The greatest selling album of all time is "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" by the Eagles, released in 1976. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is a close second.

Until some jive turkey named Garth Brooks came along the best selling live album of all-time was Peter Frampton's "Frampton Comes Alive" released in 1976. The album now currently sits at number four all-time behind Brooks, Bruce Springsteen, and the Eagles.

The so-called Disco Demolition Night staged in Chicago, Illinois, on July 12, 1979, involved thousands of baseball fans bringing along their unwanted disco records and burning them. The rally caused such a commotion that the game was cancelled when enraged crowds began to tear up the stadium.