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The Top 500 of The Top 40

The Top 500 of The Top 40

500 of the best and most historically relevant albums to make the top 40 album charts from 1955 to the present - chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.

Steely Dan Katy Lied

Steely Dan: Katy Lied

Album #245 - March 1975

Although I was a Steely Dan fan when this album came out, I wasn’t particularly interested in buying a copy, for a few reasons.

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    The Bee Gees - Idea

    The Bee Gees: Idea

    Album #89 - August 1968

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      Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

      Big Brother and the Holding Company: Cheap Thrills

      Album #88 - August 1968

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        The Band: Music from Big Pink

        The Band: Music from Big Pink

        Album #87 - July 1968

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          The Moody Blues: In Search of the Lost Chord

          The Moody Blues: In Search of the Lost Chord

          Album #86 - July 1968

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            Al Kooper/Mike Bloomfield/Stephen Stills: Super Session

            Kooper/Bloomfield/Stills: Super Session

            Album # 85 - July 1968

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              Johnny Cash  - At Folsom Prison

              Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison

              Album #84 - May 1968

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                Simon & Garfunkel: Bookends

                Simon and Garfunkel: Bookends

                Album #83 - April 1968

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                  The Mothers of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money

                  The Mothers of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money

                  Album #82 - March 1968

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                    THE BEE GEES: HORIZONTAL

                    The Bee Gees: Horizontal

                    Album #81 - February 1968

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                      Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul

                      Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul

                      Album #80 - January 1968

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                        “Axis: Bold as Love”

                        Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold as Love

                        Album #79 - December 1967

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                          Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

                          Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

                          Album #78- December 1967

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