Travel Back to 1974 with Classic Vinyl’s ’50 Albums Turning 50′ Countdown

Looking back, 1974 was a groundbreaking year for new musical releases. To re-create some of the magic that year brought, Classic Vinyl (Ch. 26) is counting down the top “50 Albums Turning 50” — as voted by you, our listeners!

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The “50 Albums Turning 50” countdown premieres on Classic Vinyl (Ch. 26) on May 24 at 3pm ET.

Stream it anytime, anywhere, on the SiriusXM app.

Directions: Vote once for up to 20 of your favorite albums in the poll below before 11:59pm ET on May 20, 2024.

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Albums from 1974 you voted on

These are the possible album choices for this year’s “50 Albums Turning 50” countdown:

Aerosmith – Get Your Wings
America – Holiday
April Wine – Live!
Argent – Encore: Live in Concert
Bachman–Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
Bad Company – Bad Company
Bill Wyman – Monkey Grip
Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade
Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties
Bob Dylan – Planet Waves
Bob Dylan & The Band – Before the Flood
Bob Marley – Natty Dread
Bob Seger – Seven
Bonnie Raitt – Streetlights
Carly Simon – Hotcakes
Carole King – Wrap Around Joy
Cat Stevens – Buddha and the Chocolate Box
Chicago – Chicago VII
David Bowie – David Live
David Bowie – Diamond Dogs
Deep Purple – Burn
Eagles – On the Border
Edgar Winter – Shock Treatment
Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
Elton John – Caribou
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends… Ladies and Gentlemen
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
George Harrison – Dark Horse
Grand Funk Railroad – All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
Grand Funk Railroad – Shinin’ On
Grateful Dead – From the Mars Hotel
Harry Chapin – Verities & Balderdash
Jackson Browne – Late for the Sky
Jefferson Starship – Dragon Fly
Jethro Tull – War Child
Jimmy Buffett – A1A
Jimmy Buffett – Living and Dying in 3/4 Time
Joe Cocker – I Can Stand a Little Rain
Joe Walsh – So What
John Lennon – Walls and Bridges
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
Joni Mitchell – Miles of Aisles
Kiss – Hotter Than Hell
Kiss – Kiss
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel
Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Loggins and Messina – Mother Lode
Loggins and Messina – On Stage
Lou Reed – Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping
Marshall Tucker Band – A New Life
Marshall Tucker Band – Where We All Belong
Mott the Hoople – Live
Mountain – Twin Peaks
Neil Young – On the Beach
New York Dolls – Too Much Too Soon
Paul Simon – Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin’
Peter Frampton – Somethin’s Happening
Queen – Queen II
Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
Ringo Starr – Goodnight Vienna
Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs
Rod Stewart – Smiler
Rod Stewart/Faces – Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners
Ronnie Wood – I’ve Got My Own Album to Do
Rush – Rush
Spooky Tooth – The Mirror
Status Quo – Quo
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Steppenwolf – Slow Flux
Styx – Man of Miracles
Supertramp – Crime of the Century
Suzi Quatro – Quatro
The Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
The Guess Who – Road Food
The Hollies – Hollies
The J. Geils Band – Nightmares…and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle
The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll
The Velvet Underground -1969: The Velvet Underground Live
The Who – Odds & Sods
Van Morrison – It’s Too Late to Stop Now
Yes – Relayer