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The band Rush released the boxed collectible set Archives in 1978. It contained the first three releases of the band. While it did not feature the album 2112, the artwork from that album is what appears on the cover. There were no extra features included and no additional music. The album was only released on cassette tape and vinyl.

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The Canadian rock band Rush released their fourth album 2112 in 1976, which later went gold. The concept album's song lyrics described a dystopian world set in the year 2112, which bore similarities to the plot of Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was also recognized by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada as a culturally significant classic worthy of preservation in 2006.

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REO Speedwagon is an American rock band that was founded in 1967. This button is from the band's tour for their album Nine Lives, which was released in 1979 and later went gold. The album title was selected to showcase that it was the band's ninth album, and it also included nine songs.

Photograph of Rachel Sweet

Rachel Sweet is an American singer from Akron, Ohio. She began her singing career at the age of 6 singing for commercials, touring with Mickey Rooney and opening for Bill Cosby’s Las Vegas act. She released 4 albums and 16 singles throughout her singing career. Her last song was the title track for John Waters’ Hairspray. She retired from singing to continue school and focus on acting.

Photograph of Ozzy Osbourne with fangs

John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne was the lead singer for Black Sabbath from 1969 until his dismissal in 1979. Several of his nicknames include Ozzy, the Prince of Darkness, The Godfather of Metal and Madman. As a solo artist, he released eleven albums of which the first seven earned multi-platinum certification in the United States. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath and into the UK Music Hall of Fame as a solo artist. Ozzy has admittedly abused drugs and alcohol for the majority of his life. HIs behavior during this bouts, such as biting the heads off animals, has contributed to his success. Most recently he and his family were on the MTV reality television show, The Osbournes.

Photograph of Ozzy Ozbourne wearing a red cloak and holding a cross. Red and white text on a multicolored background. 

The image on this button is a version of the cover art for Blizzard of Oz, the debut solo album by British heavy metal and hard rock vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. The album was released in the UK in September 1980 and in the US in March 1981, and was the first release from Osbourne since he was fired from the group Black Sabbath in 1979. The majority of the album was written by Osbourne, guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley. Rhoads recorded a second album with Osbourne, Diary of a Madman, released in 1981, prior to Rhoads' death in a plane accident while touring in 1982. 

Photograph of Ozzy Osbourne and band

John Michael “Ozzy” Osborne was the lead singer for Black Sabbath from 1969 until his dismissal in 1979. Several of his nicknames include Ozzy, the Prince of Darkness, The Godfather of Metal and Madman. His first album after his dismissal from Black Sabbath was the Blizzard of Oz and was released in September 1980. It was one of two albums that Osborne was able to record with guitarist Randy Rhoads before Rhoads’ death. As a solo artist, he released eleven albums of which the first seven earned multi-platinum certification in the United States.

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Spring Session M is the debut studio album of Missing Persons, an American New Wave band. It is a new wave rock album with elements of synth-pop. The album was released in 1982 through Capitol Records and was generally well received. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Four singles were released off the album: "Words," "Windows," "Destination Unknown," and, "Walking in L.A."

Spring Session M is an anagram of the bands name, Missing Persons.

Photograph of Mick Jagger performing live

Mick Jagger is a rock and roll vocalist from London, England whose music career started when he co-founded the rock group Rolling Stones as a teen. His unique vocals contributed to the band's electrifying sound which gave them an international edge. Besides group success, he also achieved solo success when he debuted his first studio album She's the Boss in 1985. With the celebrity he gained from music, Jagger ventured off into film starring in Ned Kelly (1970).

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With an estimated 200-300 units sold worldwide, Led Zeppelin is one of the best-selling music groups of all time. The London based rock band was active between 1968-1980 and disbanded mainly due to the death of their drummer John Bonham in 1980. The band’s name came about supposedly due to previous members of the original Yardbirds group commenting that any band that included Page and Beck (Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck) would go down like a “lead balloon”. Then band members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant dropped the “a” out of “lead” and changed “balloon” to “zeppelin” and in November 1968 signed a contract with Atlantic Records as Led Zeppelin. The band released nine albums overall and while there are many well known singles, perhaps their best-known is “Stairway to Heaven”. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.