Hi Freeformers, looking back in history at albums released the last week of April to May 1st, in the past 50+ years. Lots of good stuff and many that have been mostly forgotten, but you’ll find a few hidden gems in this list. Enjoy this trip down Memory Lane! – Kim Paris, Melting Pot
April 25 
1969 ● The Moody Blues — On The Threshold Of A Dream ► Psychedelic Rock
1975 ● The Doobie Brothers — Stampede ► Pop-Rock
1977 ● 10cc — Deceptive Bends ► Pop-Rock
1979 ● Donna Summer — Bad Girls ► Disco
1980 ● Black Sabbath — Heaven And Hell ► Hard Rock
1985 ● Exodus — Bonded By Blood ► Heavy Metal
1988 ● Soul Asylum — Hang Time ► Alt. Rock/Garage Rock
1994 ● Blur — Parklife ► Alt Pop-Rock/Britpop
1994 ● David Bowie — Santa Monica ’72 ► Glam Rock
1995 ● Bob Dylan — MTV Unplugged ► Folk-Rock
1995 ● King Crimson — THRAK ► Prog Rock
1995 ● Little Feat — Ain’t Had Enough Fun ► Southern Rock
1996 ● Parliament — Live 1976-93 ► Funk
2000 ● Toni Braxton — The Heat ► Soul-Pop
2000 ● Blondie — Livid [UK] ► New Wave Pop-Rock
2000 ● Donovan — Summer Day Reflection Songs ► Folk-Rock
2000 ● Neil Young — Silver & Gold ► Folk-Rock
2002 ● Goo Goo Dolls — Gutterflower ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge
2005 ● Goo Goo Dolls — Let Love In ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge
2006 ● Rush — Gold ► Prog/Art Rock
2006 ● Bruce Springsteen — We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions ► Folk-Rock
April 26
1970 ● The Supremes — Right On ► Soul – Motown
1980 ● X — Los Angeles ► Punk-Rock (L.A.)
1982 ● Bucks Fizz — Are You Ready ► Europop-Dance
1982 ● Paul McCartney — Tug Of War ► Pop-Rock
1983 ● “Weird Al” Yankovic — “Weird Al” Yankovic ► Comedy/Parody
1985 ● Hooters — Nervous Night ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1988 ● k.d. lang — Shadowland ► Alt Country Rock
1988 ● Honeymoon Suite — Racing After Midnight ► Arena Rock
1988 ● Frank Zappa — Guitar ► Instrumental Rock
1989 ● Richard Marx — Repeat Offender ► AA Pop-Rock
1991 ● The Bodeans — Black And White ► Roots Rock
1991 ● Luther Vandross — Power Of Love ► Smooth Soul
1993 ● The Fall — The Infotainment Scan ► Post-Punk
1994 ● Johnny Cash — American Recordings ► Traditional Country
1994 ● Live — Throwing Copper ► Post-Grunge Alt Rock
1994 ● Fleetwood Mac — In Chicago 1969 ► Electric Blues
1994 ● Jimi Hendrix — Blues ► Blues-Rock
1999 ● Children Of Bodom — Hatebreeder ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal
2004 ● The Rolling Stones — Singles 1963-1965 ► Blues-Rock
2005 ● New Order — Waiting For The Siren’s Call ► Alt Pop-Rock
2005 ● Cream — Gold ► Blues-Rock
2005 ● Joni Mitchell — Songs Of A Prairie Girl ► Folk-Rock
2005 ● Bruce Springsteen — Devils & Dust ► Heartland Rock
2006 ● Soul Asylum — Closer To The Stars: Best Oif The Twin/Tone Years ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2011 ● Steve Earle — I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive ► Alt. Country
2011 ● The Rolling Stones — Singles 1971-2006 ► Blues-Rock
2013 ● Chad & Jeremy — Three In The Attic ► Folk-Pop
April 27 
1968 ● Sly & The Family Stone — Dance To The Music ► Soul-Funk
1973 ● Weather Report — Sweetnighter ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1979 ● Heatwave — Hot Property ► Funk/Disco
1981 ● The Fall — Slates [EP] ► Post-Punk
1983 ● The B-52’s — Whammy! ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1987 ● Slade — You Boyz Make Big Noize ► Hard Rock
1987 ● David Bowie — Never Let Me Down ► Glam Rock
1987 ● R.E.M. — Dead Letter Office ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1991 ● Pat Benatar — True Love ► Hard Rock/Jump Blues
1992 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Henry’s Dream ► Alt Rock
1992 ● XTC — Nonsuch ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1993 ● Vince Neil — Exposed ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal
1993 ● Porno For Pyros — Porno For Pyros ► Alt Rock
1998 ● Massive Attack — Mezzanine ► Trip-Hop
1998 ● Blind Guardian — Nightfall In Middle-Earth ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
1999 ● AFI — Black Sails EP ► Hardcore Punk
2000 ● Immortal — Damned In Black ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal
2004 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts — Naked ► Hard Rock
2004 ● Black Sabbath — Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) ► Hard Rock
2004 ● Patti Smith — Trampin’ ► Hard Rock
2008 ● Carly Simon — This Kind Of Love ► Pop-Rock
2010 ● Melissa Etheridge — Fearless Love ► Roots Rock
April 28 
1969 ● Chicago — Chicago Transit Authority ► Jazz-Rock
1970 ● Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — What Love Has…Joined Together ► Soul – Motown
1980 ● Alice Cooper — Flush The Fashion ► Hard Rock
1980 ● Grateful Dead — Go To Heaven ► Pop-Rock
1982 ● Marshall Crenshaw — Marshall Crenshaw ► Power Pop
1992 ● Tracy Chapman — Matters Of The Heart ► Folk-Rock
1992 ● Annie Lennox — Diva ► Adult Alternative Pop-Rock
1995 ● Fair Warning — Rainmaker ► Hard Rock
1997 ● Stratovarius — Visions ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
1998 ● Secret Chiefs 3 — Second Grand Constitution And Bylaws, Hurqalya ► Experimental/Indie Rock
1998 ● Big Pun — Capital Punishment ► Latino Rap
1998 ● Children Of Bodom — Something Wild ► Heavy Metal/Black Metal
1998 ● Dave Matthews Band — Before These Crowded Streets ► AA Pop-Rock
1998 ● Danny Wilde & The Rembrandts — Spin This ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● Jimmy Buffett — Don’t Stop The Carnival ► Folk-Rock
1998 ● Jefferson Airplane — Live At The Fillmore East ► Psychedelic Rock
1998 ● The Monkees — The Monkees Anthology ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● Stevie Nicks — Enchanted: The Works Of Stevie Nicks ► Pop-Rock
1998 ● Yes — Beyond & Before: BBC Recordings 1969-1970 ► Prog Rock
2002 ● Mark Knopfler — A Shot At Glory [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock
2009 ● The Black Crowes — Warpaint Live ► Southern Rock
2009 ● Various Artists — Playing For Change: Songs Around The World ► Worldbeat
2013 ● The Ramona Flowers — Lust And Lies [EP] ► Dream Pop
2015 ● Eric Clapton — Forever Man ► Blues-Rock
2017 ● John Mellencamp — Sad Clowns & Hillbillies ► Roots Rock
April 29 
1967 ● The Turtles — Happy Together ► Pop-Rock
1968 ● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas — Ridin’ High ► Soul – Motown
1968 ● The Temptations — The Temptations Wish It Would Rain ► Soul – Motown
1971 ● The Doors — L. A. Woman ► Blues-Rock
1977 ● Alice Cooper — Lace And Whiskey ► Ballad
1981 ● Van Halen — Fair Warning ► Hard Rock
1983 ● The Replacements — Hootenanny ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1985 ● Freddie Mercury — Mr. Bad Guy ► Pop-Rock
1985 ● Santana — Beyond Appearances ► Jazz-Rock Fusion
1989 ● Tom Petty — Full Moon Fever ► Album Rock
1996 ● Buzzcocks — All Set ► Punk-Rock
1996 ● Black Sabbath — The Sabbath Stones ► Hard Rock
1997 ● The Ataris — Anywhere But Here ► Pop-Punk
1997 ● Indigo Girls — Shaming Of The Sun ► Folk-Rock
1997 ● The Kentucky Headhunters — Stompin’ Grounds ► Southern Rock
1997 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd — Twenty ► Southern Rock
2001 ● Prince — Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic ► Dance-Pop
2008 ● Mudcrutch — Mudcrutch ► Southern Rock
2008 ● Kansas — Playlist: The Very Best Of Kansas ► Prog/Arena Rock
2008 ● Madonna — Hard Candy ► Dance-Pop
2008 ● Steve Winwood — Nine Lives ► Album Rock
April 30 
1965 ● The Zombies — Begin Here ► Baroque Pop
1969 ● Marvin Gaye — M.P.G. ► Soul – Motown
1971 ● Thin Lizzy — Thin Lizzy ► Hard Rock
1971 ● The Doobie Brothers — The Doobie Brothers ► Pop-Rock
1973 ● Paul McCartney & Wings — Red Rose Speedway ► Pop-Rock
1974 ● J.J. Cale — Okie ► Blues-Rock
1976 ● Elton John — Here And There ► Pop-Rock
1976 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers — Rastaman Vibration ► Roots Reggae
1977 ● The Moody Blues — Caught Live + 5 [UK] ► Psychedelic Rock
1979 ● Sister Sledge — We Are Family ► Disco
1982 ● A Flock Of Seagulls — A Flock Of Seagulls ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1982 ● Cheap Trick — One On One ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
1984 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark — Junk Culture ► New Wave Synth Pop
1984 ● The Cure — The Top ► Post-Punk
1986 ● Golden Earring — The Hole ► Hard Rock
1986 ● Keel — The Final Frontier ► Heavy Metal
1989 ● Lynyrd Skynyrd — Skynyrd’s Innyrds ► Southern Rock
1990 ● Billy Bragg — The Internationale ► Folk-Rock
1991 ● Boyz II Men — Cooleyhighharmony ► New Jack Swing
1991 ● Joe Jackson — Laughter & Lust ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1991 ● Yes — Union ► Prog Rock
1992 ● Iced Earth — Night Of The Stormrider ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1996 ● Dave Matthews Band — Crash ► AA Pop-Rock
1996 ● The Cranberries — To The Faithful Departed ► Alt. Pop-Rock
2002 ● Jethro Tull — Living With The Past ► Folk-Rock
2012 ● The Specials — More…Or Less: The Specials Live ► Ska Revival
2013 ● Iggy Pop & The Stooges — Ready To Die ► Alt. Rock / Punk
2013 ● Spin Doctors — If The River Was Whiskey ► Alt Pop-Rock
May 01
1961 ● Ben E. King — Spanish Harlem ► Soul
1969 ● Joni Mitchell — Clouds ► Folk-Rock
1970 ● Bob Dylan — Possum Belly Overalls ► Folk-Rock
1972 ● Jeff Beck Group — The Jeff Beck Group ► Blues-Rock
1975 ● James Taylor — Gorilla ► Folk-Rock
1987 ● Deacon Blue — Raintown [UK] ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1988 ● A-Ha — Stay On These Roads ► Synth-Pop
1988 ● Fairground Attraction — The First Of A Million Kisses ► Alt. Pop-Rock/Skiffle
1990 ● Flotsam And Jetsam — When The Storm Comes Down ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1990 ● Rory Gallagher — Fresh Evidence ► Blues-Rock
1992 ● Dixie Chicks — Little Ol’ Cowgirl ► Country-Rock
1992 ● The Vaselines — The Way Of The Vaselines: A Complete History ► Indie Pop-Rock
1995 ● T.I.S.M. — Machiavelli And The Four Seasons ► Alt Pop-Rock
1998 ● Simple Minds — Real Live 91 ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2000 ● Bardot — Bardot ► Pop/Girl Group
2001 ● Gram Parsons — Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology ► Country-Rock
2001 ● Timothy B. Schmit — Fed The Fire ► Country-Rock
2001 ● Huey Lewis & The News — Plan B ► Pop-Rock
2001 ● Stevie Nicks — Trouble In Shangri-La ► Pop-Rock
2007 ● Dinosaur Jr. — Beyond ► Alt. Rock
2007 ● Black Sabbath — Live At Hammersmith Odeon ► Hard Rock
2007 ● Rush — Snakes & Arrows ► Prog/Art Rock
2007 ● Warren Zevon — Preludes: Rare And Unreleased Recordings ► Pop-Rock
2010 ● Natalie Cole — Original Album Series ► Soul-Pop
Kim Paris hosts Melting Pot on alt. Sundays at 8-10 am on Freeform Portland