Grateful Dead release their seventh album : ‘From the Mars Hotel’ featuring ‘Scarlet Begonias’ (1974)
Grateful Dead‘s ‘From the Mars Hotel’ is a studio album recorded in April 1974 and released on June 27, 1974 by Grateful Dead Records.
Bad Company release their eponymous debut album : ‘Bad Company’ (1974)
‘Bad Company‘ is their eponymous debut studio album released in June 1974 by Swan Song Records
George Benson records his twelfth album ‘Bad Benson’ for CTI (1974)
George Benson‘s ‘Bad Benson’ is his twelfth studio album recorded on April 22 and June 20, 1974 and released on October 13, 1974 by CTI.
Motown publish Syreeta Wright’s ‘Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta,’ her second album (1974)
Syreeta Wright’s ‘Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta’ is her second album released on June 19, 1974 by Motown.
Marlena Shaw records the album ‘Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?’ for Blue Note (1974)
Marlena Shaw‘s ‘Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?’ is an album recorded on June 12 and December 3, 4, 5 & 6, 1974 by Blue Note.
RCA record ‘The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix’ (1974)
‘The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix‘ is an album recorded on June 11, 12 & 13, 1974 and released the same year by RCA.
David Bowie releases his eighth album : ‘Diamond Dogs’ featuring ‘Rebel Rebel’ and ‘1984’ (1974)
David Bowie‘s ‘Diamond Dogs’ feat. ‘Rebel Rebel'” is his eighth studio album released on May 24, 1974 by RCA.
Island publish Sparks’ third album : ‘Kimono My House’ featuring ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us’ (1974)
Sparks‘ ‘Kimono My House’ is their third album featuring ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us,’ produced by Muff Winwood and released on May 1, 1974 by Island
J. J. Cale releases ‘Okie,’ his third album recorded in Nashville (1974)
J. J. Cale’s ‘Okie’ is his third album recorded mostly in Nashville and released on April 30, 1974 by A&M / Shelter
Blue Öyster Cult release their third album : ‘Secret Treaties’ (1974)
Blue Öyster Cult’ s ‘Secret Treaties’ is their third studio album produced by Murray Krugman, Sandy Pearlman and released in April 1974 by Columbia Records.
Island publish Richard and Linda Thompson’s album : ‘I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight’ (1974)
Richard and Linda Thompson’s ‘I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight’ is Richard’s second album and first with Linda, co-produced with John Wood and released on April 30, 1974 by Island
Westbound publish Funkadelic’s ‘Standing on the Verge of Getting It On,’ their sixth album (1974)
Funkadelic‘s ‘Standing on the Verge of Getting It On’ is their sixth studio album produced by George Clinton and released on April 29, 1974 by Westbound.
Lou Reed finishes the recording of ‘Sally Can’t Dance,’ his fourth solo album (1974)
Lou Reed‘s ‘Sally Can’t Dance’ is his fourth solo album recorded between March 18 and April 26, 1974 and released in August 1974 by RCA.
Columbia publish ‘Big Fun,’ an album by Miles Davis recorded over a period of four years (1974)
Miles Davis ‘Big Fun‘ is a double album recorded between 1969 and 1972 and released on April 19, 1974 by Columbia.
‘The Great Concert of Charles Mingus’ is recorded in Paris with Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan et al (1964)
‘The Great Concert of Charles Mingus‘ is a live album recorded on April 19, 1964, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and released the same year by America.
Ella Fitzgerald records ‘Ella in London’ at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (1974)
Ella Fitzgerald‘s ‘Ella in London’ is a live album recorded on April 11, 1974 at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club with a quartet and released the same year by Pablo.
Eric Clapton is in Miami to record his second album : ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ featuring ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ (1974)
Eric Clapton‘s ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’ is his second studio album recorded in April–May 1974 and released the following July by RSO.
Polydor publish Toots Thielemans’ ‘Live’ recorded in Holland (1974)
Toots Thielemans‘ ‘Live’ is an album recorded in Holland with an European rhythm section and released on April 4, 1974 by Polydor Of Holland.
Miles Davis records ‘Dark Magus’ at Carnegie Hall in New York City (1974)
Miles Davis‘ ‘Dark Magus’ is a live double album recorded on March 30, 1974 at Carnegie Hall in New York City and released in 1977 by CBS.