RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1973
Show #821 (aired 07-11-2009)

I call 1973 "The Year of the Classic Album". Maybe it was because I was really getting into entire albums around that time...or maybe it was due to the explosion of Southern Rock...or maybe it was just because albums were being produced with the whole project in mind, and not just concentrating on a single Top 40 hit to carry the entire album. Nonetheless, complete works of art were delivered that year from artists like Pink Floyd, Elton John, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wings, Billy Joel, The Allman Brothers, Edgar Winter, Stevie Wonder, Eagles, ZZ Top, and many others. Yes, 1973 was a mighty damn good year!...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
Billy Joel /The Ballad of Billy the Kid
Steely Dan / My Old School
Dr. John / Right Place Wrong Time
Rick Wakeman / Ann Boleyn
The Allman Brothers Band / Come and Go Blues
Paul Simon / Kodachrome
The Strawbs / Part of the Union
Carole King / Corazon
Jackson Browne / Take It Easy
Stevie Wonder / Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Chicago / Feelin' Stronger Every Day
(Original Soundtrack) / Jesus Christ Superstar Overture
Painter / West Coast Woman
Andy Pratt / Avenging Annie
Eagles / Tequila Sunrise
TV THEME - "Bonanza"
Grateful Dead / Eyes of the World
Elton John / Grey Seal
The Marshall Tucker Band / Can't You See
MOVIE - Mike Oldfield / Tubular Bells ("The Exorcist")
Procol Harum / Bringing Home the Bacon
Commander Cody & His L.P.A. / Smoke, Smoke, Smoke
The Rolling Stones / Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Gypsy / Precious One
Three Dog Night / Shambala
Led Zeppelin / Dancing Days
LOCAL - The Charlie Daniels Band / Uneasy Rider
LOCAL - Hoyt Axton / Sweet Misery
LOCAL - Ike & Tina Turner / Nutbush City Limits
Tom Waits / Ol' 55
Uriah Heep / Stealin' (LP cut)
Tower of Power / So Very Hard to Go
Emerson, Lake & Palmer / Still...You Turn Me On
The Edgar Winter Group / Frankenstein
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express / Happiness Is Just Around...
Pink Floyd / Time
THEN - Levon Helm (w/The Band) / Mystery Train
NOW - Levon Helm / Tennessee Jed
David Bowie / Sorrow
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention / Montana
Slade / Gudbuy T' Jane
BEATLE - Paul McCartney & Wings / Picasso's Last Words

• NEXT SATURDAY..... 1968

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1979
Show #820 (aired 07-04-2009)

Music was changing in1979. This thing called "New Wave" was beginning to creep in and replace the good ol' rock standards. Plenty of established acts continued to hold their own and adapt to the new movement as we were introduced to bands like The Clash, The Cars, Cheap Trick, The Police, and others. The decade was coming to a screeching halt as music made its way into the 80s, we tried our best to hold on to our very dear 70s...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
Jay Ferguson / Shakedown Cruise
The Marc Tanner Band / Never Again
The Records / Starry Eyes
Steely Dan / Here at the Western World
Patti Smith Group / Frederick
Little River Band / Cool Change
The Spinners / Workin' My Way Back To You-->Forgive Me Girl
Shoes / Too Late
The English Beat / Tears of a Clown
Pink Floyd / Comfortably Numb
Styx / First Time
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / Refugee
Toto / Hold the Line
The Crusaders / Carnival of the Night
Joan Armatrading / Rosie
Little Feat / Down on the Farm
TV THEME - "Benson"
Joe Jackson / One More Time
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman / Don't You Write Her Off
Blondie / Heart of Glass
Atlanta Rhythm Section / Do It or Die
MOVIE - Joe Walsh / In the City ("Warriors")
Bob Dylan / Gotta Serve Somebody
Supertramp / The Logical Song
Foreigner / Head Games
Gary Numan + Tubeway Army / Are Friends Electric?
Kansas / People of the South Wind
ZZ Top / Fool for Your Stockings
LOCAL - Walter Egan / Hot Summer Nights
LOCAL - George Jones / He Stopped Loving Her Today
LOCAL - Jimmy Hall (w/Wet Willie) / Weekend (long version)
LOCAL - Gove Scrivenor / Everybody's Dancin'
Santana / All I Ever Wanted
AC/DC / Highway to Hell
Led Zeppelin / I'm Gonna Crawl
Eagles / I Can't Tell You Why
The Bee Gees / Tragedy
Ry Cooder / Down in Hollywood
Molly Hatchet / Dreams (I'll Never See) (live!)
THEN - Elvis Costello /Accidents Will Happen
NOW - Elvis Costello / Complicated Shadows
The Ramones / Rock & Roll High School
Ian Dury & the Blockheads / Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Genesis / Undertow
Neil Young / Hey, Hey My My (Into the Black) (live!)
Ian Gomm / Hold On
BEATLE - George Harrison / Blow Away

• NEXT SATURDAY..... 1973

RETRO LIGHTNING PLAYLIST - 1976
Show #819 (aired 06-27-2009)

In 1976, I was the Music Director for my college radio station at Vanderbilt (WRVU). There was a lot of new music ripe for the taking. Rock, Top 40 crossovers, and a touch of Country, too! Today, we'll re-live some of the best-selling music from 1976 along with some deeper album tracks taken from my 1976 college radio experience. Maybe you'll remember some of these...
- Fred

ARTIST / TITLE
Earth, Wind & Fire / Sing a Song
The Tubes / Don't Touch Me There
War / Summer (long version)
GRAMMY SET - George Benson / This Masquerade (LP cut)
GRAMMY SET - Stevie Wonder/ Sir Duke
GRAMMY SET - Chicago / If You Leave Me Now
England Dan & John Ford Coley / I'd Really Love to See...
Elvin Bishop / Fooled Around and Fell in Love (LP cut)
Bob Dylan / Isis
Styx / Mademoiselle
Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody
Jean Michel Jarre / Oxygene - Part IV (instr.)
The Spinners / Rubberband Man
Heart / Crazy on You
TV THEME - "Charlie's Angels" (R.I.P. Farrah....)
Cat Stevens / Banapple Gas (live)
Firefall / Cinderella
ZZ Top / It's Only Love
Jefferson Starship /St. Charles
MOVIE - Rose Royce / Car Wash ("Car Wash")
Jethro Tull / Taxi Grab
Elton John & Kiki Dee / Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Boston / Peace of Mind
Robin Trower / Long Misty Days
Cliff Richard / Devil Woman
LOCAL - Mac Gayden / Morning Glory
LOCAL - J.D. Souther / Black Rose
LOCAL - Waylon & Willie / Good Hearted Woman (live)
LOCAL - Barefoot Jerry/ You Can't Say It All
Rory Gallagher / Country Mile
Al Stewart / Year of the Cat
Peter Frampton / Doobie Wah (live)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band / Sunspot Baby
Steely Dan / Don't Take Me Alive
Camel / Lunar Sea (instr.)
Thin Lizzy / The Boys Are Back in Town
THEN - Jimmy Buffett / Havana Daydreamin'
NOW - Jimmy Buffett / Summerzcool (forthcoming CD)
Kansas / Miracles Out of Nowhere
Eric Clapton / Hello Old Friend
Fleetwood Mac / Silver Springs
Boz Scaggs / Georgia
BEATLE - Wings / Silly Love Songs

• NEXT SATURDAY..... 1979