1973 MUSIC

Albums

January

Day	Artist	Album
13	Aerosmith	Aerosmith[3]
???	Deep Purple	Who Do We Think We Are[4]

February

Day	Artist	Album
25	Alice Cooper	Billion Dollar Babies[5]
???	Blue Öyster Cult	Tyranny and Mutation[6]

March

Day	Artist	Album
28	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy[7]

July

Day	Artist	Album
???	The Amboy Dukes	Call of the Wild[8]
13	Queen	Queen I

August

Day	Artist	Album
???	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)[9]

September

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Sweet Freedom[10]

October

Day	Artist	Album
???	Montrose	Montrose[11]

November

Day	Artist	Album
16	The Kinks	Preservation: Act 1
???	Alice Cooper	Muscle of Love[12]

December

Day	Artist	Album
1	Black Sabbath	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath[13]

Unknown

• Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On a Friend^[14]

1974

Albums

February

Day	Artist	Album
15	Deep Purple	Burn[2]
18	Kiss	KISS[3]

March

Day	Artist	Album
1	Aerosmith	Get Your Wings[4]
8	Queen	Queen II[5]
???	Rush	Rush[6]

April

Day	Artist	Album
???	Blue Öyster Cult	Secret Treaties[7]
???	Sweet	Sweet Fanny Adams[8]

May

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	In for the Kill[9]
???	UFO	Phenomenon[10]

June

Day	Artist	Album
26	Bad Company	Bad Company[11]
???	Uriah Heep	Wonderworld[12]

September

Day	Artist	Album
6	Judas Priest	Rocka Rolla[13]

October

Day	Artist	Album
22	Kiss	Hotter Than Hell[14]

November

Day	Artist	Album
1	Queen	Sheer Heart Attack[15]
1	Scorpions	Fly to the Rainbow[16]
8	Thin Lizzy	Nightlife[17]
???	Sweet	Desolation Boulevard[18]

December

Day	Artist	Album
10	Deep Purple	Stormbringer[19]

Unknown

Montrose - Paper Money^[20]

1975

Albums

February

Day	Artist	Album
???	Alice Cooper	Welcome to My Nightmare[5]
15	Rush	Fly By Night (album)
24	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffiti[6]

March

Day	Artist	Album
19	Kiss	Dressed to Kill[7]

April

Day	Artist	Album
???	Aerosmith	Toys in the Attic[8]
???	Bad Company	Straight Shooter[9]

May

Day	Artist	Album
???	Uriah Heep	Return to Fantasy[10]

June

Day	Artist	Album
4	Rainbow	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow[11]
27	Black Sabbath	Sabotage[12]

July

Day	Artist	Album
???	UFO	Force It[13]

September

Day	Artist	Album
???	Budgie	Bandolier[14]
10	Kiss	Alive![15]
12	Thin Lizzy	Fighting[16]
???	Ted Nugent	Ted Nugent[17]
???	Scorpions	In Trance[18]

October

Day	Artist	Album
10	Deep Purple	Come Taste the Band[19]

November

Day	Artist	Album
21	Queen	A Night at the Opera[20]

December

Day	Artist	Album
???	AC/DC	T.N.T.[21]

1976 in heavy metal music

Albums

March

Day	Artist	Album
15	Kiss	Destroyer[2]
23	Judas Priest	Sad Wings of Destiny[3]
26	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak[4]
31	Led Zeppelin	Presence[5]
???	Sweet	Give Us a Wink[6]

April

Day	Artist	Album
1	Rush	2112[7]

May

Day	Artist	Album
3	Aerosmith	Rocks[8]
14	AC/DC	High Voltage (international edition)[9]
17	Rainbow	Rising[10]
???	Blue Öyster Cult	Agents of Fortune[11]
???	UFO	No Heavy Petting[12]

June

Day	Artist	Album
25	Alice Cooper	Alice Cooper Goes to Hell[13]
???	Uriah Heep	High and Mighty[14]

September

Day	Artist	Album
20	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Australian edition)[15]
25	Black Sabbath	Technical Ecstasy[16]
28	Led Zeppelin	The Song Remains the Same[17]

October

Day	Artist	Album
9	Scorpions	Virgin Killer[18]
16	Thin Lizzy	Johnny the Fox[19]
???	Ted Nugent	Free-for-All[20]

November

Day	Artist	Album
11	Kiss	Rock and Roll Over[21]

December

Day	Artist	Album
10	Queen	A Day at the Races[22]

1977 Albums

Albums

• AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
• Aerosmith - Draw the Line
• Alice Cooper - Lace and Whiskey
• Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres
• Foreigner - Foreigner
• Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
• KISS - Love Gun
• KISS - Alive II
• Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
• Motörhead - Motörhead
• Ram Jam - Ram Jam
• Scorpions - Taken by Force
• Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
• Quartz - Quartz
• Queen - News of the World
• Rush - A Farewell to Kings
• Rainbow - On Stage
• Sweet - Off the Record
• Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
• UFO - Lights Out

1978 Albums

Albums

• AC/DC - Powerage
• AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
• Alice Cooper - From the Inside
• Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
• Blue Öyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
• Budgie - Impeckable
• Foreigner - Double Vision
• Judas Priest - Stained Class
• KISS - Ace Frehley
• KISS - Gene Simmons
• KISS - Paul Stanley
• KISS - Peter Criss
• Krokus - Painkiller
• Magnum - Kingdom of Madness
• Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live
• Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
• Gary Moore - Back on the Streets
• Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo!
• Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors
• Queen - Jazz
• Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
• Ram Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram
• Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
• Rush - Hemispheres
• Scorpions - Taken by Force
• Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
• Shakin' Street - Vampire Rock
• Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
• UFO - Obsession
• Van Halen - Van Halen
• Whitesnake - Snakebite
• Whitesnake - Trouble
• Y&T - Struck Down

1979 Albums

Albums & EPs

AC/DC - Highway to Hell Accept - Accept Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts April Wine - Harder ... Faster Blackfoot - Strikes Blue Öyster Cult - Mirrors Def Leppard - The Def Leppard E.P. Fargo - Wishing Well Foreigner - Head Games Gamma - Gamma 1 Gillan - Mr. Universe Sammy Hagar - Street Machine Iron Maiden - The Soundhouse Tapes EP Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East Kiss - Dynasty Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Legs Diamond - Fire Power Magnum - Magnum II Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Tales of the Unexpected Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster Motörhead - Overkill

Motörhead - Bomber Motörhead - On Parole (unofficial release from sessions recorded in 1975) Mythra - Death & Destiny EP Nazareth - No Mean City Ted Nugent - State of Shock Praying Mantis - The Soundhouse Tapes Part 2 EP Queen - Live Killers Rainbow - Down to Earth Riot - Narita Samson - Survivors Saxon - Saxon Scorpions - Lovedrive Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend TKO - Let It Roll Pat Travers - Live! Go for What You Know Triumph - Just A Game Trust - Trust UFO - Strangers In The Night Van Halen - Van Halen II Whitesnake - Lovehunter