Vertigo publish ‘Dire Straits,’ their eponymous debut album featuring ‘Sultans of Swing’ (1978)
‘Dire Straits‘ is their debut and eponymous studio album featuring ‘Sultans of Swing,’ produced by Muff Winwood and released on June 9, 1978 by Vertigo
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‘Dire Straits‘ is their debut and eponymous studio album featuring ‘Sultans of Swing,’ produced by Muff Winwood and released on June 9, 1978 by Vertigo
‘The Cars‘ feat. ‘Just What I Needed’ is their eponymous debut studio album (that will stay 139 weeks on the charts ) released on June 6, 1978 by Elektra.
Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ is his fourth studio album released on June 2, 1978 by Columbia.
Thin Lizzy‘s ‘Live and Dangerous’ is their first live double album recorded in London, Philadelphia and Toronto, co-produced with Tony Visconti and released on June 2, 1978 by Vertigo
Teddy Pendergrass ‘Life Is a Song Worth Singing’ feat. ‘Only You’ & ‘Close the Door’ is his second album released on June 2, 1978 by Philadelphia International Records.
The Saints’ ‘Eternally Yours’ is their second album produced by band members Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper and released in May 1978 by Harvest
Kraftwerk‘s ‘The Man-Machine’ feat. “The Model” is their seventh studio album released on May 19 1978 by Kling Klang / EMI
‘You’re Gonna Get It!’ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is their second album, recorded in Hollywod and released on May 2, 1978 by Shelter.
Willie Nelson‘s ‘Stardust’ is his 22nd studio album featuring ‘Blue Skies’ and ‘All of Me,’ produced by Booker T. Jones and released in April 1978 by Columbia
Sarah Vaughan‘s ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’ is a studio album recorded on April 25, 1978 with a quartet led by Oscar Peterson and released the same year by Pablo.