The UK single "Revelations" was issued on Jan. 7th 1977 but I think the album came out before that particular single. Records always enter the charts at least a week after the release date, and in the case of records released around the Christmas/New Year period, they often enter the charts a couple of weeks after the release date.
The UK single "Revelations" was issued on Jan 7th with a 1976 copyright, (The US releases also have a 1976 copyright but seem to be issued in 1977)..John
Does anybody know the exact release date of the "Festival" album? It entered the UK charts on 8 January 1977 (or so it says in the Guinness Book of Hit Albums). To enter the charts that early it surely must have been released in late December 1976. The label on the vinyl issue does indeed say 1976, but the CD version (which I am listening to as I type this) dates it as 1977. Can anybody say for sure?