The Hudson Valley Squares: Favorite Albums of 1976 (with surprise guests!)
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5 - "2112" by Rush
4 - "A Day at the Races" by Queen
3 - "Sad Wings of Destiny" by Judas Priest
2 - "Leftoverture" by Kansas
1 - "Boston" by Boston
It doesn't get any better than this list. :)
Nice, just replace Queen for Rainbow Rising and it’s perfect.
@@mahogany174 That almost made my top 5 but it's definitely in the top 10.
Great list!!
Mine is VERY similar.
5. Rush - 2112
4. Aerosmith - Rocks
3. Kiss Destroyer
2. Kansas - Leftoverture
1. Boston - Boston
Numbers 1 and 2 on this list also happen to be my #1 and #2 all-time!
@@howie5th Destroyer is the only one I would remove. Good but not great
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Boston (self-titled)
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
David Bowie - Station to Station
I will agree.Especially TE is really underrated
1. Rainbow - Rising
2. Rush - 2112
3. Boston - Boston
4. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
5. KISS - Destroyer
6. Queen - A Day at the Races
7. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
8. KISS - Rock and Roll Over
9. AC/DC - High Voltage
10. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
that's a pretty good list
@@preving Thanks
1- Rainbow- Rising
2- Boston- S/T Debut
3- Rush- 2112
4- Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
5- Kiss- Rock n Roll Over
HM’s
6- Kansas- Leftoverture
7- Aerosmith- Rocks
8- Tommy Bolin- Private Eyes
9- Jeff Beck- Wired
10- Ramones- S/T Debut
11- Led Zeppelin- Presence
12- B.O.C- Agents of Fortune
13- Queen- A Day at the Races
14- Heart- Dreamboat Annie
15- The Eagles- Hotel California
16- Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive
17- David Bowie- Station to Station
18- Stanley Clarke- School Days
19 - Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
20- Robin Trower- Long Misty Days
Where's "Destroyer"? And thank you for mentioning the late Tommy Bolin. "Post Toastee" is a killer cut.
Long Misty Days is one of Trower's unsung great albums..
Finally, Bob Seger gets some love, thank you
Thank you all for a great show! Cheers, from Finland!
Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
BOC - Agents of Fortune
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
Gentle Giant - Interview
Rush - 2112
Honourable mention - Alan Parsons - Tales of Mystery & Imagination
I thought "Wind And Wuthering" was released in 1977? "A Trick Of The Tail" was the band's 1976 release.
@@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743 I thought that previously, but every source I can find says it was released in Dec. 1976
Nick Franco had no picks for 1976 as there weren't any obscure Scandinavian death metal albums to pick from.
Havukrunu didn't exist in 1976😉
1. Blondie - s/t
2. Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
3. Queen - A Day at the Races
4. David Bowie - Station to Station
5. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - s/t
So cool to se Al getting some love 👍
@@PontusWittenmark I love Year of the Cat!
My Top 5 are:
5. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
4. Starcastle - Starcastle
3. Kansas - Leftoverture
2. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1. Boston - Boston
Some honorable mentions: "Lake" by Lake, "Presence" by Led Zeppelin, "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis, "Rocks" by Aerosmith, "Crystal Ball" by Styx, "2112" by Rush, and "Ardour" by Ethos.
Peter Frampton - "Frampton Comes Alive"
Heart - "Dreamboat Annie"
Boz Scaggs - "Silk Degrees"
Bob Seger - "Night Moves"
Frank Zappa - "Zoot Allures"
Boz scaggs rocks ! Good choice
Great show guys - here's a few that were not or barely mentioned:
Blondie - Blondie
The Runaways - The Runaways
Rolling Stones - Black & Blue
Rory Gallagher - Calling Card
Genesis - Trick of the Tail / Wind & Wuthering
16 top studio albums of 1976:
Station To Station - Bowie 🚂
Rock and Roll Over - Kiss 💥
Give Us a Wink - Sweet 😉
Rocks - Aerosmith 💎
Wired - Jeff Beck 🎸
A New World Record - ELO 🌏
Black and Blue - Rolling Stones 🎩
Songs in The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder 🔑
Sad Wings Of Destiny - Judas Priest 🎭
Rising - Rainbow 🌈
Boston - Boston 🌃
High Voltage - AC/DC ⚡
(although this killer is a hybrid)
Leftoverture - Kansas 🍗
Trick of the Tail - Genesis 🧜
Royal Scam - Steely Dan 💰
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy ⛓️
Now a 6-pack O' great '76 Live LPs!: Wings Over America (Wings)
One More From The Road (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Live Bullet (BSATSBB)
LIVE (Robin Trower)
Frampton Comes Alive! (Frampton) & Blow Your Face Out (J.Geils Band)
*Didn't want to list two by one artist, but "Destroyer" is of course too great to not, and "Johnny The Fox" really should be up there. So since the 70s is the best, enjoy 10 (oh, make it a baker's dozen) more beauties at the end here:
Destroyer - Kiss
Presence - Led Zeppelin
2112 - Rush
Blondie - Blondie
Night Moves - Bob's Cigar
Ramones - Ramones
Gold Plated - Climax Blues Band
Run with The Pack - Bad Company
No Heavy Petting - UFO
Johnny The Fox - Thin Lizzy
Long Misty Days - Robin Trower
Technical Ecstasy - Black Sabbath
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
*and here's yer 3 CRC/BMG bonus selection LPs!
Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
Zoot Allures - Zappa
Tejas - ZZ Top
Long Live '76!
1. Aerosmith - Rocks
2. Eagles - Hotel California
3. Steely Dan- The Royal Scam
4. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
5. Queen - A Day at the Races
If you count live albums, Frampton Comes Alive! would be my #1.
Wanted to mention Linda Ronstadt-Hasten Down the Wind, Jackson Browne-The Pretender, Warren Zevon-Warren Zevon and last but not least Rory Gallagher-Calling Card.
Jackson Browne "The Pretender" is my favorite JB album
Linda Ronstadt was great. Same for Warren Zevon.
Good call with Warren Zevon, forgot all about that album.
Zevon... my god, what a perfect album!!
TOP 10:
#1 - Judas Priest - "Sad Wings of Destiny"
#2 - Rainbow - "Rising"
#3 - Rush - "2112"
#4 - Jeff Beck - "Wired"
#5 - Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak"
#6 - Scorpions - "Virgin Killer"
#7 - AC/DC - "High Voltage"
#8 - Kansas - "Leftoverture"
#9 - Thin Lizzy - "Johnny the Fox"
#10 - Boston - "Boston"
Honorable Mentions:
• Ramones - "Ramones"
• UFO - "No Heavy Petting"
• Queen - "A Day at the Races"
• Steely Dan - "The Royal Scam"
• Blue Öyster Cult - "Agents of Fortune"
• Styx - "Crystal Ball"
• Rush - "All the World's A Stage"
• AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
• Led Zeppelin - "Presence"
• Led Zeppelin - "The Song Remains the Same"
I just love how they're casually chatting it up with one of the greatest drummers in the history of music.
On the basis that Peart, Bonham and Moon are unavailable, I'd say the greatest.
@@aidannorris1254 Todd Sucherman called.
Genesis "A Trick of the Tail" !!!
I do think somebody mentioned that record. I agree.
Who else was waiting for Chris Alo to pop on every time Never say Die was mentioned...
Love the Alice and ELO picks
No u just love Sydney have the balls to say it.
1. Aerosmith Rocks
2. Boston Debut
3. Bob Seger Night Moves
4. Rush 2112
5. Eagles Hotel California
Honorable mentions; Bob Seger Live Bullet, Peter Frampton comes alive, Steve Miller Fly like an Eagle, Bad Company Run With The Pack, Wings Over America, rainbow Rising, Kiss Destroyer, ZZ Top Tejas, Ac/Dc High Voltage and dirty deeds, Heart Dreamboat Annie
Oh man, how did everyone overlook Tejas? The best ZZ album!
Thank you all for your picks!! *All the damn time!!
My Top 15 picks:
1. Heart ❤️ ‘Dreamboat Annie’
2. Sweet ‘ Give Us A Wink’
3. Boston
4. ELO ‘ A New World Record’
5. Rainbow ‘ Rising’
6. Kiss ‘ Rock and Roll Over’ &
‘Destroyer’ are tied!!
7. Kansas ‘ Point of Know Return’ & ‘ Leftoverture’ are tied !!
8. Rush ‘ 2112’
9. Eagles ‘ Hotel California’
10. Led Zeppelin ‘ Presence’
11. The Runaways
12. Aerosmith ‘ Rocks’
13. BOC ‘ Agents of Fortune’
14. Scorpions ‘ Virgin Killer’
15. JP ‘ Sad Wings of Destiny’
* Life is better with music!!
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1. Boston - Boston
2. Hotel California - The Eagles
3. 2112- Rush
4. Rocks - Aerosmith
5. The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
6. Leftoverture - Kansas
7. Sad Wings of Destiny - Judas Priest
8. Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
9. Private Eyes - Tommy Bolin
10. Crystal Ball - Styx
My fav 22 1976's at age 16 (top 5*):
Aerosmith - Rocks
*Ambrosia -Somewhere I've Never Traveled
*Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow
**Bad Company - Run With The Pack/Burning Sky
Boston - Boston
David Bowie - Station To Station
Eagles - Hotel California
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail/Wind And Wuthering
Elton John - Blue Moves
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Rolling Stones - Black And Blue
Rush - 2112
Santana - Festival
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
*Sweet - Give Us A Wink
10cc - How Dare You
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
Destroyer - Kiss
Rocks - Aerosmith
Station to Station - Bowie
Sad wings of Destiny - Priest
Virgin Killer- Scorpions
1) Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail / Wind & Wuthering
2) Boston - Debut
3) Rush - 2112
4) Kansas - Leftoverture
5) Peter Frampton - Comes Alive
Oh Boy, I can't make a Top 10.
But, Here's My Favorites.
Boston - Boston
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Rush - 2112
Styx - Crystal Ball
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail/Wind and Wuthering
Journey - Look into the Future
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak/Johnny the Fox
Steve Miller Band - Fly like an Eagle
Scorpions - Virgin Killer
Aerosmith - Rocks
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Rainbow - Rising
Uriah Heep - High and Mighty
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Roaring Silence
Kiss - Destroyer/Rock 'N' Roll Over
ELO - A New World Record
Billy Joel - Turnstiles
UFO - No Heavy Petting
AC/DC - High Voltage
Kansas - Leftoverture
Queen - A Day at the Races
The Doobie Brothers - Takin' it to the Streets
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
ZZ Top - Tejas
Santana - Amigos
R.E.O. Speedwagon - R.E.O.
Nazareth - Play 'N' the Game/Close Enough for Rock 'N' Roll
Budgie - If I were Britannia, I'd waive the Rules
Y&T - Yesterday and Today
Krokus - Krokus (Not My Favorite Krokus Album, but pretty Good)
See, it's too hard to make a Top 10.
A Great Year in Music!
1. Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Kiss- Destroyer
3. Rush- 2112
4. Rainbow Rising
5. Aerosmith- Rocks
6. Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak
7. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Gimme Back My Bullets
8. Eagles- Hotel California
9. Boston
10. Genesis- A Trick of the Tail/Wind and Wuthering
11. Queen- A Day at the Races
12. Kiss- Rock 'n' Roll Over
13. Blue Öyster Cult- Agents of Fortune
14. Led Zeppelin- Presence
15. ABBA- Arrival
16. Bee Gees- Children of the World
17. Black Sabbath- Technical Ecstasy
HM:
Kansas- Leftoverture
Bad Company- Run With The Pact
Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains the Same
Rush- All the World's A Stage
A lot of wicked ones you mentioned. I’m glad someone mentioned some Skynyrd. I’m a big fan of Skynyrd and no one is hardly mentioning them.
Love it all except Gimme Back My Bullets I'd have put "Night Moves" in it's place That's the weakest of the picks in my humble opinion.
Sweet - Gives Us a Wink. BOC - Agents of Fortune Ted Nugent - Free For All. Starz - Starz. Kiss - Destroyer.
1 Boston
2 Rocks
3 Night Moves
4 No Heavy Petting
5 High Voltage
Great video. I loved that George included STARCASTLE in his list. That is one of my favorites from that year. And KANSAS Leftoverture!
I don't think ANYONE included German prog-rock band Lake's S/T debut, though. U.S. Top 100 album.
My Top 5 of '76:
1. _Songs in the Key of Life_ - Stevie Wonder
(tie) _Station to Station_ - David Bowie
3. _Hejira_ - Joni Mitchell
4. _Destroyer_ - Kiss
5. _Ramones_ - Ramones
1. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
2. Genesis - A Trick Of the Tail
3. Journey - Look Into the Future
4. Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road
Such a good year in 76. Many great concerts saw. Got diploma from high school as graduated. Grad night Pablo Cruise played Kings Island I went to. Playing pool at billiards hall going to clubs with bands that were there and dancing and having a good time.
Many good albums. Good show Pete.
Great show again guys!! 🤘🎸
#1 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimmie Back My Bullets
#2 Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
#3 Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak
#4 Rainbow: Rising
#5 Waylon Jennings: Are You Ready For The Country?
Honourable Mentions:
Uriah Heep: Firefly
Queen: A Day At The Races
Blackfoot: Flyin’ High
Steve Marriott: Marriott
Kudos to Jim for the Mahogany Rush IV pick, a brilliant album !!!
1976, what a year. Very difficult to make top5. But I suppose mine would be something like this
Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
Van der Graaf Generator - World Record (second generation of VdGG is favourite period by any band ever, so I must include both albums from 1976)
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Camel - Moonmadness
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
And a lot of honorable mentions: Gong - Gazeuse!, Gentle Giant - Interview, Rush - 2112, Eloy - Dawn, Kansas - Leftoverture, Grand Funk Railroad - Born to Die, Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy, Boston self titled, Genesis - A Trick of the Tail, 10cc - How Dare You! and, of course, Magma - Üdü Ẁüdü (sorry, Pete :D).
When I saw the topic here I figured just a dozen decent albums. Holy chit was I off the mark.
1. Royal Scam
2. Agents of Fortune (nice call Jim on E.T.I.= fantastic song)
2.a Rainbow Rising
2b. StationtoStation
2c. Virgin Killer
2.d New World Record
Fantastic. Sorry I could not be there tonight but the Sonus Umbra rehearsals went very well. I picked Rainbow Rising, Rush 2112, The Who By Numbers, Genesis Trick of the Tail and Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
Thanks a lot for the shout out, Steve!!! Highly appreciated! BTW: Ramones debut is my #2, 2112 #3...
what a great episode. Love the fact that even though people may not know each other, but because everyone watches SoT, they all feel like they are all really close friends!
Since I am a prog head (not in any particular order): 1. Leftoverture - Kansas, 2. Moonmadness - Camel, 3. Wind & Wuthering - Genesis, 4. Interview - Gentle Giant and 5. Still Life - Van der Graaf Generator.
Excellent choices all!!!
@@ayeatropoulos1 Totally agree!
Cool. Moonmadness would definitely be in my top-5. My favourite Camel album.
Oh yeah... Kansas' Leftoverture is #1. All written by Kerry Livgren except Magnum Opus to which the whole band contributed little parts. A genius album.
Genesis - “Trick Of The Tail” & “Wind and Wuthering” (Tie)
Van Der Graaf Generator - “Still Life”
The Ramones - “The Ramones”
David Bowie - “Station To Station”
Bob Dylan - “Desire”
I love when you pick specific years for HVS, especially with tonight's cast of characters. Keep em coming!
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak & Johnny The Fox
Hotel California - Eagles
Boston
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Wings Over America
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Gensis - A Trick of The Tail
Kansas - Leftoverture
I fully expected the panel to unanimously crown jailbreak the greatest album of 76. Suprised it isn’t more regarded
BOC - Agents of Fortune, Aerosmith - Rocks, Rush - 2112, Kiss - Destroyer, Rainbow - Rising. Honorable: ELO - New World Record, Lizzy - Jailbreak, Bowie - Station to Station, Kansas - Leftoverture, Priest - Sad Wings.
Great show. Great guests.
Love that Gary Wright was also mentioned.
76 was an epic music year.
I'd go back in a time machine in a heartbeat.
Re: time machine ....You and me both...
@@fuzzbubble All you need is a hot tub...Or a DeLorean
One of the best Hudson Valley Squares episodes
This was one of the best Hudson Valley Squares episodes yet. This particular assortment of participants clicked extremely well.
Steve gave some love to Convoy and Disco Duck! That's awesome! Right on!
One of the best shows I have seen.
One of the best years in music imo!
Such an amazing year for music ... thankful that "Station to Station" finally got mentioned by Sydney before the episode ended; definitely my favorite LP of 1976!! (Also Mike P reminded me that I have that huge Wings Over America box set somewhere in my home .... time to dig that out!)
Great show guys.
1. Rainbow - Rising
2. Led Zeppelin - Presence
3. Black Sabbath -Technical Ecstasy
4. Aerosmith - Rocks
5. Queen - A day at the races
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Ramones - Ramones
Good Rats - Ratcity in Blue
Truth and Janey - No Rest for the Wicked
Aerosmith - Rocks
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Ratcity in Blue was great !
@@fuzzbubble Second that.
@@ledzeplover58 Also Birth Comes To Us All, Live At Last & Tasty. Bruce Kulick (Kiss) played with them for a time. There was a local FM radio station that used to constantly play their songs (especially on Sunday nights, don't remember the exact name of the show but had something to do with bongs - "Midnight Bong"?). Along with Jasper Wrath which was a local CT band led by Jeff Cannata who would later form AOR band Arc Angel, a brief but great band. Remember songs "Tragedy" & "Confession"? Incredibly catchy:
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Boston Debut ❤️🎸
One of the great albums of all time!🤘🏼
Love boston. I'm 25 years old but its probably my fav debut.
These episodes of HVS keep getting better!
We try Arun, we try!
Great Topic! Keep it coming.
Great Show !! lots of fun this one!
Not much into metal, but Hudson Valley Squares is my favorite SOT show because of all the participants.
Superb Show!!
@ 8:02 - I was 13 and saw the Seattle show in the Kingdome. That description of the show-opening experience was sooo spot on. Thanks for taking me back.
I forgot about Camel “ Moodmadness”, that could have made my list too. My favorite Camel album. Thanks Sidney for mentioning “Station To Station” too.
I agree what a great albums
In no particular order, but these are all faves for me from '76:
Kiss: Destroyer
Kiss: Rock and Roll Over
Boston: self-titled
Ted Nugent: Free-for-All
Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak
Bob Seger: Live Bullet
Bob Seger: Night Moves
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Queen: A Day at the Races
Earth, Wind, & Fire: Spirit
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
Blue Oyster Cult: Agents of Fortune
Graham Parker: Howlin' Wind
Graham Parker: Heat Treatment
Kansas: L'eftoverture
Ramones: self-titled
Blondie: self-titled
Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny
Steely Dan: The Royal Scam
David Bowie: Station to Station
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same
Fantastic show and so many great albums picked and talked about. But how is it possible that no one has mentioned The Modern Lovers-Self Titled. That is a killer album!
Great shout!
Great, great show. Really enjoyed it. 👍
I started playing 🎸 with the High Voltage 💿 and by the end of the Summer stuck out in North Dakota’s nuthin to do except watch the wheat 🌾 grow? By the end of this 3 months pretty much figured out how to play the root notes anyhow of 2112! If it wasn’t for that time of my life; I don’t feel I’d be playing from the rest of this Summer’s self taught lessons onwards and offered a chance to play with my own band starting as a younger kid with Coexist to Mortem; Slug 🐌 and in the end with The Glory Stompers. I would never be so grateful till this day. Thank ya now! Sincerely yours, DJP ex etc.. Boston Massachusetts USA 🇨🇳 * Jaime got my last picks!
Thanks Martin for bringing up Give us a Wink so early in the show. I was 10 years old and my Grandma bought me my first record (the die cut cover was the coolest thing) along with an Electrohome record player that looked like a BBQ (it was round with the built in speaker). Great memories! And thanks Martin for the new Sweet book. So glad you put this out.
Very nice of Martin Popoff to give a question somewhere in it all to George in the middle. With gatherings like this it can be very hard for someone to take place. Especially when there are several who gladly can talk all night and more extroverted.
Love to see that the Progressive Metal Drum God has such a varied and open taste in music as well. ELO? Wings? Boston? Ramones? Nice to see!
My Top 5 would be somewhat obvious after watching the show but..
5. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
4. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Rainbow - Rising
2. Boston - Boston
1. Aerosmith - Rocks
Great shout on Hotel California and my favourite Eagles sing, Last Resort. Wasted Time also with it’s reprise my second favourite Eagles song .
GREAT SHOW!!!
Whoa - a completely reconfigured Hudson Valley Squares but what a great show for everyone's lists. Between the picks, honorable mentions and some of the commenters so far, most personal choices - particularly the top 5 - are well represented. But some honorable mentions either missed or not seen as of this posting would be a strictly personal choice - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers eponymous debut. A must shout-out to a fellow home-town guy and band members for their first album debut. And includes American Girl - perhaps my favorite song by the band.
Thanks to all the Squares - those new faces and those with only lists - for their great choices and a fun discussion.
To put GEORGEs 7️⃣6️⃣ selection in perspective. My 1️⃣6️⃣ yr old daughter did a project on LEFTOVERTURE in school . This was done without any knowledge of me even knowing about it. I heard from another volleyball 🏐 parent. So, 4️⃣5️⃣ years after its release , it still has a profound effect. 👍💯
Once again a great show! Thank you!
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
4. Led Zeppelin - Presence
3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
2. Eagles - Hotel California
1. Rainbow - Rising
Virgin Killer by Scorpions, a must. The live rec from Skynyrd, One more for the road, is great. Kansas, Left overture , wow.
Hi Guys and Sydney. Great show. You mentioned my picks. Here are 3 you did not mention that I like.
1. Y and T Debut album
2 Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
3. Bad Company - Run With the Pack
+1 for Bolin's Private Eyes...A year after Come Taste The Band, Graz, Days May Come And Days May Go (interesting Purple demos & jams), This Time Around Live In Tokyo '75 (excellent package) & Last Concert In Japan with Purple, and his solo record Teaser.
1976 also saw "King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Deep Purple In Concert" (aka On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat - released in '95) & "Live At Long Beach 1976" (a repackaged King Biscuit), both featuring Bolin. Long Beach has a live 6-minute version of "Homeward Strut" that's probably worth the price of the cd. Live At Ebbets Field (Tommy Bolin Band released in 1996) is also from 1976, this time with a 9-minute live "Homeward Strut", as well as a 7-minute "Lotus" & an 8-minute "People People".
Rounding out Bolin's 1976 are Live At Northern Lights (a 13-minute Post Toastee!), Shake The Devil - The Lost Sessions (demos/outtakes from Private Eyes), Snapshot (released in 2000, this is a mix of tracks from '76 & earlier) & Whirlwind (demos/outtakes from Teaser & some Energy stuff. A 26-minute Marching Bag). All in all quite a year for Bolin (although a lot of this was released much later).
The family-run Tommy Bolin Archives have released a lot of Bolin material since the late 90's. I had read an article right around that time about their plans & got on their mailing list, to keep up with all of the releases. Considering that he died at age 25 he's got quite a discography: Patch Of Blue (1966 - I believe his first band, a 13 year old Tommy Bolin - I've never heard this), Zephyr, Energy, Spectrum (Billy Cobham/Jan Hammer - if you don't own this record then shame on you), James Gang, Alphonse Mouzon, Moxy, Deep Purple & Solo
1. Boston 2. Leftoverture 3. A Day At The Races 4. Trick Of The Tail/Wind And Wuthering (that’s two I know!) 5. Hotel California
I thought they were going to talk about one of the albums that appear on the video miniature (or cover, don't know how' called): Invisible's third album, "El Jardin de los Presentes".
If you want to hear absolutely amazing music, give it a spin
Absolute masterpiece
Exacto, yo por eso vi el video, estos bastardos me mintieron jajaja. Pero sí, una Obra Maestra de Spínetta
I have 30+ albums from 1976:
38. Nazareth - Play 'N' The Game
37. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny*
36. Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
35. Led Zeppelin - Presence
34. Nazareth - Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll
33. The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits
32. Rainbow - Rising
31. Doobie Brothers Band - Takin' It To The Streets
30. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (1976 top album of the year)
29. Blackfoot - Flyin' High
28. Point Blank - Point Blank
27. Marshall Tucker Band - Long Hard Ride
26. Foghat - Night Shift
25. Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready For The Country
24. Aerosmith - Rocks
23. KISS - Destroyer
22. KISS - Rock And Roll Over
21. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets
20. Kansas - Leftoverture
19. Ted Nugent - Free For All
18. George Benson - Breezin'* (1976 top Jazz album)
17. Willie Nelson - The Sound In Your Mind
16. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
15. Boston - Boston
14. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet - Live Bullet
13. ZZ Top - Tejas
12. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
11. AC/DC - High Voltage
Favorite charted hits of the year: ranked on the year end chart
1. Dream On - Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973) #51
2. Love Hurts - Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog (1975) #23
Songs in the key of life - Stevie Wonder. Presence - Led Zeppelin. Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs. Johnny the Fox - Thin Lizzy. Oh Yeah ! - Jan hammer Group.A lot of folks would definitely overlook the last choice ! A brilliant album.
Good call! Oh Yeah is fabulous.
Grew up drinking OV splits listening to everything mentioned in todays show 🤘🏻. Was a sophomore in '76 and growing up in western NY we had access to a lot of great Canadian beer and radio stations. Keep up the good work.
...and speaking as a late '70's/early '80's SUNY alum, yay Genesee Cream Ale & Utica Club (the "Forgotten" beer)! The only brews we could afford back then. I can't believe it takes 4 weeks to make Utica Club
1. Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish
2. RTF - Romantic Warrior
3. Crack the Sky - Animal Notes
4. Rory - Calling Card
5. Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
No disrespect to classics like Left overture & Boston I wanted to list some that either weren't mentioned or weren't mentioned very much
1. Rory Gallagher - Calling Card
2. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
3. Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
4. Aerosmith - Rocks
5. UFO - No Heavy Petting
HM: Bob Seger, Steve Miller Band
and I must get this Boston album. Their singles were awesome!
All great picks! Loved the special guests too!
1976, what a great year for rock. I had written a whole list of albums released that year that I love and they all got a mention, if not in the top 5s then in the honourable mentions, so great job, thanks to all contributors.
1. Status Quo - Blue For You
2. Rainbow - Rising
3. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
4. Rush - 2112
5. Aerosmith - Rocks
My Top Five:
1) Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
2) Weather Report - Black Market
3) Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun
4) Alphonso Johnson - Moonshadows
5) Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
Excellent HVS this week! 1976 was truly a great year!
Greetings. Great year my 5 would be.
Status Quo Blue For You.
Pat Travers Band debut
Triumph debut.
Electric Light Orchestra / A New World Record.
Rory Gallagher / Calling Card.
Honourable lads.
Boston
Yesterday And Today
Jeff Beck / Wired
Uriah Heep / Firefly
Rainbow / Rising
Lynyrd Skynyrd / Gimme Three Steps.
All for me utter classics so many more from this year. Great show by the way.
@@shaynewest8757 opps my bad! It's early!1
Really awesome episode Pete ! Nice surprise special guests too 🤘
Thin Lizzy - Johnny the 🦊
Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Queen - A Day at the Races
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds done Dirt cheap
Awesome guests tonight!!🤘
And lots of albums I haven't given a lot of attention to, which I will go check out more now.
Love watching Sydney's face whenever RUSH is mentioned.
Love watching Sydney's face. Period.
It’s always fun when you know the person doesn’t like the band that’s being discussed.
@@kayleeguth7291 I think Sydney respects Rush but doesn't like them. I have the same attitude towards the Who and the Stones.
Pete, and George, thanks for giving Kansas the love they deserve. How anyone could choose Hotel California 😝and not even mention Leftoverture 😁 amazes me. Not even close in composition, lyrics, orchestration, musicianship, and production. Kerry Livgren is an amazing songwriter! Thanks again for remembering such a great band and album. I think that we should start our own Hall of Fame, and Kansas would be the first inductee 🥳.
Both were mentioned
CULT STARS. I know. I'm speaking of most individuals naming the Eagles instead of Kansas.
So this'll probably be controversial for some but I don't really get the Kansas appeal. I DO have a bunch of their tunes in my prog playlist but I think that's just me "covering all the bases" so to speak & not because I love the music. I find a lot of their music boring.
'76's Leftoverture seems to be their best selling record & does have some good tunes, but I honestly got really tired of hearing 'Carry On Wayward Son" (and also "Dust In The Wind") every 10 minutes on the radio for the longest time, at least on our local classic rock stations. Then I stopped listening to radio altogether so hopefully they at least stopped doing that (for everyone's sanity).
One of my all-time favorite guitar players Steve Morse thought enough of them to actually join them in '86 so obviously I'm missing something. I do like a few tracks off In The Spirit Of Things but even those don't get much play. The Morse instrumental "T.O. Witcher" is nice though - this was originally a Dixie Dregs track off 1975's The Great Spectacular, shortened by about 30 seconds for the Kansas version. And even that track usually gets played in its Dregs incarnation & not the Kansas version
The eagles are way superior to Kansas and how arrogant to presume that everyone agrees with you I don't know anyone who thinks Kansas are better than the eagles of course that's my opinion but I wouldn't speak for anyone else
Brian. So you wouldn't presume to speak for anyone else...but you said that no one you know thinks Kansas is better than the eagles. Unless you're the only person you know, you just did!
1-Hejira-Joni Mitchell
2-Johnny the Fox-Thin Lizzy
3-Animal Notes-Crack the Sky
4-Romantic Warrior-Return to Forever
5-Hasten Down the Wind-Linda Ronstadt
HM--Somewhere I've Never Traveled-Ambrosia; 2112-Rush; Jailbreak-Thin Lizzy; Mahogany Rush IV; Automatic Man (1st LP); Resolution-Andy Pratt; Sincerely-Dwight Twilley Band
Jim, glad to hear that there is a new Hittman album in the works, thats badass!!
1975
1. Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic + Angel - Angel
2. Budgie - Bandolier
3. Warner Bros Presents Montrose
4. UFO - Force It
5 . Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
1. Rainbow - Rising
2. Aerosmith- Rocks
3. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
4. Kansas - Left Overture
5. Boston - Boston
6. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
7. Heart - Dreamboat Annie
8. KISS- Destroyer
9. Bad Company - Run With The Pack.
10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - debut album
So many great albums. My top 5 are:
1. Rainbow - Rising
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Kansas - Leftoverture
4. Rory Gallagher - Calling Card
5. Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
King Of The Nighttime World and Escape by Alice Cooper were both done originally by the group Hollywood Stars. Escape is called "All The Kids On The Street" on their debut album. They have an album from 1974 that was shelved until a couple years ago, and it has their original King Of The Nighttime World
5. Young And Rich - The Tubes
4. Red Tape - Atlanta Rhythm Section
3. Flyin High - Blackfoot
2. Backdoor Possibilities - Birth Control
1. Soul Searching - Average White Band
Great Show guys... I was surprised nobody mentioned Camel Moonmadness
T.Rex - Futuristic Dragon
Budgie - If I Were Brittania I'd Waive the Rules
Barrabás - Watch Out
Miguel Ríos - La huerta atómica
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence