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episode date - May 23, 2006
The Spring of 1972 was a confusing time for popular music. Most of us were still trying to get used to the fact that the Beatles were no more. At the time, their solo projects all seemed to be suffering from the absence of the others (my own opinion on this matter has changed since then). Alice Cooper was creating something significantly different than the idealistic perspective of the ‘60s (and an Englishman named David Bowie was apparently taking notes). Soul music had become the most popular genre of the time, and albums had become much more significant than the soon-to-be-obsolete 45 RPM singles.
This show combines singles and album tracks in about equal proportion, which is probably a fair ratio for the state of music as it was back then. Over the course of the next hour, you will hear these songs as you may have heard them in March of 1972, when they appeared on the pop charts for the first time.
What songs do we play? Well, how’s this for starters;
1) Another Day – Paul McCartney
2) What Is Life – George Harrison
3) Wild World – Cat Stevens
4) You’re All I Need to Get By – Aretha Franklin
5) Eighteen – Alice Cooper
6) Heavy Makes You Happy
(Sha Na Boom Boom) – The Staple Singers
Miscellaneous Album Tracks from the
following “New” Releases from March 1972;
7) Nilsson – The Point
8) David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name
9) Crazy Horse – Crazy Horse
10) Love It to Death – Alice Cooper
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