Perry Meisel's votes:
October 18, 1976:
The Beatles: 'Rock n' Roll music' (Capitol) 10; 'Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane' (Prestige) 10; George Benson: 'Breezin' ' (Warner Bros.) 8; Gene Ammons: 'The Gene Ammons Story: The 78 Era ' (Prestige) 8; Boz Scaggs: 'Silk Degrees' (Columbia) 8; Wardell Gray: 'Central Avenue' (Prestige) 8; Steve Miller: 'Fly Like an Eagle' (Capitol) 7; The Crusaders: 'Chain Reaction' (ABC/Blue Thumb) 3; 'L.A. Express': (Caribou) 2; Lee Ritenour: 'First Course' (Epic) 1.
November 22, 1976:
YEA: Johnny Griffin and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: 'The Toughest Tenors' 7; 'Stuff' 5; Bryan Ferry: 'Let's Stick Together' 5; Sonny Fortune: 'Waves of Dreams' 5; Eric Clapton: 'No Reason to Cry' 5; Steely Dan: 'The Royal Scam' 5; Jim Hall: Commitment 3; Ted Nugent: 'Free-for-All' 2; Sir Doug - The Texas Tornadoes; 'Texas Rock for Country Rollers' 2; Orleans: 'Walking and Dreaming' 1.
NAY: John Lucien: 'Premonition' -3.
December 20, 1976:
YEA: Dave Mason: 'Certified Live' 7; J.J. Cale: 'Troubadour' 7; Graham Parker & the Rumour: 'Heat Treatment' 5; 'Billy Preston' 5; Frank Zappa: 'Zoot Allures' 3; Kinky Friedman: 'Lasso from El Paso' 2; George Harrison: 'Thirty-Three & 1/3' 2; Elvin Bishop: 'Hometown Boy Makes Good!' 2.
NAY: 'The Best of the Pointer Sisters' - 3; Phoebe Snow: 'It Looks Like Snow' -1.
January 13, 1977:
YEA: 'The Lester Bangs Story, Volume 1' 10; Al Green: 'Have a Good Time' 8; George Benson: 'Benson Burner' 8; 'Wings over America' 5; Joni Mitchell: 'Hejira' 5; Joe Henderson: 'Black Narcissus' 3.
February 28, 1977:
YEA: Average White Band: 'Person to Person' 7; Andrew Gold: 'What's Wrong with This Picture?' 5; Rahsaan Roland Kirk: 'Kirkatron' 5; Santana: 'Festival' 5; The Eagles: 'Hotel California' 3; Steve Hillage: 'L' 3; Milton Nascimento: 'Milton' 2; Emmylou Harris: 'Luxury Liner' 1.
NAY: Queen: 'A Day at the Races' -2.
March 21, 1977:
YEA: 'Phil Spector's Greatest Hits' 10; Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band: 'Night Moves' 7; Ted Curson & Company: 'Jubilant Power' (Inner City) 7; Son Seals: 'Midnight Son' (Alligator) 7; Booker T & the M.G.s: 'Universal Language' 5; James Talley: 'Blackjack Choir' 5; 'Mel Lewis and Friends' 3; John Handy: 'Carnival' 2; Pousette-Dart Band: 'Amnesia' 1.
May 16, 1977:
YEA: 'The Yardbirds Greatest Hits' 8; Miles Davis: 'Water Babies' 7; Garland Jeffreys: 'Ghost Writer' 5; Kate & Anna McGarrigle: 'Dancer with Bruised Knees' 5; Roger McGuinn: 'Thunderbyrd' 5; Nils Lofgren: 'I Came to Dance' 3; Fleetwood Mac: 'Rumours' 3; Art Farmer: 'Crawl Space' 1.
June 6, 1977:
YEA: Dexter Gordon: 'Homecoming' (Columbia) 7; Bryan Ferry: 'In Your Mind' (Atlantic) 7; Jack Bruce: 'How's Tricks?' (RSO) 5; Herbie Hancock: 'V.S.O.P.' (Columbia) 5; The Beach Boys Love You' (Brother/Reprise) 5; Dave Mason: 'Let it Flow' (Columbia) 3; David Newman: 'Front Money' (Warner Bros.) 3; The Band: 'Islands' (Capitol) 3; Van Morrison: 'A Period of Transition' (Warner Bros.) 3; Asleep at the Wheel: 'The Wheel' (Capitol) 3; Bonnie Raitt: 'Sweet Forgivness' (Warner Bros.) 3.
NAY: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: 'This Time It's For Real' (Epic) -1.
July 4, 1977:
YEA: 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl' (Capitol) 10; The Beatles: 'Live at the Star Club' (Bellaphon) 10; Ornette Coleman: 'Dancing in Your Head' (Horizon) 5; Denny Laine: 'Holly Days' (Capitol) 5; Aretha Franklin: 'Sweet Passion' (Atlantic) 3; The Steve Miller Band: 'Book of Dreams' (Capitol) 3; 'Here at Last . . . Bee Gees . . . Live!' 3; Gary Bartz: 'Music is My Sanctuary' (Capitol) 2; Neil Sedaka: 'A Song' (Elektra) 1.
August 1, 1977:
YEA: 'Funk. Last of the Great Earl Hooker' (Antilles) 7; Ornette Coleman: 'Dancing in Your Head' (Horizon) 7; Roger McGuinn: 'Thunderbyrd' (Columbia) 5; 'Mink DeVille' (Capitol) 5; 'Steve Winwood' (Island) 3; Peter Tosh: 'Equal Rights' (Columbia) 3; David Sanborn Band: 'Promise Me the Moon' (Warner Bros.) 2; Glen Campbell: 'Southern Nights' (Capitol) 1.
September 5, 1977:
YEA: Joe Tax: 'Bumps & Bruises' (Epic) 7; Carole King: 'Simple Things' (Avatar) 7; The Meters: 'New Directions' (Warner Bros.) 7; Average White Band & Ben E. King: 'Benny and Us' (Atlantic) 5; Gells: 'Monkey Island' (Atlantic) 3; Coryell/Mouzon: 'Back Together Again' (Atlantic) 2.
NAY: Lee Ritenour: 'Captain Fingers' (Epic) -1.
October 3, 1977
YEA: 'Crawler' (Epic) 3; 'Topaz' (Columbia) 2; Target: 'Captured' (A&M) 2; Cheap Trick: 'In Color' (Epic) 2; Piper: 'Can't Wait' (A&M) 2; Rush: 'A Farewell to Kings' (Mercury) 1; Brush Arbor: 'Straight' (Monument) 1.
November 7, 1977
YEA: 'George Thorogood and the Destroyers' (Rounder) 7; Graham Parker and the Rumour: 'Stick to Me' (Mercury) 7; Jackie Lomax: Did You Ever Have That Feeling?' (Capitol) 5; Esther Phillips: 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby' (Mercury) 5; Rolling Stones: 'Love You Live' (Rolling Stones) 5; 'Talking Heads 77' (Sire) 5; 'Nona Hendryx' (Epic) 3; 'Libby Titus' (Columbia) 3; Freddie Hubbard: 'Bundle of Joy' (Columbia) 2.
December 5, 1977:
YEA: Charlie Parker and the All-Stars: 'Summit Meeting at Birdland' (Columbia) 10; Miles Davis and Tadd Dameron Quintet: 'The Paris Festival Internation' (Columbia) 10; Charlie Parker Quintet: 'One Night in Birdland' (Columbia) 8; Dexter Gordon: 'Sophisticated Giant' (Columbia) 7; Boz Scaggs: 'Down Two Then Left' (Columbia) 5; Robert Jr. Lockwood: 'Does 12' (Trix) 5; Merle Haggard: 'A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today' (Capitol) 5; James Talley: 'Ain't It Somethin'' (Capitol) 5; The Bar-Kays: 'Flying High on Your Love' (Mercury) 3.
