Forty years ago today, one of the most iconic years in the history of recorded music came to a close. To mark the time, I assembled this list of every ruby — and a number of saphires — from this endless year of joy. It was a year for jazz-rock, jazz-funk, electronic music, lavish pop, funky hard rock, blue-eyed soul, instrumentals, and all around global exotica.
Nineteen seventy-seven might have lasted only 365 days, but there are more than 5,350 songs on this list from roughly 1,500 albums and numerous archival releases and singles. If one were to listen to this whole list from start-to-finish in 12-hour daily installments, it would take 36 days to complete. The following 39 cuts are merely what I got through this evening:
Rock Follies of '77 - OK (3:30)
Birth Control - Skate-Board Sue (3:56)
Supermax - World of Today (4:23)
Ray Warleigh Reverie - Reverie (5:28)
Jean Pierre Decerf - Medical Future Concept (3:14)
Vårsøg - Ein under altet (2:05)
Northwind - When Dreams are Lost (6:48)
Ash Ra - Lotus Parts I-IV (16:55)
Ypsilon - Metro Music Man (3:24)
Hugh Hopper - Hopper Tunity Box+Miniluv (7:02)
First Cosins Jazz Ensemble - Psalm (2:28)
The Clash - Hate & War (2:06)
Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time (4:02)
Daryl Hall - Don't Leave Me Alone With Her (6:22)
Arco Iris - Elemental de Fuego: Cristalizando los Rayos del Sol (4:28)
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Requiem For A Sinner (6:02)
Emmanuelle Parrenin - Liturgie (3:12)
Steve Hillage - Saucer Surfing (4:20)
Aditus - Paola (2:09)
Turner & Kirwan of Wexford - Absolutely and Completely a). Sunshower b). Absolutely and Completely c). Frodo's Theme (9:28)
Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments - Spheres (3:09)
Alberto Radius - Nel ghetto (4:50)
Hydravion - J'ar pas le temps (6:23)
Michael Mantler - After My Work Each Day (2:47)
Vangelis - Dervish D (5:15)
Rinder & Lewis - Lust (7:07)
Dana Kaproff - The First Attack (1:07)
Zoldar & Clark - Day After Day (3:33)
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - A Song of Love (4:05)
Hot Flash - Diamond Wings (6:08)
Akasha - Death Hymn (5:20)
Treponem Pal - Evensong (9:33)
Alan Parsons Project - The Voice (5:24)
Patrick Moraz - Kabala (4:58)
Smak - Tegoba (6:46)
Al Di Meola - 04 Race With Devil On Spanish Highway (6:18)
Golden Earring - I Need Love (6:29)
Yoshiko Sai - Henro (3:55)
Peter Hammill - Lost And Found (7:11)
The full list can be viewed right here. If you wish to hear a song yourself, double-click title>right click>search Google for "title">see what comes up in a second tab.
The above list was assembled with the help of this labor of love.
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