1978

Fusion jazz Rock Zappa 

A Very Zappa Halloween 2025

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, Ahmet Zappa, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Halloween, Joe Travers, New York City, One Size Fits All, Palladium, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler

Two new box sets ring in Frank’s favorite holiday

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New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

Talking Heads Release Super Deluxe Edition of More Songs About Buildings and Food

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, 2025, Box Set, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, More Songs About Buildings and Food, Rhino, Super Deluxe Edition, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Goodies galore adorn four-disc upgrade of band’s 1978 sophomore classic 

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Alternative Rock Progressive Rock 

Jethro Tull Details “Inflated Edition” of 1978 Live Album Bursting Out

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, 2024, Box Set, Bursting Out, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, live album, Rhino, Steven Wilson

3CD/3DVD boxed set to be released on June 21st

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Soul 

Is That Enough: Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear at 45

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Anna Gordy, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Sly Stone, Tamla

Reflecting on the soul legend’s complicated masterpiece

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Experimental Noise Post-Punk Punk 

Burning Rubber: No New York at 45

December 4, 2023February 19, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Brian Eno, DNA, James Chance, Mars, No New York, No Wave, Post-Punk, Punk, Talking Heads, Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, The Contortions

Looking back at the Brian Eno compilation that put the spotlight on the short-lived No Wave scene

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Alternative Rock Post-Punk Punk Rock 

On The Surface: Pere Ubu’s Dub Housing at 45

November 21, 2023November 24, 2023 Deborah Sprague 2 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bob Mould, Cinderella Backstreet, Cleveland, David Thomas, Dub Housing, Hy Mya, Ken Hamann, Pere Ubu, Peter Laughner, Rocket From The Tombs, Scott Krauss, Tony Maimone

Reflections on the group’s precedent-setting second album

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New Wave Pop Punk Reggae Rock 

So Lonely: The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour at 45

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Andy Summers, Gordon Sumner, Outlandos d’Amour, Roxanne, So Lonely, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

Looking back on the band’s blueprint for future success

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adblock New Wave Punk 

Lets Submerge: X-Ray Spex’s Germfree Adolescents at 45

November 10, 2023November 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bikini Kill, Brixton, England, Germfree Adolescents, Identity, Kathleen Hanna, London, Oh Bondage Up Yours!, Poly Styrene, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex

Looking back at an album that was anything but a cliché

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock Roots 

Dead Or Alive: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone at 45

October 17, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments “So Alone, 1978, 45th Anniversary, Chrissie Hynde, Johnny Thunders, Paul Cook, Phil Lynott, Pixies, Real Records, Steve Lillywhite, the New York Dolls, The Replacements, Tom Verlaine, Walter Lure

Remembering a New Wave era classic that defied category

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal! Rock 

Swinging the Chain: Black Sabbath’s Never Say Die! at 45

September 29, 2023September 30, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Never Say Die!, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi

Looking back on the last studio album from the original lineup

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New Wave Pop Punk Rock 

Picture This: Blondie’s Parallel Lines at 45

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Blondie, Chris Stein, Chrysalis Records, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Hanging On The Telephone, Heart of Glass, Jimmy Destri, Mike Chapman, Nigel Harrison, One Way or Another, Parallel Lines, The Nerves. Mike Chapman

Honoring a glistening jewel of pop rock perfection that hasn’t dimmed since 1978

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Dylan Folk Rock 

Bob Dylan Readies The Complete Budokan 1978

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, Bob Dylan, Box Set, Budokan, Legacy Recordings, The Complete Budokan

The new box set celebrates the 45th Anniversary of Bob’s first concerts in Japan

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New Wave Punk 

Uncontrollable Urge: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! at 45

August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bob Casale, Devo, Gerald V. Casale, Jocko Homo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mongoloid, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Warner Bros. Records

Looking back on a masterwork of minimalist thought and situationist action

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Disco Pop 

Savoir Faire: Chic’s C’est Chic at 45

August 12, 2023August 12, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments ” “Le Freak (Freak Out), ” Chic, 1978, 45th Anniversary, Bernard Edwards, C'est Chic, Nile Rodgers, Savoir Faire

Why the iconic disco group’s second album still matters

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Summer Elegy: Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright at 80

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1978, 1996, 80th birthday, Broken China, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Ummagumma, Wet Dream

Looking inside the late keyboardist’s unsung solo work

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