Another progressive rock act, Genesis, released the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in 1974, a double disc that told the story of the street punk Rael.

Also in 1974, Gloria Gaynor released the first side-long disco mix vinyl album, which included a remake of The Jackson 5's " Never Can Say Goodbye " and two other songs, " Honey Bee " and " Reach Out ( I'll Be There )".

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

In 1974, Technics released the first SL-1200 turntable, which evolved into the SL-1200 MK2 in 1979 — which, as of the early-2010s, remains an industry standard for DJing.

In 1974, German electronic music band Kraftwerk released the 22-minute song " Autobahn ," which takes up the entire first side of that LP.

He was imprisoned in 1967 for taking part in robbing a branch of the Bank of America while brandishing a machine gun, but was released in late 1974 along with other Sandinista prisoners in exchange for Somocista hostages.

Posthumously, two albums of demo recordings from 1974 to 1977 — Hardcore Devo: Volume One ( 1990 ) and Hardcore Devo: Volume Two ( 1991 )— were released on Rykodisc, as well as an album of early live recordings, DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years.

On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live in London ( 1976 ) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University ( 1973 ) and on a German TV show Rockpalast ( 1974 ).

The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

The movie was released in 1974, and went on to receive tremendous critical acclaim, with many deeming it superior to its predecessor.

* In addition, in 1974, Greg Lake ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) wrote and recorded the song, " I Believe In Father Christmas ", which was released as a single in 1975.

The study, released on May 25, 2007, emphasized that in real dollars, this generation's men made less ( by 12 %) than their fathers had at that same age in 1974, thus reversing a historical trend.

The original screenplay that Yukiko Takayama created after winning Toho's story contest for the next establishment in the Godzilla series, which was picked by assistant producer Kenji Tokoro and was submitted for approval on July 1st, 1974, less than four months after Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ( 1974 ) was released.

Dungeons & Dragons was first released by TSR in January 1974 as a boxed set.

Although it received enthusiastic reviews, the release failed to chart ; his next album, Grievous Angel ( released posthumously in 1974 ) met with a similar reception, and peaked at number 195 on Billboard.

Parsons is credited as producer on Quacky Duck's only album, Media Push, released by Warner Bros. in 1974.

Other notable ' 70s slasher films include Bob Clark's Black Christmas ( 1974 ), which was released before Halloween, and was another start of the sub-genre.

Also, development of the Torana continued in with the larger mid-sized LH series released in 1974, offered only as a four-door sedan.

The Intel 8080 was the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and was released in April 1974.

Friedman released Kinky Friedman in 1974 for ABC Records, then toured with Bob Dylan in 1975-6.

In 1974, Track Records / MCA released a Moon solo single that covered The Beach Boys songs " Don't Worry, Baby " and " Teenage Idol ".

* Animals are Beautiful People, film released in 1974

Exports to the West began in 1974 ; under the original agreement with Fiat, the car could not be sold in competition with the 124 until its replacement ( the Fiat 131 Mirafiori ) had been released and all Fiat production of the 124 had ceased.

The most widely used one is based on self-delimiting programs, and is mainly due to Leonid Levin ( 1974 ).

One of the best-known and most successful Lions team toured South Africa in 1974 under the esteemed Irish forward Willie John McBride.

In 1985, ANSI published still another revised version that had new features not in the 1974 standard, most notably structured language constructs (" scope terminators "), including,,, etc.

Having been almost entirely rebuilt twice, once due to Japanese air raids during World War II, and again after being devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974, the city is one of Australia's most modern capitals.

In 1964 he created OU, one of the most notable reviews of the second half of the 20th century, and he ran it until 1974.

The most notable of these upsets was the 1974 upset of UCLA, who had won their previous 88 contests.

North Korea was a Member State from 1974 – 1994, but withdrew after the Board of Governors found it in non-compliance with its safeguards agreement and suspended most technical cooperation.

The Socialist Workers ' Party ( LSAP ) was a junior partner in most governments from 1974 either with the CSV from 1984 – 1999 or the Democratic Party from 1974-1979.

Like most of Portuguese Angola, the cosmopolitan city of Luanda was not affected by the Portuguese Colonial War ( 1961 – 1974 ); economic growth and development in the entire region reached record highs during this period.

After the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon on April 25, 1974, with the advent of independence and the start of the Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), most of the white Portuguese Luandans left as refugees, principally for Portugal, with many travelling overland to South Africa.

* Me And My Friend 1974 Patrick Campbell-Lyons's first solo album, when released on CD, most of the tracks of Songs of Love and Praise were also included and it was marketed as a Nirvana album.

* 1974 – Roland RE-201: The renowned space echo machine, one of the most popular tape delay-based echo machines ever produced.

One of the most influential architects of the mid-20th century, Louis Isadore Kahn ( 1901 – 1974 ), was born on Saaremaa to Leopold and Bertha Kahn.

But most importantly, he helped the team out of the National League West basement for the first time in 1975, under the guidance of manager John McNamara, who took over the club at the start of the 1974 season.

The use of slide rules continued to grow through the 1950s and 1960s even as digital computing devices were being gradually introduced ; but around 1974 the electronic scientific calculator made it largely obsolete and most suppliers left the business.

The high point in a British General Elections thus far was when the SNP polled almost a third of all votes in Scotland at the October 1974 general election and returned 11 MPs to Westminster, to date the most MPs it has had, although its representation was reduced significantly in the 1979 general election.

This policy ( the most restrictive in Australia ) had a long historical basis, and was reaffirmed by the 1974 Royal Commission into Gambling:

One of the most severe examples was at the construction site of the Robert-Bourassa Generating Station in 1974, when workers used bulldozers to topple electric generators, damaged fuel tanks, and set buildings on fire.

Space Invaders ( 1978 ) is probably the most notable, but games such as Speed Race ( 1974 ), Gun Fight ( 1975 ), Qix ( 1981 ), Jungle Hunt ( 1982 ), Elevator Action ( 1983 ), Bubble Bobble ( 1986 ), Operation Wolf ( 1987 ), Chase H. Q.

Curry first became well known with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he played in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show, then later for his supporting roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie ( 1982 ), Lord of Darkness in the film Legend ( 1985 ), Wadsworth in the film Clue ( 1985 ) as well as a starring role as Pennywise the Clown in the horror TV miniseries It ( 1990 ), which is one of Curry's most acclaimed performances aside from Rocky Horror.

He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985 ( 4, 189 or 4, 191, depending on source ), most career runs ( 2, 245 or 2, 246 depending on source ) until 2001, most career games played ( 3, 035 ) and at bats ( 11, 429 or 11, 434 depending on source ) until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases ( 892 ) until 1977.

* Location and status of boundary with Saudi Arabia is not final, de facto boundary reflects 1974 agreement ; no defined boundary with most of Oman, but Administrative Line in far north ;