2. STEELY DAN. Pretzel Logic. MCA
3. RANDY NEWMAN. Good Old Boys. WB
4. MILES DAVIS. Get Up With It. Col.
5. BOB DYLAN. Blood on the Tracks. Col.
6. FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS. Roxy and Elsewhere. Discr.
7. JACO PASTORIOUS AND PAT METHENY (with PAUL BLEY and BRUCE DITMAS. Jaco. Improv. Art.
8. NEIL YOUNG. On the Beach. Rep.
9. CHARLES MINGUS. Mingus at Carnegie Hall. Atl.
10. NEW YORK DOLLS. In Too Much Too Soon
11. AVERAGE WHITE BAND. AWB. Atl.
12. KING CRIMSON. Red. Atl.
13. EARTH WIND & FIRE. Open Our Eyes. Col.
14. STEVIE WONDER. Fulfillingness’ First Finale. Tam.
15. FLEETWOOD MAC. Heroes Are Hard To Find. Rep.
16. JACKSON BROWNE. Late for the Sky. Asylum
17. GENESIS. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Atco
18. ROBERT LAMM. Skinny Boy. CBS
19. TERRY MELCHER. Rep.
20. FRANK ZAPPA. Apostrophe. Discreet