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MusicHound Rock. The Essential Album Guide by Gary Graff
(published in 1996 by Visible Ink Press)

Nationally known music critic Gary Graff helps you get the very most for your money every time with in-depth reviews and the Hound's "one-to-five-bone ratings" of the complete works of 2,500 pivotal players in the fields of classic, alternative and modern rock.

GARY GRAFF, a nationally published, award-winning music writer for the Detroit Free Press/Detroit Sunday Journal also contributes to Rolling Stone, People, Guitar World, Request and Hits, and to the popular Internet entertainment site, Mr. Showbiz. Graff is co-founder and a board member of the Motor City Music Awards and is featured weekly on a major local radio station as the "Rock & Roll Insider".

Thanks to Montse Viladot & Sergio Ferrer-Salat In Spain for supplying this list.


"MusicHound Rock" Five Bones Albums

A

AC/DC - Back in Black (1980)
Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)
Arthur Alexander - The Ultimate Arthur Alexander (1993)
Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
AMiniature - Murk Time Cruiser (1995)
The Animals - The Best of the Animals (1966/1987)
The Animals - The Most of the Animals (1989)
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)
Joan Armatrading - Greatest Hits (1996)
Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, 1923-1934 (1994)
Louis Armstrong - The Complete Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (1993)
Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives and Hot Sevens - Vol.2 (1926/1988)
Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (1927/1989)
Louis Armstrong - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957)
Arrested Development - 3 Months, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of.... (1992)
Aswad - Aswad (1976)
The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)

B

Bad Brains - Bad Brains (1982/1996)
Bad Religion - Generator (1992)
Badfinger - No Dice (1970)
Badfinger - Straight Up (1971)
Hank Ballard - Sexy Ways: The Best Of Hank Ballard and the Midnighters (1993)
The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)
The Band - The Band (1969)
The Band - Moondog Matinee (1973)
The Band - Rock of Ages (1972)
The Barracudas - Drop Out with the Barracudas (1981/1984)
Dave Bartholomew - The Spirit of New Orleans: The Genius of Dave Bartholomew (1992)
Bauhaus - Mask (1981/1995)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1993)
The Beach Boys - The Best of the Beach Boys (1995)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles - Past Masters Volume II (1988)
The Beatles - The Beatles 1967-1970 (1973)
The Beau Brummels - The Best of The Beau Brummels, 1964-1968 (1987)
Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (1988)
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
Chuck Berry - St. Louis to Liverpool (1964)
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967)
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (1973)
The B-52's - Dance this Mess Around (1990)
Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill (1992)
Birthday Party - Hits (1992)
Bjork - Debut (1993)
Black Uhuru - Red (1981)
Blake Babies - Sunburn (1990)
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune (1976)
Blues Project - The Best of the Blues Project (1989)
Blues Project - Projections (1967)
Blur - Parklife (1994)
Bonzo Dog Band - Urban Spaceman (1968)
James Booker - New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (1981)
James Booker - Spiders on the keys (1993)
Booker T. and the MG's - Hip Hug-Her (1967/1992)
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)
David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
David Bowie - The Singles 1969-1993 (1993)
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust... (1990)
Bread - Baby I'm-a Want you (1972)
James Brown - Star Time (1991)
James Brown - Solid Gold 30 Golden Hits (1986)
James Brown - Live at the Apollo (1963/1990)
Lindsey Buckingham - Out of the Cradle (1992)
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over (1992)
Jimmy Buffett - Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s) (1985)
Jimmy Buffett - All the Great Hits (1994)
Solomon Burke - The Best Of Solomon Burke (1989)
Solomon Burke - Rock 'N Soul (1961)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch (1977)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
The Byrds - The Byrds (1990)

C

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
Jim Carroll - I Write Your Name (1984)
Peter Case - Blue Guitar (1989)
Johnny Cash - The Sun Years (1990)
Johnny Cash - Columbia Records, 1958-1986 (1987)
Johnny Cash - The Essential Johnny Cash, 1955-1983 (1992)
Rosanne Cash - King's Record Shop (1988)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge (1983)
James Chance - Buy the Contortions (1979)
The Charlatans UK - Some Friendly (1990)
Ray Charles - Anthology (1988)
Ray Charles - The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (1994)
Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959 (1991)
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol.2 (1963)
Ray Charles - Ray Charles at Newport (1958)
Ray Charles - Greatest Hits (1962)
Ray Charles - A 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles (1971)
Ray Charles - Porgy and Bess (with Cleo Laine) (1976)
Ray Charles - Greatest Country & Western Hits (1962-1965) (1988)
Vic Chesnutt - West of Rome (1992)
Eric Clapton - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
The Clash - The Story of the Clash, Volume One (1988)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (1972)
Patsy Cline - The Patsy Cline Story (1988)
Patsy Cline - The Patsy Cline Collection (1991)
Patsy Cline - Walkin' Dreams: Her First Recordings, Vol. 1 (1989)
Patsy Cline - The Patsy Cline Collection (1991)
George Clinton - Mothership Connection (1975)
George Clinton - One Nation Under a Groove (1987/1993)
George Clinton - Funkadelic's Greatest Hits (1975)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984)
Cocteau Twins - The CD Single Box Set (1991)
Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque (1986)
Sam Cooke - The Man And His Music (1986)
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live At the Harlem Square Club 1963 (1985)
Sam Cooke - Night Beat (1995)
Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers (1991)
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (1974)
Alice Cooper - The Beast of Alice Cooper (1989)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces (1979)
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom (1982)
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True (1977)
Country Joe and the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body (1967)
Cream - Wheels of Fire (1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1970)
Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw (1982)
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Deja Vu (1970)
Crowded House - Woodface (1991)
The Cure - Staring At The Sea (1986)

D

Dick Dale - The Best of Dick Dale and His Del-Tones (1989)
The Damned - Damned, Damned, Damned (1977/1993)
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (1979)
Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Terence Trent D'Arby - New York City Night (1993)
Bobby Darin - As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection (1995)
Bobby Darin - The Bobby Darin Story (1961)
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (1969)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1969)
Miles Davis - Agharta (1976)
Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975)
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
Dead Can Dance - Spleen And Ideal (1985)
Death Metal - In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)
Del Fuegos - The Longest Day (1984)
Del Fuegos - Cool Down Time (1995)
Iris Dement - Infamous Angel (1992)
Iris Dement - My Life (1994)
Rick Derringer - All American Boy (1973)
Neil Diamond - Classics-The Early Years (1983)
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
DNA - A Taste of DNA (1980)
Dr. Dre - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Fats Domino - They Call Me the Fat Man (1991)
Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven (1990)
Fats Domino - Antione "Fats" Domino (1992)
Fats Domino - Fats Domino: The Fat Man: 25 Classics (1996)
Fats Domino - Out of New Orleans (1993)
The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972)
Dramarama - Live at the China Club (1990)
The Drifters - 1959-1965 All-Time Greatest Hits and More (1988)
Duran Duran - Rio (1982)
Duran Duran - Decade (1991)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966)
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)

E

The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits, 1971-75 (1975)
The Eagles - Hotel California (1976)
Earth Wind & Fire - Spirit (1976)
Eddie & the Hot Rods - Life on the Line (1977)
Duane Eddy - Twang Thing: The Duane Eddy Anthology (1993)
Duane Eddy - Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel (1958)
Dave Edmunds - Get It (1977)
Dave Edmunds - Tracks on Wax 4 (1978)
Dave Edmunds - Repeat When Necessary (1979)
English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
Brian Eno - Desert Island Selection (1989)
Everly Brothers - Cadence Classics: Their 20 Greatest Hits (1985)

F

Fairport Convention - Liege and Leaf (1969)
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (1978/1979)
The Fall - Early Fall 77-79 (1981)
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked (1989)
Firehose - What Makes Makes a Man Start Fires? (1982)
Firehose - Double Nickels on the Dime (1985)
The Flamin' Groovies - Groovies' Greatest Grooves (1989)
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
The Four Tops - Anthology (1989)
The Four Tops - Greatest Hits (1967/1987)
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Loved You) (1967)
Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul (1992)
Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits (1985)
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1968)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Robert Fripp - Exposure (1979)
Fugazi - Fugazi (1988)

G

Danny Gatton - 88 Elmira St. (1990)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
Marvin Gaye - The Master 1961-1984 (1995)
Marvin Gaye - Anthology (1995)
J. Geils Band - Houseparty: The J. Geils Band Antholoy (1993)
Jimmy Dale Gilmore - After Awhile (1991)
The Golden Palominos - A History (1982-1985) (1992)
The Golden Palominos - The Golden Palominos (1981)
The Golden Palominos - Visions of Excess (1985)
Steve Goodman - No Big Surprise (1994)
Grateful Dead - Two From the Vault (1992)
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (1970)
Grateful Dead - Workingman's, American Beauty (1970)
Al Green - Greatest Hits (1975/1995)
Al Green - Call Me (1973/1994)
Nanci Griffith - Last of the True Believers (1986)
Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening (1988)
Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
The Guess Who - The Best of the Guess Who (1971)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)

H

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rock 'n' Soul, Part 1 (1983)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sacred Songs (1980)
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Looking Back (1991)
Happy Mondays - Double Easy: The U.S. Singles (1993)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball (1995)
Emmylou Harris - Last Date (1982)
Emmylou Harris - At the Ryman (1992)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995)
Ronnie Hawkins - The Best Of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks (1990)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969/1987)
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968/1993)
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love (1968/1993)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967/1993)
The Hollies - The Hollies Anthology (1990)
Buddy Holly - The Buddy Holly Collection (1993)
John Lee Hooker - The Ultimate Collection, 1948-1990 (1991)
John Lee Hooker - Chill Out (1995)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Prestige/Bluesville Recordings (1991)
Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Alladin Recordings (1991)
Hothouse Flowers - People (1988)
The Housemartins - Carry On Up the Charts: The Best of the Beautiful South (1995)
Howlin' Wolf - The Chess Box (1991)
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' in the Moonlight (1987)

I

Billy Idol - Generation X (1978)

J

Jackson 5 - The Ultimate Collection (1995)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
The Jam - Compact Snap! (1983)
Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James (1993)
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & II (1985)
Billy Joel - The Stranger (1977)
Little Willie John - Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John (1993)
Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills (1968)
Joy Division - Closer (1980)

K

Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone EP (1984)
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (1980)
B.B. King - The Best of B.B. King, Volume One (1991)
B.B. King - Live at the Regal (1971)
B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail (1984)
Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
Carole King - A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection 1968-1976 (1994)
King Crimson - Red (1974/1989)
King Sunny Ade - Juju Music (1982)
King Sunny Ade - Ajoo (1983)
Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio (1990)
Kingston Trio - The Capitol Years (1995)
Kingston Trio - Live at the Hungry I (1959)
Kingston Trio - At Large (1959)
Kingston Trio - Live at Newport (1994)
The Kinks - The Kinks Greatest Hits (1989)
The Kinks - Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969)
Kool and the Gang - The Best of Kool and the Gang 1969-1976 (1993)

L

Last Exit - The Noise of Trouble: Live in Tokyo (1986)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4 (1971)
Led Zeppelin - The Complete Studio Recordings (1993)
Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot (1990)
The Left Banke - There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings, 1966-1969 (1992)
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Original Sun Greatest Hits (1984)
Jerry Lee Lewis - All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (1993)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Rare Tracks: Wild One (1989)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Milestones (1985)
Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold (1975)
David Lindley - El Rayo-X (1981)
Arto Lindsay Trio - Aggregates 1-26 (1995)
Little Richard - The Georgia Peach (1991)
Little Richard - Little Richard's Greatest Hits (1967/1988)
Live Skull - Positraction (1989)
L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
Los Lobos - Kiko (1992)
Lovin' Spoonful - Anthology (1990)
L7 - The Grunge Years: A Sub Pop Compilation (1991)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors (1977)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1991)

M

Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (1990)
Taj Mahal - Mo' Roots (1974)
Aimee Mann - I'm with Stupid (1995)
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Burnin' (1973)
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend (1984)
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Martha and the Vandellas - Motown Milestones (1995)
John Martyn - Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology (1994)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready (1996)
Kate and Ann McGarrigle - Dancer with Bruised Knees (1977)
Mekons - Fear and Whiskey (1985)
Mekons - The Mekons Rock 'n' Roll (1989)
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
The Merry-Go-Round - The Best of The Merry-Go-Round (1985)
Metallica - Metallica (1991)
Mission of Burma - Mission of Burma (1988)
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches (1981)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974)
Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo (1994)
Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
Moby - Everything Is Wrong (1995)
The Monkees - The Monkees Greatest Hits (1995)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981/1992)
Motörhead - No Remorse (1984/1990)
Motown - Hitsville U.S.A.: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (1992)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Peter Murphy - Love Hysteria (1988)
My Bloody Valentine - Lovelless (1991)

N

Rick Nelson - Ricky Sings Again (1958)
New Order - (The Best of) New Order (1995)
New Order - Substance 1987 (1987)
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
Laura Nyro - The First Songs (1973)
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry (1969)

O

The O'Jays - Backstabbers (1972/1976)
The O'Jays - Love Train: The Best of The O'Jays (1994)
Oasis - Morning Glory (1995)
Maura O'Connell - Helpless Heart (1989)
Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
Roy Orbison - The Legendary Roy Orbison (1990)
Roy Orbison - For the Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology, 1956-1964 (1988)
Roy Orbison - The Sun Story (1987)
The Oyster Band - Ride (1989)

P

Gram Parsons - G.P./Grievous Angel (1990)
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)
Pentangle - The Pentangle (1968)
Pentangle - Cruel Sister (1971)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (1978)
Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection (1985)
Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection (1991)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981)
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (1993)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
The Pixies - Come on Pilgrim (1988)
Wilson Pickett - A Man And A Half (1992)
The Platters - The Very Best of the Platters (1991)
The Platters - The Magic Touch-An Anthology (1991)
The Platters - Four Platters and One Lovely Dish (1994)
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (1985)
The Police - Synchronicity (1983)
Iggy Pop - Fun House (1970/1987)
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977/1990)
Portishead - Dummy (1994)
Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good (1985)
Elvis Presley - The Complete 50's Masters (1992)
Elvis Presley - From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters (1994)
Elvis Presley - The Complete Sun Sessions (1987)
Elvis Presley - The Million Dollar Quartet (1990)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. I (1958)
Elvis Presley - 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 2 (1960)
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. 3 (1963)
Prince - Sign O' the Times (1987)
Prince - 1999 (1982)
Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
Prince - The White Album (1989)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
John Prine - The Missing Years (1991)
Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (1973)
Professor Longhair - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo (1974/1985)
Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1981)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Public Image Ltd. (PiL) - Second Edition (1979)
Public Image Ltd. (PiL) - Album (1986)
Public Image Ltd. (PiL) - Metal Box (1979)

R

Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (1993)
Otis Redding - Otis Blue (1965)
Otis Redding - The Very Best of Otis Redding (1992)
Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967)
R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1993)
The Residents - The King and Eye (1988)
The Residents - Eskimo (1979)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Essential Ride, ' 63-' 67 (1995)
Paul Revere & the Raiders - The Legend Of Paul Revere (1990)
Marc Ribot - Requiem for What's His Name (1992)
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Anthology: The Best of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
(1995)
Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (1972)
Rolling Stones - Big Hits/High Tide and Green Grass (1966)
Rolling Stones - The Singles Collection (1989)
Henry Rollins - Human Butt (1992)
Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (1974)
Linda Ronstadt - Prisoner in Disguise (1975)
Diana Ross - The Ultimate Collection (1994)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Run-D.M.C. - Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991 (1991)
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (1972)
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (1973)
Mitch Ryder - Rev Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1989)

S

St. Etienne - Too Young to Die (1995)
The Saints - Eternally Yours (1978)
The Saints - A Little Madness to be Free (1984)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Neo Geo (1987)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing the Orchestra (1988)
Santana - Abraxas (1970)
Seal - Seal (1991)
Bob Seger - Night Moves (1976)
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
The Sex Pistols - Kiss This (1992)
Del Shannon - Greatest Hits (1990)
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends (1968)
Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
Simon and Grafunkel - Collected Works (1990)
Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (1983)
The Skeletons - Shake and Push (1982/1989)
Slowdive - Just For A Day (1991)
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! (1969)
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
Soft Machine - Third (1970/1991)
Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994)
Sparks - Profile: The Ultimate Sparks Collection (1991)
The Specials - Singles Collection (1991)
The Spinners - Spinners (1973/1995)
The Spinners - Pick of the Litter (1975/1995)
The Spinners - One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology (1991)
Spirit - The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
Dusty Springfield - The Silver Collection (1988)
Springhouse - Postcards from the Arctic (1993)
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)
Bruce Springsteen - Piece De Resistance (1990)
Squeeze - Argybargy (1980)
Squeeze - East Side Story (1981)
Squeeze - Singles-45's and Under (1982)
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (1971)
Cat Stevens - Classics-Vol. 24 (1987)
John Stewart - California Bloodlines/Willard Minus 2 (1989)
John Stewart - The Complete Phoenix Concerts (1974/1990)
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
Sun Ra - The Magic City (1965)
Sun Ra - Mayan Temples (1990)
Sun Ra - Live at Pitt-Inn (1988)
Sun Ra - Sun Song (1956)
Surf Music - Cowabunga! (1996)
Surf Music - Wild City (1991)

T

T. Rex - The Essential Collection (1995)
Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (1989)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
The Temptations - The Temptations Anthology (1995)
The The - Mind Bomb (1989)
This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow (1986)
Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights (1982)
The Time - What Time Is It? (1982)
The Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1993)
The Tindersticks - Tindersticks (1995)
Tower of Power - Urban Renewal (1975)
Traffic - Smiling Phases (1991)
Trio: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
Big Joe Turner - The Boss of the Blues (1956)
The Turtles - The 20 Greatest Hits (1984)
The Turtles - Battle of the Bands (1968/1995)

U

U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)

V

Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Various Artists - "Malcolm X" Soundtrack (1992)
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985)
Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies to God (1994)
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (1968)
Gene Vincent - The Capitol Collectors Series (1990)

W

Tom Waits - Raindogs (1985)
The Waterboys - This is the Sea (1985)
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues (1988)
Muddy Waters - The Chess Box (1989)
Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters (1958)
Muddy Waters - Down on Stovall's Plantation (1966)
Muddy Waters - Trouble No More (1955-1959)
Muddy Waters - The Real Folk Blues (1966/1987)
Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977)
Jimmy Webb - Archive: 1970 to 1977 (1993)
Jimmy Webb - Glen Campbell: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974)
The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)
The Who - Who's Next (1971)
Dar Williams - Mortal City (1996)
Hank Williams Sr. - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Hank Williams Sr. - The Original Singles Collection...Plus (1990)
Hank Williams Sr. - I Ain't Got Nothin' but Time, December 1946-August 1947 (1985)
Hank Williams Sr. - Lovesick Blues, August 1947-December 1948 (1985)
Hank Williams Sr. - Lost Highway, December 1948-March 1949 (1986)
Hank Williams Sr. - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, March 1949-August 1949 (1986)
Hank Williams Sr. - Long Gone Lonesome Blues, August 1949-December 1950 (1987)
Hank Williams Sr. - Hey, Good Lookin', December 1950-July1951 (1987)
Hank Williams Sr. - Let's Turn Back the Years, July 1951-June 1952 (1987)
Hank Williams Sr. - I Won't Be Home No More, June 1952-September 1952 (1987)
Hank Williams Sr. - The Hits Volume Two (1995)
Hank Williams Sr. - The Collectors' Edition (1987)
Hank Williams Jr. - Hank Williams, Jr. & Friends (1975)
Jackie Wilson - The Jackie Wilson Story (1983)
Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (1995)
Wipers - Youth of America (1981)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
Wire - And Here It Is...Again...Wire (1984)
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Stevie Wonder - Essential Stevie Wonder (1963-71)
Robert Wyatt - Going Back a Bit: A Little History of Robert Wyatt (1994)

X

X - Los Angeles (1980)
X - More Fun in the New World (1984)
XTC - Skylarking (1986)

Y

Dwight Yoakam - Gone (1996)
Neil Young - Decade (1977)
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (1970)
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969)
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (1975)
The Young Rascals - Time Piece: The Rascals' Greatest Hits (1968)

Z

Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money (1968)
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat (1968)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
ZZ Top - Degüello (1979)