This is the first episode in our three part overview of double live albums in the 70's and this week we look at and review the 1976 album by Canadian power trio Rush "All the World's a Stage".

It's our first anniversary show and our 50th episode and the last in our four part look at albums released in the month of January in the 1970's and this week's album was the debut of Bruce Springsteen in January of 1973 with "Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey". So because of all these things this is a very special episode for us.

In our continuing series of albums released in January in the 1970's we shine a spotlight on the 1972 album "Young Gifted and Black" by Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin plus our usual regular segments are presented.

In part two of our look at albums released in January in the 1970's we take a look at a not so happy release from 1971 we review the posthumous album "Pearl" from Janis Joplin. We look at the death and final music made by a true rock and roll legend.

The first in our series of albums that we will review that were released in the month of January in the 1970's. Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a good starting point for this series because it was actually one of the first albums released in the decade of the '70s.

We present our first annual Christmas episode and what better way to celebrate Christmas than with The Carpenters 1978 album "Christmas Portrait" plus lots of other yuletide segments to get you in the spirit of the season.

This is episode two in our two part look at American Progressive Rock music in the 1970's and today we look at the 1975 self titled debut album by West Virginia band Crack The Sky and a look at their little known history that is still being written.

We start our two week look at American Progressive Rock in the 70s with a review of the 1977 album by Kansas "Point of No Return" and discuss the various types of Progressive Rock that comes from different countries.

This week we dive into the complicated life of Terry Melcher who was a noted rock producer, target of Charles Manson and his family and son of Doris Day. We examine Melcher's 1974 self titled debut album only one of two he ever released under his own name.

We have a much underrated and obscure Soul/R&B artist this episode. We review the 1973 album "Gag a Maggott" by Swamp Dogg and also take a look at his interesting career.