The Grateful Dead release their sixth album : ‘Wake of the Flood’ (1973)
The Grateful Dead‘s ‘Wake of the Flood’ is a studio album (the first without founding member Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan) released on October 15, 1973 by Grateful Dead Records.
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The Grateful Dead‘s ‘Wake of the Flood’ is a studio album (the first without founding member Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan) released on October 15, 1973 by Grateful Dead Records.
Genesis‘ ‘Selling England by the Pound’ is their fifth studio album released on October 13, 1973 by Charisma Records.
Herbie Hancock‘s ‘Head Hunters’ is his twelfth studio album co-produced with David Rubinson and released on October 13, 1973 by Columbia.
Bryan Ferry‘s ‘These Foolish Things’ is his first solo album released on October 5, 1973 while he was still Roxy Music by Virgin.
Elton John‘s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ feat. ‘Candle in the Wind’, ‘Bennie and the Jets’, etc. is his seventh studio album recorded at the Château d’Hérouville in France and released on October 5, 1973 by MCA / DJM.
Barry White‘s ‘Stone Gon” is his (self-produced) second album released on October 2, 1973 by 20Th Century..
Sarah Vaughan‘s ‘Live in Japan’ is an album recorded on September 24, 1973 at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo and released the same year by Mainstream..
Faust ‘s ‘Faust IV’ is their fourth studio album produced by Uwe Nettelbeck and released on September 21, 1973 by Virgin
The Mahavishnu Orchestra‘s ‘The Lost Trident Sessions’ is a studio (it would have been their third) album recorded in 1973 and released on September 21, 1999 by Sony.
Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle’ is his second studio album produced by Mike Appel & Jim Cretecos and released on September 11, 1973 by Columbia Records.
‘Over-Nite Sensation’ by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention is their seventeenth studio album released on September 7, 1973 by DiscReet
The Art Ensemble of Chicago‘s ‘Fanfare for the Warriors’ is an album recorded on September 6–8, 1973 with Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut and Don Moye along with Muhal Richard Abrams and released the same year by Atlantic.
Can‘s ‘Future Days’ is their fourth – and the last with vocalist Damo Suzuki – studio album released in August 1973 by United Artists
Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’ is his twelfth studio album released on August 28, 1973 by Tamla Records.
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Take Love Easy’ is a studio album recorded on August 28, 1973 with Joe Pass and released the same year by Pablo.
Joe Pass‘ ‘Virtuoso’ is an album recorded on August 28, 1973 and released In December, 1973 By Pablo.
George Benson‘s ‘Body Talk’ is a studio album produced by Creed Taylor and released on August 23, 1973 by CTI.
Return to Forever‘s ‘Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy’ is their third studio album recorded in August 1973, at Record Plant Studios, N.Y.and released the same year by by Polydor.
Allman Brothers Band’s ‘Brothers and Sisters’ is their fourth studio album (the last with Berry Oakley, the first with Lamar Williams and Chuck Leavell) released in August 1973 by Capricorn Records.