Albums
- AC/DC – Highway to Hell
- Accept – Accept
- Aerosmith – Night in the Ruts
- Blackfoot – Strikes
- Blue Öyster Cult – Mirrors
- Judas Priest – Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather
- Kiss – Dynasty – Disco single "I Was Made for Loving You" led to accusations of sellout, band's popularity suffered for several years
- Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door
- Motörhead – Overkill
- Motörhead – Bomber
- Motörhead – On Parole (unofficial release from sessions recorded in 1975)
- Nazareth – No Mean City
- The Pat Travers Band – Live! Go for What You Know
- Rainbow – Down to Earth
- Saxon – Saxon
- Scorpions – Lovedrive
- Ted Nugent – State of Shock
- Thin Lizzy – Black Rose: A Rock Legend
- Triumph – Just a Game
- Van Halen – Van Halen II
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