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What was the best music on display 45 years ago this month? Our look back at July 1980's best albums will tell the tale.

John Lennon suffered a tragic loss; Elton John got his first No. 1 album in the U.S.; Ray Davies temporarily resigned from the Kinks; Ian Curtis of Joy Division was born in Greater Manchester; and ...