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Rolling Stone Album Guide - 5 Star Record List 1983

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 Revised, Updated And More Complete Than Ever, This Indispensable Book Reviews And Rates Over 12,000 Rock, Pop, Soul, Country, Blues, Folk And Gospel Albums.


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)