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Post by kim on Jun 26, 2010 12:35:05 GMT -5
1978 was another interesting year...Hey!!!...The Cars!!! Not only that, but Speedy must have been thrilled with Gene's solo release? Molly Hatchet hit the ground running as well! Me?... I was impressed with TOTO and Van Halen's debut...not to mention Dire Straights intro into the rock world... I have to say, I really enjoyed this year...in more ways than one. College life was a blast!  Thanks Kim |
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Post by snakesandladders on Jun 26, 2010 12:41:25 GMT -5
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Post by DreamTide on Jun 26, 2010 13:17:25 GMT -5
Van Halen - Van Halen
Toto - Toto
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Boston - Don't Look Back
Rush - Hemispheres
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Scorpions - Tokyo Tapes
Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness
AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It
AC/DC - Powerage
Blüe Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
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Post by rtbuck on Jun 27, 2010 8:37:07 GMT -5
Oh my god this could be an epic post by me 1978 was really the year music broke for me...I better take a nap first  |
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Post by onering on Jun 27, 2010 9:05:06 GMT -5
My favorite Springsteen album and favorite album of all time period...
Darkness On the Edge of Town
also:
Rush - Hemispheres
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Rainbow - Long Live Rock n Roll
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Post by rtbuck on Jun 27, 2010 15:48:29 GMT -5
Here Goes... What was great about '78?  Christmas of '77 brought me Kiss Alive II(as I'm typing this I am wearing my Kiss Alive II T Shirt) which was an unbelievable thrill for me. Opening that album & seeing that amazing live photo on the gatefold full with lights & fire mixed with the Evolution of Kiss book which was included & the tattoos which came with it...I was already blown away before I even listened to the Record!!! January of '78 was unreal as I was still riding high on Alive II...Kiss was coming to War Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo on January 25th & I was going(My first Concert ever!!!!)Leading up to the show on NBC one night in mid January Edwin Newman hosted a special called 'The Land of Hype & Glory" & Kiss was the main feature for about 20 minutes. The show was amazing & I seen 3 other concerts that year Cheap Trick w/ 1994, Aerosmith w/ AC/DC, & Triumph w/ Talas. My favorite album of all-time was released in' 78 which is 'Some Girls' by the Stones. Another album which changed me was 'The Alice Cooper Show' I never really heard him at the time (although my one sister was into him in the early 70's so I probably did hear at least I'm 18 because I found 'Love it to Death' around the house) but I bought it because of the cover with the guillotine & him wearing make-up. The live version of "I'm Eighteen" kicked ass with an amazing guitar exchange between Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter. I was into Cooper almost as much as Kiss.I was also heavy into Aerosmith, Triumph, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, Starz, Angel, Ted Nugent, Journey, Foreigner,Cheap Trick. Also, that year a friend gave me an address from the classified section of Rolling Stone which was a place called Pied Piper Records. I got this catalog in the mail & it was full of all of these live albums I never heard of. I ordered one called 'Kiss Takes Tokyo' & in about a month I received the record. It was in a plain white cardboard cover & had a Paper insert with a B & W picture of the band & album title on blue paper. (It kind of looked like a flyer). I was psyched so I pulled out the record & the label read "Dragonfly Records Presents: Sounds of the 60's" "What the hell was this? " I Thought to myself & I put the record on "Alright Tokyo!! You Wanted the Best You got the best..." The sound on the record was not what I expected but it was so cool hearing a full Kiss Show...Yes, I later found out it was my first Bootleg Record Another Highlight was Me & Spanky Madoo taking one of our weekly walks to the mall to go to the Spaceport arcade & play either The Playboy Pinball Machine or the Ted Nugent 'Weekend Warrior' Pinball Machine. We stopped by Cavages Records & Tapes & there on display in the front window was a beautiful display of Kiss Double Platinum. I couldn't believe the rush I got seeing the beautiful shiny silver gatefold open of the cover & the cardboard Platinum Record award which came with the record but neither one of us had enough money(we were only 15) so it was disappointing. I got home & my father offered me & Spanky money if we cut down the weeds way in the back of our yard. We cut them down & we both went back out & bought the record.  Also in 1978 I was constantly buying every Creem,Rock Scene,Hit Parader, Rock, Super Rock, Grooves, & Circus that was available. Rock & Roll was taking over my LIfe |
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Post by Speedy on Jun 27, 2010 21:07:16 GMT -5
KISS ALIVE!II
KISS:Solo Albums
Judas Priest Stained Class
Double Live Gonzo
Live and Dangerous
jeezus to many too list
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Post by FunkyCanuck on Jun 27, 2010 21:51:51 GMT -5
Another great thread, Kim! (Sorry I coudn't answer your '72 one)
This is when I began moving away from the Bay City Rollers. Yipee!
Ace Frehley - S/T (I LOVED this album. Ace has always been my fave Kiss member...Paul rates a close second)
The Cars - We had a very cool bus, and my best friend Allison had an older brother and sister, so she was always "lifting" their 8-tracks. When she popped this into the bus stereo, she had everyone rocking. Three cheers for older siblings!
Styx - Pieces of Eight (my lil girlie heart fell madly in love with Tommy Shaw)
I can't recall what else...I do know maybe Foreigner. I recall hearing them on the radio. Friday night (before that lame program directing reared its ugly head), a really cool DJ would play his fave records on our rinky dinky small town radio station, so I'd tune in to hear what he was spinning.
Was a year for discovering what else existed besides "boy bands."
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Post by Jesse on Jun 28, 2010 6:42:26 GMT -5
I figured 1978 was about the first year I REALLY got into music. Yeah, I know I was only 6 years old, but I needed my music fix. Wasn't Rock though. Oak Ridge Boys, Waylon Jennings, Kenny Rogers, Tom T Hall, Larry Gatlin...... that was what I was listening to in 1978.
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Post by hojam on Jun 28, 2010 11:46:49 GMT -5
The KISS solo albums.
Van Halen.
Styx.
Cheap Trick.
E.L.O.
Foreigner.
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Post by spacel0rd on Jun 28, 2010 12:03:10 GMT -5
Bob Seger- Stranger in Town
The Band- The Last Waltz
Rainbow- Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Van Halen- Van Halen
Rush- Hemispheres
Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses
Kiss- Ace Frehley solo
Bob Marley- Kaya
Genesis- And Then There Were Three
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Post by Trexx on Jun 28, 2010 19:08:53 GMT -5
Well, JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER STONE ROCK'N ROLL ALBUM CAME INTO BEING!
Quite possibly the best year in music for me. The rock'n roll was incredible:
VAN HALEN! -Van Halen!
POWERAGE! -Ac/Dc
HEAT IN THE STREET! -Pat Travers
TOKYO TAPES! -Scorpions
HELL BENT FOR LEATHER! -Judas Priest
WEEK-END WARRIORS! -Ted Nugent
COLLISEUM ROCK! -Starz
OBSESSION! -UFO-
SOME GIRLS! -Rolling Stones
FACE TO FACE! -Angel City
1978 was year that I went to my first concert. ...first time I ever left town without my folks. A wild ride to Oakland Colliseum with whacked out teenagers. I lived through it somehow.
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Post by snakesandladders on Jun 30, 2010 6:38:45 GMT -5
I'm sure it wasn't painful to get AWAy from the BCR, heheheheh......they were like Village People...utter crap man  
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Post by Trexx on Jun 30, 2010 12:30:43 GMT -5
C'mon!!?!? So, you're saying you don't like, or never liked the S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night song?!?! |
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Christmas of '77 brought me Kiss Alive II(as I'm typing this I am wearing my Kiss Alive II T Shirt) which was an unbelievable thrill for me. Opening that album & seeing that amazing live photo on the gatefold full with lights & fire mixed with the Evolution of Kiss book which was included & the tattoos which came with it...I was already blown away before I even listened to the Record!!! January of '78 was unreal as I was still riding high on Alive II...Kiss was coming to War Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo on January 25th & I was going(My first Concert ever!!!!)Leading up to the show on NBC one night in mid January Edwin Newman hosted a special called 'The Land of Hype & Glory" & Kiss was the main feature for about 20 minutes. The show was amazing & I seen 3 other concerts that year Cheap Trick w/ 1994, Aerosmith w/ AC/DC, & Triumph w/ Talas. My favorite album of all-time was released in' 78 which is 'Some Girls' by the Stones. Another album which changed me was 'The Alice Cooper Show' I never really heard him at the time (although my one sister was into him in the early 70's so I probably did hear at least I'm 18 because I found 'Love it to Death' around the house) but I bought it because of the cover with the guillotine & him wearing make-up. The live version of "I'm Eighteen" kicked ass with an amazing guitar exchange between Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter. I was into Cooper almost as much as Kiss.I was also heavy into Aerosmith, Triumph, Blue Oyster Cult, Black Sabbath, Starz, Angel, Ted Nugent, Journey, Foreigner,Cheap Trick. Also, that year a friend gave me an address from the classified section of Rolling Stone which was a place called Pied Piper Records. I got this catalog in the mail & it was full of all of these live albums I never heard of. I ordered one called 'Kiss Takes Tokyo' & in about a month I received the record. It was in a plain white cardboard cover & had a Paper insert with a B & W picture of the band & album title on blue paper. (It kind of looked like a flyer).
