12 Inch Poll: Pick One Album to Lock in the Doomsday Vault (’70s Edition)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 15: The Banca Stabile vault is seen in the Italian American Museum during the 85th annual Feast of San Gennaro festival on September 15, 2011 in New York City. The museum is located in historic Little Italy in the former "Banca Stabile," a bank for immigrants founded by Italian immigrant Franceso Rosario Stabile in 1885. The annual Italian festival of San Gennaro has taken place every September in Little Italy since 1926.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
It’s the old “Desert Island Disc” bit, updated for the 2020s, but with an island in the arctic circle instead of an island in a tropical sea.
Last week, Consequence reported on a Billboard story about the Global Music Vault. Situated on an island between Norway and the North Pole, the Vault will house a doomsday vault set up to protect some of the world’s most important musical recordings. So let’s fill that sucker up!
Below, you’ll find 12 iconic rock records from the 1970s. You may choose one, and only one, to protect inside the doomsday vault. Choose wisely.
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