Here is the obligatory index of the albums covered in 2025’s 1975 COUNTDOWN.
Over 100 albums have featured.
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#1 — #5
1 PINK FLOYD — WISH YOU WERE HERE
2 NEU! — NEU 75
3 BRIAN ENO — ANOTHER GREEN WORLD
4 BOB DYLAN — BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
5 LED ZEPPELIN — PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
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#6 — #10
6 JONI MITCHELL — THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS
7 GRATEFUL DEAD — BLUES FOR ALLAH
8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN — BORN TO RUN
9 STEELY DAN — KATY LIED
10 POPOL VUH — EINSJÄGER UND SIEBENJÄGER
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#11 — #20
11 NEIL YOUNG — TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
12 KRAFTWERK — RADIO-AKTIVITÄT
13 PATTI SMITH — HORSES
14 SPLIT ENZ — MENTAL NOTES
15 HARMONIA — DELUXE
16 KING CRIMSON — USA
17 HAWKWIND — WARRIOR ON THE EDGE OF TIME
18 JEFF BECK — BLOW BY BLOW
19 HELDON — ALLEZ-TÉIA
20 BETTY DAVIS — NASTY GAL
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#21 — #30
21 FLEETWOOD MAC — FLEETWOOD MAC
22 HATFIELD AND THE NORTH — THE ROTTERS’ CLUB
23 SEBASTIAN HARDIE — FOUR MOMENTS
24 TANGERINE DREAM — RUBYCON / RICOCHET
25 JADE WARRIOR — WAVES
26 ASH RA TEMPEL — INVENTIONS FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR (VI)
27 FRIPP & ENO — EVENING STAR
28 CURVED AIR — CURVED AIR LIVE
29 ROBERT WYATT — RUTH IS STRANGER THAN RICHARD
30 NEIL YOUNG — ZUMA
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#31 — #40
31 QUEEN — A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
32 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR — GODBLUFF
33 HEART — DREAMBOAT ANNIE
34 BLACK SABBATH — SABOTAGE
35 BAD COMPANY — STRAIGHT SHOOTER
36 RENÉE GEYER BAND — READY TO DEAL
37 PAUL SIMON — STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
38 MICHAEL FRANKS — THE ART OF TEA
39 WAR — WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS
40 DAVID BOWIE — YOUNG AMERICANS
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#41 — #50
41 LITTLE FEAT — THE LAST RECORD ALBUM
42 BO HANSSON — ATTIC THOUGHTS
43 CROSSFIRE — CROSSFIRE
44 STEVE HILLAGE — FISH RISING
45 QUIET SUN — MAINSTREAM
46 GENTLE GIANT — FREE HAND
47 THE BAND — NORTHERN LIGHTS, SOUTHERN CROSS
48 RETURN TO FOREVER — NO MYSTERY
49 FRANK ZAPPA — ONE SIZE FITS ALL
50 AC/DC — T.N.T.
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#51 — #60
DONNA SUMMER — LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY
KLAUS SCHULZE — TIMEWIND
STEVE HACKETT — VOYAGE OF THE ACOLYTE
CLEARLIGHT — FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
GONG — SHAMAL
JETHRO TULL — MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY
WILLIE NELSON — RED HEADED STRANGER
EDGAR FROESE — EPSILON IN MALAYSIAN PALE
SOFT MACHINE — BUNDLES
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON — POUR DOWN LIKE SILVER
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#61 — #65
AC/DC — HIGH VOLTAGE
PASSPORT — CROSS-COLLATERAL
EAGLES — ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
GILGAMESH — GILGAMESH
WINGS — VENUS AND MARS
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#66 — #75
GREENSLADE — TIME AND TIDE
LARRY CORYELL — PLANET END
JOURNEY — JOURNEY
JOHN MARTYN — LIVE AT LEEDS
STEELEYE SPAN — COMMONER’S CROWN
PFM — COOK
JEAN-LUC PONTY — UPON THE WINGS OF MUSIC
CROSBY & NASH — WIND ON THE WATER
ROBIN TROWER — FOR EARTH BELOW
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FURTHER 1975 “50TH ANNIVERSARY” FEATURES
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Please do share your personal 1975 favourites in Comments. I’d love to hear what rings your bells.









Quite an achievement, Bruce, to review and rank 100 albums coming from so many different Quarters (# Huh?). Always a fabulous read – both entertaining and informative; expanding my horizons too.
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Your insights into the Koln concert puts it on top for me.
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# I counted 29 different definitions for the word Quarters, which might be more than the different genres of music represented…but you get the point.
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All the best for 2026, cuz.
DD
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