Where Were You August 2, 1969-- Part 3

As in 40 years ago!!! Bob Stroud going back to what was on the radio and in our record collections all those years ago. This is his monthly Rock and Roll Roots Time Warp on Sundays from 7 to 10 AM on Chicago's WDRV-- 97.1 FM (96.9 FM here near the Wisconsin border. Bob's comments following. Mine in parentheses.


SOUL DEEP-- BOX TOPS-- brand new, latest from Alex Chilton and the Box Tops. (More blue-eyed soul!)
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE-- PLASTIC ONO BAND-- the real thing. (Song of choice for campus anti-war demonstrations at NIU. Well, not the real Beatles, but one of 'em anyway.)

BIRTHDAY-- UNDERGROUND SUNSHINE-- little garage band out of Minnesota in the top ten. Their version of the Beatles song. (Never heard it that I know of.)
SOMEBODY TO LOVE (lIVE)-- JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-- There was a strong showing by the San Francisco contingent 40 years ago. New albums by Sly & the Family Stone, Grateful Dead, and the Jefferson Airplane. The Airplane album was live and recorded at the Fillmore West. It was recorded in the fall of 1968 and called "Bless Its Pointed Little Head

PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART-- JACKIE DESHANNON-- Top Ten
DID YOU SEE HER EYES-- ILLUSION-- An east coast band that called themselves the Illusion, they were a one-hit wonder. An edited version of this album cut was the hit. (Definitely the l-o-n-g version. I was only familiar with the radio version.)

I'D WAIT A MILLION YEARS-- GRASS ROOTS-- debuting this week, forty years ago. (One of the really underrated groups ever.)
SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES-- CHICAGO-- their debut album was all over the place in the summer of 69. One of the big albums that summer. "The Chicago Transit Authority. Jerry Kaft? never sounded better. (Named after Chicago's mass transit system, the CTA.)

Never Heard of Underground Sunshine. Must Be Some Sort of a Psychedelic Thing. --RoadDog