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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.

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True

Album #275 - June 1977

The Punk movement of 1977 happened so quickly that it caught a lot of artists by surprise.

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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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                    Cream: Disraeli Gears

                    Cream: Disraeli Gears

                    Album #77 - November 1967

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                      The Moody Blues: days of Future Passed

                      The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed

                      Album #76 - November 1967

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                        The Monkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, LTD.

                        The Monkees: Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, LTD.

                        Album #75 - November 1967

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                          The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

                          The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

                          Album #74 - November 1967

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