RETRO LIGHTNING – 1976

(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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RETRO LIGHTNING – 1979

(Show #973; aired on 06-23-2012)

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Music was changing rapidly in 1979.  This thing dubbed “New Wave” was creeping in and replacing some of our good ol’ Rock standards.  Plenty of established acts continued to hold their own while trying to adapt to this new movement.  And we were introduced to new bands like The Clash, The Cars, Cheap Trick, The Police, and others.  The decade was coming to a screeching halt!!  And as music made its way into the 80s, we tried our best to hold on to the good times we had throughout the 70s. — Fred

ARTIST TITLE ALBUM
The Babys Everytime I Think of You Head First
The B-52′s Rock Lobster (self-titled debut)
Eric Clapton Watch Out for Lucy Backless
#1 THIS WEEK – The Knack My Sharona (LP cut) Get The Knack (debut)
Foreigner Blue Morning, Blue Day Double Vision
The Doobie Brothers Don’t Stop to Watch the Wheels Minute by Minute
Little River Band Cool Change First Under the Wire
The Allman Brothers Band Pegasus (instr.) Enlightened Rogues
Shoes Too Late Present Tense
Rickie Lee Jones Chuck E.’s in Love (self-titled debut)
Toto 99 Hydra
Eddie Money Can’t Keep a Good Man Down Life for the Taking
Jimmy Buffett Volcano Volcano
TV THEME “Benson”
Charlie Killer Cut Fight Dirty
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman Don’t You Write Her Off (self-titled)
Pink Floyd Happiest Days–>Another Brick (Part II) The Wall
MOVIE – Bill Conti Gonna Fly Now “Rocky II”  (OST)
Blackfoot Wishing Well Strikes
Gary Numan Cars The Pleasure Principle  (debut)
The Records Starry Eyes Shades in Bed  (debut)
Pat Travers (live) Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights Live! Go for What You Know
Styx Lights Cornerstone
LOCAL – Bobby Bradford Blues Band Got My Mojo Workin’ (self-titled debut)
LOCAL – Walter Egan Hot Summer Nights Not Shy
LOCAL – Jimmy Hall (w/Wet Willie) Weekend  (LP cut) Which One’s Willie?
LOCAL – Steve Forbert Romeo’s Tune Jackrabbit Slim
LOCAL – Bob Welch Rebel Rouser The Other One
Little Feat Down on the Farm Down on the Farm
Herman Brood & His Wild Romance Saturday Night (self-titled)
Led Zeppelin All My Love In Through the Out Door
Kansas People of the South Wind Monolith
Fleetwood Mac Beautiful Child Tusk
THEN – Joe Walsh In the City “Warriors”  (OST)
NOW – Joe Walsh Funk 50 Analog Man
Gamma Thunder and Lightning Gamma 1  (debut)
M Pop Muzik New York-London-Paris-Munich (debut)
The Rockets Oh Well Rockets (Turn Up the Radio)
Bad Company Gone Gone Gone Desolation Angels
Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop It’s Alive
BEATLE – Paul McCartney & Wings Daytime Nighttime Suffering Back to the Egg
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NEXT SATURDAY:  1977

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RETRO LIGHTNING – 1971

(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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RETRO LIGHTNING – 1982

(Show #971; aired on 06-09-2012)

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1982 was definitely the “center lane” for Techno-Pop.  New Brit and L.A. bands were experimenting with special dance club mixes complete with rhythmic beats, synthesized keyboards and added special effects.  The rest of the U.S. of A. was playing it more safe — using a very clean, polished sound.  Also in this year, many top market Progressive stations were beginning to “tighten-up” their playlists with highly researched song titles in a format called Album Oriented Rock (or AOR).  Have no fear though — we’ll go quite a bit deeper than that on today’s show.  Have fun listening and feel free to share this playlist with your friends! — Fred

ARTIST TITLE ALBUM
Dire Straits Industrial Disease Love Over Gold
Genesis Man on the Corner Abacab
#1 THIS WEEK – P. McCartney/S. Wonder Ebony and Ivory Tug of War
XTC Senses Working Overtime English Settlement
Greg Guidry Goin’ Down Over the Line (debut)
The Clash Should I Stay or Should I Go? Combat Rock
Daryl Hall + John Oates Maneater H20
Frank Zappa & Moon Unit Zappa Valley Girl “Valley Girl” (OST)
Haircut 100 Love Plus One Pelican West (debut)
Aztec Camera Oblivious High Land, Hard Rain (debut)
Jimmy Buffett Brown Eyed Girl One Particular Harbor
Billy Idol White Wedding (self-titled)
Asia Heat of the Moment (self-titled debut)
Don Henley You Better Hang Up I Can’t Stand Still (solo debut)
TV THEME Family Ties
INXS The One Thing Shabooh Shoobah (debut)
Planet P Project (f/Tony Carey) Why Me? (self-titled debut)
The Motels Only the Lonely All Four One
Cheap Trick She’s Tight One on One
The Go-Go’s Our Lips Are Sealed Beauty and the Beat (debut)
MOVIE – Jackson Browne Somebody’s Baby “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (OST)
Scandal Goodbye to You (self-titled debut)
Men at Work Down by the Sea Business as Usual (debut)
A Flock of Seagulls I Ran (self-titled debut)
Golden Earring Twilight Zone Cut
LOCAL – Adrian Belew (w/King Crimson) Neal and Jack and Me Beat
LOCAL – The White Animals Constant Attention Lost Weekend
LOCAL – Steve Winwood Still in the Game Talking Back to the Night
The Cars Shake It Up Shake It Up
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You Got Lucky Long After Dark
Jethro Tull Clasp Broadsword and the Beast
Aldo Nova Fantasy (self-titled debut)
Peter Gabriel Shock the Monkey Security
Madness House of Fun Presents the Rise and Fall
Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf (12″ club mix) Rio
Wall of Voodoo Mexican Radio Call of the West
Elton John All Quiet on the Western Front Jump Up
THEN – Bonnie Raitt Keep This Heart in Mind Green Light
NOW – Bonnie Raitt Used to Rule the World Slipstream
Blue Oyster Cult Burnin’ for You Fire of Unknown Origin
The Who Athena It’s Hard
Joe Jackson Chinatown Night and Day
Chris de Burgh Don’t Pay the Ferryman The Getaway
BEATLE – Paul McCartney Ballroom Dancing Tug of War
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RETRO LIGHTNING – 1972

(Show #970; aired on  06-02-2012)

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In my opinion, 1972 was one of the best years for Progressive Rock!  I was very fortunate as the year brought a lot of musical discovery my way!  As a mid-teen, my musical tastes were beginning to take shape…and it was a blast!  With that said, here’s a good cross-section of the great sounds that came out in 1972.  Enjoy the show, and feel free to share this playlist with your friends! — Fred

ARTIST TITLE ALBUM
Don McLean American Pie American Pie
Cat Stevens 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) Catch Bull at Four
#1 THIS WEEK – America A Horse With No Name (self-titled debut)
Manassas Johnny’s Garden (self-titled debut)
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks I Scare Myself Striking It Rich
Rod Stewart True Blue Never a Dull Moment
Chicago Saturday in the Park Chicago V
Cheech & Chong Dave (self-titled debut)
Harry Chapin Taxi Heads & Tales  (debut)
Peter Frampton Wind of Change Wind of Change  (solo debut)
Elton John Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Honky Chateau
Pure Prairie League Falling In and Out of Love–>Amie Bustin’ Out
TV THEME “Green Acres”
Malo Suavecito  (LP cut) (self-titled debut)
Stories I’m Coming Home (self-titled debut)
Humble Pie The Fixer Smokin’
Joe Walsh I’ll Tell the World Barnstorm  (solo debut)
Van Morrison Gypsy Saint Dominic’s Preview
MOVIE – Curtis Mayfield Superfly “Superfly”  (OST)
Flash Small Beginnings  (LP cut) (self-titled debut)
Alice Cooper School’s Out School’s Out
Looking Glass Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) (self-titled debut)
LOCAL – The Flat Creek Band (live) Goin’ Down (n/a)
LOCAL – Big Star Feel #1 Record  (debut)
LOCAL – Barefoot Jerry One Woman Grocery
April Wine You Could Have Been a Lady On Record
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick  (side two finale) Thick as a Brick
Three Dog Night The Family of Man Harmony
Mott the Hoople One of the Boys All the Young Dudes
David Bowie Moonage Daydream The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust…
Badfinger Baby Blue Straight Up
The Allman Brothers Band One Way Out Eat a Peach
THEN – The Beach Boys Marcella Carl and the Passions – So Tough
NOW – The Beach Boys That’s Why God Made the Radio That’s Why God Made… (forthcoming 6/5)
Atomic Rooster Breathless Made in England
Jerry Garcia The Wheel (self-titled solo debut)
Grand Funk Railroad Rock & Roll Soul Phoenix
The Rolling Stones Loving Cup Exile on Main St.
Python Lee Jackson In a Broken Dream In a Broken Dream
Joni Mitchell You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio For the Roses
BEATLE – Wings Give Ireland Back to the Irish (single)
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NEXT SATURDAY:  1982

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Author: admin June 2, 2012 8:00 AM
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