Released in 1979 on Capitol Records, First Under the Wire is the fifth album by the Australian rock group Little River Band. The single "Lonesome Loser" peaked at No. 6 on the Pop Singles Chart. A second single, "Cool Change," cracked the Top 10 the following year. The album itself reached the Top 10 on the Pop Albums Chart, eventually going platinum.

Released in 2004 by Collectors' Choice Music, A Merry 1940s Christmas includes performances by Kate Smith, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page, Gene Autry, Dinah Shore, and Les Brown & His Band of Renown. Currently out of print.

Released in late 2010 by Collectors' Choice Music but then abruptly discontinued, Complete Christmas Collection is a three-disc set compiling for the first time all of vocalist Perry Como's yuletide recordings that he did for RCA Records between 1946 and 1982. Liner notes by Richard Carpenter.

Released on Kapp Records in 1960, When You're Away finds jazz vocalist Carmen McRae in top form, accompanied by Luther Henderson and Frank Hunter and their orchestras. The album includes songs by Cole Porter, Harry Warren, Sammy Fain, and Fats Waller, as well as Carmen's lovely rendition of Jimmy Dorsey's classic jazz standard "I'm Glad There Is You."

Following her departure from A&M Records, singer-songwriter Brenda Russell released her third album, Two Eyes, in 1983 on Warner Bros. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, it includes appearances by Michael McDonald, Rita Coolidge, Pattie Brooks, Randy Crawford, Christopher Cross, James Ingram, Patrice Rushen, Joe Esposito, Leon Ware, Stevie Wonder, and Al Jarreau, the latter being the subject of the track "Jarreau." Although Two Eyes did not chart, it is considered one of the strongest albums in Brenda's catalogue. Five years later, Brenda would return to A&M Records and release her most successful album yet, Get Here, featuring the hit "Piano in the Dark."

Recorded in late 1957 and subsequently released on Decca Records, Carmen for Cool Ones is an album by the great jazz vocalist Carmen McRae, featuring an orchestra directed by Fred Katz. Although it was reissued on CD in Japan for a time, it is now out of print and quite hard to find.

Released on Mercury Records in Japan only and long out of print, this CD single features four mixes of the title cut, produced by Ray Hayden and Swing Out Sister. The original version of "Better Make It Better" can be found on Swing Out Sister's 1994 album, The Living Return.

Released in 1978 on Columbia Records, Against the Grain is singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow's fifth album. It includes songs written by Paul McCartney and Patti Austin, as well as covers of Aretha Franklin's hit "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and the Roches' "The Married Men." Produced by Barry Beckett and Phil Ramone, the album peaked at No. 100 on the Pop Albums Chart.

Recorded in December 1992 and produced by Swing Out Sister, Live at the Jazz Cafe features SOS's best-known hits ("Breakout," "Twilight World," and "Am I the Same Girl") along with songs mostly from their excellent 1992 album, Get in Touch With Yourself. Released on Fontana Records in Japan only, it is now out of print.

Released on Columbia Records in 1977, Never Letting Go is singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow's fourth album. Produced by Phil Ramone and dedicated to her daughter, Valerie Rose, it includes a duet with Kenny Loggins and songs written by Paul Simon, Stephen Bishop, and Clifford Hayes. The single "Love Makes a Woman" reached No. 87 on the R&B Singles Chart. The album itself peaked at No. 73 on the Pop Albums Chart and No. 36 on the R&B Albums Chart.

Recorded in 1955 and subsequently released on Decca Records, By Special Request is an early album by the great jazz vocalist Carmen McRae, featuring the Mat Mathews Quintet on
several tracks. Now out of print, By Special Request was reissued on CD in Japan during the late 80's/early 90's with five bonus tracks.

Christine Perfect is the debut solo album of former Chicken Shack keyboardist/singer Christine Perfect, better known as Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Produced by Christine, Mike Vernon, and Danny Kirwan, the album was released on the Blue Horizon label just after Christine had left Chicken Shack but before she joined Fleetwood Mac. It contained the Etta James song "I'd Rather Go Blind," which had earlier been a hit single for Chicken Shack. Originally released in 1970, the album was re-released in 1976 as The Legendary Christine Perfect Album following the success of Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album in 1975.

Don't Cry Out Loud is singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester's seventh album. Released in 1978 on Arista Records and produced by Leon Ware and Harry Maslin, the album peaked at No. 33 on the Pop Albums Chart. The title cut, written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager, reached No. 10 on the Pop Singles Chart, giving Melissa her second top-ten hit, following "Midnight Blue" in 1975.

Don't Cry Out Loud has been reissued on CD three times: first in Japan in 1996, then in the US in 2002 with one bonus track, and lastly again in the US in 2007 with two bonus tracks. Sadly, all CD reissues of the album are currently out of print.

Following her hugely successful Killing Me Softly album from 1973, Roberta Flack released her first self-produced album, Feel Like Makin' Love, in 1975 on Atlantic Records. The album was originally scheduled to be produced by Joel Dorn, who had been producer on her previous Atlantic releases; however, Joel abandoned the project due to issues with the record label, leaving Roberta to produce the album herself, which she did under the pseudonym Rubina Flake.

Following their somewhat experimental Passage album from 1977, the Carpenters released Christmas Portrait in 1978 on A&M Records. Produced by Richard and Karen, the album peaked at No. 145 on the Pop Albums Chart and remained a consistent seller over the holiday seasons, eventually going platinum. It included their signature Christmas song, "Merry Christmas Darling," co-written by Richard. The Carpenters originally recorded "Merry Christmas Darling" in 1970 and released it as a single. However, the version on this album features a newly recorded vocal by Karen.