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Art and culture

Film

• The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
• Blazing Saddles by Mel Brooks
• The Phantom of Liberty by Luis Buñuel
• It's Alive! by Larry Cohen
• Caged Heat by Jonathan Demme
• Phantom of the Paradise by Brian De Palma
• Going Places by Bertrand Blier
• Sweet Movie by Dušan Makavejev

Guilty pleasures

• Les Mille et une Perversions de Félicia by Max Pecas
• The Night Porter by Liliana Cavani
• Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Thriller – A Cruel Picture
• Zardoz by John Boorman

Books

Fiction

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig

Non-fiction

• The Last of the Nuba
• Film as a Subversive Art by Amos Vogel
• Visionary Film by P. Adams Sitney

Music

• Salsoul label launched
• Technics turntables
  • The industry standard turntable, the Technics SL-1200 was first released in 1974. In 1979, the current "MK2" version was released, which added quartz direct-drive accuracy. In addition, the SL-1200MK2 features: feather touch start/stop button, heavy duty aluminum platter, adjustable weights on tone arm, S-shaped tone arm, anti-skating control, high torque motor, removable headshell, slide pitch control (+/-8%), removable dust cover, and pop up target light. [...]
• Black Ark Studio
  • In 1974, with the help of King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry built his own Black Ark studio in Kingston, Jamaica. Some of the most exciting records of the seventies by the likes of Junior Murvin, Max Romeo and The Heptones are recorded and mixed there.
• 7" Extended Mix Single
  • Debuting in late 1974 the original "extended mix single" first appeared as a U.S.A. promotional only 7-inch single.

Albums

• Blackboard Jungle
• Too Much Too Soon (album)
• Autobahn by Kraftwerk
• Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer
• Thrust by Herbie Hancock
• Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
• Meet the Residents by The Residents
• Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
• Rasta Revolution by Bob Marley
• Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
• Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets
• King Tubby Meets The Upsetter At The Grass Roots Of Dub by King Tubby, Upsetters

Singles

• Autobahn by Kraftwerk
• 90% of Me Is You by Gwen McCrae
• Wicki Wacky by the Fatback Band
• The Bottle by Gil Scott-Heron
• Darkest Light by The Lafayette Afro Rock Band
• Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City by Bobby Bland
• Be Thankful for What You Got by William DeVaughn
• Llegue, Llegue by Juan Formell by Los Van Van
• Who Is He (And What Is He to You)? by Creative Source
• Jíbaro by León Marín "Nelson" and Javier Marín "Elkin"
• L'Incendie by Areski Belkacem and Brigitte Fontaine
• Escravos de Jó by Milton Nascimento
• Shakara by Fela Ransome-Kuti
• Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang
• Kentucky Skank by The Upsetters
• Curly Locks by Junior Byles
• Get With It by Billy Parker's Fourth World

• LTG Exchange - Waterbed
• Marc Moulin - "Sam Suffy"
• First Choice - The Player
• Labelle - What Can I Do For You?
• Fred Wesley and The JB's - Blow Your Head
• Brother to Brother - Chance With You
• Herbie Hancock - Chameleon (after the break)
• 100% Pure Poison - Windy C
• Bob James - Nautilus
• Ann Sexton - You're Losing Me
• Marcus Belgrave - Space Odyssey
• Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis

Art

Rhythm 0 by Marina Abramovic

Births

• Lil' Kim, American rapper

Deaths

• Duke Reid (1915? - 1974)
• Parker Tyler (1904 - 1974)
• Samuel Roth (1893 - 1974)
• Nick Drake