (1975)

• The Carter Family - The Original and Great Carter Family (1975)

• The Carter Family - Legendary Performers (1979)

• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash: The Legend (1970)

• Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968)

• Ray Charles - The Greatest Ray Charles (1961)

• Ray Charles - A Twenty-fifth Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles (1973)

• Ray Charles - Ray Charles Live (1973)

• Sam Chatmon - The Mississippi Sheik (1971)

• Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan (1979)

• Clifton Chenier - Bogalusa Boogie (1976)

• Clifton Chenier - Classic Clifton (1981)

• The Chi-Lites - Give More Power to the People (1971)

• The Clash - The Clash (1979)

• The Clash - London Calling (1980)

• Eddie Cochran - The Legendary Masters Series, Vol. 4: Eddie Cochran (1972)

• Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969)

• Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch (1974)

• Sam Cooke - The Best of Sam Cooke (1962)

• Sam Cooke - The Gospel Soul of Sam Cooke

• Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (1974)

• Johnny Copeland - Copeland Special (1981)

• Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (1978)

• Count Ossie And Mystic Revelation of Rastafari - Grounation (1974)

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle (1976)

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Credence 1969 (1978)

• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence 1970 (1978)

• Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1977)

• Culture - Harder Than the Best (1978)

• Culture - Cumbolo (1978)

D

• Derek and The Dominos - Layla (1970)

• Bo Diddley - Got My Own Bag of Tricks (1971)

• Dion - Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Dion and the Belmonts (1973)

• Dixie Hummingbirds - The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds

• Dr. John - Gris-Gris (1968)

• Dr. John - Gumbo (1972)

• Fats Domino - This Is Fats Domino! (1956)

• Fats Domino - Fats Domino-Legendary Master Series (1972)

• Fats Domino - Cooking with Fats

• Fats Domino - The Fabulous Mr. D.

• Fats Domino - Let's Dance with Domino

• Fats Domino - Let's Play Domino

• Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin'

• Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino

• Rockin' Dopsie and The Twisters - Rockin' Dopsie and the Twisters (1977)

• Dyke and The Blazers - Dyke's Greatest Hits

• Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan (1961)

• Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1962)

• Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

• Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

• Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)

• Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (1968)

• Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes (1975)

• Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971)

E

• Earth, Wind and Fire - Gratitude (1975)

• The Easybeats - The Absolute Anthology 1965-1969 (1980)

• Echo and The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (1980)

• English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)

• Brian Eno - Another Green World (1976)

• The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers' Greatest Hits

F

• John Fahey - Blind Joe Death (1967)

• John Fahey - Best of John Fahey (1959-1977) (1977)

• Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention (1969)

• Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969)

• Firesign Theatre - How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All? (1969)

• Firesign Theatre - Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (1970)

• Firesign Theatre - Everything You Know Is Wrong (1974)

• Firesign Theatre - Forward into the Past (1976)

• The Five Royales - Seventeen Original Greatest Hits

• The Five Royales - Down Home with the Five Royales

• Flatt and Scruggs - Don't Get Above Your Raisin' (1978)

• Flatt and Scruggs - Golden Era (1978)

• The Four Tops - Reach Out (1982)

• Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967)

• Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Gold (1969)

• Aretha Franklin - Aretha's Greatest Hits (1971)

• Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (1972)

• Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)

• Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)

G

• Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1980)

• Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)

• Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)

• Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)

• Marvin Gaye - Anthology (1974)

• Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (1982)

• Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Superstar Series, Vol. 2 - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1980)

• Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Greatest Hits (1981)

• Joe Gibbs and The Professionals - African Dub Almighty

• Mickey Gilley - Mickey Gilley's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1976)

• Golden Gate Quartet - Thirty-five Historic Recordings (1977)

• Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1972)

• Al Green - Call Me (1973)

• Al Green - Greatest Hits (1975)

• Al Green - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1977)

• Al Green - Tokyo...Live (1981)

• The Guess Who - Best of the Guess Who (1971)

• Arlo Guthrie - Amigo (1976)

• Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads (1964)

• Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (1967)

• Woody Guthrie - A Lengedary Performer (1977)

• Woody Guthrie - Woody Guthrie: Library of Congress Recordings

H

• Merle Haggard - Songs I'll Always Sing (1976)

• Merle Haggard - Songs for the Mama Who Tried (1981)

• Tom T. Hall - Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits (1972)

• Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Blues (1977)

• George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)

• Ted Hawkins - Watch Your Step (1982)

• Richard Hell and The Voidoids - Blank Generation (1977)

• Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967)

• Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (1967)

• Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)

• The Hollies - Greatest Hits (1973)

• Buddy Holly - The Complete Buddy Holly (1969)

• John Lee Hooker - Greatest Hits of John Lee Hooker

• Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Sam Hopkins (1962)

• Lightnin' Hopkins - Early Recordings (1963)

• Lightnin' Hopkins - Blues

• Lightnin' Hopkins - Original Folk Blues

• Lightnin' Hopkins - The Rooster Crowed in England

• Son House - Son House (1973)

• Son House - Son House

• Son House - The Legendary 1941/42 Recording

• Ivory Joe Hunter - Seventh Street Boogie (1977)

• Ivory Joe Hunter - Jumping at the Dew Drop (1980)

• Mississippi John Hurt - The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (1965)

• Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions (1975)

• Mississippi John Hurt - Monday Morning Blues (1981)

I

• Ijahman - Are We a Warrior? (1979)

• The Impressions - Impressions Sixteen Greatest Hits (1971)

• The Impressions - Vintage Years-The Impressions featuring Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield (1976)

• I Roy - Presenting (1973)

J

• Mahalia Jackson - Best of Mahalia Jackson

• Mahalia Jackson - 1911-1972 (1972)

• Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)

• Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)

• The Jackson Five - Anthology (1981)

• The Jackson Five - Greatest Hits (1981)

• Little Walter Jacobs - Boss Blues Harmonica

• Little Walter Jacobs - Little Walter

• Little Walter Jacobs - Southern Feeling

• Little Walter Jacobs - Blue Midnight

• Elmore James - One Way Out (1980)

• Elmore James - Got to Move

• Etta James - Peaches (1971)

• Skip James - Skip James Today! (1966)

• Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (1968)

• The Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969)

• The Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus (1975)

• Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (1972)

• Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1981)

• The Jive Five - Here We Are! (1982)

• Elton John - Greatest Hits (1974)

• Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied (1976)

• Linton Kwesi Johnson - Dread, Beat, and Blood (1979)

• Lonnie Johnson - Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson

• Lonnie Johnson - Mr. Johnson's Blues

• Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night

• Lonnie Johnson - The Originator of Modern Guitar Blues (1980)

• Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)

• Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 2 (1970)

• George Jones - The Battle (1976)

• George Jones - Double Gold George Jones

• Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

• Spike Jones - Spike Jones Is Murdering the Classics (1971)

• Louis Jordan - The Best of Louis Jordan (1975)

K

• Chris Kenner - Land of 1,000 Dances (1966)

• B.B. King - Live, B.B. King on Stage

• B.B. King - The Jungle

• B.B. King - From the Beginning

• B.B. King - Underground Blues

• B.B. King - B.B. King Live

• B.B. King - B.B. King Live in Cook County Jail (1971)

• B.B. King - B.B. King Live at the Regal (1971)

• B.B. King - Back in the Alley (1975)

• Carole King - Tapestry (1971)

• The Kinks - Greatest Hits! (1966)

• The Kinks - Something Else (1968)

• The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1969)

• The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (1970)

• Kool And The Gang - Kool and the Gang Spin Their Top Hits (1978)

• Leo Kottke - Greenhouse (1973)

• Leo Kottke - My Feet Are Smiling (1973)

L

• Leadbelly - Leadbelly's Last Sessions, Vol.1 (1953)

• Leadbelly - Leadbelly's Last Sessions, Vol.2 (1953)

• Led Zeppelin - Untitled (1971)

• John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)

• John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (1980)

• Barrington Levy - Englishman (1980)

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis' Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 (1969)

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis' Original Golden Hits, Vol. 2 (1969)

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Best of Jerry Lee Lewis (1970)

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Monsters (1971)

• Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis' Original Golden Hits, Vol. 3 (1971)

• Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes (1972)

• Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)

• Little Feat - Hoy Hoy (1981)

• Little Richard - The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)

• Little Richard - Little Richard's Grooviest Seventeen Original Hits (1959)

• Little Richard - Well Alright! (1959)

• Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren (1975)

• Love - Forever Changes (1968)

• The Lovin' Spoonful - Best of the Lovin' Spoonful (1967)

• Loretta Lynn - Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits (1968)

M

• Bob Marley and The Wailers - African Herbsman (1974)

• Bob Marley and The Wailers - Rasta Revolution (1974)

• Bob Marley and The Wailers - Live (1975)

• Martha and The Vandellas - Anthology (1974)

• Martha and The Vandellas - Super Star Series, Vol. II (1981)

• Marvelettes - Anthology (1975)

• John Mayall - Bluesbreakers-John Mayall with Eric Clapton (1965)

• John Mayall - Bluesbreakers (1965)

• Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run (1973)

• Blind Willie McTell - The Early Years: 1927-1933 (1968)

• Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes - To Be True (1975)

• The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)

• Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus - Rastafari (1975)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Tag Along (1976)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Slim Harpo-Blues Hangover (1976)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Al Ferrier and Warren Storm-Boppin' Tonight (1976)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Lazy Lester-They Call Me Lazy (1976)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Louisiana Swamp Pop (1977)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Nathan Abshire and the Pine Grove Boys (1977)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Zydeco Blues (1978)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Rockin' Fever (1978)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Girl in the Tight Blue Jeans (1980)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Too Hot to Handle (1981)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Tribute to Harry Choates (1981)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Rusty and Doug Kershaw with Wiley Barkdull (1981)

• The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions - Jimmy Newman and Al Terry (1981)

• Roy Milton - Roy Milton and His Solid Senders

• Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)

• Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974)

• Moby Grape - Moby Grape (1967)

• Bill Monroe - Bean Blossom (1973)

• Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)

• Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

• Van Morrison - Into the Music (1979)

• Mott The Hoople - Mott (1973)

• The Move - The Best of the Move (1974)

• Judy Mowatt - Black Woman (1979)

• Hugh Mundell - Africa Must Be Free, by 1983 (1979)

• Charlie Musselwhite - Stand Back (1967)

• Charlie Musselwhite - Takin' My Time (1971)

• Charlie Musselwhite - Goin' Back Down South (1974)

• Cedric Myton - Heart of the Congos (1980)

N

• Ricky Nelson - Legendary Master Series (1971)

• Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (1975)

• Randy Newman - Twelve Songs (1970)

• Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972)

• Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream (1973)

O

• The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)

• Roy Orbison - All-Time Greatest Hits (1972)

P

• Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)

• Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers (1979)

• Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile (1981)

• Graham Parker - Howlin' Wind (1976)

• Graham Parker - Heat Treatment (1976)

• Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)

• Dolly Parton - The Best of Dolly Parton (1970)

• Dolly Parton - The Best of Dolly Parton (1975)

• Charley Patton - The Founder of the Delta Blues

• Pere Ubu - Datapanik in the Year Zero (1979)

• Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (1969)

• The Persuasions - Chirpin' (1977)

• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)

• Wilson Pickett - The Best of Wilson Pickett (1967)

• Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits (1973)

• Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

• Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)

• Planxty - The Well below the Valley (1979)

• Elvis Presley/Early Years - Elvis Presley (1956)

• Elvis Presley/Early Years - Elvis (1956)

• Elvis Presley/Early Years - For LP Fans Only (1959)

• Elvis Presley/Early Years - A Date with Elvis (1959)

• Elvis Presley/Early Years - The Sun Sessions (1976)

• Elvis Presley/Gospel and Inspirational Albums - His Hand in Mine (1961)

• Elvis Presley/Gospel and Inspirational Albums - How Great Thou Art (1967)

• Elvis Presley/Gospel and Inspirational Albums - He Touched Me (1972)

• Elvis Presley/The Great Comeback - Elvis (1968)

• Elvis Presley/The Great Comeback - From Elvis in Memphis (1969)

• Elvis Presley/Live Albums - That's the Way It Is (1970)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 1 (1958)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2 (1960)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 (1963)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 4 (1968)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - World Wide Fifty Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1 (1970)

• Elvis Presley/Compilations - C'mon Everybody (1971)

• The Pretenders - The Pretenders (1979)

• Lloyd Price - Original Hits

• Prince - 1999 (1982)

• Prince Buster - Fab Greatest Hits (1967)

• Prince Far-I - Message from the King (1978)

• Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (1967)

• Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969)

• Richard Pryor - Bicentennial Nigger (1976)

• Richard Pryor - Wanted (1978)

• Public Image Limited - Metal Box (1979)

R

• The Rascals - The Rascals' Greatest Hits (1968)

• The Raybeats - Guitar Beat (1981)

• Otis Redding - Otis Redding Live in Europe (1966)

• Otis Redding - Otis Blue (1966)

• Otis Redding - History of Otis Redding (1967)

• Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)

• Otis Redding - The Best of Otis Redding (1972)

• Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul

• Otis Redding - The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

• Otis Redding - Otis Redding Sings Soul

• Otis Redding - The Soul Album

• Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1962)

• Tony Rice - Mar West (1980)

• Charlie Rich - The Fabulous Charlie Rich (1969)

• The Righteous Brothers - The Righteous Brothers' Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1967)

• Fenton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me a Dime (1976)

• Fenton Robinson - I Hear Some Blues Downstairs (1977)

• Smokey Robinson - Warm Thoughts (1980)

• Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1968)

• Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Anthology (1974)

• Jimmie Rodgers - Country Music Hall of Fame: Jimmi Rodgers (1962)

• Jimmie Rodgers - Best of the Legendary Jimmie Rodgers (1965)

• Rolling Stones/The Early Years - The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)

• Rolling Stones/The Early Years - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)

• Rolling Stones/The Early Years - Around and Around

• Rolling Stones/The Middle Years - Aftermath (1966)

• Rolling Stones/The Middle Years - Beggar's Banquet (1968)

• Rolling Stones/The Middle Years - More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies) (1972)

• Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (1974)

• Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

• Rufus - Rufusized (1974)

• Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything (1972)

• Otis Rush - Right Place, Wrong Time (1976)

• Otis Rush - Groaning the Blues (1980)

• Tom Rush - The Circle Game (1968)

• Jimmy Rushing - Every Day I Have the Blues (1973)

• Jimmy Rushing - The Essential Jimmy Rushing (1978)

• Jimmy Rushing - Mister Five by Five (1980)

S

• Doug Sahm - Together after Five (1970)

• Sam and Dave - The Best of Sam and Dave (1969)

• Sam and Dave - Double Dynamite (1980)

• Sam and Dave - Soul Men (1980)

• Sam and Dave - Hold On I'm Comin' (1980)

• Bob Seger - Night Moves (1977)

• Bob Seger - The Distance (1983)

• The Shakin' Pyramids - Skin 'Em Up (1981)

• The Sheppards - The Sheppards (1980)

• The Shirelles - The Shirelles Sing Their Very Best

• Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)

• Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)

• Paul Simon - Still Crazy after All These Years (1975)

• Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends (1968)

• Simon and Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)

• Frank Sinatra - The Frank Sinatra Story in Music (1958)

• Frank Sinatra - Songs for Young Lovers (1954)

• Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (1955)

• Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956)

• Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair (1957)

• Frank Sinatra - Where Are You (1957)

• Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with Me (1958)

• Frank Sinatra - Only the Lonely (1958)

• Sly and The Family Stone - Stand! (1969)

• Sly and The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1970)

• Sly and The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)

• Bessie Smith - Any Woman's Blues (1970)

• Bessie Smith - The World's Greatest Blues Singer (1971)

• Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues (1971)

• Bessie Smith - The Empress (1971)

• Bessie Smith - Nobody's Blues but Mine (1972)

• Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns - Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns (1979)

• Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

• Snakefinger - Chewing Hides the Sound (1979)

• Soft Machine - Third (1970)

• The Soul Stirrers - The Soul Stirrers Featuring Sam Cooke

• Phil Spector - Phil Spector's Christmas LP

• Phil Spector - Phil Spector's Greatest Hits

• Spinners - Spinners (1973)

• Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975)

• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)

• Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)

• Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982)

• The Stanley Brothers - The Best of the Stanley Brothers (1975)

• The Stanley Brothers - Twenty Bluegrass Originals (1978)

• The Stanley Brothers - Sixteen Greatest Gospel Hits (1978)

• The Stanley Brothers - The Columbia Sessions, 1949-1950 (1980)

• Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973)

• Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)

• Alan Stivell - Live at the Olympia (1972)

• Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)

• Barbra Streisand - Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1978)

• Barbra Streisand - Guilty (1980)

• Donna Summer - The Wanderer (1980)

• The Supreme Angels - Supreme (1972)

• The Supremes - Anthology: Diana Ross and the Supremes (1974)

• Billy Swan - Billy Swan (1976)

T

• Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (1981)

• James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970)

• Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic (1981)

• Temptations - Anthology with Diana Ross and the Supremes (1968)

• Temptations - Anthology (1977)

• Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey (1979)

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Best of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1979)

• Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights (1982)

• Toots and The Maytals - Funky Kingston (1965)

• Toots and The Maytals - Best of Toots (1979)

• Peter Townshend - Rough Mix (1977)

• Peter Townshend - Empty Glass (1980)

• Traffic - Traffic (1968)

• Merle Travis - The Best of Merle Travis (1967)

• Ike Turner - I'm Tore Up (1978)

• Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep-Mountain High (1969)

• Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1981)

• Big Joe Turner - The Best of Big Joe

• Big Joe Turner - Early Big Joe

U

• U Roy - Version Galore

• U 2 - Boy (1980)

V

• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)

• The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)

• The Velvet Underground - 1969 Velvet Underground Live (1974)

• Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Cherry Red Blues

W

• Bunny Wailer - Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers (1980)

• Junior Walker and the All Stars - Anthology (1974)

• T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Walker (1975)

• The Ward Singers - The Best of the Famous Ward Singers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1978)

• Dionne Warwick - Dionne Warwick: More Greatest Hits

• Muddy Waters - Sail On (1969)

• Muddy Waters - McKinley Morganfield (1971)

• Muddy Waters - Back in the Early Days (1971)

• Muddy Waters - Chess Masters (1982)

• Muddy Waters - Chess Masters, Vol. 2 (1982)

• The Weavers - The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (1961)

• Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (1965)

• The Who - The Who Sing My Generation (1966)

• The Who - Tommy (1969)

• The Who - Who's Next (1971)

• The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy (1971)

• The Who - The Kids Are Alright (1979)

• Hank Williams Sr. - Twenty-four of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1974)

• Hank Williams Sr. - Twenty-four Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1977)

• Hank Williams Sr. - The Immortal Hank Williams

• Robert Pete Williams - Louisiana Blues (1980)

• Robert Pete Williams - Angola Prisoner's Blues

• Robert Pete Williams - Those Prison Blues

• Robert Pete Williams - Free Again

• Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) - This Is My Story (1972)

• Chuck Willis - I Remember Chuck Willis (1963, 1980)

• Chuck Willis - Chuck Willis-My Story (1980)

• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Anthology (1973)

• Jackie Wilson - The Jackie Wilson Story (1983)

• Steve Winwood - Arc of a Diver (1980)

• Howlin' Wolf - Evil

• Howlin' Wolf - Big City Blues (1966)

• Howlin' Wolf - The Real Folk Blues (1966)

• Howlin' Wolf - More Real Folk Blues (1967)

• Howlin' Wolf - Going Back Home

• Howlin' Wolf - Heart Like Railroad Steel: Rare and Unreleased Recordings, Vol. 1

• Howlin' Wolf - Can't Put Me Out: Rare and Unreleased Recordings, Vol. 2

• Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits (1968)

• Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)

• Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1972)

• Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)

• Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)

• Stevie Wonder - Looking Back (1977)

• Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980)

• Stevie Wonder - Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982)

• Tammy Wynette - Tammy's Greatest Hits (1969)

Y

• Jimmy Yancey - Chicago Piano (1972)

• Jimmy Yancey - Jimmy Yancey

• Jimmy Yancey - The Immortal Jimmy Yancey

• The Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Great Hits (1967)

• The Yardbirds - Yardbirds Favorites (1977)

• Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (1975)

• Neil Young - Decade (1978)

Z

• Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money (1968)

• Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat (1969)

• Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is (1981)

• Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)

• Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire (1980)

Anthologies, Soundtracks and Original Casts

• Ain't That Good News

• American Graffiti (Soundtrack) (1973)

• Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1: Ballads

• Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 2: Social Music

• Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 3: Songs/Folk

Anthology of The Blues (Series)

• Beach Beat Classics, Vol. 2 (1980)

• Best of the Chicago Blues

• Birmingham Quartet Anthology/Chanka Lanka (1980)

• Bless My Bones: Memphis Gospel Radio, The Fifties/P-Vine (1982)

The Bristol Recorder

• Recorder Three

• Chicago Blues Anthology

• Country Cooking: Fourteen Bluegrass Instrumentals (1971)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 1 (1979)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 2 (1979)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 3 (1979)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 4 (1979)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 5 (1979)

• Creation Rockers, Vol. 6 (1979)

• East Side Revue (1969)

• Echoes of a Rock Era: The Early Years

• Echoes of a Rock Era: The Middle Years

• Eighteen King Size Country Hits

• E.T.: Narrated by Michael Jackson; Produced by Quincy Jones; Music by John Williams (1982)

• Alan Freed's Memory Lane (1962)

• From Spirituals to Swing

• The Gospel Sound, Vol.1

• The Gospel Sound, Vol. 2

• Great Bluesmen

• Great Golden Gospel Hits, Vol. 1

• Great Golden Gospel Hits, Vol. 2

• Great Golden Gospel Hits, Vol. 3

• The Harder They Come (Soundtrack) (1975)

• Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival (1970)

• King-Federal Rockabillys (1978)

• Live in the European Theatre (1981)

• Living Chicago Blues Vols. 1-3 (1978)

• The Mississippi Blues, Vols. 1-3

• Motown Story

Music in The World of Islam

• Volume 1: The Human Voice (1976)

• Volume 6: Drums and Rhythms (1976)

• The Music of Africa (1971)

• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Newport Folk Music Festival 1959-1960

• NME Dancin' Master (1981)

The Nonesuch Explorer Series

• Music of Bulgaria (1965)

• The Real Bahamas in Music and Song (1966)

• A Bell Ringing in the Empty Sky (Japanese Shakuhachi Music) (1967)

• In Praise of Oxala and Other Gods (Black Music of South America) (1970)

• P'ansori (Korea's Epic Vocal Art and Instrumental Music) (1972)

• Afghanistan (Music from the Crossroads of Asia) (1973)

• Qawwali (Sufi Music from Pakistan) (1978)

• The Nonesuch Explorer (Treasures of the Explorer Series) (1971)

• Nuggets

• Okeh Rhythm and Blues (1982)

• Okeh Western Swing (1982)

• Please Warm My Weiner

• Powerhouse for God: Sacred Speech Chant and Song in an Appalachian Baptist Church (1982)

• Rebel Music (1980)

• The Red Bird Story, Vol. 1: The Hit Factory

• Rhythm of Resistance (Soundtrack) (1978)

• Risky Blues

• Rockers (1979)

• The Roots of Rock and Roll

• Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack) (1977)

• Shagger's Delight (1981)

• The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music (1981)

• Phil Spector Wall of Sound (1981)

• Story of the Blues

• Thirty Years of Bluegrass (1977)

• The Trojan Story (1980)

• Wiser Dread (1981)

• Indian/Tibetan

• Classical Music of India (1966)

• Tibetan Buddhism (Tantras of Gyuto/Mahakala) (1973)

• Tibetan Buddhism (Tantras of Gyuto/Sangwa Dupa) (1975)

• Tibetan Buddhism (The Ritual Orchestra and Chants) (1976)

• African

• Animals of Africa (Sounds of the Jungle, Plain and Bush) (1973)

• Music from the Heart of Africa/Burundi (1974)

• Africa: Witchcraft and Ritual Music (1975)

• Indonesian

• Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. 2 (1977)

• Javanese Court Gamelan, Vol. 3 (1979)