Rolling Stones Deny 50th Anniversary Shows

Jackson Browne released his fourth album, The Pretender, in November 1976 through Asylum Records, bringing a new level of reflection and musical depth to his established songwriting.

Released in November 1976, the self-titled debut by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers introduced a new American rock band whose combination of jangling guitars, sharp songwriting and British Invasion influences would eventually produce two of the most enduring songs in the group's catalogue, 'Breakdown' and 'American Girl'.

The multi-format Animals 50 package includes previously unreleased studio tracks, a legendary 1977 Oakland concert recording, and extensive archival material. The original radio edit of 'Sheep' is available now.

Released in November 1976, James Taylor's best-selling album captured the singer-songwriter at the height of his rise, bringing together classics from Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon and his later Warner Bros. albums.

Graham Parker's second album was one of the most critically acclaimed British rock records of 1976, finishing second in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Five decades later, Parker's own reservations about the rushed sessions, his vocals and the production of Robert John "Mutt" Lange give the album a more complicated place in his catalogue.

Released on 22 October 1976, Elton John's ambitious double album broke from the commercial formula of his biggest years, bringing together gospel, orchestral pop, jazz and dance rhythms. Fifty years later, Blue Moves remains one of the records John has singled out as a personal favourite.

Half a century after its release, ELO's sixth album remains the moment Jeff Lynne's songs finally clicked on both sides of the Atlantic and delivered the band's first real commercial lift-off in the UK.