This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.
I have often mentioned that I think of the year 1977 as the crucible of my rockin' pop tastes. I was 17, graduating from high school in the spring of '77 and commencing college matriculation in the fall. I was already passionate about adding records to my collection, eagerly scarfing up oldies and then-contemporary releases alike. My crucible started its smelting pot in '76 and continued with punk-fueled intensity thereafter. 1977 was the flashpoint.
Today's imaginary playlist is slapped together solely from records I'm pretty sure I acquired in that crucible year of '77. I may have accidentally included a 1976 or '78 acquisition, but I'm, at worst, close to the crucible throughout.
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Fake TIRnRR Playlist: Songs I Acquired In 1977
THE RUBINOOS: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Beserkley, The Rubinoos)
THE MONKEES: Love Is Only Sleeping (Colgems, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.)
THE BABYS: Isn't It Time (Chrysalis, single)
THE KINKS: Tired Of Waiting For You (Reprise, Kinks-Size)
KISS: Calling Dr. Love (Casablanca, Rock And Roll Over)
THE COWSILLS: Hair (MGM, Cowsills In Concert)
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THE SEX PISTOLS: Did You No Wrong (Virgin, single)
THE BEATLES: Helter Skelter (Apple, The Beatles)
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: This Ain't The Summer Of Love (Columbia, Agents Of Fortune)
THE RAIDERS: Birds Of A Feather (Columbia, Indian Reservation)
TALKING HEADS: Uh Oh Love Comes To Town (Sire, single)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Concentration Baby (Epic, single)
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THE ANIMALS: Many Rivers To Cross (Jet, Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted)
ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS: White Houses (MGM, Every One Of Us)
HEART: Magic Man (Mushroom, single)
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD: Mr. Soul (Atco, VA: The Super Groups)
T. REX: Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Warner Brothers Special Products, VA: Heavy Metal)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD: I Only Want To Be With You (Sire, VA: History Of British Rock)
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THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Sweet Virginia (Arista, It's A Game)
THE ROLLING STONES: You Better Move On (Decca, The Rolling Stones EP)
KANSAS: Carry On Wayward Son (Kirshner, single)
JONI MITCHELL: Help Me (Asylum, single)
RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS: Love Comes In Spurts (Sire, Blank Generation)
THE BEACH BOYS: Girl Don't Tell Me (Capitol, Endless Summer)
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AC/DC: Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be (Atlantic, Let There Be Rock)
NEIL YOUNG: After The Gold Rush (Reprise, After The Gold Rush)
GEILS: So Good (Atlantic, Monkey Island)
LINDA RONSTADT: Love Is A Rose (Asylum, single)
DENNIS WILSON: River Song (Caribou, Pacific Ocean Blue)
THE TURTLES: Love In The City (Sire, Happy Together Again!)
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THE KINKS: Jukebox Music (Arista, Sleepwalker)
THE KINKS: I Took My Baby Home (Pye, The Pye History Of British Rock)
MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND: Blinded By The Light (Warner Brothers, single)
RASPBERRIES: I'm A Rocker (Capitol, single)
ABBA: Take A Chance On Me (Atlantic, single)
THE MONKEES: Goin' Down (Colgems, single)
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THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Sire, single)
THE BYRDS: Artificial Energy (Ronco, VA: Do It Now: 20 Giant Hits)
SWEET: AC/DC (Capitol, Desolation Boulevard)
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Sharon (Orbit, Like Long Hair)
QUEEN: We Will Rock You (Elektra, single)
BADFINGER: No Matter What (Apple, No Dice)
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FLEETWOOD MAC: Second Hand News (Warner Brothers, Rumours)
PAUL AND LINDA McCARTNEY: Another Day (Apple, single)
GEORGE HARRISON: This Song (Dark Horse, single)
JOHN LENNON: God (Apple, Plastic Ono Band)
RINGO STARR: I'm The Greatest (Apple, Ringo)
THE ALLIGATORS: I Try And I Try (Sunwray, single)
THE HOLLIES: Carrie Ann (Arista, VA: Stardust OST)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Do You Love Me (Epic, Glad All Over)
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THE SEX PISTOLS: No Feelings (Warner Brothers, Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols)
THE KINKS: Prince Of The Punks (Arista, single)
THE MONKEES: The Girl I Knew Somewhere (Colgems, single)
BADFINGER: Baby Blue (Apple, single)
KISS: Any Way You Want It (Casablanca, Alive II)
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Louie Go Home (Columbia, Greatest Hits)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Yesterday's Hero (Arista, Dedication)
THE BEATLES: I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Apple, Abbey Road)
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THE RAVERS: (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas (Zombie, single)
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