(Show #982; aired on 08-25-2012)
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In 1978, I was deeeeep into college radio…..living and breathing it 24/7! Thank goodness the Disco storm had subsided a bit and Progressive Rock was reclaiming its territory as the true art form. It was a good year overall musically-speaking. Check out today’s playlist below for a good sampling of musical styles from 1978. Thanks for listening and feel free to share my playlist with all of your friends! — Fred
| ARTIST | TITLE | ALBUM |
| Jimmy Buffett | Son of a Son of a Sailor | Son of a Son of a Sailor |
| Pablo Cruise | Love Will Find a Way | Worlds Away |
| Little River Band | Shut Down Turn Off | Sleeper Catcher |
| #1 THIS WEEK – Commodores | Three Times a Lady (LP cut) | Greatest Hits |
| Hotel | You’ll Love Again | (self-titled debut) |
| Ambrosia | How Much I Feel | Life Beyond L.A. |
| The Cars | Bye Bye Love | (self-titled debut) |
| Little Feat (live) | All That You Dream | Waiting for Columbus |
| Samantha Sang | Emotion | Emotion |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Hollywood Nights | Stranger in Town |
| Bruce Springsteen | Prove It All Night | Darkness on the Edge of Town |
| Meat Loaf | Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad (LP cut) | Bat Out of Hell |
| Joe Walsh | Indian Summer | But Seriously, Folks |
| TV THEME | “WKRP in Cincinnati” | |
| Le Roux | New Orleans Ladies | Louisiana’s Le Roux (debut) |
| Jefferson Starship | Count on Me | Earth |
| Kate Bush | Wuthering Heights | The Kick Inside (debut) |
| Boston | A Man I’ll Never Be | Don’t Look Back |
| MOVIE – Carly Simon | Nobody Does It Better | “The Spy Who Loved Me” (OST) |
| The Rolling Stones | Just My Imagination | Some Girls |
| Michael Murphey | Nothing Is Your Own | Lone Wolf |
| Al Stewart | Song on the Radio | Time Passages |
| Heart | Magazine | Magazine |
| LOCAL – Gene Cotton & Kim Carnes | You’re A Part of Me | Save the Dancer |
| LOCAL – Marshall Chapman | Turn the Page | Jaded Virgin |
| LOCAL – Emmylou Harris | Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight | Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town |
| LOCAL – Walter Egan | Magnet and Steel | Not Shy |
| Jerry Garcia Band | Rubin and Cherise | Cats Under the Stars (debut) |
| Styx | Sing for the Day | Pieces of Eight |
| Gerry Rafferty | Right Down the Line | City to City |
| Dixie Dregs | Take It Off the Top | What If |
| REO Speedwagon | Roll with the Changes | You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t… |
| The Band (live) | Stage Fright | The Last Waltz |
| THEN – Van Morrison | Wavelength | Wavelength |
| NOW – Van Morrison | Open the Door (To Your Heart) | Born to Sing; No Plan B (forthcoming) |
| Prism | See Forever Eyes | See Forever Eyes |
| Warren Zevon | Accidentally Like a Martyr | Excitable Boy |
| Ronnie Montrose | Town Without Pity | Open Fire (solo debut) |
| Billy Joel | Big Shot | 52nd Street |
| The Moody Blues | Driftwood | Octave |
| BEATLE – Paul McCartney & Wings | Cafe on the Left Bank | London Town |
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| NEXT SATURDAY: 1969 | ||
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