WLS Top Ten LPs and Tapes for Week of June 8, 1974: 'Band on the Run'

These were the Top ten albums on both LP and 8-Track format in Chicago fifty years ago.  How many are in your collection?

1.  THE STING (6th Week No. 1)--  Soundtrack

2.  BAND ON THE RUN--  Paul McCartney & Wings

3.  GREATEST HITS--  John Denver

4.  CHICAGO VII--  Chicago

5.  SHININ ON--  Grand Funk

6.  BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE II--  Bachman Turner Overdrive

7.  GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD--  Elton John

8.  BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX--  Cat Stevens

9.  COURT AND SPARK--  Joni Mitchell

10.  ROAD FOOD--  Guess Who

I personally have all but "Road Food" in my collection.

Must Have Really Been Enjoying My Music Back Then.  --RoadTooManyAlbums

Record Store Day Today

Today marks the 17th anniversary of Record Store Day in the United States and in several other world countries.

This is a day to show our appreciation for independently-owned record stores, those great Mom and Pop stores.  

And, I am fortunate to have a lot of record stores in the area, starting with my favorite one and another one in McHenry, Illinois.  My favorite one also has one great name for this kind of place, The Vinyl Frontier at 4720 W. Elm Street (Illinois Highway 120).  Kind of tells it all.  Especially with the near extinction of vinyl records, you know, vinyl.

The other record store is Siren Records at 3902 Main Street in McHenry.  Then we have two more places called Reef Records in Antioch and Lakemoor.

I'm sure going to The Vinyl Frontier and plan on buying at least one LP and several CDs.  I actually like CDs better than LPs now.

I Good Day for the Cause.  --RoadRecord

The Very Best of Outlaw Country: 'The South's Gonna Do It Again'

Several months ago, I was in Wal-Mart going through their bin of close out CDs and found this great little nugget for the whopping price of $5.  Well, quick as a wink, I grabbed it.  I wasn't going to let it get away from me.

I already had most of the songs on other LPs, CDs and cassettes, but this collection would fit in just great in my Ultimate Jukebox.

And, besides that, I am a real big fan of Outlaw Country.  One of my favorite albums, of course, is "Wanted! The Outlaws."

Here are the first five songs of this new CD:

1.  ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY--  Waylon Jennings

2.  THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT AGAIN--  Charlie Daniels Band

3.  RAMBLIN' MAN--  Allman Brothers

4.  WHISKEY RIVER (LIVE)--  Willie Nelson

5.  ALL MY ROWDY FRIENDS ARE COMING OVER TONIGHT--  Hank Williams Jr.

Just these first five songs would get it on my jukebox.  I'll list the rest of them next post.

Will This One Get On My Ultimate Jukebox?  You Betcha.  --RoadLaw

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Tryin' To make A Livin And Doin' The Best I Can."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Ramblin' Man"

WLS Top Albums for Week of May 24, 1971: 'Four-Way Street'

Remember these albums which were selling well back 50 years ago today.  How many do you have?

1.  FOUR-WAY STREET--  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2.  STICKY FINGERS--  Rolling Stones

3.  MUD SLIDE SLIM--  James Taylor

4.  JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR--  Various Artists

5.  UP TO DATE--  Partridge Family

6.  SURVIVAL--  Grand Funk Railroad

7.  TAPESTRY--  Carole King

8.  GOLDEN BISQUITS--  Three Dog Night

9.  AQUALUNG--  Jethro Tull

10.  PEARL--  Janis Joplin

Okay, I had all of them except one.  Guess which one.  Answer below.

Listening to LPs.  What A Great Way To Pass Some Time.  --RoadLP

"Up to Date"

Eagles' "Greatest Hits 1971-1975" Tops "Thriller" as No. 1

From the August 21, 2018, Chicago Sun-Times by Mesfin Fekadu, AP.

"The Eagles' greatest hits album (which includes that Route 66 favorite 'Take It Easy" where he was 'Standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona) has moonwalked past Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' to become history's best-selling album of all-time in the U.S.."

The Recording Industry Association of America said the Eagles' album is  now certified 38x platinum, which means sales and streams of it have reached 39 million copies.  The album was released in 1976.

RIAA's platinum status was once equivalent to selling 1 million albums or singles, but in 2013, the company began incorporating streaming from YouTube, Spotify and other digital musical services.  Now 1,500 streams of an album is equivalent to an album sale.

The Eagles formed in Los Angeles in the early 1970s.  Co-founder Glenn Frey died in 2016.

By teh way, the Eagles' "Hotel California" is No. 3.

--RoadEasy

The Drive's Album Sides Thursday (No Stacking, Though)

I always love it when WDRV, 97.1 FM in Chicago has their album sides Thursday (even if that does mean no Ten at Ten today). They are playing original vinyl, complete with all those album pops and hisses sounds. This is the way I used to listen to records on the turntable, one side at a time (and even stacking them at one time when I had spindles). You'd listen to one side and flip it over and put another LP on.

They are playing Tom Petty's FULL MOON FEVER right now at 9:04 AM. This goes on until midnight and streams at www.wdrv.com.

Numbers refer to the side played.

Since I've been up, they played THE BEATLES 1962-1966 (Side 2) from 1973
THE LONG RUN-- Eagles (1)
FOREIGNER (1)

AFTER THE GOLD RUSH-- Neil Young (1) 1970.
THE WALL-- Pink Floyd (3) 1979
MOONDANCE-- Van Morrison (1) 1970

BORN IN THE U.S.A.-- Bruce Springsteen (2) 1984
SHAVED FISH--John Lennon (1) 1975
GOAT'S HEAD SOUP-- Rolling Stones (1) 1973

SLOWHAND-- Eric Clapton (1) 1977

I Know What I'll Be Doing for the Rest of the Day. --RoadDog

Jimmy Buffett's Birthday Today

Egads, Jimmy Buffett had his 61st birthday today. Can we all be getting that old?

He is one of Liz and my all-time favorite performers. I have all of his studio albums and many of his live efforts. Many of them are actual LPs. We've also seen his show at least four times. Absolute bedlam and big-time party.

We named our home Key North after Key West and the downstairs bar is named Margaritaville for some reason.

Jimmy Buffett, the Patron Saint of Boaters. --RoadDog