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Sounds Of The Seventies Discography

The Time-Life Sounds Of The Seventies series of compilations was released between 1989 and 1998. The series started shortly after the merger of Time-Life and Warner Communications. Grateful Dead tracks, from their Warner Brothers catalog, are included on five albums of the series. Other San Francisco groups are also featured. Some albums in the series were subsequently reissued with different titles and, sometimes, in reconfigured formats.

Additions, corrections and comments are welcome


Sounds Of The Seventies

The first 10 releases in the series were compilations of tracks from each year of the decade.

info Sounds of the Seventies: 1970, Various Artists, 1989 (SOD-01)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1971, Various Artists, 1989 (SOD-02)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1972, Various Artists, 1989 (SOD-03)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1976, Various Artists, 1989 (SOD-04)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1977, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-05)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1973, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-06)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1974, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-07)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1975, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-08)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1979, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-09)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1978, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-10)

The next 10 releases repeated the year by year theme.

info Sounds of the Seventies: 1970, Take 2, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-11)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1971, Take 2, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-12)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1972, Take 2, Various Artists, 1990 (SOD-13)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1973, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-14)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1974, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-15)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1975, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-16)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1977, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-17)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1976, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-18)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1979, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-19)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 1978, Take 2, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-20)

The next 17 releases group together tracks by theme rather than by year.

info Sounds of the Seventies: Rock 'n' Soul, Various Artists, 1991 (SOD-21)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Seventies Top 40, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-22)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Guitar Power, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-23)
info Sounds of the Seventies: FM Rock, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-24)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Seventies Generation, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-25)
info Sounds of the Seventies: FM Rock II, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-26)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Dance Fever, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-27)
info Sounds of the Seventies: FM Rock III, Various Artists, 1992 (SOD-28)
info Sounds of the Seventies: FM Rock IV, Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-29)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Punk and New Wave, Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-30)
info Sounds of the Seventies: AM Top Twenty, Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-31)
info Sounds of the Seventies: AM Pop Classics, Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-32)
info Sounds of the Seventies: AM Pop Classics II , Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-33)
info Sounds of the Seventies: The Late 70', Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-34)
info Sounds of the Seventies: AM Nuggets, Various Artists, 1993 (SOD-35)
info Sounds of the Seventies: More AM Nuggets, Various Artists, 1994 (SOD-36)
info Sounds of the Seventies: AM Heavy Hits, Various Artists, 1994 (SOD-37)

After SOD-37 there appears to be a break in the series. Releases may be missing from the list at this point.

The thematic compilations continued in 1996. This may have been a new series.

info Sounds of the Seventies: Pop Nuggets: The Late '70s, Various Artists, 1996 (R840-01)
info Sounds of the Seventies: TV Themes, Various Artists, 1996 (R840-02)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Pop Nuggets: The Early '70s, Various Artists, 1996 (R840-03)
info Sounds of the Seventies: A Loss For Words, Various Artists, 1996 (R840-04)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1972-1974, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-05)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1975-1976, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-06)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1976-1977, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-07)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1978-1979, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-08)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1979-1981, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-09)
info Sounds of the Seventies: 70's Dance Party: 1979, Various Artists, 1997 (R840-10)
info Sounds of the Seventies: Feel Good 70's, Various Artists, 1998 (R840-11)

Sound Of The Seventies: box set

A 3 CD Sounds Of The Seventies box set was released with a selection of tracks from the series.

info Sounds Of the Seventies: 3 CD Box, Various Artists, 1999

The 3 CDs in the box set were also distributed as single CDs.

info Sounds Of the Seventies: Super 70's, Various Artists, 1999
info Sounds Of the Seventies: Classic 70's, Various Artists, 1999
info Sounds Of the Seventies: 70's Gold, Various Artists, 1999

Ultimate Seventies

The first 10 Sounds Of The Seventies albums were repackaged and released as the "Ultimate Seventies" in 2003.

info Ultimate Seventies: 1970, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-01)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1971, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-02)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1972, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-03)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1976, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-04)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1977, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-05)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1973, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-06)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1974, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-07)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1975, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-08)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1979, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-09)
info Ultimate Seventies: 1978, Various Artists, 2003 (R634-10)

Ultimate Seventies: box sets

info Ultimate Seventies (10 CD set), Various Artists, 2003
info Ultimate Seventies (15 CD set), Various Artists, 2003
info Ultimate Seventies (3 CDs), Various Artists, 2005
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