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I looked through the May 12, 1979 issue of Billboard, and in the back, they recommend albums and singles. After 37 years, how many of these albums are remembered much at all? How many - if any - do you even recognize?
>>64623717
ALBUMS:
>Country:
Don Williams - Best of Don Williams
Hank Williams, Jr. - Family Tradition
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Unbreakable Heart
>Disco:
Claudia Barry - Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes
Gregg Diamond - Hardware
>Jazz:
Charlie Byrd - Bluebyrd
Don Rader Quintet - Wallflower
Henry Threadgill - X-75 Volume 1
John Klemmer - Nexus for Duo and Trio
Kenny Burrell - When Lights Are Low
Max Morath Featuring Dick Sudhalter - In Jazz Country
McCoy Tyner - Together
Mildred Bailey - The CBS Radio Shows
Warren Vaché - Jillian
>Pop:
Bill Woody - Organized Noise
Bizarros - Bizarros
Chris Rea - Deltics
Danny Kirwan - Hello There Big Boy!
Engelbert Humperdinck - This Moment In Time
Frankie Miller - A Perfect Fit
Gambler - Teenage Magic
Jennifer Warnes - Shot Through the Heart
Link Wray - Bullshot
Lou Reed - The Bells
Mary McCaslin - Sunny California
Patti Smith Group - Wave
Randy Edelman - You're the One
Robert Byrne - Blame It On The Night
Robert John - Robert John
Wild Cherry - Only the Wild Survive
>Soul:
Denise LaSalle - Unwrapped
Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Commodores, Stevie Wonder, Jermaine Jackson, and Táta Vega - Pops, We Love You
(A Tribute to Berry "Pops" Gordy, Sr.)
The Floaters - Float Into The Future
Heatwave - Hot Property
Mighty Clouds of Joy - Changing Times
Parlet - Invasion of the Booty Snatchers
Patti Austin - Live At The Bottom Line
The Spinners - From Here to Eternally
The Whispers - Whisper in Your Ear
>Debut albums (not categorized by genre):
Dixon House Band - Fighting Alone (prog-rock/pop)
Aviary - Aviary (theatrical rock/arena rock)
Henry Band Paul - Grey Ghost (southern/country rock)
McFadden & Whitehead - McFadden & Whitehead (disco/R&B)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream (post-punk)
Ish Ledesma - Ish Ledesma (disco/pop)
>>64623909
>Danny Kirwan - Hello There Big Boy!
Literally none of these ring a bell
>>64623717
>>64623909
that Donna Summer album in the pic is good
but otherwise I don't even recognise the other albums
>>64623909
>Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream (post-punk)
wew lad
>>64623909
>no rock section
fucking poptimists
>>64623961
Besides Lou Reed, of course
![hqdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KXYUHT7.jpg "hqdefault[1].jpg")
>>64625078
They mostly folded it into "pop." The Bizarros album, for example. I've come across that one before, and it's a rock album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YSg4zBWEZQ
Also, I think that Henry Threadgill jazz album comes up on some of the /mu/ jazz charts, but honestly it's kind of unlistenable.
>>64624226
My friend is dating Donna Summer's granddaughter. Always weird remembering she was a pretty big deal.
>>64625025
>implying its not
>>64623909
>Engelbert Humperdinck - This Moment In Time
my stepdad sometimes refers to be me as an engelbert if i do something stupid, in reference to the humperdinck
cool kids never have the time
