Arista Records Album Discography, Part 1: The 4000 Series
The early Arista albums used a blue label with black print, with the A and either ARISTA or ARISTA RECORDS in white, along with the (optional) text ring. At some pressing plants, the A and Arista were larger and black colored Early albums from Arista were distributed in Canada by Capitol Records (yes, THAT Capitol Records); the text ring on those read “MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY CAPITOL RECORDS-EMI OF CANADA LIMITED”. They were distributed by Capitol’s parent company, EMI, in most of the world outside of North America as well; Australian releases on Arista used the same numbering system as the North American releases. Promotional copies had white labels, with the text ring above reading “FOR PROMOTION ONLY — NOT FOR SALE” in the style of promo copies on the predecessor Bell label; there were, however, some that used the standard label with “NOT FOR SALE” stamped at the bottom.
Arista issued eleven albums in quadraphonic sound, an early surround sound process that a number of big labels of the era were using at the time, and which was unsuccessful among the general public, due to the high expense, heavy weight of equipment, and a minimal amount of artists who were releasing material in quadraphonic, as well as general consumer confusion from the fact that there were multiple different quadraphonic processes being used by the different labels. Arista used JVC’s discrete CD4 process for its quadrophonic records; these featured a medium blue label with black print with the A and four outlines thereof and the text “ARISTA QUADRAPHONIC” below. These used an AQ prefix. These albums also used the same graphics as the regular album, but with a color-coordinated border; at the bottom of the front cover was text reading “This Four-Channel Discrete recording is fully compatible. All rear channel information will sound in the front speakers when played in stereo.” The only two artists on Arista to have more than one album issued in quadraphonic were Melissa Manchester and Barry Manilow.
About 1976, Arista started using the copyright warning reading “Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws’’. Its placement on the labels tended to vary between copies of albums, but it was most frequently seen at 9 o’clock on the label.
Until around 1978, albums on Arista were distributed on 8-track and cassette tapes by GRT. The cassettes used the album’s stock number in between the label number “5301” and the letter H, used the standardized dark blue cassette inlay, and had blue shells with black printing. The 8-tracks used “8301” and blue labels printed onto a blue shell. All but one of the quadraphonic Arista albums were also issued on GRT 8-tracks, with a 7301 prefix.
The VERY early Arista albums consisted of reissues from the Bell catalogue.
AL/AQ 4001 — Godspell — Original Cast [1974] Reissue of Bell 1102. Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord/Save The People/Day By Day/Learn Your Lessons Well/Bless The Lord/All For The Best/All Good Gifts/Light Of The World//Turn Back O Man/Alas For You/By My Side/We Beseech Thee/On The Willows/Finale/Day By Day (Reprise)
AL 4002 — Greatest Hits on Earth — Fifth Dimension [1974] Reissue of Bell 1106. (Last Night) I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All/Stoned Soul Picnic/One Less Bell To Answer/Medley: Aquarius-Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)/Wedding Bell Blues//Save The Country/Love’s Lines Angles And Rhymes/Puppet Man/Up Up And Away/Never My Love/Together Let’s Find Love
AL 4003 — Free to Be…You and Me — Marlo Thomas & Friends [1974] Reissue of Bell 1110. Children’s stories and songs, hosted by Marlo Thomas and friends. Free To Be…You And Me — New Seekers/Boy Meets Girl — Mel Brooks & Marlo Thomas/When We Clean Up — Diana Ross/Don’t Dress Your Cat In An Apron — Billy DeWolfe/Parents Are People — Harry Belafonte & Marlo Thomas/Housework — Carol Channing/Helping — Tom Smothers/Ladies First — Marlo Thomas/Dudley Pippin And The Principal — Billy DeWolfe, Bobby Morse & Marlo Thomas/It’s All Right To Cry — Rosey Grier//Sisters & Brothers — Sisters & Brothers/My Dog Is A Plumber — Dick Cavett/William’s Doll — Alan Alda & Marlo Thomas/Atlanta — Alan Alda & Marlo Thomas/Grandma — Diana Sands/Girl Land — Jack Cassidy & Shirley Jones/Dudley Pippin And His No-Friend — Bobby Morse & Marlo Thomas/Glad To Have A Friend Like You — Marlo Thomas
AL 4004 — Tuneweaving — Dawn featuring Tony Orlando [1974] Reissue of Bell 1112. Freedom For The Stallion/Jolie/When We All Sang Along/Runaway — Happy Together/Easy Evil//Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree/You’re A Lady/Lazy Susan/Watch A Clown Break Down/I Can’t Believe How Much I Love You/I Don’t Know You Anymore
AL-4005 — Godspell (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) — Stephen Reinhardt [1974] Reissue of Bell 1118. Prepare Ye (The Way Of The Lord)/Save The People/Day By Day/Turn Back, O Man/All For The Best/All Good Gifts//Alas For You/By My Side/Beautiful City/On The Willows/Finale
AL 4006 — Home To Myself — Melissa Manchester [1974] Reissue of Bell 1123. If It Feels Good (Let It Ride)/Easy/Something To Do With Loving You/Funny That Way/Pick Up The Good Stuff (Reprise)//Be Happy Now/One More Mountain To Climb/Jenny/Doing The Best (That He Can)/Home To Myself
AL 4007 — Barry Manilow I — Barry Manilow [1974] Reissue of Bell 1129. Sing It/Sweetwater Jones/Cloudburst/One Of These Days/Oh My Lady/I Am Your Child//Could It Be Magic?/Seven More Years/Flashy Lady/Friends/Sweet Life
AL 4008 — Dawn’s New Ragtime Follies — Dawn featuring Tony Orlando [1974] Reissue of Bell 1130. Overture/Steppin’ Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)/Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose/Who’s In The Strawberry Patch With Sally/Atlanta/Daydream/If It Wasn’t For You Dear/Sweet Summer Days Of My Life/Ukulele Man/You Say The Sweetest Things/Strawberry Patch (Reprise)
AL 4009 — Lawrence Of Arabia (Soundtrack) — Maurice Jarre [1974] Reissue of Colpix (S)CP-514. Overture/Main Title/Miracle/Nefud Mirage/Rescue Of Gasim and Bringing Gasim Into Camp//Arrival At Auda’s Camp/The Voice Of The Guns/Continuation Of The Miracle/Suns Anvil/Lawrence And Body Guard/That Is The Desert/End Title
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AL 4011 — Bright Eyes — Melissa Manchester [1974] Reissue of Bell 1303. Bright Eyes/Alone/O Heaven (How You’ve Changed To Me)/Inclined/№1 (Ahwant Gimmeh)//Ode To Paul/I Can’t Get Started/He Is The One/Ruby And The Dancer
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AL/AQ 4016 — Barry Manilow II — Barry Manilow [1974] Reissue of Bell 1314. I Want To Be Somebody’s Baby/Early Morning Strangers/Mandy/The Two Of Us/Something’s Comin’ Up//It’s A Miracle/Avenue C/My baby Loves Me/Sandra/Home Again
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AL 4022 — Candida and Knock Three Times — Tony Orlando & Dawn [1974] Reissue of Bell 6052. Candida/Up On The Roof/Country/Look At/Rainy Day Man/What Are You Doing Sunday//Knock Three Times/Carolina On My Mind/Let’s Run Away Girl/The Love In Your Eyes/Perhaps The Joy Of Giving/Home
AL 4023 — David Cassidy’s Greatest Hits — David Cassidy [1974] Reissue of Bell 1321. Cherish/Doesn’t Somebody Want To Be Wanted/Daydreamer/Please Please Me/Could It Be Forever/If I Didn’t Care//How Can I Be Sure/I Think I Love You/Rock Me Baby/I Am A Clown/I’ll Meet You Halfway
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A 4030 — The First Minute Of A New Day — Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson [01–75] Offering/The Liberation Song/Must Be Something/Ain’t No Such Thing As Superman/Pardon Our Analysis (We Beg Your Pardon)//Guerilla/Winter In America/Western Sunrise/Alluswe
AL/AQ 4031 — Melissa — Melissa Manchester [01–75] We’ve Got Time/Party Music/Just Too Many People/Stevie’s Wonder/This Lady’s Not Home//Love Havin’ You Around/Midnight Blue/It’s Gonna Be Alright/I Got Eyes/I Don’t Want To Hear It Anymore
AL 4032 — New York, Fall 1974 — Anthony Braxton [1975] Cut One/Cut Two/Cut Three//Cut One/Cut Two/Cut Three
AL 4033 — Be True To You — Eric Andersen [1975] Moonchild River Song/Be True To You/Wildcrow Blues/Ol’ ‘55/Time Run Like A Freight Train//Liza, Light The Candle/Woman, She Was Gentle/Can’t Get You Out Of My Life/The Blues Keep Fallin’ Like The Rain/Love Is Just A Game
AL 4034 — Disco, Dance And Love Themes Of The ’70s — Peter Nero [1975] Jazzman/Feel Like Makin’ Love/Superstition/Love’s Theme/(Theme From) Emmanuelle//Soul Ballet/Nothing From Nothing/Brother Louie/Don’t You Worry About A Thing/(Theme From) Young & Restless
AL 4035 — Your Mama Won’t Like Me — Suzi Quatro [1975] I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew/Strip Me/Paralysed/Prisoner Of Your Imagination/Your Mama Won’t Like Me//Can’t Trust Love/New Day Woman/Fever/You Can Make Me Want You/Michael
AL 4036 — Emmanuelle (Soundtrack) — Pierre Bachelet & Hervé Roy [1975] Emmanuelle In The Mirror/Emmanuelle Song (French Vocal Version)/Emmanuelle In Thailand/Emmanuelle Steps Out/Emmanuelle Theme (Variation)/Night Club/Emmanuelle Swims/Emmanuelle In Thailand (Variations)/Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental)/Emmanuelle In The Mirror//Emmanuelle In The Mirror/Emmanuelle Song (English Vocal Version)/Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental — Variation)/Mood/Emmanuelle Theme (Up-Tempo Instrumental)/Opium Den/Rape Sequence/Emmanuelle Theme (Instrumental)/Cigarette Act/Emmanuelle In The Mirror
AL 4037 — Brecker Brothers — Brecker Brothers [1975] Some Skunk Funk/Sponge/A Creature Of Many Faces/Twilight//Sneakin’ Up Behind You/Rocks/Levitate/Oh My Stars/D.B.B.
AL 4038 — Survival Of The Fittest — Headhunters [1975] God Make Me Funky/Mugic/Here And Now//Daffy’s Dance/Rima/If You’ve Got It, You’ll Get It
AL 4039 — The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief — Monty Python [1975] B-side has two grooves, hence the extra use of “//”. Bishop On The Landing/Elephantoplasty/Wide World Of Novel Writing/Word Association/Bruces/Adventures Of Ralph Melish-Hot Dogs And Knickers/The Cheese Shop/Tiger Talk/A Great Actor//The Background To History/World War Noises In 4/The Fight Of The Century//The Minister For Overseas Development/Oscar Wilde And Friends/Taking In The Terrier/The Phone In
AL 4040 — Love Trip — Tamiko Jones [1975] Touch Me Baby/Everyone Belongs To Someone/I’m The Woman Behind The Man (Playing The Guitar In The Band)/Just You And Me/Just Sitting Around/Let Me In Your Life/Creepin’/Oh How I Love You/Who Is She (And What Is She To You)/Read Me Right/Chili Dog/A Long Way To Go
AL 4041 — Life Is You — Batdorf & Rodney [1975] Life Is You/Long Way From Heaven/You Are A Song/To A Gentler Time/Grab At A Straw//She Made Me Smile/Caught In The Rain/Is It Love/Another Part Of Me/Ain’t It Like Home
AL 4042 — Outlaws — Outlaws [1975] There Goes Another Love Song/Song For You/Song In The Breeze/It Follows From Your Heart/Cry No More//Waterhole/Stay With Me/Keep Prayin’/Knoxville Girl/Green Grass & High Tides
AL 4043 — Tell Me The Truth — Jon Hendricks [1975] Flat Foot Floogie/Naima/No More/On The Trail//Tell Me The Truth/Old Folks/I’ll Bet You Thought I’d Never Find You/Blues For Pablo
AL 4044 — From South Africa To South Carolina — Gil Scott Heron And Brian Jackson [11–75] Johannesburg/A Toast To The People/The Summer Of ‘42/Beginnings (The First Minute Of A New Day)//South Carolina (Barnwell)/Essex/Fell Together/A Lovely Day
AL/AQ 4045 — Greatest Hits — Tony Orlando & Dawn [1975] Tie A Yellow Ribbon ‘Round The Ole Oak Tree/Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?/You’re A Lady/Who’s In The Strawberry Patch With Sally?/You Say The Sweetest Things/Steppin’ Out, I’m Gonna Boogie Tonight//Candida/Knock Three Times/What Are You Doing Sunday/Summer Sand/Look In My Eyes Pretty Woman
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AL 4047 — Not A Little Girl Anymore — Linda Lewis [1975] (Remember The Days Of) The Old Schoolyard/It’s In His Kiss/This Time I’ll Be Sweeter/Rock And Roll Roller Coaster/Not A Little Girl Anymore//Love Where Are You Now/My Granddaddy Could Reggae/I Do My Best To Impress/May You Never/Love Love Love
[In early 1976, Arista introduced the original version of the warning at the bottom of its labels, which read “WARNING: Unauthorized reproduction of this recording is prohibited by Federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.” Along with this, text was added below the bottom of back covers of Arista albums which read “A Subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.”]
AL 4048 — The Wind And The Lion (Motion Picture Score) — Jerry Goldsmith [1976] Original pressings use the original version of the warning text. Main Title/I Remember (Love Theme From “The Wind And The Lion”)/The Horsemen/True Feelings/The Raisuli/The True Symbol/Raisuli Attacks//Lord Of The Riff/The Tent/The Palace/The Legend/Morning Camp/The Letter/Something Of Value
AL 4049 — Bay City Rollers — Bay City Rollers [1975] Give A Little Love/Bye Bye Baby/Shang-A-Lang/Marlina/Let’s Go (A Huggin’ And A Kissin’ In The Moonlight)/Be My Baby//Summer Love Sensation/Remember (Sha La La La)/Saturday Night/My Teenage Heart/Keep On Dancing
AL 4050 — The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Executive Version) — Monty Python [1975] The A Side Of The Label Of The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail//The B Side Of The Label Of The Album Of The Soundtrack Of The Trailer Of The Film Of Monty Python And The Holy Grail
AL 4051 — Larry Young’s Fuel — Larry Young [1975] Fuel For The Fire/I Ching (Book Of Changes)/Turn Off The Lights//Floating/H + J = B (Hustle + Jam = Bread)/People Do Be Funny/New York Electric Street Music
AL 4052 — Level One — Eleventh House ft. Larry Coryell [1975] Level One/The Other Side/Diedra/Some Greasy Stuff/Nyctaphobia//Suite: Entrance-Repose-Exit/Eyes Of Love/Struttin’ With Sunshine/That’s The Joint
AL 4053 — It’s In Everyone Of Us — David Pomeranz [1975] It’s In Everyone Of Us/Thea/Tryin’ To Get The Feeling/The Hit Song Of All Time/Flying//Greyhound Mary/If You Walked Away/High Together/Home To Alaska/Clarence
AL 4054 — Marching In The Street — Harvey Mason [1975] Marching In The Street/Modaji/Hop Scotch//Wild Rice/Ballad For Heather/Fair Thee Well/Building Love (Hymn)
AL 4055 — Terry — Terry Garthwaite [1975] Slender Thread/Angel Of Love/Changing Colors/Movin’ In The Night/Robbin’s Nest//What It’ll Do/You Send Me/Pass On By/What More/Rock & Rolle
AL 4056 — Joel Zoss — Joel Zoss [1975] Charlie’s Friend/I Gave My Love A Candle/The 41 St/Bend Down Low/End Of My Road/Too Long At The Fair//Sarah’s Song/Radiator/I Waited For You/Marimba/Too Much Fighting On The River
AL/AQ 4057 — Eric Carmen — Eric Carmen [1975] Sunrise/That’s Rock & Roll/Never Gonna Fall In Love Again/All By Myself/Last Night//My Girl/Great Expectations/Everything/No Hard Feelings/On Broadway
AL 4058 — Szobel — Hermann Szobel [1976] Original pressings used the original version of the warning text and the Columbia Pictures byline on the back. Mr. Softee/The Szuite//Between 7 & 11/Transcendental Floss/New York City, 6 AM
AL 4059 — Skybird — Tony Orlando & Dawn [1975] Skybird/Jolie/Come Back Billie Jo/Personality/Kelly Blye//All In The Game/Dance To The Music/Did You Ever Think She’d Get Away From You/Straight Ahead/That’s The Way A Wallflower Grows
AL/AQ 4060 — Tryin’ To Get The Feeling — Barry Manilow [1975] New York City Rhythm/Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again/Why Don’t We Live Together/Bandstand Boogie/You’re Leaving Too Soon/She’s A Star//I Write The Songs/As Sure As I’m Standing Here/A Nice Boy Like Me/Lay Me Down/Beautiful Music
[Around the spring of 1976, the warning text changed so that it read “Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.” However, some pressing plants, namely the PRC plant in Richmond, Indiana, kept using the original version of the warning text for a few more months.]
AL/AQ 4061 — Back To Back — Brecker Brothers Band [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Keep It Steady (Brecker Bump)/If You Wanna Boogie…Forget It/Lovely Lady/Night Flight//Slick Stuff/Dig A Little Deeper/Grease Piece/What Can A Miracle Do/I Love Wastin’ Time With You
AL 4062 — Jennifer Warnes — Jennifer Warnes [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Love Hurts/Round And Round/Shine A Light/You’re The One/I’m Dreaming//Mama/Right Time Of The Night/Bring Ol’ Maggie Back Home/Don’t Lead Me On/Daddy Don’t Go/O God Of Loveliness (O Bello Dio Del Paradiso)
AL 4063 — T-Shirt — Loudon Wainwright III [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Bicentennial/Summer’s Almost Over/Hollywood Hopeful/Reciprocity/At Both Ends/Wine With Dinner//Hey Packy/California Prison Blues/Talking Big Apple ‘75/Prince Hal’s Dirge/Just Like President Thieu/Wine With Dinner (Night Cap)
AL 4064 — Five Pieces 1975 — Anthony Braxton [1975] You Stepped Out Of A Dream/G — 647 (BNK — []/4038 — NBS 373 6//4 8 9 M 70–2 — (TH — B) M/BOR — — — — H N — K 64
AL 4065 — Urszula — Urszula Dudziak [1975] Papaya/Mosquito/Mosquito Dream/Mosquito Bite/Just The Way You Are//Sno King/Butterfly/Zavinul/Funk Rings/Call Me Monday
AL 4065 — Urszula — Urszula Dudziak [1975] Papaya/Mosquito/Mosquito Dream/Mosquito Bite/Just The Way You Are//Sno King/Butterfly/Zavinul/Funk Rings/Call Me Monday
AL 4066 — Horses — Patti Smith [1975] Original pressings used the original version of the warning text on the back. Gloria: In Excelsis Deo-Gloria (Version)/Redondo Beach/Birdland/Free Money//Kimberly/Break It Up/Land: Horses-Land, Of A Thousand Dances-La Mer(de)/Elegie
AL/AQ 4067 — Better Days & Happy Endings — Melissa Manchester [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Happy Endings/You Can Make It All Come True/Better Days/My Sweet Thing/Come In From The Rain//Rescue Me/Just You And I/Stand Up Woman/Good News/Sing, Sing, Sing
AL 4068 — Identity — Airto [1975] The Magicians (Bruxos)/Tales From Home (Lendas)/Identity/Encounter (Encontro No Bar)//Wake Up Song (Baiao Do Acordar)-Café/Mãe Cambina/Flora On My Mind
AL 4069 — Lucky Lady (Soundtrack) — Various Artists [1976] Original pressings used the original version of the warning text. Too Much Mustard — Ralph Burns/While The Getting Is Good — Liza Minnelli/Christy McTeague — Ralph Burns/Young Woman Blues — Bessie Smith/The Guymas Connection & Dizzy Fingers — Ralph Burns/Lucky Lady Montage — Liza Minnelli//Medley: If I Had A Talking Picture Of You-All I Do Is Dream Of You — Vangie Charmichael/Ain’t Misbehavign — Burt Reynolds/Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight — Bessie Smith/Portabello Waltzs — Ralph Burns/Saints Go Marching In — Ralph Burns/Lucky Lady — Liza Minnelli
AL/AQ 4070 — Lady In Waiting — Outlaws [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Breaker — Breaker/South Carolina/Ain’t So Bad/Freeborn Man/Girl From Ohio//Lover Boy/Just For You/Prisoner/Stick Around For Rock N’ Roll
AL 4071 — Rock N’ Roll Love Letter — Bay City Rollers [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Money Honey/La Belle Jeane/Rock And Roll Love Letter/Maybe I’m A Fool To Love You/Wouldn’t You Like It//I Only Wanna Dance With You/Shanghai’d In Love/Don’t Stop The Music/The Disco Kid/Eagles Fly/Too Young To Rock & Roll
AL 4072 — Spaceball — Larry Young’s Fuel [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Moonwalk/Startripper/Sticky Wicket//Flytime/Spaceball/Message From Mars/I’m Aware Of You
AL 4073 — Monty Python Live At City Center — Monty Python [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Introduction-The Llama/Gumby Flower Arranging/Short Blues/Wrestling/World Forum/Albatross-Colonel Stopping It/Nudge Nudge/Crunchy Frog/Bruces Song/Travel Agent/Camp Judges//Blackmail/Protest Song/Pet Shop/Four Yorkshiremen/Argument Clinic/Death Of Mary Queen Of Scots/Salvation Fuzz/Lumberjack Song
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AL 4075 — Sweet Surprise — Eric Andersen [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Lost In A Song/How It Goes/Dreams Of Mexico/San Diego Serenade//Sweet Surprise/Down At The Cantina/Crazy River/Love Will Meet Again
AL 4076 — Silver — Silver [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text; surprisingly, the word “Industries” is missing from the Columbia Pictures byline. Musician (It’s Not An Easy Life)/All I Wanna Do/Memory/No Wonder/Trust In Somebody//It’s Gonna Be Alright/Climbing/Wham Bam/Right On Time/Goodbye, So Long
AL 4077 — Aspects — Eleventh House Featuring Larry Coryell [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Kowloon Jag/Titus/Pyramids/Rodrigo Reflections//Yin-Yang/Woman Of Truth And Future/Ain’t It Is/Aspects
AL 4078 — Funky Kings — Funky Kings [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Singing In The Streets/My Old Pals/So Long/Highway Song/Nothing Was Exchanged/Slow Dancing//Let Me Go/So Easy To Begin/Help To Guide Me/Mattress On The Roof/Anywhere But Jimmie’s
AL 4079 — Taxi Driver (Motion Picture Score) — Bernard Herrmann [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Theme From Taxi Driver/I Work The Whole City/Betsy In A White Dress/The Days Do Not End/Reprise: Theme From Taxi Driver//Diary Of A Taxi Driver/Theme From Taxi Driver/The .44 Magnum Is A Monster/Sport And Iris/God’s Lonely Man (End Title)
AL 4080 — Creative Orchestral Music 1976 — Anthony Braxton [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Cut One/Cut Two/Cut Three//Cut One/Cut Two/Cut Three
AL 4081 — Free In America — Ben Sidran [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Feel Your Groove/After Midnight/Sunday Kind Of Love/Let’s Make A Deal/Beg For It//New York State Of Mind/You Talk Too Much/The Cuban Connection/Free In America
AL 4082 — General Johnson — General Johnson [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. General Johnson was the stage name of Norfolk, Virginia-based R&B songwriter Norman Johnson, who was the lead singer of a group called Chairman of the Board, which was signed to Invictus; he wrote many other songs for that label and its Hot Wax subsidiary during the early 1970s. Temperature Risin’/Don’t Walk Away/We The People/Lies//All In The Family/Only Love Can Mend A Broken Heart/Patches/Keep Keepin’ On
AL 4083 — Photographic Smile — Mr. Big [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Photographic Smile/Wonderful Creation/Louisiana Street/What Color Is The Wind/I Ain’t Bin A Man/Sweet Silence//Zambia/Feel Like Calling Home/Romeo/Can We Live-Angel Of My Life/Easy
AL 4084 — David Forman — David Forman [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text, the Columbia Pictures byline on the back, and the 1974 blue label. Dream Of A Child/Treachery/If It Takes All Night/Smokey China Tea/Endless Waters//Rosalie/One Fine Day/When The Comet Comes/Winnsboro Louisiana/Seven Sisters/Marriage Of Napoleon
AL-4085 — Movies — Movies [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Dancing On Ice/Rainy Weather/American Beauty Rose/Satellite Touchdown/Better Wages, Better Days//Empty Room/If I Can Just Get Through Tonight/You Think You’re Too Good To Be True/Sugarloo/Would You Believe
AL 4086 — Body English — Michal Urbaniak [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. New York Polka/Afterglow/Zad/Sevenish//Body English/Quintone/Lyricon/Satin Lady/Zomar Land
AL 4087 — Point Blank — Point Blank [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Free Man/Moving/Wandering/Bad Bees//That’s The Law/Lone Star Rock/Distance/In This World
AL 4088 — Blind Dog At St. Dunstans — Caravans [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Here Am I/Chiefs And Indians/A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik/Bobbing Wide/Come On Back/Oik (Reprise)//Jack And Jill/Can You Hear Me?/All The Way (With John Wayne’s Single-Handed Liberation Of Paris)
AL 4089 — Monkees Greatest Hits — Monkees [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Reissue of Bell 6081. Monkee’s Theme/Last Train To Clarksville/She/Daydream Believer/Listen To The Band/A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You///I’m A Believer/I Wanna Be Free/Pleasant Valley Sunday/(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone/Shades Of Gray
AL/AQ 4090 — This One’s For You — Barry Manilow [08–76] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. This One’s For You/Daybreak/You Oughta Be Home With Me/Jump Shout Boogie/Weekend In New England//Riders To The Stars/Let Me Go/Looks Like We Made It/Say The Words/All The Time/See The Show Again
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AL 4092 — Deardorff & Joseph — Deardorff & Joseph [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. One More Story To Tell/We’ll Never Have To Say Goodbye Again/Chicago Blue/Nighttime Love/Sentimental Lady//The Castle/Golden Road/Lovely Lady/Sing My Song/Little Kings Of Earth
AL 4093 — Dedication — Bay City Rollers [09–76] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Let’s Pretend/You’re A Woman/Rock N’ Roller/I Only Want To Be With You
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AL 4095 — Help Is On The Way — Melissa Manchester [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Talkin’ To Myself/Be Somebody/A Fool In Love/Headlines/Help Is On The Way//Monkey See, Monkey Do/Dirty Work/So’s My Old Man/There’s More Where That Came From/Singing From My Soul
AL 4096 — Earthmover — Harvey Mason [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. K.Y. And The Curb/Sho Nuff Groove/The Mase/Sweet Mercy//Earthmover Prelude/Bertha Baptist/First Summer/No Lands Man/When I’m With You (Live Version)
AL 4097 — Radio Ethiopia — Patti Smith Group [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Ask The Angels/Ain’t It Strange/Poppies/Pissing In A River//Pumping (My Heart)/Distant Fingers/Radio Ethiopia: Radio Ethiopia-Abyssinia
AL 4098 — She’s Gone — Lou Rawls [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Reissue of Bell 1318. You Don’t Miss Your Water/She’s Gone/Feel Like Makin’ Love/Now You’re Coming Back Michelle/A Smile Can’t Hide A Broken Heart/Hourglass//Let It Be Now/Got It Here To Give/Baby You Don’t Know How Good You Are/Keep The Faith/You’re A Lady
AL 4099 — Majesty Music — Miroslav Vitous [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. X Rated/See You, November/Majesty Music/New Orleans/Do You, Don’t You, Won’t You//Best Friends/Streams And Fields/Folks/Mount Shasta (Part II)/Requiem For My Mother
AL 4100 — Rock And Roll Heart — Lou Reed [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text; surprisingly the year is only listed on the label of the disc. I Believe In Love/Banging On My Drum/Follow The Leader/You Wear It So Well/Ladies Pay/Rock And Roll Heart//Chooser And The Chosen/Senselessly Cruel/Claim To Fame/Vicious Circle/A Sheltered Life/Temporary Thing
AL 4101 — Duets 1976 — Anthony Braxton With Muhal Richard Abrams [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Miss Ann/Cut Two/Cut Three//Maple Leaf Rag/36-MK74–128/Nickie
AL 4102 — Alpha Band — Alpha Band [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Interviews/Cheap Perfume/Keep It In The Family/Ten Figures/Wouldn’t You Know//Madman/The Dogs/Arizona Telegram/Dark Eyes/Last Chance To Dance
AL 4103 — Volunteers — Volunteers [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. All Night Long/Queen Of The Night/For The Lack Of Anything Better/Maybe It Doesn’t Even Matter Now/Long Haul//Standing Up For Love/Gypsy Thief (Who Do You Trust)/Driven Snow/Lost In The Hills Of Hollywood/Payday (The Weekend Again)
AL 4104 — Nadia’s Theme (The Young And The Restless) — Barry De Vorzon [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. The title cut is a solo remake of a hit song that was a hit for him and Barry DeVorzon on the A&M label; the two versions are similar but have different instrumentation. Jelinda’s Theme/Winter Song/This Masquerade/The Dancer/All By Myself//Nadia’s Theme (The Young And The Restless)/I Write The Songs/Theme From S.W.A.T./Shadows/Midnight/Bless The Beasts And Children
AL 4105 — The Rest Of My Life — Martha Reeves [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Higher And Higher/(I Want To Be With You) The Rest Of My Life/Second Chance/This Time I’ll Be Sweeter/Love Blind//Thank You/Now That We Found Love/Love Strong Enough To Move Mountains/You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
AL 4106 — Sleepwalker — The Kinks [1977] Original pressings use the 1977 black label. Life On The Road/Mr. Big Man/Sleepwalker/Brother//Juke Box Music/Sleepless Night/Stormy Sky/Full Moon/Life Goes On
AL 4107 — NBC’s Saturday Night (Live) — Original Cast [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. The album (and show) were originally titled Saturday Night, a name coined because ABC had its own (short-lived) SNL, with Howard Cosell. When the latter was cancelled, NBC (and this album) appropriated the SNL acronym and its meaning, and used it ever since. Artists on this album are Chevy Chase, Don Pardo, Howard Shore And His All-Nurse Band, Lily Tomlin, Robert King, Anne Beatts, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Peter Boyle, Bill Wendell, Paul Simon, Richard Pryor and Buck Henry. Gerald Ford/Opening/Monologue/Speed/Bedtime Story/Shimmer/Gun Control/Fondue/Dueling Banjos/Anna Freud/Bees On Parade//Weekend Update 1/Spud/Weekend Update 2/Weatherman/News For The Hard Of Hearing/Uvula/Jimmy Carter/Chevy’s Girls/Fluckers/Word Association/Goodbyes/Closing
AL 4108 — The Lion And The Ram — Larry Coryell [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Larry’s Boogie/Stravinsky/Toy Soldiers/Short Time Around//Improvisation On Bach Lute Prelude/Song For My Friend’s Children/Bicentennial Head Fest/The Fifties/Domesticity/The Lion And The Ram
AL 4109 — The Glitter Band Makes You Blind — Glitter Band [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Where Have You Been/Makes You Blind/My First Mistake/Painted Lady/People Like You And People Like Me/Let Me Love You//Dream Baby/Oh Well, Never Mind/Watch The Show/Alone Again/The Tears I Cried
AL 4110 — Vimana — Nova [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Vimana/Night Games/Poesia (To A Brother Gone)//Thru The Silence/Driftwood/Princess And The Frog
AL 4111 — The Best Of The Drifters — Drifters [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. This album contains the group’s hits for the UK incarnation of Bell Records, including re-recordings of two of their Atlantic hits. Under The Boardwalk/Like Sister And Brother/Kissing In The Back Row Of The Movies/Love Games/On Broadway//Save The Last Dance For Me/There Goes My First Love/Can I Take You Home Little Girl/Hello Happiness/Every Night
AL 4112 — A History Of Bell U.K. 1970–1975 — Various Artists [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. New York Groove — Hello/People Like You And People Like Me — Glitter Band/Doing Alright With The Boys — Gary Glitter/Hey Rock ’N’ Roll — Showaddywaddy/Three Steps To Heaven — Showaddywaddy/Forever And Ever — Silk/Keep On Dancing — Bay City Rollers/Bye Bye Baby — Bay City Rollers/It’s In His Kiss — Linda Lewis/Kissin’ In The Back Row Of The Movies — Drifters/Hot Shot — Barry Blue
AL 4113 — Bandit — Bandit [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text, the Columbia Pictures byline on the back, and the 1974 blue label. Ohio/Hard On A Loser/The Leader Of The Pack/Dance When You Boogie/Mr. James//Hung Up On Your Love/Rocking My Soul Out/Pulling Them Punches/All Coming Back To Me/Love And Understanding
AL 4114 — Showaddywaddy — Showaddywaddy [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text, the Columbia Pictures byline on the back, and the 1974 blue label. Hey Rock And Roll/Rock ’n’ Roll Lady/Sweet Music/Chain Gang/King Of The Jive/Trocadero//Three Steps To Heaven/Heartbeat/Heavenly/Johnny Remember Me/Under The Moon Of Love/Hey Mr Christmas
AL 4115 — Slik — Silk [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Forever And Ever/Don’t Take Your Love Away/The Kid’s A Punk/When Will I Be Loved/Requiem//Darlin’/Do It Again/Better Than I Do/Bom-Bom/Dancerama
AL-4116 — Promises Of The Sun — Airto [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Batacuda/Zuei/Promises Of The Sun/Candango//Circo/La De Casa/Ruas Do Recefie/Georgiana
AL 4117 — Gino Cunico — Gino Cunico [1976] Original pressings use the revised version of the warning text. Daydreamer/She’s Sweet, She’s Somebody/Can’t Hold On Any Longer/When I Wanted You/Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)//Can’t Smile Without You/Don’t Throw It All Away/Don’t Get Around Much Anymore/Emptiness/Can’t Hold On Any Longer (Reprise)
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[Around here, the label changes to a black one with the A and ARISTA text in light blue. There is no text ring on U.S. pressings, but Canadian copies use the same bottom ring text as the 1974 blue label.]
AL 4119 — Hollywood Stars — Hollywood Stars [1977] All The Kids On The Street/Weekend Love/I Need You Tonight/Stay The Way You Are/I Can’t Help It//Sunrise On Sunset/Merry-Go-Round (Love Is A)/So Blue/All For Love/Make It To The Party
AL 4120 — Happy The Man — Happy The Man [1977] Starborne/Stumpy Meets The Firecracker In Stencil Forest/Upon The Rainbow (Befrost)/Mr. Mirror’s Reflection On Dreams/Carousel//Knee Bitten Nymphs In Limbo/On Time As A Helix Of Precious Laughs/Hidden Moods/New York Dream’s Suite
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AL 4122 — Don’t Stop The Music — The Brecker Brothers [1977] Finger Lickin’ Good/Funky Sea, Funky Dew/As Long As I’ve Got Your Love/Squids//Don’t Stop The Music/Petals/Tabula Rasa
AL 4123 — Dickey Betts & Great Southern — Dickey Betts & Great Southern [1977] Out To Get Me/Run Gypsy Run/Sweet Virginia/The Way Love Goes//Nothing You Can Do/California Blues/Bougainvillea
AL 4124 — Boats Against The Current — Eric Carmen [08–77] Boats Against The Current/Marathon Man/Nowhere To Hide/Take It Or Leave It//Love Is All That Matters/She Did It/I Think I Found Myself/Runaway
AL 4125 — Rock ‘N Roll Again — The New Commander Cody Band [1977] Midnight Man/Don’t Say Nothin’/Rock N’ Roll Again/6 Years On The Road//Snooze You Lose/Widow/Danny/Seven-Eleven/Where Were You
AL 4126 — Heart And Soul — Danny Peck [1977] Halo Of Fire/Looking So Hard/The Smoke Is Rising/Dream Girl/Brother Of Mine//This Could Be A Real Nice Place/I Do/Take Your Baby Home/That’s The Way It Is/Where Is My Heart
AL 4127 — Cream City — Aalon [1977] Cream City/Rock ’N’ Roll Gangster/Midnight Man/Summer Love/Steven Baine’s Electric Train//Lonely Princess/Magic Night/Jungle Desire
AL 4128 — The Best Songs — Eric Andersen [1977] Is It Really Love At All/I Shall Go Unbounded/Violets Of Dawn/Be True To You/Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin’//Thirsty Boots/Moonchild River Song/Blue River/Close The Door Lightly/Time Run Like A Freight Train
AL 4129 — Shirley Brown — Shirley Brown [1977] Blessed Is The Woman (With A Man Like Mine)/When You Really Love Somebody/Said I Wasn’t Gonna Give You No More Love/I Need Somebody To Love Me/Givin’ Up//Long On Lovin’/Midnight Rendezvous/(I’ll Be Right Here) Lovin’ You/A Mighty Good Feeling
AL 4130 — Dance Of The Age Of Enlightenment - David Sancious And Tone [1977] Overture-Wake Up (To A Brand New Day)/1st Movement (Dance Of The Glory And Playfulness)/2nd Movement (Dance Of Purification)//The Dawn/3rd Movement (Parts I & II)/4th Movement (Dance Of Serenity And Strength)/Finale; Part 1 (Gone Is The Veil Of Illusion)-Part 2 (Dance Of Gratitude And Devotion)
AL 4131 — The Doctor Is In — Ben Sidran [1977] Get It Yourself/Song For A Sucker Like You/Broad Daylight/One Way Grave/See You On The Other Side//Set Yourself Free/Silver’s Serenade/Nobody’s Fool/Charlie’s Blues/Good Bye Pork Pie Hat/Be Nice
AL 4132 — Midnight Rain — Urszula Dudziak [1977] Lover/Misty/Night In Tunisia/Midnight Rain//People Say…/Bluessette/Cuckoo’s Nest
AL 4133 — Love Play - Mike Mainieri [1977] High Life/Magic Carpet/Latin Lover/I’m Sorry//Silkworm/Easy To Please/Sara Smile/Love Play
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AL 4135 — Hurry Sundown — Outlaws [1977] Gunsmoke/Hearin’ My Heart Talkin’/So Afraid/Holiday/Hurry Sundown//Cold & Lonesome/Night Wines/Heavenly Blues/Man Of The Hour
AL 4136 — Singin’ — Melissa Manchester [09–77] Sad Eyes/I Wanna Be Where You Are/A Love Of Your Own/No One’s Ever Seen This Side Of Me/You Make It Easy//Stand/My Love Is All I Know/Time/Let Me Serenade You/The Warmth Of The Sun
AL 4137 — Second Season — Point Blank [1977] Part Time Lover/Back In The Alley/Rock And Roll Hideaway/Stars And Scars//Beautiful Loser/Uncle Ned/Tattooed Lady/Nasty Notions/Waiting For A Change
(prefix changes here; also around this time, Arista abandons GRT for tape distribution in favor of making its own 8-tracks and cassettes. The AT8 prefix would be used for 8-track cartridges, and the ATC prefix would be used for cassettes.)
AB/AT8/ATC-4138 — Go Too — Stomu Yamashta’s Go [1977] Prelude/Seen You Before/Madness/Mysteries Of Love//Wheels Of Fortune/Beauty/You And Me/Ecliptic
AB/AT8/ATC 4139 — If Love Is Real — Randy Edelman [1977] Take My Hand/Slippin’ Away/Autumn Days With You/Today (June Song)/Can’t It All Be Love//If Love Is Real/The Night Has A Thousand Eyes/Looking Up At Mars/It’s Hard To Say Goodbye/Sentimental Fools
AB/AT8/ATC 4140 — Twilley Don’t Mind — Dwight Twilley Band [1977] Here She Come/Looking For The Magic/That I Remember/Rock And Roll 47/Trying To Find My Baby//Twilley Don’t Mind/Sleeping/Chance To Get Away/Invasion
AB/AT8/ATC 4141 — Rick Danko — Rick Danko [1977] What A Town/Brainwash/New Mexicoe/Tired Of Waiting/Sip The Wine//Java Blues/Sweet Romance/Small Town Talk/Shake It/Once Upon A Time
AB/AT8/ATC 4142 — Lily Tomlin On Stage — Lily Tomlin [1977] Mr. Theater Goer And Shopping Bag Lady/Mrs. Judith Beasley (Unnatural Resources)/Lud And Marie Meet Dracula’s Daughter (A Tale Of Teen-age Tyranny)/Ernestine (Phone Company Commercial)/Tell Miss Sweeney Goodbye/Shopping Bag Lady And UFO Guy//Glenna — A Child Of The 60's/Lily And Shopping Bag Lady
AB/AT8/ATC 4143 — Donovan — Donovan [1977] Local Boy Chops Wood/Astral Angel/The Light/Dare To Be Different/Brave New World//Lady Of The Stars/International Man/Sing My Song/Maya’s Dance/Kalifornia Kiddies
AB/AT8/ATC 4144 — We Are One — Mandrill [1977] Can You Get It (Susie Caesar)/Funky Monkey/Happy Beat//Gilly Hines (In Memory Of Natalie Cerame)/Holiday/Closer To You/Love One Another
AB/AT8/ATC 4145 — Spark In The Dark — The Alpha Band [1977] East Of East/Born In Captivity/Blue Lonely Night/Silver Mantis/Honey Run//Adrenalin/You Angel You/Not Everything Has A Price/Love And Romance/Mystified/Spark In The Dark (On The Moody Existentialist)/Jazz Hymn
AB/AT8/ATC-4146 — Straight From The Gate — Headhunters [1977] Straight From The Gate/Mayonnaise/Ms. Yum Yum/Don't Kill Your Feelings//Descending Azzizziuh (The Beginning Of A Dream)/I Remember I Made You Cry/Pork Soda/Dreams/Silhouette
AB/AT8/ATC 4147 — Bridges — Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson [1977] Hello Sunday! Hello Road!/Song Of The Wind/Racetrack In France/Vidgolia (Deaf, Dumb & Blind)//Under The Hammer/We Almost Lost Detroit/Tuskeegee #626/Delta Man (Where I’m Comin' From)/95 South (All Of The Places We've Been)
AB/AT8/ATC 4148 — Baby Grand — Baby Grand [1977] Never Enough/Can't Keep It Inside/Bring Me Your Broken Heart/Lady Of My Dreams//Down, Down/Alligator Drive/Shinin' In The Spotlight/Boy In The Band
AB/AT8/ATC 4149 — Prime Time — Don McLean [1977] Prime Time/The Statue/Jump/Redwing/The Wrong Thing To Do/The Pattern Is Broken//When Love Begins/Color TV Blues/Building My Body/Down The Road-Sally Ann/When A Good Thing Goes Bad/South Of The Border
AB/AT8/ATC 4150 — Wings Of Love — Nova [1977] You Are Light/Marshall Dillon/Blue Lake/Beauty Dream-Beauty Flame/Golden Sky Boat/Loveliness About You/Inner Star/Last Silence
AB/AT8/ATC-4151 — Roy Hill — Roy Hill [1978] Join Me/When The Day Came/The Boys Would Like You To Know/She Sits Alone/After Tonight//George's Br/Dance Into My Heart/Marionettes/Liner To Tangiers/Piccadilly Lights
AB/AT8/ATC 4152 — The Muppet Show — Muppets [1977] Performers on this album are Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Eren Ozker, John Lovelady and Fran Brill. Please note that some of the tracks listed are from a pinned comment from a YouTube upload of the entire album, and are not listed on the back cover or on the label. The Muppet Show Theme/Introduction By Kermit The Frog/Mississippi Mud/Statler And Waldorf/Miss Piggy-Kermit Conversation/Mahna Mahna/The Great Gonzo Eats A Rubber Tire To The Flight Of The Bumble Bee/Mr. Bassman/Fozzie’s Hat Tricks/Cottleston Pie/The Amazing Marvin Suggs And His Muppaphone Play Lady Of Spain/Lydia The Tattooed Lady/Halfway Down The Stairs//Tenderly/Kermit-Animal Conversation/I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog/Statler And Waldorf/Miss Piggy-Kermit Conversation/Tit Willow/Veterinarian's Hospital/Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear/Miss Piggy-Kermit Conersation/What Now My Love/A Monologue By Fozzie Bear/Trees/Sax And Violence/Being Green
AB/AT8/ATC-4153 — Garnet Mimms Has It All — Garnet Mimms [1977] This was, for 30 years, the final regular album from the soul singer who was the first to record the song “Cry Baby”, which later became a (posthumous) hit for Janis Joplin. Mimms later became a born-again Christian who frequently ministered to lost souls and prisoners. Right Here In The Palm Of My Hand/Johnny Porter/Lovin’ Power/Tail Snatcher//What It Is/We Had It All/It's You/Street Music
AB/AT8/ATC 4154 — Wet Behind The Ears — Pets [1978] Same Old Fool/Wet Behind The Ears/Breaking Point Road/Desperately/Monkey Girl//Crying On The Platform/Elinda/Turnaround/Rose
AB/AT8/ATC 4155 — Heaven Help The Fool — Bob Weir [1978] Bombs Away/Easy To Slip/Salt Lake City/Shade Of Grey//Heaven Help The Fool/This Time Forever/I'll Be Doggone/Wrong Way
AB/AT8/ATC 4156 — Two For The Road — Larry Coryell and Steve Khan [1977] Spain/Bouquet/Son Of Stiff Neck/Juju//St. Gallen/Footprints/General Moto's Well Laid Plan
AB/AT8/ATC 4157 — Funk In A Mason Jar — Harvey Mason [1977] Pack Up Your Bags/Till You Take My Love/Space Cadets/Freedom Either Way/Funk In A Mason Jar//What's Going On?/Set It Free/Phantazia/Liquid
AB/AT8/ATC 4158 — Greatest Hits — Bay City Rollers [1977] I Only Want To Be With You/Money Honey/Rock And Roll Love Letter/The Way I Feel Tonight/Yesterday's Hero//Dedication/Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You/You Made Me Believe In Magic/Don't Stop The Music/Saturday Night
AB/AT8/ATC 4159 — You Light Up My Life (Original Soundtrack Recording) — Joe Brooks [1977] The vocal version of the title cut is performed by actress Kasey Cisyk, with Didi Conn lip-syncing to it in the film. The 45 RPM issue of her recording credited it to “Original Cast”. Composer-producer Brooks was said by her third husband, recording engineer Ed Rakowicz, to have evaded payment to Cisyk by having had Debby Boone (Pat's daughter) tape over her vocals (right down to duplicating her performance note for note) after Cisyk refused his advances. Boone's recording (released by Warner-Curb) set a record on the Billboard Hot 100 by spending 10 weeks at #1 in 1977, and at the time having spent the longest run at #1 on the chart. Cisyk later sued Brooks for fees earned on her work related to the record and credit on the soundtrack; she received both later on. You Light Up My Life/The Morning Of My Life/It's A Long Way From Brooklyn/Phone Call/You Light Up My Life (Instrumental)//Rolling The Chords/Do You Have A Piano/Ride To Chris' House/California Daydreams/You Light Up My Life
AB/AT8/ATC-4160 — Cats Under The Stars — Jerry Garcia Band [1978] Rubin And Cherise/Love In The Afternoon/Palm Sunday/Cats Under The Stars//Rhapsody In Red/Rain/Down Home/Gomorrah
AB/AT8/ATC-4161 — Love Will Find A Way — Pharoah Sanders [1978] Love Will Find A Way/Pharomba/Love Is Here/Got To Give It Up//As You Are/Answer Me My Love/Everything I Have Is Good
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AB/AT8/ATC 4163 — Raydio — Raydio [1978] Is This A Love Thing/You Need This (To Satisfy That)/Betcha You Can’t Love Me Just Once/Honey I’m Rich//Jack & Jill/Me/Let’s Go All The Way/Get Down
AB/AT8/ATC 4164 — Even Now — Barry Manilow [02–78] Copacabana (At The Copa)/Somewhere In The Night/A Linda Song/Can’t Smile Without You/Leavin’ In The Morning/Where Do I Go From Here//Even Now/I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)/Losing Touch/I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life/Starting Again/Sunrise
AB/AT8/ATC 4165 — Striker — Striker [1978] Think About It/Midnight Flyer/Wish/More Than Enough/On My Way//Hard On Me/Somebody Help Me/By Your Side/Running In The Wrong Lane/We Got The Power
AB/AT8/ATC-4166 — Sailing Down The Years — Kevin Lamb [1978] Sailing Down The Years/Back On The Farm/Too Late Now/On The Wrong Track/Bitter Harvest//Night Hours/There’s A Darkness/Sign Of The Times/When My Love/Room Service
AB/AT8/ATC-4167 — Misfits — Kinks [05–19–78] Misfits/Hay Fever/Live Life/Rock ’N’ Roll Fantasy/In A Foreign Land//Permanent Waves/Black Messiah/Out Of The Wardrobe/Trust Your Heart/Get Up
AB/AT8/ATC 4168 — Atlanta’s Burning Down — Dickey Betts & Great Southern [1978] Good Time Feeling/Atlanta’s Burning Down/Leavin’ Me Again/Back On The Road Again//Dealin’ With The Devil/Shady Streets/You Can Have Her (I Don’t Want Her)/Mr. Blues Man
AB/AT8/ATC 4169 — Street Hassle — Lou Reed [02–78] Gimmie Some Good Times/Dirt/Street Hassle: Waltzing Matilda-Street Hassle-Slipaway//I Wanna Be Black/Real Good Time Together/Shooting Star/Leave Me Alone/Wait
AB/AT8/ATC 4170 — Vintage ’78 — Eddie Kendricks [1978] Former member of the Temptations. How’s Your Love Life Baby/The Best Of Strangers Now/Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Love/Ain’t No Smoke Without Fire/If It Takes All Night//One Of The Poorest People/Whip/Your Wish Is My Command/Maybe I’m A Fool To Love You/Love, Love, Love
AB/AT8/ATC-4171 — Easter — Patti Smith Group [03–78] Till Victory/Space Monkey/Because The Night/Ghost Dance/Babelogue/Rock N Roll N — — r//Privilege (Set Me Free)/We Three/25th Floor/High On Rebellion/Easter
AB/AT8/ATC 4172 — Deadlines — Strawbs [1978] No Return/Joey And Me/Sealed With A Traitor’s Kiss/I Don’t Want To Talk About It/The Last Resort//Time And Life/New Beginnings/Deadly Nightshade/Words Of Wisdom
AB/AT8/ATC 4173 — Final Exam — Loudon Wainwright III [1978] Final Exam/Mr. Guilty/Pen Pal Blues/Golfin’ Blues/The Heckler//Natural Disaster/Fear With Flying/Heaven And Mud/Two-Song Set/Pretty Little Martha/Watch Me Rock I’m Over Thirty
AB/AT8/ATC 4174 — Close Encounters — Gene Page [1978] Close Encounters Of The Third Kind/Theme From “Star Trek”/C E 3 K/Moonglow And Love Theme/Dancin’ In The Sky//I Feel Like I’ve Been Livin’ (On The Dark Side Of The Moon)/Beyond The Hole In Space/When You Wish Upon A Star/Sho’ Like To Ride On Your Star/Saturn
AB/AT8/ATC 4175 — The Fury (Original Soundtrack Recording) — John Williams [1978] Main Title/For Gillian/Vision On The Stairs/Hester’s Theme And The House/Gillian’s Escape//The Search For Robin/Gillian’s Vision/Death On The Carousel And End Titles/Epilogue
AB/AT8/ATC 4176 — Zaragon — John Miles [1978] Overture/Borderline/I Have Never Been In Love Before/No Hard Feelings//Plain Jane/Nice Man Jack: Kensington Gardens-Mitre Square-Harley Street/Zaragon
AB/AT8/ATC 4177 — This Is Your Life — Norman Connors And The Starship Orchestra [1978] Stella/This Is Your Life/Wouldn’t You Like To See/Listen/Say You Love Me//Captain Connors/You Make Me Feel Brand New/Butterfly/The Creator
AB/AT8/ATC 4178 — A Little Kiss In The Night — Ben Sidran [1978] Kiss In The Night/You Got The Power/Moose The Mooch/The Cadillac Kid//That’s Life I Guess/Doing You/Tell Old Bill/Mr. Bill Goes To Brazil/Face Your Fears
AB/AT8/ATC 4179 — The Statue Makers Of Hollywood — Alpha Band [1978] Tick Tock/Rich Man/Mighty Man//Perverse Generation/Two Sisters/Two People In The Modern World/Back In My Baby's Arms Again/Thank God
AB/AT8/ATC 4180 — Pyramid — Alan Parsons Project [06-78] Voyager/What Goes Up.../The Eagle Will Rise Again/One More River/Can't Take It With You//In The Lap Of Gods/Pyramania/Hyper-Gamma-Spaces/Shadow Of A Lonely Man
AB/AT8/ATC-4181 — For Trio — Anthony Braxton [1978] Version I (NW-5-94, Op. 76)//Version II (NW-5-94, Op. 76)
AB/AT8/ATC-4182 — Cabin Fever — Michael Stanley Band [1978] Baby If You Wanna Dance/Long Time (Looking For A Dream)/Misery Loves Company/Why Should Love Be This Way/Slip Away//Who's To Blame/What’cha Wanna Do Tonight/Only A Dreamer/Fool's Parade/Late Show
AB/AT8/ATC 4183 — Flying Dreams — Commander Cody [1978] Thank You, Lone Ranger/Cry Baby Cry/He's In Love (He’s In Trouble)/Life Is A Carnival/Talent Night At The Nashville Inn//Flying Dreams/Dreams Of Barbarella/Vampira/Take The Fifth Amendment/Stranger In A Strange Land/My Day
AB/AT8/ATC 4184 — Change Of Heart — Eric Carmen [09-78] Desperate Fools Overture/Haven't We Come A Long Way/End Of The World/Heaven Can Wait/Baby I Need Your Lovin’//Change Of Heart/Hey Deanie/Someday/Desperate Fools
AB/AT8/ATC 4185 — Heavy Metal Be-Bop — Brecker Brothers [09-78] East River/Inside Out/Some Skunk Funk//Sponge/Funky Sea, Funky Dew/Squids
AB/AT8/ATC 4186 — Don't Cry Out Loud — Melissa Manchester [10-78] Shine Like You Should/Caravan/Don’t Cry Out Loud/Almost Everything/Bad Weather//Through The Eyes Of Grace/To Make You Smile Again/Such A Morning/Knowin’ My Love's Alive/Singin’ From My Soul
AB/AT8/ATC 4187 — Quazar — Quazar [1978] Funk With A Big Foot/Funk With A Capital “G”/Funk 'n' Roll/Workin' On The Buildin'//Your Lovin' Is Easy/Love Me Baby/Savin' My Love For A Rainy Day/Starlight Circus/Shades Of Quaze
AB/AT8/ATC 4188 — Rhythm Of Life — Afro-Cuban Band [1978] Rhythm Of Life/Black Widow Woman/Baila//The Moon Is The Daughter Of The Devil/You're Like/Delicado
AB/AT8/ATC 4189 — Secrets — Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson [1978] Angel Dust/Madison Avenue/Cane/Third World Revolution/Better Days Ahead//Three Miles Down/Angola, Louisiana/Show Bizness/A Prayer For Everybody-To Be Free
AB/AT8/ATC 4190 — Time Passages — Al Stewart [09-78] Time Passages/Valentina Way/Life In Dark Water/A Man For All Seasons//Almost Lucy/The Palace Of Versailles/Timeless Skies/Song On The Radio/End Of The Day
AB/AT8/ATC 4191 — Crafty Hands — Happy The Man [1978] Service With A Smile/Morning Sun/Ibby It Is/Steaming Pipes//Wind Up Doll Day Wind/Open Book/I Forgot To Push It/The Moon, I Sing (Nossuri)
AB/AT8/ATC 4192 — The Muppet Show 2 — Muppets [1978] Performers on this album are Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, and Louise Gold. Please note that some of the tracks listed are from a pinned comment from a YouTube upload of the entire album, and are not listed on the back cover or on the label. At the end of the record, Kermit assumes everyone has been locked out of the Muppet Theater and goes out for dinner with Miss Piggy, but it turns out Kermit has completely forgotten about Fozzie Bear, who shouts HELP enough times to form a locked groove; on this North American version, however, the record simply fades out midway through Fozzie's pleas. Muppet Show Theme/Baby Face/Statler & Waldorf/There’s A New Sound/A Monologue By Fozzie Bear: Over The Waves-Fozzie’s Play On Music/Cuando Le Gusta/Miss Piggy-Kermit Dialogue/Who/Time In A Bottle/An Editorial By Sam The Eagle (Sam’s Play On Music)/Borneo/At The Dance/Upidee/Just One Person//Happy Feet/Pigs In Space/I’m Five/Sea Chanty/New York State Of Mind/Pig Calypso/When/Miss Piggy-Kermit Dialogue/A Gypsy’s Violin/Animal Sings Gershwin (A Foggy Day)/For What It’s Worth/We Got Us/Closing Theme
AB/AT8/ATC 4193 — Jack Tempchin — Jack Tempchin [1978] Stingatree/She Belonged To You/Peaceful Easy Feling/Fifteen Days Under The Hood/Lifetime Friend//Golden Life/Tijuana/Pick Up Truck/Skateboard Johnny/Walkaway
AB/AT8/ATC 4194 — Strangers In The Wind — Bay City Rollers [1978] The release of this album was timed to coincide with the band’s Saturday morning NBC show, which was produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It did little to drive attention toward this record; then, hardly anything on NBC during this ultra-weak period for the network would have, outside of an appearance on either Saturday Night Live or the Johnny Carson show. Another Rainy Day In New York City/All Of The World Is Falling In Love/Where Will I Be Now/Back On The Street/Strangers In The Wind//Love Brought Me Such A Magical Thing/If You Were My Woman/Every Tear I Cry/Shoorah Shoorah For Hollywood/When I Say I Love You (The Pie)
AB/AT8/ATC 4195 — New Worlds — Mandrill [1978] Too Late/Mean Streets/Having A Love Attack/Don’t Stop//Third World Girl/Stay Tonite/When You Smile/It’s So Easy Lovin’ You
AB/AT8/ATC 4196 — Fiesta — Fiesta [1978] E.S.P./Thanks For The Sweet Memories/Hold On/Baby If You Love Me//Everyday Housewife Rap/Everyday Housewife/Quit Funkin’ With Me/One More Chance
AB/AT8/ATC 4197 — The Mind Of Gil Scott-Heron — Gil Scott-Heron [1978] H2O Gate Blues/We Beg Your Pardon/The New Deal//Jose Campos Torres/The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dot Dit Dot Dot Dash)/Bicentennial Blues
[In December 1978, a new label was used featuring a gold gradient at the bottom, and, at the top, a blue background with a series of cascading As. In the center-top, there was a giant A logo with the Arista name, in the Helvetica font, skirting across from the bottom to the top left of the A. The text at the bottom read “Manufactured by Arista Records, Inc., 6 W 57th St., N.Y., N.Y. 10019”. On Canadian copies, the text ring read as “MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY CAPITOL RECORDS-EMI OF CANADA, LIMITED.” In mid-1979, “MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO” was added to the text ring; in 1980, the label saw an even longer text ring, which read: “MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA UNDER LICENSE BY CAPITOL RECORDS-EMI OF CANADA, LIMITED—UNAUTHORIZED COPYING OF THIS RECORD IN ANY FORM IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.”]
AB/AT8/ATC 4198 — Shakedown Street — Grateful Dead [11–15–78] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. Good Lovin’/France/Shakedown Street/Serengetti/Fire On The Mountain//I Need A Miracle/From The Heart Of Me/Stagger Lee/All New Minglewood Blues/If I Had The World To Give
AB/AT8/ATC 4199 — The Truth About Us — Hudson Brothers [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Runaway/I Don’t Wanna Be Lonely/Don’t Give Me That (We Can Still Be Friends) Routine/Looks Like I’m A Fool Again/The Truth About Us//You Can’t Make Me Cry/Help Wanted/What A Situation/Disco Queen/The Last Time I Looked
AB/AT8/ATC 4200 — Ancient Medicine — Baby Grand [1978] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. All Night Long/Much Too Much/Weekend In New Jersey/Runner In The Rain//Walk Away Renée/Right Here, Right Now/Flame In The Wind/It’s Not A Figure Salon
AB/AT8/ATC 4201 — True Stories — David Sancious & Tone [1978] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. Sound Of Love/Move On/Prelude #3/On The Inside//Fade Away/Ever The Same/Interlude/Matter Of Time
AB/AT8/ATC 4202 — Somewhere In My Lifetime — Phyllis Hyman [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font; appropriately enough, 45cat.com lists the title track as the first 45 RPM record from Arista to feature this label. Kiss You All Over/Somewhere In My Lifetime/Lookin’ For A Lovin/The Answer Is You/So Strange//Gonna Make Changes/Living Inside Your Love/Be Careful (How You Treat My Love)/Soon Come Again/Here’s That Rainy Day
AB/AT8/ATC 4203 — Sun City — Nova [1978] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. Morning Flight/Modern Living/Illusion/Light Were My Years//Sailors/Fantasies/Lean On Me/All You Have (Is What You Are)/Starchild
AB/AT8/ATC 4204 — Expresso II — Pierre Moerlen’s Gong [1978] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. Heavy Tune/Golden Dilemma/Sleepy//Soli/Boring/Three Blind Mice
AB/AT8/ATC 4205 — Playin’ To Win — Outlaws [1978] Original label was the 1977 black label with the blue A and Arista name. Take It Anyway You Want It/Cry Some More/You Are The Show/You Can Have It/If Dreams Came True//A Real Good Feelin’/Love At First Sight/Falling Rain/Dirty City
AB/AT8/ATC 4206 — Breathless — Camel [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Breathless/Echoes/Wing And A Prayer/Down On The Far/Starlight Ride//Summer Lightning/You Make Me Smile/The Sleeper/Rainbow’s End
AB/AT8/ATC 4207 — Maybe The Good Guy’s Gonna Win — Andy Mendelson [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Lifetime Woman/Fire In The Night/We All Fall Down/Free Is Free/Maybe The Good Guy’s Gonna Win//Hold On/Sweet Persuasion/Outside My Window/Fortunately/What Makes Me The One
AB/AT8/ATC 4208 — Breakwater — Breakwater [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Work It Out/You Know I Love You/Unnecessary Business/No Limit//That’s Not What We Came Here For/Feel Your Way/Do It Till The Fluid Gets Hot/Free Yourself
AB/AT8/ATC 4209 — All The Woo In The World — Bernie Worrell [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Woo Together/I’ll Be With You/Hold On/Much Thrust//Happy To Have (Happiness On Our Side)/Insurance Man For The Funk/Reprise: Much Thrust
AB/AT8/ATC-4210 — You’re The One — Randy Edelman [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Don’t Let Go Of Me/You Can Always Buy Her Pearls/If This Is Love/Thirty Years Old (Mom)/Night Music//You’re The One/Time Changes People/A Potato In The Rain/My Heart Got In The Way/All Along The Rhine
AB/AT8/ATC 4211 — Hot, Wet And Sticky — Galaxy [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Hot, Wet & Sticky/Come Back Kinda’ Love/You & Me/A Love So Strong/Dance In Your Face//Help Us Get The Funk Out Of Here/Left SInging A Sad Song/I’m A Music Makin’ Man/L.O.V.E./Miss Foxy Lady
AB/AT8/ATC-4212 — Rock On — Raydio [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. What You Waitin’ For/Hot Stuff/You Can’t Change That/Rock On//More Than One Way To Love A Woman/When You’re In Need Of Love/Goin’ Thru School And Love/Honey I’m A Star
AB/AT8/ATC 4213 — Baby Faced Killer — David Byron [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Ex-lead singer of Uriah Heap. This album was never released in the United States. Baby Faced Killer/Rich Man´s Lady/Sleepless Nights/African Breeze/Everybody’s Star//Heaven Or Hell/Only You Can Do It/Don’t Let Me Down/Acetylene Man/I Remember
AB/AT8/ATC 4214 — Twilley — Dwight Twilley [03–79] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. This album followed the disbandment of the Dwight Twilley Band, which occurred after Phil Seymour quit. Out Of My Hands/Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change So Fast/Runaway/Standin’ In The Shadow Of Love/Alone In My Room//Betsy Sue/Darlin/I Wanna Make Love To You/Got You Where I Want You/It Takes Alot Of Love
AB/AT8/ATC 4215 — Tycoon — Tycoon [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Such A Woman/Slow Down Boy/Out In The Cold/Don’t You Cry No More/Too Late (New York City)//The Way That It Goes/Don’t Worry/How Long (Can We Go On)/Drunken Sailor/Count On Me
AB/AT8/ATC-4216 — Invitation — Norman Connors [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Your Love/Handle Me Gently/Be There In The Morning/Invitation/Together//Disco Land/I Have A Dream/Beijo Partido/Kingston
AB/AT8/ATC-4217 — Shot Through The Heart — Jennifer Warnes [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Shot Through The Heart/I Know A Heartache When I See One/Don’t Make Me Over/You Remember Me/Sign On The Window//I’m Restless/Tell Me Just One More Time/When The Feeling Comes Around/Frankie In The Rain/Hard Times, Come Again No More
AB/AT8/ATC 4218 — Live At Montreux — Ben Sidran [1978] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Eat It/Song For A Sucker Like You/I Remember Clifford//Someday My Prince Will Come/Midnight Tango-Walking With The Blues/Come Together
AB/AT8/ATC 4219 — Downwind — Pierre Moerlen’s Gong [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Aeroplane/Crosscurrents/Downwind//Jin-Go-Lo-Ba/What You Know/Emotions/Xtasea
AB/AT8/ATC 4220 — Perfect Stranger — Robert Fleischman [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. All For You/Far Too Long/Southern Lights/Ace In The Hole//One More Time/Part Of Me/Never Never Land/Heartstrings Delight
AB/AT8/ATC 4221 — Wave — Patti Smith Group [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Frederick/Dancing Barefoot/So You Want To Be (A Rock`N`Roll Star)/Hymn/Revenge//Citizen Ship/Seven Ways Of Going/Broken Flag/Wave
AB/AT8/ATC 4222 — Roads Of Life — Bobby Womack [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. The Roads Of Life/How Could You Break My Heart/Honey Dripper Boogie//The Roots In Me/What Are You Doin’/Give It Up/Mr. D.J. Don’t Stop The Music/I Honestly Love You
AB/AT8/ATC 4223 — Squeezing Out Sparks — Graham Parker & Rumour [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Discovering Japan/Local Girls/Nobody Hurts You/You Can’t Be Too Strong/Passion Is No Ordinary Word//Saturday Nite Is Dead/Love Gets You Twisted/Protection/Waiting For The UFO’s/Don’t Get Excited
AB/AT8/ATC 4224 — Blue Montreux — Blue Montreux [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Blue Montreux/Rocks/I’m Sorry//Magic Carpet/Buds/Floating/The Virgin And The Gypsy
AB/AT8/ATC 4225 — Disco Nights — GQ [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Disco Nights (Rock Freak)/Make My Dreams A Reality/It’s Your Love/Spirit//This Happy Feeling/Wonderful/Boogie Oogie Oogie/I Do Love You
AB/AT8/ATC 4226 — Everybody Up — Ohio Players [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Everybody Up/Don’t Say Goodbye/Make Me Feel//Say It/Take De Funk Off, Fly/Something Special
AB/AT8/ATC 4227 — Groovin’ You — Harvey Mason [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. I’d Still Be There/Groovin’ You/The Race/We Can/Never Give You Up//Say It Again/Here Today, Gone Tomorrow/Wave/Kauai
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[Beginning in June 1979, a new variant of the 1978 label debuted in which the Arista name appeared in the same font as the A logo. This variant was used in tandem with the earlier one for a few months, as some pressing plants decided to use up whatever was left of the older variant of the label first. In Canada, only the text rings would change, as noted earlier.]
AB/AT8/ATC 4229 — The Bells — Lou Reed [04–79] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Stupid Man/Disco Mystic/I Want To Boogie WIth You/With You/Looking For Love/City Lights//All Through The Night/Families/The Bells
AB/AT8/ATC 4230 — Dionne — Dionne Warwick [05–79] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Who, What, When, Where, Why/After You/The Letter/I’ll Never Love This Way Again/Deja Vu//Feeling Old Feelings/In Your Eyes/My Everlasting Love/Out Of My Hands/All The TIme
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AB/AT8/ATC 4232 — Yucatan — Thieves [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. 400 Dragons/Suspicion/I Don’t Really Care About You/Desert Moon/Quintana Roo//Thief In The Night/Headlights/Midnight/Minetta Lane/Dawn
AB/AT8/ATC 4233 — Saint & Stephanie — Saint & Stephanie [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Last Train To The Boogie/My Heart Is Yours/Gotta Keep Dancin’/Standing On The Edge Of A Love Affair//(Medley) Have You Ever Heard A Symphony-I Hear A Symphony/Stringman/I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life/Hollywood Lament
AB/AT8/ATC 4234 — Water Sign — Jeff Lorber Fusion [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Toad’s Place/Country/Tune 88/Sparkle//Water Sign/Rain Dance/Right Here/Lights Out
AB/AT8/ATC 4235 — Frogs Sprouts Clogs And Krauts — Rumour [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Emotional Traffic/We Believe In You-New Age/Frozen Years/Tired Of Waiting/Euro//One Good Niht/Loving You (Is Far Too Easy)/All Fall Down/Leaders/I Can’t Help Myself
AB/AT8/ATC 4236 — Greatest Hints — Michael Stanley Band [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Last Night/Don’t Lead With Your Love/Promises/Down To The Wire/No Turning Back//Back In My Arms Again/Beautiful Life/Lights Out/Hold Your Fire/We’re Not Strangers Anymore
AB/AT8/ATC 4237 — New Values — Iggy Pop [04–79] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Tell Me A Story/New Values/Girls/I’m Bored/Don’t Look Down/The Endless Sea//Five Foot One/How Do Ya Fix A Broken Par/Angel/Curiosity/African Man/Billy Is A Runaway
AB/AT8/ATC 4238 — A’s — A’s [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. After Last Night/C.I.A./Five Minutes In A Hero’s Life/Words/Parasite//Artificial Love/Teenage Jerk-Off/Grounded-Twist And Shout Interpolation/Nothing Wrong With Falling In Love
AB/AT8/ATC 4239 — Fight Dirty — Charlie [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Killer Out/FIght Dirty/Don’t Count Me Out/Heartless/Too Late//So Alone/Just One More Smiling Face/The End Of It All/Runaway
AB/AT8/ATC 4240 — Low Budget — Kinks [07–10–79] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Attitude/Catch Me Now I’m Falling/Pressure/National Health/(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman//Low Budget/In A Space/Little Bit Of Emotion/A Gallon Of Gas/Misery/Moving Pictures
AB/AT8/ATC 4241 — Elevator — Rollers [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. This was an album from the Bay City Rollers, who, after entering a career slump around 1977, replaced their long-time lead singer Les McKeown with Duncan Faure, and removed Bay City from the name, while also attempting a harder rock sound; the changes did not work out particularly well. Stoned Houses #1/Elevator/Playing In A Rock And Roll Band/Hello And Welcome Home/I Was Eleven/Stoned Houses #2//Turn On The Radio/Instant Relay/Tomorrow’s Just A Day Away/Who’ll Be My Keeper/Back On The Road Again/Washington’s Birthday
AB/AT8/ATC 4242 — City Living — Linda Williams [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. City Living/No Love Nowhere Without You/Oh Honey/Elevate Our Minds//Do It/Our Song/Welcome Little One/Loving You Forever/Happy Music
AB/AT8/ATC 4243 — Go! — The Pop [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Under The Microscope/Shakeaway/Beat Temptation/She Really Means That Much To Me/I Want To Touch You//Waiting For The Night/Go!/Falling For Carmen/Maria/Legal Tender Love
[At this point, the Columbia Pictures byline no longer appears on the back cover of Arista albums due to the label's acquisition by Bertelsmann AG.]
AB/AT8/ATC 4244 — Life In A Day — Simple Minds [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. This album was only released on Arista outside of the United States, and only occupied this number on Canadian copies. U.S. releases of this album were on the PVC label. Produced by Zoom Records. Someone/Life In A Day/Sad Affair/All For You/Pleasantly Disturbed//No Cure/Chelsea Girl/Wasteland/Destiny/Murder Story
AB/AT8/ATC 4245 — Blue Montreux II — Blue Montreux [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. A Funky Waltz/Candles/Uptown Ed//Love Play/Cloud Motion
AB/AT8/ATC 4246 — Surveillance — FM [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Produced by Passport Records. Rocket Roll/Orion/Horizons/Random Harvest/Shapes of Things//Seventh Heaven/Father Time/Sofa Back/Destruction
AB/AT8/ATC 4247 — Just As I Thought — David Sancious [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Run/Just As I Thought/Again/The Naked 1/Valley Of The Shadow//Suite (For The End Of An Age)/Remember/And Then She Said/Again (Part II)
AB/AT8/ATC 4248 — Hold On I’m Comin’ — Karen Silver [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Hold On I’m Comin’/Fake//Can’t Stop Dancing/Hot Stuff/Make Me Feel Alright
AB/AT8/ATC 4249 — Don’t Throw Stones — Sports [1979] Original label was the Winter 1978 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the Helvetica font. Suspicious Minds/Live Work & Play/Don’t Throw Stones/Thru The Window/Who Listens To The Radio/Tired Of Me//Wedding Ring/Reckless/Step By Step/Mailed It To Your Sister/You Ain’t Home Yet/Big Sleep
AB/AT8/ATC 4250 — Something More — Eddie Kendricks [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Pleasure Man/I Just Want To Be The One In Your Life/Your Love Has Been So Good To Me//I Never Used To Dance/I Can’t Let You Walk Away/Something More/No Wonder (I Can’t Get Over You)
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AB/AT8/ATC 4252 — Hiroshima — Hiroshima [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Lion Dance/Roomful Of Mirrors/Kokoro/Long Time Love//Da-Da/Never, Ever/Holidays/Taiko Song
AB/AT8/ATC 4253 — Watercolors — Waters [1980] Dance With Me/Heart Lead The Way/I Can Make You Smile/Throw A Little Bit Of Love My Way/Party People//Come To Me/Dance The Night Away/Let Him Prove It
AB/AT8/ATC 4254 — I Can See Your House From Here — Camel [1979] Original pressings used a custom label. Wait/Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine/Eye Of The Storm/Who We Are//Survival/Hymn To Her/Neon Magic/Remote Romance/Ice
AB/AT8/ATC 4255 — Time Is The Key — Pierre Moerlen’s Gong [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Ard Na Greine/Earthrise/Supermarket/Faerie Steps/An American in England//The Organ Grinder/Sugar Street/The Bender/Arabesue Intro & Arabesque/Esnura Two/Time Is The Key
AB/AT8/ATC 4256 — Gettin In The Mood — Mandrill [unissued] Moved to AL 9527 shortly before release. When You Shake/My Kind Of Girl (My Girl)/Getting In The Mood/Dance of Love//Feeling Good/Love Made e Over/Lo Siento Mucho (I’m Very Sorry)/Coming Home
AB/AT8/ATC 4257 — Just For You — Chuck Cissel [1979] Original label was the June 1979 multi-colored label with cascading As and the Arista name in the same font as the As. Just For You/Emergency/River Of Love/Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry/Forever//Cisselin’ Hot/Lady In My World/I’ve Been Needing Love So Long/Do You Believe
AB/AT8/ATC 4258 — This Day And Age — D.L. Byron [1980] Listen To The Hearbeat/21st Century Man/Big Boys/Get With It/Love In Motion//No Romance, No Weekend, No Love/Am I Falling In Love Again/Lorryanne/Today/Backstage Girl
AB/AT8/ATC 4259 — Soldier — Iggy Pop [02–80] Loco Mosquito/Ambition/Knocking ’Em Down (In The City)/Play It Safe/Get Up And Get Out/Mr. Dynamite//Dog Food/I Need More/Take Care Of Me/I’m A Conservative/I Snub You
AB/AT8/ATC 4260 — Willie Nile — Willie Nile [1980] Vagabond Moon/Dear Lord/It’s All Over/Across The River/She’s So Cold//I’m Not Waiting/That’s The Reason/They’ll Build A Statue Of You/Old Men Sleeping On The Bowery/Behind The Cathedral/Sing Me A Song
AB/AT8/ATC 4261 — Sympathy — John Miles [1980] Where Would I Be Without You/It’s Not Called Angel/Sympathy/We All Fall Down//C’est La Vie/Do It All Again/Can’t Keep A Good Man Down/Fella In The Cellar
AB/AT8/ATC 4262 — Love Starts After Dark — Gene Page [1980] Love Starts After Dark/With You In The Night/Put A Little Love In Your Lovin’/Second Time Around//You Are The Meaning Of This Song/Hold On To That Groove/Hollywood/I Wanna Dance
AB/AT8/ATC 4263 — Bartz — Gary Bartz [1980] Need Your Love/Keep Goin’ On/Love Prelude-After The Love Has Gone/Rockin’ All Night//Music/One-Eyed Jack/After Glow/(Give It Your Best), Shot!
AB/AT8/ATC 4264 — Splashdown — Breakwater [1980] Splashdown Time/Love Of My Life/Release The Beast/The One In My Dreams//You/Say You Love Me Girl/Let Love In/Time
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AB/AT8/ATC 4266 — Suddenly — Sports [1980] Suddenly/No Mama No/Between Us/Go/Strangers On A Train/It Hurts//Murmurs/I Tried To Love Her/Blue Hearts/Perhaps/The Lost And The Lonely/Never Catch Her
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AB/AT8/ATC 4268 — Lost In Love — Air Supply [1980] Lost In Love/All Out Of Love/Every Woman In The World/Just Another Woman/Having You Near Me//American Hearts/Chances/Old Habits Die Hard/I Can’t Get Excited/My Best Friend
AB/AT8/ATC 4269 — Original Mirrors — Original Mirrors [1980] Panic In The Night/Sharp Words/Could This Be Heaven/Boys Cry/Chains Of Love//Night Of The Angels/Reflections/The Boys The Boys/Flying/Feel LIke A Train
AB/AT8/ATC 4270 — Frontline — Elevators [1980] Frontline/Girlfriend’s Girlfriend/Stop The World/Stickball Kids/Lie Detector/Don’t Let Me Die//Tropical Fish/Lies/Johnny Train Your Mind/Friends/On The Wire
AB/AT8/ATC 4271 — Amerika — Tonio K. [1980] One Big (Happy) Family/Say Goodbye/Sons Of The Revolution/Go Away/Cinderella’s Baby//Trouble/Girl Crazy/I’ll Buy It/The Night Rodney Went Crazy/Merzsuite: Let Us Join Together In A Tune-Umore-Futt Futt Futt-Umore
AB/AT8/ATC 4272 — Detente — Brecker Brothers [1980] You Ga (Ta Give It)/Not Tonight/Don’t Get Funny With My Money/Tee’d Off/You Left Something Behind//Squish/Dream Theme/Baffled/I Don’t Know EIther
AB/AT8/ATC 4273 — Magic Lady — Magic Lady [1980] Love Feelin’/That’s The Way We’’ll Always Say Goodnight/Wake Up/Please Don’t Say Goodbye//I Can’t Believe I Found True Love/(How Could You) Break My Heart/I Just Wanna Be Free/I Need Your Lovin’
AB/AT8/ATC 4274 — Unlock The Funk — Locksmith [1980] Unlock The Funk/Blackjack/Groove Town/It’s You//Cinnamon/TMI/Don’t Hurt Yourself/Someone Like You/Far Beyond
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AB/AT8/ATC 4279 — Live — Pierre Moerlen’s Gong [1980] Downwind/Mandrake/Golden Dilemma//Soli/Drum Solo/Esnuria/Crosscurrents
AB/AT8/ATC 4280 — Minimum Wage Rock ’N’ Roll — Bus Boys [1980] Dr. Doctor/Minimum Wage/Did You See Me/There Goes The Neighborhood/Johnny Soul’d Out/KKK//Anggie/D-Day/Tell The Coach/We Stand United/Respect
AB/AT8/ATC 4281 — I Don’t Get No Respect — Rodney Dangerfield [1981] Reissue of Bell 6040.. Set 1//Set 2
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AB/AT8/ATC 4283 — M.V.P. — Harvey Mason [1980] How Does It Feel/We Can Start Tonight/Universal Rhyme/Spell//On And On/Going Through The Motions/You And Me/Don’t Doubt My Lovin’
AB/AT8/ATC 4284 — Golden Down — Willie Nile [1981] This album uses a custom label. Poor Boy/Shine Your Light/Grenade/I Can’t Get You Off Of My Mind/I Like The Way//Upside Down/Hide Your LOve/Les Champs Elysees/Shoulders
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AB/AT8/ATC 4288 — Sky 3 — Sky [1981] The Grace/Chiropodie №1/Westwind/Sarabande/Meheeco//Moonroof/Sister Rose/Hello/Dance Of The Big Fairies/Connecting Rooms/Keep Me Safe And Keep Me Warm, Shelter Me From Darkness
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AB/AT8/ATC 4292 — Funland — Bram Tchaikovsky [1981] Stand And Deliver/Shall We Dance?/Heart Of Stone/Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache/Model Girl//Why Does My Mother ‘Phone Me?/Used To Be My Used To Be/Soul Surrender/Together My Love/Miracle Cure/Egyptian Mummies
