The Next Track

Episode #79 – 1977


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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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