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Album Releases

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
1 January 1974	Court and Spark JONI MITCHELL Asylum Records SYLA 8756	JONI MITCHELL = vocals, including background; acoustic guitar; piano; clavinet on "Down to You" JOHN GUERIN = drums and percussion WILTON FELDER = bass on "People's Parties" and "Free Man in Paris" MAX BENNETT = bass (on all tracks except "Free Man in Paris," "People's Parties," and "Trouble Child") JIM HUGHART = bass on "Trouble Child" MILT HOLLAND = chimes on "Court and Spark" TOM SCOTT = woodwinds and reeds CHUCK FINDLEY = trumpet on "Twisted" and "Trouble Child" JOE SAMPLE = electric piano, clavinet on "Raised on Robbery" DAVID CROSBY = background vocals on "Free Man in Paris" and "Down to You" GRAHAM NASH = background vocals on "Free Man in Paris" SUSAN WEBB = background vocals on "Down to You" LARRY CARLTON = electric guitar WAYNE PERKINS = electric guitar on "Car on a Hill" DENNIS BUDIMIR = electric guitar on "Trouble Child" ROBBIE ROBERTSON = electric guitar on "Raised on Robbery" JOSÉ FELICIANO = electric guitar on "Free Man in Paris" CHEECH MARIN = background voice on "Twisted" TOMMY CHONG = background voice on "Twisted" JONI MITCHELL and HENRY LEWY = producers HENRY LEWY and ELLIS SORKIN = engineers	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6	"Court And Spark" "Help Me" "Free Man In Paris" "People's Parties" "The Same Situation" "Car On A Hill" "Down To You" "Just Like This Train" "Raised On Robbery" "Trouble Child" "Twisted"	2:46 3:22 3:02 2:14 2:56 2:59 5:38 4:23 3:06 3:59 2:24
2 January 1974	ELVIS: A Legendary Performer Vol 1 ELVIS PRESLEY RCA Records CPL1-0341		A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7	"That's All Right" "I Love You Because" "Heartbreak Hotel" "Elvis" "Don't Be Cruel" "Love Me" "Tryin' to Get to You" "Love Me Tender" "Peace in the Valley" "Elvis' Farewell to His Fans" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Tonight's All Right for Love" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" "Can't Help Falling in Love"	1:33 3:27 2:08 0:34 2:03 2:32 2:33 2:42 3:20 2:14 2:30 1:20 3:31 3:00
2 January 1974	Wild Tales GRAHAM NASH
3 January 1974	The Phosphorescent Rat HOT TUNA
4 January 1974	Manhole GRACE SLICK
10 January 1974	Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners - Live ROD STEWART / FACES
11 January 1974	Lookin' for a Love Again BOBBY WOMACK
17 January 1974	Planet Waves BOB DYLAN
January 1974	Blue Magic by BLUE MAGIC
January 1974	Different Drum by LINDA RONSTADT
January 1974	Energized by FOGHAT
January 1974	Grievous Angel by GRAM PARSONS
January 1974	Hotcakes by CARLY SIMON
January 1974	Here Come the Warm Jets by BRIAN ENO
January 1974	Musik von Harmonia by HARMONIA
January 1974	Rhapsody in White by THE LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA
January 1974	Silverbird by LEO SAYER
January 1974	Sundown by GORDON LIGHTFOOT
January 1974	The Way We Were by BARBRA STREISAND

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
1 February 1974	What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits by THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
1 February 1974	Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow by T.REX
8 February 1974	The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage by PETER HAMMILL
14 February 1974	Valentine by ROY HARPER
15 February 1974	Burn by DEEP PURPLE
15 February 1974	Old New Borrowed and Blue SLADE
18 February 1974	Kiss by KISS
20 February 1974	Phaedra by TANGERINE DREAM
20 February 1974	Pretzel Logic by STEELY DAN
25 February 1974	Let Me in Your Life by ARETHA FRANKLIN
26 February 1974	Lady of the Night by DONNA SUMMER
27 February 1974	Jolene by DOLLY PARTON
February 1974	Badfinger by BADFINGER
February 1974	Call of the Wild by TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES
February 1974	If We Make It Through December by MERLE HAGGARD
February 1974	It's Too Late to Stop Now by VAN MORRISON
February 1974	Living and Dying in 3/4 Time by JIMMY BUFFETT
February 1974	Love Song by ANNE MURRAY
February 1974	A New Life by MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
February 1974	Pure Music by CHASE
February 1974	Radio City by BIG STAR
February 1974	Rock 'n' Roll Animal by LOU REED
February 1974	Saints & Sinners by JOHNNY WINTER
February 1974	Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead by GRATEFUL DEAD
February 1974	Slaughter on 10th Avenue by MICK RONSON
February 1974	That's a Plenty by POINTER SISTERS
February 1974	Thunderbox by HUMBLE PIE
February 1974	Todd by TODD RUNDGREN
February 1974	Twin Peaks (Live) by MOUNTAIN
February 1974	Unborn Child by SEALS AND CROFTS

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
5 May 1974	The Kids & Me by BILLY PRESTON
8 May 1974	Preservation Act 2 by THE KINKS
9 May 1974	Journey to the Centre of the Earth by RICK WAKEMAN
10 May 1974	Too Much Too Soon by NEW YORK DOLLS
15 May 1974	Monkey Grip by BILL WYMAN
20 May 1974	Sense of Direction by CLIMAX BLUES BAND
24 May 1974	Tales of the Great Rum Runners by ROBERT HUNTER
31 May 1974	Diamond Dogs by DAVID BOWIE
May 1974	Back to Oakland by TOWER OF POWER
May 1974	Body Heat by QUINCY JONES
May 1974	Boogity Boogity by RAY STEVENS
May 1974	The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories by KEVIN AYERS
May 1974	Dark Lady by CHER
May 1974	Hot Sox by SHA NA NA
May 1974	If You Love Me, Let Me Know by OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
May 1974	In for the Kill by BUDGIE
May 1974	Kimono My House by SPARKS
May 1974	Live at Caesars Palace by DIANA ROSS
May 1974	Lotus by SANTANA
May 1974	More Than Before by THE PERSUASIONS
May 1974	The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach (Live) by ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
May 1974	Paradise and Lunch by RY COODER
May 1974	Phenomenon by UFO
May 1974	Quo by STATUS QUO
May 1974	Rags to Rufus by RUFUS
May 1974	Rampant by NAZARETH
May 1974	Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics by MAN
May 1974	School Punks by BROWNSVILLE STATION
May 1974	Sense of Direction by CLIMAX BLUES BAND
May 1974	Sheet Music by 10CC
May 1974	Shock Treatment by EDGAR WINTER
May 1974	Slapp Happy by SLAPP HAPPY
May 1974	Spooky Lady's Sideshow by KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
May 1974	Super Taylor by JOHNNIE TAYLOR
May 1974	Sweet Exorcist by CURTIS MAYFIELD
May 1974	Tough Guys by ISAAC HAYES
May 1974	Turn of the Cards by RENAISSANCE
May 1974	Unrest by HENRY COW
May 1974	Winter in America by GIL SCOTT-HERON

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
1 June 1974	Walking Man by JAMES TAYLOR
2 June 1974	The Psychomodo by COCKNEY REBEL
14 June 1974	Everyone Is Everybody Else by BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST
15 June 1974	Back Home Again by JOHN DENVER
15 June 1974	Mr. Natural by BEE GEES
19 June 1974	Marvin Gaye Live! by MARVIN GAYE
20 June 1974	Before the Flood (Live) by BOB DYLAN & THE BAND
24 June 1974	Endless Summer by THE BEACH BOYS
26 June 1974	Bad Company by BAD COMPANY
27 June 1974	From the Mars Hotel by GRATEFUL DEAD
28 June 1974	Caribou ELTON JOHN
28 June 1974	Hell by JAMES BROWN
28 June 1974	June 1, 1974 by KEVIN AYERS, JOHN CALE, BRIAN ENO AND NICO
June 1974	And Other Bits of Material by PAPER LACE
June 1974	Axe Victim by BE-BOP DELUXE
June 1974	Compliments by JERRY GARCIA
June 1974	Holiday by AMERICA
June 1974	I Wanna Be Selfish by ASHFORD & SIMPSON
June 1974	Land's End by JIMMY WEBB
June 1974	Only Want You For Your Body by BUFFALO
June 1974	Perfect Angel by MINNIE RIPERTON
June 1974	Remember Me This Way (Live) by GARY GLITTER
June 1974	Stars & Stripes Forever (Live) by NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND
June 1974	Stop All That Jazz by LEON RUSSELL
June 1974	Street Party by BLACK OAK ARKANSAS
June 1974	Struggling Man by JIMMY CLIFF
June 1974	Toby by THE CHI-LITES
June 1974	Wonderworld by URIAH HEEP

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
3 July 1974	Up for the Down Stroke by PARLIAMENT
5 July 1974	Another Time, Another Place by BRYAN FERRY
7 July 1974	Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis by ELVIS PRESLEY
16 July 1974	On the Beach by NEIL YOUNG
21 July 1974	Irish Tour '74 by RORY GALLAGHER
22 July 1974	Fulfillingness' First Finale by STEVIE WONDER
22 July 1974	Machine Gun by COMMODORES
26 July 1974	Rock Bottom by ROBERT WYATT
July 1974	461 Ocean Boulevard by ERIC CLAPTON
July 1974	Avalanche by MOUNTAIN
July 1974	Close Up the Honky Tonks by FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS
July 1974	Greatest Hits by JOHNNY PAYCHECK
July 1974	Learn to Love It by JESSE WINCHESTER
July 1974	Lydia by COLD BLOOD
July 1974	Miami by JAMES GANG
July 1974	Mirror Image by BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
July 1974	Phoebe Snow by PHOEBE SNOW
July 1974	Rejuvenation by THE METERS
July 1974	Remember You're A Womble by THE WOMBLES
July 1974	Small Talk by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
July 1974	Some Nice Things I've Missed by FRANK SINATRA
July 1974	Truck Turner by ISAAC HAYES

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
6 August 1974	Can't Get Enough by BARRY WHITE
11 August 1974	New Skin for the Old Ceremony by LEONARD COHEN
19 August 1974	Pussy Cats by HARRY NILSSON
19 August 1974	So Far by CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG
19 August 1974	Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
20 August 1974	Live It Up by THE ISLEY BROTHERS
28 August 1974	Hergest Ridge by MIKE OLDFIELD
31 August 1974	I'm Leaving It All Up to You by DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND
August 1974	AWB by AVERAGE WHITE BAND
August 1974	Country by ANNE MURRAY
August 1974	Do It Baby by THE MIRACLES
August 1974	Feats Don't Fail Me Now by LITTLE FEAT
August 1974	Greatest Hits by ALICE COOPER
August 1974	I Can Stand a Little Rain by JOE COCKER
August 1974	Light of Love by T.REX
August 1974	Live at the Opera House by POINTER SISTERS
August 1974	Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album by MERLE HAGGARD
August 1974	Not Fragile by BACHMAN–TURNER OVERDRIVE
August 1974	Paper Lace by PAPER LACE
August 1974	Sally Can't Dance by LOU REED
August 1974	Slow Flux by STEPPENWOLF
August 1974	Tina Turns the Country On! by TINA TURNER
August 1974	We Had It All by SCOTT WALKER

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
1 October 1974	Fear by JOHN CALE
4 October 1974	Odds & Sods by THE WHO
4 October 1974	Walls and Bridges by JOHN LENNON
6 October 1974	Red by KING CRIMSON
6 October 1974	Slipstream by SHERBET
8 October 1974	This Is The Moody Blues by THE MOODY BLUES
11 October 1974	Paper Money by MONTROSE
11 October 1974	Streetlife Serenade by BILLY JOEL
14 October 1974	War Child by JETHRO TULL
16 October 1974	It's Only Rock 'n Roll by THE ROLLING STONES
19 October 1974	War Babies by HALL & OATES
22 October 1974	Hotter Than Hell by KISS
25 October 1974	Natty Dread by BOB MARLEY
28 October 1974	Living in the 70's by SKYHOOKS
29 October 1974	David Live by DAVID BOWIE
October 1974	Al Green Explores Your Mind by AL GREEN
October 1974	Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes by REDBONE
October 1974	Borboletta by SANTANA
October 1974	ButterFly by BARBRA STREISAND
October 1974	Climax by OHIO PLAYERS
October 1974	From the Album of the Same Name by PILOT
October 1974	The Heart of Saturday Night by TOM WAITS
October 1974	Homeless Brother by DON MCLEAN
October 1974	The Impossible Dream by THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND
October 1974	Inspiration Information by SHUGGIE OTIS
October 1974	It'll Shine When It Shines by OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS
October 1974	Just a Boy by LEO SAYER
October 1974	Lost in a Dream by REO SPEEDWAGON
October 1974	The Mirror by SPOOKY TOOTH
October 1974	Mother Lode by LOGGINS AND MESSINA
October 1974	Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces by IF
October 1974	Quatro by SUZI QUATRO
October 1974	Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb by GLEN CAMPBELL
October 1974	Rock and Roll Outlaws by FOGHAT
October 1974	Rollin' by BAY CITY ROLLERS
October 1974	Silk Torpedo by THE PRETTY THINGS
October 1974	Slow Motion by MAN
October 1974	Smiler by ROD STEWART
October 1974	Souvenirs by DAN FOGELBERG
October 1974	Todd Rundgren's Utopia by UTOPIA
October 1974	Veedon Fleece by VAN MORRISON
October 1974	Waitress in a Donut Shop by MARIA MULDAUR
October 1974	Woman to Woman by TAMMY WYNETTE

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
1 November 1974	Autobahn by KRAFTWERK
1 November 1974	Cantamos by POCO
1 November 1974	Fly to the Rainbow by SCORPIONS
4 November 1974	Elton John's Greatest Hits by ELTON JOHN
8 November 1974	Man of Miracles by STYX
8 November 1974	Nightlife by THIN LIZZY
8 November 1974	Saturnight by CAT STEVENS
8 November 1974	Sheer Heart Attack by QUEEN
15 November 1974	Country Life by ROXY MUSIC
15 November 1974	Goodnight Vienna by RINGO STARR
18 November 1974	The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by ROGER GLOVER
18 November 1974	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by GENESIS
22 November 1974	Get Up with It by MILES DAVIS
25 November 1974	John Dawson Winter III by JOHNNY WINTER
29 November 1974	Fire on the Mountain by CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
29 November 1974	Slade in Flame by SLADE
November 1974	7-Tease by DONOVAN
November 1974	Bluejeans & Moonbeams by CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
November 1974	Brujo by NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
November 1974	Country Heart 'N Soul by FREDDIE HART
November 1974	Desolation Boulevard by SWEET
November 1974	Fire by OHIO PLAYERS
November 1974	Got to Find a Way by CURTIS MAYFIELD
November 1974	Heart Like a Wheel by LINDA RONSTADT
November 1974	Highly Prized Possession by ANNE MURRAY
November 1974	Kung-Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs by CARL DOUGLAS
November 1974	Live by MOTT THE HOOPLE
November 1974	Miles of Aisles by JONI MITCHELL
November 1974	Myopia by TOM FOGERTY
November 1974	Out of the Storm by JACK BRUCE
November 1974	Propaganda by SPARKS
November 1974	Sedaka's Back by NEIL SEDAKA
November 1974	Soon Over Babaluma by CAN
November 1974	Stormbringer by DEEP PURPLE
November 1974	Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by BRIAN ENO
November 1974	There's the Rub by WISHBONE ASH
November 1974	Where We All Belong by MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
November 1974	Wish You Were Here by BADFINGER

Release Date	Album Details	Personnel / Back Cover	Track Details
5 December 1974	Relayer by YES
14 December 1974	So What by JOE WALSH
20 December 1974	Dark Horse by GEORGE HARRISON	GEORGE HARRISON = vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, organ, bass, percussion, gubgubbi, drums, backing vocals TOM SCOTT = saxophones, flute, horn arrangements, organ BILLY PRESTON = electric piano, organ, piano WILLIE WEEKS = bass ANDY NEWMARK = drums, percussion JIM KELTNER = drums ROBBEN FORD = electric guitar, acoustic guitar JIM HORN = flute CHUCK FINDLEY = flute EMIL RICHARDS = percussion RINGO STARR = drums KLAUS VOORMANN = bass GARY WRIGHT = piano NICKY HOPKINS = piano ROGER KELLAWAY = piano, organ MAX BENNETT = bass JOHN GUERIN = drums RON WOOD = electric guitar ALVIN LEE = electric guitar MICK JONES = acoustic guitar LON & DERREK VAN EATON = backing vocals
December 1974	A1A by JIMMY BUFFETT
December 1974	All the Girls in the World Beware!!! by GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
December 1974	The Best of Top of the Pops '74 by TOP OF THE POPPERS
December 1974	Breakaway by KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE
December 1974	Encore: Live in Concert by ARGENT
December 1974	House of Exile by JIMMY CLIFF
December 1974	Keep On Wombling by THE WOMBLES
December 1974	The Magic of the Blue by BLUE MAGIC
December 1974	New and Improved by THE SPINNERS
December 1974	Red Queen to Gryphon Three by GRYPHON
December 1974	Rufusized by RUFUS
December 1974	Sun Secrets by THE ERIC BURDON BAND

Release Date	Country of Release	Title / Artist	Composer(s)	Label / Cat#
1974	UK	A Side ""
1974	UK	A Side ""
1974	UK	A Side ""

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• Alvorecer by CLARA NUNES
• Andy Kim by ANDY KIM
• Baker Gurvitz Army by BAKER GURVITZ ARMY
• Blackdance by KLAUS SCHULZE
• Breakin' Bread by FRED & THE NEW J.B.'S
• Cassidy Live! by DAVID CASSIDY
• Caught Up by MILLIE JACKSON
• Child of the Novelty by MAHOGANY RUSH
• The Civil Surface by EGG
• Come a Little Closer by ETTA JAMES
• Damn Right I Am Somebody by FRED WESLEY THE J.B.'S
• Dancehall Sweethearts by HORSLIPS
• Dandruff by IVOR CUTLER
• David Essex by DAVID ESSEX
• Do It Good by KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
• Don't Be Fooled by the Name by GEORDIE
• Elis & Tom by ELIS REGINA & TOM JOBIM
• Ella in London by ELLA FITZGERALD
• Five-A-Side by ACE
• Floating World by JADE WARRIOR
• The Giants by OSCAR PETERSON, JOE PASS, RAY BROWN
• The Golden Scarab by RAY MANZAREK
• Greatest Hits by DAVID CASSIDY
• Gregg Allman Tour (Live) by GREGG ALLMAN
• Having Fun with Elvis on Stage by ELVIS PRESLEY
• I Can't Stand the Rain by ANN PEEBLES
• Introducing Eddy and the Falcons by WIZZARD
• I Wanna Get Funky by ALBERT KING
• Journey by COLIN BLUNSTONE
• The Link Wray Rumble by LINK WRAY
• L'isola di niente by PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI
• Live! by APRIL WINE
• Live by THE DUBLINERS
• Love Me for a Reason by THE OSMONDS
• The Main Event (Live) by FRANK SINATRA
• Manifiesto by VÍCTOR JARA
• Manuel by DALIDA
• Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead by VIVIAN STANSHALL
• Olympia 74 by DALIDA
• Orleans II by ORLEANS
• Oscar Peterson in Russia by OSCAR PETERSON
• Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie by OSCAR PETERSON, DIZZY GILLESPIE
• Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings - Jousts by OSCAR PETERSON
• Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge by OSCAR PETERSON, ROY ELDRIDGE
• Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison by OSCAR PETERSON, HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON
• Phases and Stages by WILLIE NELSON
• Riding High by CHILLIWACK
• Rub It In by BILLY "CRASH" CRADDOCK
• Satch and Josh by OSCAR PETERSON, COUNT BASIE
• Serenade by NEIL DIAMOND
• Solid by THE GROUNDHOGS
• Tasty by GOOD RATS
• They Say I'm Different by BETTY DAVIS
• The Way We Were by ANDY WILLIAMS
• What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! by MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
• Where Have I Known You Before by RETURN TO FOREVER
• The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control by RAY MANZAREK
• Windows (Live) by JON LORD AND EBERHARD SCHOENER
• Windfall by RICKY NELSON & THE STONE CANYON BAND
• Zuckerzeit by CLUSTER