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1976




Ramones – Ramones
The Runaways – The Runaways
Bob Dylan – Desire
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Aerosmith - Rocks
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
David Bowie – Station To Station
The Residents – The Third Reich ‘n’ Roll
Kiss – Destroyer
Heart – Dreamboat Annie
Tom Waits – Small Change
Paul McCartney & Wings – At the Speed Of Sound
Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
Blondie – Blondie
Boston – Boston
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures
Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive
Parliament – The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
Lynyrd Skynyrd – One More from the Road
Motorhead – On Parole
Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record
Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key of Life
Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon
Queen – A Day At The Races
ZZ Top – Tejas
Rush – 2112
Peter Tosh – Legalize It
Eagles – Hotel California
Led Zeppelin – Presence
Rainbow – Rising
Abba – Arrival
Bee Gees – Children of the World
Patti Smith – Radio Ethiopia


Note: I don't completely remember what the actual first year I did was, but it might have been this one. By sheer coincidence, I happened to own a bunch of these on vinyl - when this happens, I intend to listen to every record I own released that year and take a photo like the above. 

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