(Show #972; aired on 06-16-2012)
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1971 was a truly great year in Progressive Rock with a crapload of new material to discover and absorb! I was also rocking away myself as a rhythm guitarist in a high school Rock & Roll band that year. Just put together a collection of vinyl albums featuring long, drawn-out compositions with some new tunes from a breed of singer-songwriters who evolved out of the Folk music scene, and you’ve got one helluva year! Sit back, relax, grab your coffee, and feel the memories with me today. — Fred
| ARTIST | TITLE | ALBUM |
| The Allman Brothers Band (live) | Statesboro Blues | At Fillmore East |
| Melanie | Ring the Living Bell | (self-titled debut) |
| David Bowie | Life on Mars | Hunky Dory |
| #1 THIS WEEK – Carole King | It’s Too Late | Tapestry |
| Bee Gees | Lonely Days | 2 Years On |
| Sweetwater | Get It When You Can | Melon |
| John Denver | Take Me Home, Country Roads | Poems, Prayers and Promises |
| Chicago | Sing A Mean Tune Kid | Chicago III |
| Derek & the Dominos | Layla | LAYLA and other assorted love songs |
| Dave Edmunds | I Hear You Knocking | Rockpile (debut) |
| Johnathan Edwards | Shanty | (self-titled debut) |
| Marvin Gaye | Inner City Blues | What’s Going On |
| TV THEME | “All in the Family” | |
| Bullet | White Lies, Blue Eyes | (single) |
| Bread | Mother Freedom | Baby I’m-A Want You |
| Mark-Almond | The City (trilogy) | (self-titled debut) |
| Jethro Tull | Cross-Eyed Mary | Aqualung |
| Yes | Yours Is No Disgrace | The Yes Album |
| Carly Simon | That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard… | (self-titled debut) |
| The Strawbs | Benedictus | Grave New World |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Lucky Man | (self-titled debut) |
| CSNY (live) | 49 Bye-Byes/America’s Children | 4-Way Street |
| LOCAL – Barefoot Jerry | Smokies | (self-titled) |
| LOCAL – Jerry Reed | When You’re Hot, You’re Hot | When You’re Hot, You’re Hot |
| LOCAL – Dianne Davidson | Delta Dawn | Baby (debut) |
| Al Green | Tired of Being Alone | Gets Next to You |
| The Moody Blues | The Story in Your Eyes | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour |
| Zephyr | Going Back to Colorado | Going Back to Colorado |
| Long John Baldry | Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie… | It Ain’t Easy |
| The Doobie Brothers | Nobody | (self-titled debut) |
| Black Sabbath | Paranoid | Paranoid |
| Alice Cooper | Be My Lover | Killer |
| Focus | Hocus Pocus | Moving Waves |
| THEN – Santana | Everybody’s Everything | (self-titled 1971; a.k.a. Santana III) |
| NOW – Santana | Eres La Luz | Shape Shifter |
| Wishbone Ash | Vas Dis (instr.) | Pilgrimage |
| Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | Led Zeppelin IV (a.k.a. Zoso) |
| Three Dog Night | Sunlight | Naturally |
| Elton John | Tiny Dancer | Madman Across the Water |
| BEATLE – Paul & Linda McCartney | Too Many People | RAM |
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| NEXT SATURDAY: 1979 | ||
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