(Show #964; aired on 06-30-2012)
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1977 — a year full of musical struggles! But “Disco” was clearly winning the battle. Progressive Rock prevailed however, thanks to contributions from some great bands and artists from across The Big Pond. As for me…I was having the time of my life as the music director of my college radio station at Vanderbilt. As expected, our station’s goal was to side-step all the Disco puddles along the way. So we countered that by playing a bunch of deeeeeep album tracks. Here we go…….with 1977! I thank you for listening. — Fred
| ARTIST | TITLE | ALBUM |
| Eric Clapton | The Core | Slowhand |
| Detective | Recognition | (self-titled debut) |
| #1 THIS WEEK – Fleetwood Mac | Dreams | Rumours |
| Steely Dan | Black Cow | Aja |
| Sherbet | Midsummer Madness | Magazine |
| Dan Fogelberg | Love Gone By | Nether Lands |
| Jethro Tull | The Whistler | Songs from the Wood |
| Justin Hayward | Lay It on Me | Songwriter |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Fanfare for the Common Man (full ver!) | Works, Vol. 1 |
| Styx | Come Sail Away | The Grand Illusion |
| Pablo Cruise | What’cha Gonna Do? | A Place in the Sun |
| Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars | Rain Down Tears | (self-titled solo debut) |
| TV THEME | “Three’s Company” | |
| Heart (live) | I’ve Got the Music in Me | Magazine |
| Billy Joel | Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) | The Stranger |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Turn to Stone | Out of the Blue |
| MOVIE – Carly Simon | Nobody Does It Better | “The Spy Who Loved Me” (OST) |
| Dixie Dregs | Free Fall (instr.) | Free Fall |
| Horslips | Speed the Plough | Aliens |
| The Sanford/Townsend Band | Smoke from a Distant Fire | The Smoke from a Distant Fire (debut) |
| Ram Jam | Black Betty (LP cut!) | (self-titled debut) |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash | Shadow Captain | CSN |
| LOCAL – Emmylou Harris | Easy from Now On | Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town |
| LOCAL – Mac McAnally | It’s a Crazy World | (self-titled debut) |
| LOCAL – Leadon/Georgiades Band | Glass Off | Natural Progressions |
| LOCAL – Gove Scrivenor | Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (instr.) | Shady Gove |
| Journey | Spaceman | Next |
| David Bowie | Heroes (LP cut) | Heroes |
| Stephen Bishop | On and On | Careless (debut) |
| Lake | On the Run | (self-titled debut) |
| Yes | Going for the One | Going for the One |
| The Kinks | Sleepwalker | Sleepwalker |
| Foreigner | Starrider | (self-titled debut) |
| THEN – Little Feat | Time Loves a Hero | Time Loves a Hero |
| NOW – Little Feat | Rooster Rag | Rooster Rag |
| Thin Lizzy | Bad Reputation | Bad Reputation |
| The Steve Miller Band | The Stake | Book of Dreams |
| Kenny Loggins | I Believe in Love | Celebrate Me Home (solo debut) |
| Boz Scaggs | Hollywood | Down Two Then Left |
| UFO | Too Hot to Handle | Lights Out |
| Elvis Costello | Alison | My Aim Is True (debut) |
| BEATLE – Wings | Girls’ School | (single) |
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| NEXT SATURDAY: 1973 | ||
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