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A list of the puzzles and their solutions for this year.

January

  1. Rush: 'Cinderella Man (LP-A Farewell To Kings)' (Anthem / Mercury)
  2. Jethro Tull: 'Mother Goose (LP-Aqualung)' (Chrysalis)
  3. David Bowie: 'Aladdin Sane (LP-Aladdin Sane)' (RCA)
Connection: pantomime
  1. Yes: 'Turn Of The Century (LP-Going For The One)' (Atlantic)
  2. Rick Wakeman: 'Anne Boleyn (LP-Six Wives Of Henry VIII)' (A&M)
  3. Genesis: 'Snowbound (LP-And Then There Were Three)' (Charisma)
Connection: numbers
  1. April Wine: 'Future Tense (LP-Nature Of The Beast)' (Capitol)
  2. Rose Tattoo: 'Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw (LP-Rock n Roll Outlaw)' (Carrere)
  3. Gillan: 'Bite The Bullet (LP-Future Shock)' (Virgin)
Connection: Baldies! Joey Mercer, Angry Anderson and John McCoy
  1. Motorhead: 'The Hammer (LP-No Sleep Til Hammersmith)' (Bronze)
  2. Eagles: 'Hotel California (2xLP-Eagles Live)' (Elektra)
  3. AC/DC: 'For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (LP-For Those About To Rock)' (Atlantic)
Connection: London football teams - The Hammers (West Ham Utd), The Eagles (Crystal Palace), The Gunners (Arsenal - from the cannon on the cover of For Those...)

February

  1. King Crimson: '21st Century Schizoid Man (LP-In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson))' (Island)
  2. Saga: 'Mouse In A Maze (LP-Images At Twilight)' (Polydor)
  3. Sammy Hagar: 'Piece Of My Heart (LP-Standing Hampton)' (Geffen)
Connection: Hampton Court Maze

April

  1. Scorpions: 'Holiday (LP-Lovedrive)' (Harvest)
  2. Pink Floyd: 'Wish You Were Here (LP-Wish You Were Here)' (Harvest)
  3. Steve Hackett: 'Picture Postcard (LP-Cured)' (Charisma)
Connection: holidays
  1. Uriah Heep: 'Too Scared To Run (LP-Abominog)' (Bronze)
  2. Pink Floyd: 'Astronomy Domine (2xLP-Ummagumma)' (Harvest)
  3. Blue Öyster Cult: 'The Marshall Plan (LP-Cultösaurus Erectus)' (CBS)
Connection: album titles contain fictitious words
  1. Alice Cooper: 'Teenage Lament '74 (7")' (Warner Bros.)
  2. Blue Öyster Cult: 'Seven Screaming Dizbusters (2xLP-On Your Feet Or On Your Knees)' (CBS)
  3. Jefferson Starship: 'Jane (LP-Freedom At Point Zero)' (RCA)
Connection: numbers
  1. Saxon: 'Machine Gun (LP-Wheels Of Steel)' (Starline)
  2. Beatles: 'Tomorrow Never Knows (LP-Revolver)' (Parlophone)
  3. Magnum: 'The Battle (LP-Magnum II)' (Jet)
Connection: guns

June

  1. Be Bop Deluxe: 'Sister Seagull (2xLP-The Best Of And The Rest Of)' (Harvest)
  2. Free: 'My Brother Jake (2xLP-The Free Story)' (Island)
  3. Journey: 'Mother, Father (LP-Escape)' (CBS)

Connection: family relations

October

  1. Neil Young: 'Tonight's The Night - Part II (LP-Tonight's The Night)' (Reprise)
  2. Stephen Stills: 'Nothin' To Do But Today (LP-Stephen Stills 2)' (Atlantic)
  3. Nils Lofgren: 'Back It Up (2xLP-Night After Night)' (A&M)
Connection: Nils Lofgren plays on all tracks

November

  1. Journey: 'Day Dream (LP-Evolution)' (CBS)
  2. Cars: 'Up And Down (LP-Panorama)' (Elektra)
  3. Queen: 'Bohemian Rhapsody (LP-A Night At The Opera)' (EMI)
Connection: All produced by Roy Thomas Baker
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