User:Nickelarcade/Timeline of progressive rock (1970–1979)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1970 - 1979.

Contents
1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979


 * See also
 * Links and references

Newly formed bands

 * Ange
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer
 * Focus
 * Gentle Giant
 * Jackson Heights
 * Khan
 * Pentwater
 * Walrus

Albums

 * Amon Düül II - Yeti (Germany)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest (England)
 * The Beatles - Let It Be
 * Beggars Opera - Act One (United Kingdom)
 * Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (United Kingdom)
 * Cressida - Cressida (United Kingdom)
 * Curved Air - Air Conditioning (United Kingdom)
 * Focus - In and Out of Focus (Netherlands)
 * Genesis - Trespass (United Kingdom)
 * Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (United Kingdom)
 * Egg - The Polite Force (United Kingdom)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (United Kingdom)
 * Gracious! - Gracious! (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Benefit (United Kingdom)
 * King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (United Kingdom)
 * King Crimson - Lizard (United Kingdom)
 * Magma - Magma (France)
 * Moving Gelatine Plates - Moving Gelatine Plates (France)
 * The Nice - Five Bridges (England)
 * Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (United Kingdom)
 * Rare Bird - As Your Mind Flies By (United Kingdom)
 * Soft Machine - Third (United Kingdom)
 * Supersister - Present From Nancy (Netherlands)
 * Supertramp - Supertramp (England)
 * T2 - It'll All Work Out in Boomland (United Kingdom)
 * Walrus (band) - Walrus (United Kingdom)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One (United Kingdom)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (United Kingdom)
 * Wigwam - Tombstone Valentine (Finland)
 * Yes - Time and A Word (United Kingdom)
 * Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (USA)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (USA)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (USA)

Disbandments

 * The Nice
 * The Beatles

Events

 * Peter Banks leaves Yes, being replaced by former Bodast and Tomorrow guitarist Steve Howe.
 * Anthony Phillips leaves Genesis, and is replaced by guitarist Steve Hacket. Genesis also changes drummers, losing John Mayhew and bringing in former child actor Phil Collins.

Newly formed bands

 * Kansas (Proto-Kaw)
 * Manfred Mann's Earth Band
 * Matching Mole
 * Camel
 * Queen
 * Styx

Albums

 * Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge (Germany)
 * Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel (Germany)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Once Again (England)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories (England)
 * The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (USA)
 * Beggars Opera – Waters of Change (England)
 * Can - Tago Mago (Germany)
 * Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink (England)
 * Comus - First Utterance (England)
 * Cressida - Asylum (England)
 * Delirium - Dolce acqua (Italy)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (England)
 * Faust - Faust (Germany)
 * Focus - II (aka Moving Waves) (Netherlands)
 * Garson, Mort - Black Mass/Lucifer (Canada)
 * Genesis - Nursery Cryme (England)
 * Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste (England)
 * Gong - Camembert Electrique (Various)
 * Hawkwind - In Search Of Space (England)
 * Ikarus - Ikarus (Germany)
 * Jethro Tull - Aqualung (England)
 * King Crimson - Islands (England)
 * Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Galactic Zoo Dossier (England)
 * McDonald and Giles - McDonald and Giles (England)
 * Moving Gelatine Plates - The World of Genius Hans (France)
 * Le Orme - Collage (Italy)
 * Osanna - L'uomo (Italy)
 * Pink Floyd - Meddle (England)
 * Soft Machine - Fourth (England)
 * Spring - Spring (England)
 * Supersister - To the Highest Bidder (Netherlands)
 * Supertramp - Indelibly Stamped (England)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (England)
 * Wigwam - Fairyport (Finland)
 * Yes - The Yes Album (England)
 * Yes - Fragile (England)

Events

 * The new King Crimson that Bill Bruford joins has former Family bassist John Wetton.
 * Yes fires organist Tony Kaye, and replaces him with former Strawbs keyboard player and session musician Rick Wakeman.

Newly formed bands

 * Gilgamesh
 * Goblin
 * Hatfield and the North
 * Tabula Rasa

Albums

 * Agitation Free - Malesch (Germany)
 * Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden (Sweden)
 * Ange - Caricatures (France)
 * Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen (Germany)
 * Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys (Italy)
 * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italy)
 * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin! (Italy)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest (England)
 * Beggars Opera – Pathfinder (England)
 * Franco Battiato - Pollution (Italy)
 * Can - Ege Bamyasi (Germany)
 * Caravan - Waterloo Lily (England)
 * Delirium - Lo scemo e il villaggio (Italy)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (England)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (England)
 * Flash - Flash (England)
 * Flash - In the Can (England)
 * Focus - Focus III (Netherlands)
 * Genesis - Foxtrot (England)
 * Gentle Giant - Octopus (England)
 * Gentle Giant - Three Friends (England)
 * Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Living in the Past (England)
 * Khan - Space Shanty (England)
 * Le Orme - Uomo di pezza (1972)
 * Osanna - Preludio Tema Variazioni e Canzona  (Italy)
 * Panna fredda - Uno (Italy)
 * Pekka Pohjola - Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva (Finland)
 * Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds (England)
 * Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un amico (Italy)
 * Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia di un minuto (Italy)
 * Renaissance - Prologue (England)
 * Strawbs - Grave New World (England)
 * Yes - Close to the Edge (England)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Waka/Jawaka (USA)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - The Grand Wazoo (USA)

Disbandments

 * Khan
 * Matching Mole
 * Van der Graaf Generator

Newly formed bands

 * Etron Fou Leloublan

Albums

 * Area - Arbeit Macht Frei (Italy)
 * Ange - Le Cimetière des arlequins (France)
 * Badger - One Live Badger (England)
 * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Io sono nato libero (Italy)
 * The Beach Boys - Holland (USA)
 * Beggars Opera – Get Your Dog Off Me! (England)
 * Biglietto per l'Inferno - Biglietto per l'Inferno (Italy)
 * Camel - "Camel" (England)
 * Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (England)
 * Cervello - Melos (Italy)
 * Cyrille Verdeaux - Clearlight Symphony (France)
 * Henry Cow - The Henry Cow Legend (also known as Leg End; England)
 * De De Lind - Io non so da dove vengo e non so dove mai andrò. Uomo è il nome che mi han dato (Italy)
 * Embryo - Steig Aus (Germany)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (England)
 * Eneide - Uomini umili popoli liberi (Italy)
 * Flash - Out of our Hands (England)
 * Genesis - Genesis Live (England)
 * Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (England)
 * Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (England)
 * Gong - Angel's Egg (Various)
 * Gong - Flying Teapot (Various)
 * Greenslade - Greenslade (England)
 * Gryphon - Gryphon (England)
 * Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North (England)
 * Hawkwind - Space Ritual (England)
 * Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (England)
 * King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (England)
 * Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (France)
 * Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (Italy)
 * Nektar - Remember the Future (England)
 * Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (England)
 * Le Orme - Felona e Sorona (Italy)
 * Osanna - Palepoli (Italy)
 * Pholas Dactylus - Concerto per le menti (1973)
 * Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (England)
 * Queen - Queen
 * Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning (England)
 * Saint Just - Saint Just (Italy)
 * Samla Mammas Manna - Måltid (Sweden)
 * Semiramis - Dedicato a Frazz (Italy)
 * Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (England)
 * Wigwam - "Being" (Finland)
 * Yes - Yessongs (England)
 * Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (England)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (USA)

Disbandments

 * Jackson Heights

Events

 * Rick Wakeman leaves Yes after concluding the band's Tales From Topographic Oceans Tour. He would enjoy a long solo career following the success of his albums Six Wives of Henry VIII and Journey to the Center of the Earth. He is replaced by former Refugee keyboard player Patrick Moraz.
 * Founding member Phil Schulman leaves Gentle Giant.

Newly formed bands

 * Refugee
 * Univers Zero
 * SBB

Albums

 * Alusa Fallax - Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione (Italy)
 * Ange - Au-delà du délire (France)
 * Area - Caution Radiation Area (Italy)
 * Arti + Mestieri - Tilt (Italy)
 * Badger - White Lady (England)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else (England)
 * Beggars Opera – Sagitarry (England)
 * Camel - Mirage (England)
 * Caravan - Caravan and the new Symphonia (England)
 * Delirium - III (Italy)
 * Edgar Allan Poe - Generazioni - Una storia di sempre (Italy)
 * Focus - Hamburger Concerto (Netherlands)
 * Fred Frith - Guitar Solos (England)
 * Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (England)
 * Gentle Giant- The Power and the Glory (England)
 * Gong - You (Various)
 * Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three (England)
 * Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill (England)
 * Henry Cow - Unrest (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Warchild (England)
 * Kansas - Kansas (USA)
 * King Crimson - Red (England)
 * King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black (England)
 * Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Germany)
 * Los Canarios - Ciclos (Spain)
 * Magma - Kohntarkosz (France)
 * Metamorfosi - Inferno (1974)
 * Le Orme - Contrappunti (Italy)
 * Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie) (Finland)
 * Premiata Forneria Marconi - L'isola di niente (Italy)
 * Queen - Queen II
 * Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
 * Refugee - ''Refugee' (England)
 * Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (England)
 * Rush - Rush (Canada)
 * Saint Just - La casa del lago (Italy)
 * Samla Mammas Manna - Klossa Knapitatet (Sweden)
 * Strawbs - Hero and Heroine (England)
 * Supertramp - Crime of the Century (England)
 * Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (Germany)
 * Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia (USA)
 * Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple (Germany)
 * Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth (England)
 * Wigwam - Being (Finland)
 * Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (England)
 * Yes - Relayer (England)
 * Frank Zappa - Apostrophe(') (USA)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Roxy & Elsewhere (USA)

Disbandments

 * King Crimson

Events

 * John Rutsey leaves Rush to be replaced by Neil Peart.

Newly formed bands

 * Ambrosia
 * National Health
 * Triana

Albums

 * Ambrosia - Ambrosia (USA)
 * Ange - Émile Jacotey (France)
 * Apoteosi - Apoteosi (Italy)
 * Area - Crac! (Italy)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts (England)
 * Beggars Opera – Beggars Can't Be Choosers (England)
 * Camel - The Snow Goose (England)
 * The Eric Burdon Band - Sun Secrets (USA)
 * The Eric Burdon Band - Stop (USA)
 * Caravan - Cunning Stunts (England)
 * Carpe Diem - En Regardant Passer Le Temps (France)
 * Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water (England)
 * Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles (France)
 * Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (USA)
 * Fusioon - Minorisa (Spain)
 * Gentle Giant - Free Hand (England)
 * Harmonium - Si on Avait Besoin d'une Cinquieme Saison (Quebec)
 * Hatfield & the North - The Rotter's Club (England)
 * Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time (England)
 * Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery (England)
 * Kansas - Masque (USA)
 * Kansas - Song For America (USA)
 * Magma - Live/Hhai (France)
 * Maxophone - Maxophone (Italy)
 * Modrý Efekt - Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik (Czechoslovakia)
 * Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (England)
 * Le Orme - Smogmagica (Italy)
 * Phoenix - Cantafabule (Romania)
 * Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (England)
 * Premiata Forneria Marconi - Chocolate Kings (Italy)
 * Queen - A Night at the Opera
 * Quiet Sun - Mainstream (England)
 * Renaissance - Scheherazade & Other Stories (England)
 * Rick Wakeman - Myths & Legends of King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table (England)
 * Rush - Caress of Steel (Canada)
 * Rush - Fly By Night (Canada)
 * SBB - Nowy Horyzont (Poland)
 * Soft Machine - Bundles (England)
 * Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (England)
 * Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (England)
 * Supertramp - Crisis, What Crisis? (England)
 * Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (Germany)
 * O Terço - Criaturas da Noite (Brazil)
 * Triana - El Patio (Spain)
 * Triumvirat - Spartacus (Germany)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (England)
 * Wigwam - Nuclear Nightclub (Finland)

Disbandments

 * Hatfield and the North

Events

 * Vocalist Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis at the end of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour. The band's drummer, Phil Collins, steps up to be lead singer and frontman after the band auditions some 450 singers. Gabriel then embarks on a solo career.

Newly formed bands

 * Brand X
 * The Alan Parsons Project

Albums

 * The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (England)
 * Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Travelled (USA)
 * Ange - Par les fils de Mandrin (France)
 * Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités (France)
 * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Come in un'Ultima cena (Italy)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon (England)
 * Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour (England)
 * Camel - Moonmadness (England)
 * Caravan - Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's (England)
 * Celeste - Celeste (also known as Principe di un giorno; Italy)
 * Cos - Viva Boma (Belgium)
 * Henry Cow - Concerts (England)
 * Crucis - Crucis (Argentina)
 * Ethos - Ardour (USA)
 * Far East Family Band - Parallel World (Japan)
 * Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (England)
 * Genesis - Wind and Wuthering (England)
 * Gentle Giant - Interview (England)
 * Gualberto - Vericuetos (Spain)
 * Steve Howe - Beginnings (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Too Old to Rock & Roll, Too Young to Die (England)
 * Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (England)
 * Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen (Sweden)
 * Kansas - Leftoverture (USA)
 * Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Germany)
 * Novalis - Sommerabend (Germany)
 * Le Orme - Verità nascoste (Italy)
 * Picchio dal Pozzo - Picchio dal Pozzo (Italy)
 * Pollen - Pollen (Quebec)
 * Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage Letzte Nächte (Germany)
 * Pulsar - The Strands of the Future (France)
 * Queen - A Day at the Races
 * Rush - 2112 (Canada)
 * Schicke Führs & Fröhling - Symphonic Pictures (Germany)
 * Soft Machine - Softs (England)
 * Starcastle - Starcastle (USA)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life (England)

Disbandments

 * 10cc: Kevin Godley and Lol Creme leave to pursue solo projects.

Newly formed bands

 * Aksak Maboul
 * UK
 * Témpano (Venezuela)
 * Toto

Albums

 * Aksak Maboul - Onze Danses Pour Combattre le Migraine (Belgium)
 * The Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot (England)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth (England)
 * Mike Batt - Schizophonia (England)
 * Brand X - Moroccan Roll (England)
 * Bill Bruford - Feels Good to Me (England)
 * Camel - Raindances (England)
 * Caravan - Better by Far (England)
 * Circus - Movin' On (Switzerland)
 * Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs (USA) - produced by Robert Fripp
 * Dixie Dregs - Freefall (USA)
 * Eloy - Ocean (Germany)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Vol. 1 (England)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Works Vol. 2 (England)
 * England - Garden Shed (England)
 * Eric Burdon - Survivor (England)
 * Genesis - Seconds Out (Live) (England)
 * Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece (England)
 * John Greaves & Peter Blegvad - Kew. Rhone. (England)
 * Godley and Creme - Consequences (England)
 * Gong - Gazeuse (Expresso)(Various)
 * Grobschnitt - Rockpommel's Land (Germany)
 * Gryphon - Treason (England)
 * Happy the Man - Happy the Man (USA)
 * Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness And Charm (England)
 * Heldon - 6 - Interface (France)
 * Island - Pictures (Switzerland)
 * Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood (England)
 * Kansas - Point of Know Return (USA)
 * Locanda delle Fate - Forse le lucciole non si amano piu (Italy)
 * Maneige - Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle (Quebec)
 * Modrý Efekt - Svitanie (Czechoslovakia)
 * Mona Lisa - Le Petit Violon de Mr. Gregoire (France)
 * National Health - National Health (England)
 * Pentwater - Pentwater (USA)
 * Anthony Phillips - The Geese and the Ghost (England)
 * Pierrot Lunaire - Gudrun (Italy)
 * Pink Floyd - Animals (England)
 * Premiata Forneria Marconi - Jet Lag (Italy)
 * Pulsar - Halloween (France)
 * Queen - News of the World
 * Rush - A Farewell to Kings (Canada)
 * Styx - The Grand Illusion (USA)
 * Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments... (England)
 * Triana - Hijos del Agobio (Spain)
 * Univers Zero - Univers Zero (also known as 1313; Belgium)
 * Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome (England)
 * Yes - Going for the One (England)

Disbandments

 * Abortive supergroup British Bulldog with John Wetton, Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford only play a few rehearsals.
 * Guitarist Steve Hackett departs Genesis to pursue solo work.

Newly formed bands

 * Art Bears
 * Sky - Herbie Flowers, Tristan Fry, Francis Monkman, Kevin Peek, John Williams
 * Iman, Califato Independiente
 * Twelfth Night

Albums

 * Art Bears - Hopes and Fears (England)
 * Atila - Reviure (Spain)
 * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - ... di terra (Italy)
 * Barclay James Harvest - XII (England)
 * Bubu - Anabelas (Argentina)
 * Camel - Breathless (England)
 * Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories (USA)
 * Henry Cow - Western Culture (England)
 * Crack - Si Todo Hiciera Crack (Spain)
 * Dixie Dregs - What If (USA)
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Love Beach (England)
 * Fermata - Huascaran (Czechoslovakia)
 * Flame Dream - Calatea (Switzerland)
 * FM - Black Noise (Canada)
 * Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel II (scratching fingers) (England)
 * Genesis - And Then There Were Three (England)
 * Gentle Giant - Giant for a Day (England)
 * David Gilmour - David Gilmour (England)
 * Godley and Creme - L (England)
 * Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Expresso II (Various)
 * Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live (Germany)
 * Iman, Califato Independiente - Iman, Califato Independiente (Spain)
 * Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch (England)
 * Steve Hillage - Green (England)
 * Happy the Man - Crafty Hands (USA)
 * Heldon - Stand By (France)
 * Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (England)
 * Jethro Tull - Bursting Out : Live (England)
 * MIA - Cornonstipicum (Argentina)
 * Modrý Efekt - Svĕt Hledaců (Czechoslovakia)
 * National Health - Of Queues And Cures(England)
 * Queen - Jazz
 * Rush - Hemispheres (Canada)
 * Shylock - Ile De Fievre (France)
 * Terpandre - Terpandre (France)
 * The Muffins - Manna / Mirage (USA)
 * U.K. - U.K. (England)
 * Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
 * Weidorje - Weidorje (France)
 * Richard Wright - Wet Dream (England)
 * Yes - Tormato (England)

Disbandments

 * Henry Cow
 * Emerson, Lake & Palmer
 * Van der Graaf Generator

Events

 * Rock in Opposition (RIO) is formed by Henry Cow, Stormy Six, Samla Mammas Manna, Univers Zero and Etron Fou Leloublan at the first RIO festival in London on 12 March. Art Zoyd, Art Bears and Aksak Maboul join RIO in December.

Newly formed bands

 * The Mnemonist Orchestra (developed into Biota)
 * Marillion

Albums

 * Aksak Maboul - Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (Belgium)
 * Arachnoid - Arachnoid (France)
 * Art Bears - Winter Songs (England)
 * Art Zoyd - Musique Pour l'Odyssee (France)
 * Atlas - Blå Vardag (Sweden)
 * Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling (England)
 * Barclay James Harvest - Eyes of the Universe (England)
 * Mike Batt - Tarot Suite (England)
 * Bill Bruford - One of a Kind (England)
 * Camel - I Can See Your House From Here (England)
 * Dixie Dregs - Night of the Living Dregs (USA)
 * Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes (Germany)
 * Eskaton - Four Visions (France)
 * Flame Dream - Elements (Switzerland)
 * FM - Surveillance (Canada)
 * Robert Fripp - Exposure (England)
 * Godley and Creme - Freeze Frame (England)
 * Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings (England)
 * Steve Howe - The Steve Howe Album (England)
 * Itoiz - Ezekiel (Basque Country)
 * Jethro Tull - Stormwatch (England)
 * Kansas - Monolith (USA)
 * Laurent Thibault - Mais on ne Peut pas Rever Tout le Temps (France)
 * Ma Banlieue Flasque - Ma Banlieue Flasque (France)
 * Albert Marcoeur - Armes et Cycles (France)
 * Mezquita - Recuerdos de mi tierra (Spain)
 * Neuschwanstein - Battlement (Germany)
 * Le Orme - Florian (Italy)
 * Pink Floyd - The Wall (England)
 * Sky - Sky (England / Australia)
 * Stormy Six - Macchina maccheronica (Italy)
 * Supertramp - Breakfast in America (England)
 * Témpano - Atabal Yemal (Venezuela)
 * Triana - Sombra y Luz (Spain)
 * U.K. - Danger Money (England)
 * Univers Zero - Heresie (Belgium)

Disbandments

 * U.K.

Events

 * Richard Wright of Pink Floyd is fired from the band by bassist, Roger Waters. However he is allowed back on "The Wall" tour as a paid session musician.