(Show #986; aired on 09-22-2012)
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During 1976, I was the Music Director for my college radio station at Vanderbilt. There was plenty of great new music just ripe for the taking: Rock,Top 40, Jazz/Fusion cross-overs, and a touch of Country, too! On today’s show, we’ll re-live some of the best selling music from our nation’s Bicentennial Year… along with some deeeeeeeper album tracks taken from my 1976 college radio experience. Hopefully, you’ll remember some of these…. — Fred
| ARTIST | TITLE | ALBUM |
| C.W. McCall | Convoy | Black Bear Road (debut) |
| Nazareth | Love Hurts | Hair of the Dog |
| Jethro Tull | Taxi Grab | Too Old to Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young to Die! |
| #1 THIS WEEK – Walter Murphy | A Fifth of Beethoven (instr.) | A Fifth of Beethoven (debut) |
| Carly Simon | It Keeps You Runnin’ | Another Passenger |
| Al Stewart | On the Border | Year of the Cat |
| Genesis | Trick of the Tail | Trick of the Tail |
| Bob Dylan | Oh, Sister | Desire |
| Jay Ferguson | Medicated Goo | All Alone in the End Zone (solo debut) |
| Boston | Foreplay/Long Time | (self-titled debut) |
| Jeff Beck | Blue Wind (instr.) | Wired |
| Paul Simon | Still Crazy After All These Years | Still Crazy After All These Years |
| Chicago | Another Rainy Day in New York City | Chicago X |
| TV THEME | “Charlie’s Angels” | |
| Pablo Cruise | Zero to Sixty in Five (instr.) | Lifeline |
| 10cc | Art for Art’s Sake | How Dare You |
| ZZ Top | Arrested for Driving While Blind | Tejas |
| Queen | Somebody to Love | A Day at the Races |
| Warren Zevon | Mohammed’s Radio | (self-titled debut) |
| The Pousette-Dart Band | Halo | (self-titled debut) |
| David Bowie | TVC 15 | Station to Station |
| Starcastle | Elliptical Seasons | (self-titled debut) |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (live) | Travelin’ Man–>Beautiful Loser | Live Bullet |
| Aerosmith | Back in the Saddle | Rocks |
| LOCAL – Rich Mountain Tower | Sour Mash | Playin’ to the Radio |
| LOCAL – Emmylou Harris | Together Again | Elite Hotel |
| LOCAL – Target | Let Me Live | (self-titled debut) |
| LOCAL – Mac Gayden | Morning Glory | Skyboat |
| Steely Dan | The Caves of Altimira | The Royal Scam |
| Thin Lizzy | Running Back | Jailbreak |
| Stanley Clarke | School Days (instr.) | School Days |
| Peter Frampton (live) | Baby, I Love Your Way | Frampton Comes Alive! |
| Rory Gallagher | Country Mile | Calling Card |
| Lou Reed | Coney Island Baby | Coney Island Baby |
| THEN – Heart | Crazy on You | Dreamboat Annie |
| NOW – Heart | Fanatic | Fanatic (forthcoming CD: 10/1/12) |
| Klaatu | Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft | (self-titled debut) |
| Boz Scaggs | What Can I Say | Silk Degrees |
| Spirit | Farther Along | Farther Along |
| War | Summer (LP cut) | Greatest Hits |
| BEATLE – Wings | Let ‘Em In (LP cut) | At the Speed of Sound |
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| NEXT SATURDAY: 1972 | ||
Thanks for listening! “Like” this playlist below & Share It! — Fred
Ouch…will miss you madly (if Mary will permanently take over for you). You’re a musical encyclopedia whose musical timeline mirrors mine. Supporting you in Kingston Springs. NO one is perfect and you’re innocent until proven otherwise.
This is the best show on radio.
Hey Fred,
Great year, 1976! We got married December 1975 (OMG I was 20). The song that blew us away in 1976 was “Daydream” from ‘Robin Trower Live’.
We were Spellbound.
Great show, I always get up early on Saturday so I won’t miss anything.
Thanks,
Pru
Thanks for listening! — Fred