Episode #79 – 1977

17/11/2017 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

Doug and Kirk look at how 1977 was a watershed year for popular music.

Show notes:


ECM Records Now Available on Apple Music
Eagles: Hotel California
Billy Joel: The Stranger
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
The Clash: The Clash (UK version)
The Clash: Give ’em Enough Rope
The Clash: The Clash (US version)
Four Manchester bands we owe to the Sex Pistols’ Lesser Free Trade Hall gig 40 years ago
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True
Elvis Costello: Less Than Zero > Radio, Radio on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Fever
Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music
Grateful Dead Movie
The Hobbit
Abba: The Movie
Episode #59 – 1967 and the Summer of Love
100K+ Descend Upon Central New Jersey For Grateful Dead Show On This Date In 1977
Photos from Englishtown 1977
Grateful Dead: Dick’s Picks Vol. 15, Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ, 9/3/77
Beach Boys Turn Central Park Into California Dreamin’ (New York Times)
Sha Na Na
Aerosmith: Walk This Way
Run-DMC: Walk This Way
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Meatloaf: Bat out of Hell
40 Years Ago: Bruce Springsteen Settles 10-Month Lawsuit with Manager Mike Appel
Talking Heads: Talking Heads: 77
Television: Marquee Moon
Marquee Moon (Wikipedia)
The 1977 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
Okay, I’m not going to link to every album in the Chritsgau list…
“Heroes” (Wikipedia)
Laserium

Our next tracks:

Kirk: Tangerine Dream: Encore
Doug: Eric Clapton: Slowhand

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