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Label: Polydor
Artists
The Atlanta Rhythm Section
:
A Rock and Roll Alternative
[1977]
C+
Champagne Jam
[1978]
C
Beats International
:
Excursion on the Version
[1992]
Blue Angel
:
Blue Angel
[1980]
C+
Randall Bramblett
:
That Other Mile
[1975]
B+
Light of the Night
[1976]
B+
James Brown
:
Hot Pants
[1971]
A-
Revolution of the Mind
[1971]
B+
Soul Classics
[1972]
A-
There It Is
[1972]
A-
Get on the Good Foot
[1972]
B-
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
[1973]
C
Soul Classics Volume II
[1973]
A-
Black Caesar
[1973]
D+
The Payback
[1973]
B+
Hell
[1974]
B
Reality
[1974]
B-
Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump
[1975]
B-
Hot
[1975]
B
Sex Machine Today
[1975]
C+
Get Up Offa That Thing
[1976]
B-
Bodyheat
[1976]
C
Mutha's Nature
[1977]
C
Jam/1980's
[1978]
B+
Take a Look at Those Cakes
[1978]
B-
The Original Disco Man
[1979]
A-
James Brown . . . Live: Hot on the One
[1980]
B+
People
[1980]
C+
Nonstop!
[1981]
B+
The James Brown Story: Doin' It to Death 1970-1973
[1984]
The James Brown Story: Ain't That a Groove 1966-1969
[1984]
Roots of a Revolution
[1984]
Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits
[1986]
Motherlode
[1988]
A-
Live at the Apollo
[1990]
Star Time
[1991]
A+
Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-1969
[1993]
***
Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
[1998]
A-
Roy Buchanan
:
Roy Buchanan
[1972]
C
Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys
:
Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys
[1969]
C+
Eric Clapton
:
Eric Clapton
[1970]
B
Jerry Corbitt
:
Corbitt
[1969]
B+
Chick Corea
:
My Spanish Heart
[1977]
B+
Crackin'
:
Crackin'-1
[1975]
C-
Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys
:
High Riding
[1977]
B+
Lana Del Rey
:
Born to Die
[2012]
*
Derek and the Dominos
:
Derek and the Dominos in Concert
[1973]
A-
The Layla Sessions
[1990]
B-
The Dodgers
:
Love on the Rebound
[1978]
C+
Lee Dorsey
:
Yes We Can
[1970]
A-
Ian Dury
:
Lord Upminster
[1981]
B-
Ian Dury and the Music Students
:
4000 Weeks Holiday
[1984]
B+
Marshall Efron
:
The Nutrino News Network
[1972]
D-
Stro Elliot & James Brown
:
Black & Loud: James Brown as Reimagined by Stro Elliot
[2022]
A
Robert Fripp
:
Exposure
[1979]
B+
The League of Gentlemen
[1981]
B
Gang of Four
:
Mall
[1991]
*
Gloria Gaynor
:
Love Tracks
[1978]
B+
The Gear Daddies
:
Let's Go Scare Al
[1990]
Steve Gibbons Band
:
Down in the Bunker
[1978]
A-
Gwen Guthrie
:
Good to Go Lover
[1986]
C+
Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes
:
Royal Rappin's
[1979]
B+
The Jam
:
In the City
[1977]
A-
This Is the Modern World
[1977]
B+
All Mod Cons
[1979]
B
Setting Sons
[1980]
B+
The Jam
[1981]
B
The Gift
[1982]
B
The Bitterest Pill
[1982]
B
Snap!
[1983]
B+
The Sound of the Jam
[2003]
***
Mory Kante
:
Akwaba Beach
[1988]
A-
Kingdom Come
:
Kingdom Come
[1988]
B
Kongas
:
Africanism
[1977]
B+
La Roux
:
La Roux
[2009]
*
John Lennon/Yoko Ono
:
Milk and Honey
[1984]
A
Miriam Makeba
:
Eyes on Tomorrow
[1991]
C
Mandrill
:
The Best of Mandrill
[1975]
C+
Manfred Mann
:
Chapter 3
[1970]
C+
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
:
Glorified Magnified
[1972]
B+
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
[1972]
A+
Get Your Rocks Off
[1973]
A-
Solar Fire
[1974]
C+
The Good Earth
[1974]
B-
John Mayall
:
Jazz/Blues Fusion
[1972]
C-
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
:
Love Over and Over
[1983]
A-
Ellen McIlwaine
:
Honky Tonk Angel
[1972]
B
MC Solaar
:
Paradisiaque
[1997]
*
The Steve Miller Band
:
Wide River
[1993]
C
Van Morrison
:
Too Long in Exile
[1993]
A-
The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two
[1993]
*
A Night in San Francisco
[1994]
**
Days Like This
[1995]
*
The Healing Game
[1997]
The Philosopher's Stone
[1998]
Elliott Murphy
:
Aquashow
[1973]
A-
Youssou N'Dour
:
Nelson Mandela
[1986]
B
Yoko Ono
:
It's Alright
[1982]
B-
Starpeace
[1985]
B-
The Osmonds
:
Greatest Hits
[1977]
C
Paleface
:
Paleface
[1991]
Vanessa Paradis
:
Vanessa Paradis
[1992]
Peaches & Herb
:
2 Hot!
[1978]
B+
Twice the Fire
[1979]
B+
Don Ray
:
The Garden of Love
[1978]
B
Ray, Goodman & Brown
:
Ray, Goodman & Brown
[1979]
B+
Return to Forever Featuring Chick Corea
:
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
[1973]
B
Siouxsie and the Banshees
:
The Scream
[1978]
B+
Slade
:
Slade Alive!
[1972]
B+
Slayed?
[1973]
A-
Stormin' Norman & Suzy
:
Ocean of Love
[1978]
B
The Style Council
:
Introducing the Style Council
[1983]
B
The Singular Adventures of the Style Council
[1989]
B
Bram Tchaikovsky
:
Strange Man, Changed Man
[1979]
C+
10cc
:
Greatest Hits 1972-1978
[1979]
B+
Ten Wheel Drive
:
Construction No. 1
[1969]
B
Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan
:
Brief Replies
[1970]
C+
That Petrol Emotion
:
Babble
[1987]
A-
Richard Thompson
:
Across a Crowded Room
[1985]
B+
Daring Adventures
[1986]
B
Lily Tomlin
:
Modern Scream
[1975]
B
U.K.
:
U.K.
[1978]
C+
Dave Van Ronk
:
Van Ronk
[1971]
B+
The Velvet Underground
:
Bootleg Series: Volume 1: The Quine Tapes
[2001]
A-
Visage
:
Visage
[1981]
B-
The Waitresses
:
I Could Rule the World if I Could Only Get the Parts
[1982]
A-
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
[1982]
B+
Bruiseology
[1983]
B+
The Wild Magnolias
:
The Wild Magnolias
[1974]
A-
Hank Williams
:
40 Greatest Hits
[1978]
Lovesick Blues: August 1947-December 1948
[1985]
A-
The Tony Williams Lifetime
:
Emergency!
[1969]
A
Turn It Over
[1970]
B+
Link Wray
:
Link Wray
[1971]
C+
Yachts
:
Yachts
[1979]
B-
Compilations/Soundtracks
Breakin'
[1984]
B-
Every Man Has a Woman
[1984]
B
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
[2014]
B+
James Brown's Original Funky Divas
[1998]
***
No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison
[1994]
Quadrophenia
[1979]
B
Spinal Tap
[1984]
B+
Steppin' Out: Disco's Greatest Hits
[1978]
A-
Two Rooms -- Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
[1991]
B-