1974
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Art and culture
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Film
- Le Fantôme de la liberté
- Going Places
- Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
- The Night Porter
- Sweet Movie
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Thriller - en grym film
- It's Alive! (1974) Larry Cohen
- Caged Heat (1974) - Jonathan Demme
- Phantom of the Paradise (1974) - Brian De Palma
- Zardoz (1974) - John Boorman
- The Conversation (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
- Blazing Saddles (1974) - Mel Brooks
- Les Mille et une Perversions de Félicia
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Books
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Fiction
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Non-fiction
- The Last of the Nuba
- Film as a Subversive Art (1974) - Amos Vogel
- Visionary Film (1974) - P. Adams Sitney
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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.
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Albums
- Blackboard Jungle
- Too Much Too Soon (album)
- Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk
- Love to Love You Baby (1974) - Donna Summer
- Thrust (1974) - Herbie Hancock
- Phaedra (1974) - Tangerine Dream
- Meet the Residents (1974) - Residents
- Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt
- Rasta Revolution (1974) - Bob Marley
- Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
- Brian Eno- Here Come the Warm Jets
- King Tubby Meets The Upsetter At The Grass Roots Of Dub (1974) - King Tubby, Upsetters
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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
- Isaac Hayes - Pursuit of the PimpMobile (Enterprise, 1974)
- Creative Source - Who is He And What is He to You (Sussex, 1974)
- LTG Exchange - Waterbed
- Billy Parker's Fourth World - 'Get With It'(4:03) (1974)
- Marc Moulin - "Sam Suffy" (1974)
- Milton Nascimento - Os Escravos De Jo (1974)
- First Choice - The Player(74)
- Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa 70 - Shakara
- Labelle - What Can I Do For You?
- Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
- 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
- Junior Byles - Curly Locks [Lee Perry]
- The Upsetters - Kentucky Skank
- Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis
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Births
- Lil' Kim, American rapper
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Deaths
- Duke Reid (1915? - 1974)
- Parker Tyler (1904 - 1974)
- Samuel Roth (1893 - 1974)
- Nick Drake
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