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today's (70s) AT40
Mar. 8th, 2008 12:16 pmFrom 1972. I'm not gonna post much about it, though right now (at #39) is the last single Yes would have on the countdown for over 11 years...though it's the crappy single edit of Roundabout (which basically takes most of Steve Howe right out of it), but hey, it's Yes!
Mind you, Casey's own voice is insanely mellow back then, nowhere near the "excitement" he would put into the countdowns through the late 70s and into the 80s. He introduces a very young (and still boy soprano) Donny Osmond's Puppy Love almost as if he was plugging classical music on an NPR station!
With the last of the true "60s" bands pretty much gone, or (like Jefferson Starship or Eric Clapton) still transitioning to their new style, this is mostly the typical early 70s pop scene of lost souls (and lost soul acts, like "The Detroit Emeralds"). Much of the bands on the (to be called 'classic') rock scene were in their "we don't do singles" phase, including Zep. Pop was still an AM radio sensation, while Album Oriented Rock was still a growth market on the FM.
One "transitional" artist in his final phase before going solo is Rod Stewart, then still in his band, Faces, doing "Stay With Me". What a career: 60s Mod, early 70s rocker, late 70s disco superstar, early 80s pop icon, late 80s adult contemporary hitmaker, and finally...crooner of old standards?
crazy. He changed styles as often as he changed girlfriends!
oh, and either I lied or half the Zep interviews I've read lied, 'cause right now on the countdown is Black Dog. Actually, according to this, the label did have (or at least claimed) the rights to release singles outside of the UK, which is how this one got away here...
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Mind you, Casey's own voice is insanely mellow back then, nowhere near the "excitement" he would put into the countdowns through the late 70s and into the 80s. He introduces a very young (and still boy soprano) Donny Osmond's Puppy Love almost as if he was plugging classical music on an NPR station!
With the last of the true "60s" bands pretty much gone, or (like Jefferson Starship or Eric Clapton) still transitioning to their new style, this is mostly the typical early 70s pop scene of lost souls (and lost soul acts, like "The Detroit Emeralds"). Much of the bands on the (to be called 'classic') rock scene were in their "we don't do singles" phase, including Zep. Pop was still an AM radio sensation, while Album Oriented Rock was still a growth market on the FM.
One "transitional" artist in his final phase before going solo is Rod Stewart, then still in his band, Faces, doing "Stay With Me". What a career: 60s Mod, early 70s rocker, late 70s disco superstar, early 80s pop icon, late 80s adult contemporary hitmaker, and finally...crooner of old standards?
crazy. He changed styles as often as he changed girlfriends!
oh, and either I lied or half the Zep interviews I've read lied, 'cause right now on the countdown is Black Dog. Actually, according to this, the label did have (or at least claimed) the rights to release singles outside of the UK, which is how this one got away here...
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Side notes, happy birthdays to
eiredrake and tyma !
