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BraveWords has one of the biggest music collections on the planet, with thousands of items signed. Each week we will showcase the last seven days of birthdays featuring some of the greatest releases in hard rock and heavy metal history. From December 4th - 9th, the following albums/releases celebrated an anniversary. Click the gallery above to view all the photos from the past week. 

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Happy 46th 
SCORPIONS's Taken By Force - December 4th, 1977

Happy 54th
THE ROLLING STONES’ Let It Bleed - December 5th, 1969

Happy 50th
PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS’ Band On The Run - December 5th, 1973 

Happy 40th
ACCEPT’s Ball To The Wall – December 5th, 1983

Happy 55th
THE ROLLING STONES’ Beggars Banquet - December 6th, 1968

Happy 32nd 
CATHEDRAL’s Forest Of Equilibrium – December 6th, 1991
Singer Lee Dorrian left NAPALM DEATH and formed CATHEDRAL who released their debut, Forest Of Equilibrium, 32 years ago today (December 6th, 1991). 🎂

Happy 50th
YES’ Tales From Topographic Oceans - December 7th, 1973 

Happy 40th
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT’s Ammonia Avenue - December 7th, 1983
The band’s final Billboard chart hit - the great ”Don't Answer Me”. THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT’s seventh studio album, Ammonia Avenue, was released 40 years ago today (December 7th, 1983). 🎂

Happy 37th
FOREIGNER’s Agent Provocateur – December 7th, 1984
"I Want to Know What Love Is" hit #1 in nine countries! Their biggest hit ever. 

Happy 5th
METAL CHURCH - Damned If You Do - December 7th, 2018
Tragically singer Mike Howe’s final album. 

Happy 44th
MOTÖRHEAD's On Parole - December 8th, 1979
Recorded in 1975 and 1976 and the only album featuring Lemmy + Larry Wallis + Lucas Fox. Their first album that was shelved then released after Bomber. 

Happy 36th
FOREIGNER’s Inside Information - December 8, 1987

Happy 57th
THE WHO’s A Quick One - December 9th, 1966 
57 years ago today (December 9th, 1966) we met "Boris the Spider”. 

Happy 47th
Y&T’s Yesterday And Today - December 9th, 1976

Happy 44th
AEROSMITH’s Draw The Line - December 9th, 1977
In his book, The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time, Martin Popoff had his own Top 25 list and AEROSMITH’s classic song “Draw The Line” was his #1. 

Happy 38th
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT’S Club Ninja - December 10, 1985