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“HARD ROCK WEEK 1977” is a superb radio album series that brings out the “Western music scene of 1977”. The final night will be the release date. Even if someone suddenly mentions it as a “series,” it might just be “?”. This work includes the FM radio program “Madness Program: 7 Days of Hard Rock” that was broadcast in 1977. This was a seasonal special of the popular program “Young Jockey,” in which they continued to respond to hard rock requests every day for a week. The program had a 1-hour time slot for 7 days, but the 4-disc set “HARD ROCK WEEK 1977 DAY 1-4” containing the first 4 days was normally released. On the other hand, this work includes the 7th and final day “April 3, 1977” broadcast. The quality is truly exquisite. At our store, we have archived many music programs with original masters by core record enthusiasts, and this work is one of them. Not only did they use high-end equipment from the time, they also took great care in ensuring radio wave conditions and storage environments. What flows out from the original master is exactly as if the broadcast radio waves of that time had flown across time and space. The content may not be suitable for the content alone, but it is a so-called completely official sound board. Now, onto the main topic. As I mentioned in the explanation of the 4-disc set “HARD ROCK WEEK 1977 DAY 1-4”, the biggest point of this work is the sense of the times of 1977. A very famous DJ in Japan’s Western music scene plays a song while reading a request postcard. It feels like all the big, classic bands were exhausted in the first half, and this work introduces 10 bands that are slightly lower in the rankings. Let’s take a look at the lineup here. 13th place/139 votes: MONTROSE 16th place/86 votes: BLACK SABBATH 24th place/54 votes: TED NUGENT 30th place/43 votes: MOUNTAIN 32nd place/39 votes: DEREK & THE DOMINOS 36th place/35 votes: REX 49th place/ 22 votes: FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH 56th place/18 votes: STATUS QUO 58th place/17 votes: 10cc 69th place/13 votes: J. GEILS BAND…and something like this. Since the program is randomized to prevent popular bands from being concentrated over a 7-day period, the rankings are also uneven. The goal was to compose 100 songs in 7 days, but ended up finishing with 77 songs. If you look at the rankings, you can see that on the last day they were relatively low. Even if you look at the contents, DEREK & THE DOMINOS and 10cc are introduced as “hard rock”, which gives a sense of the 70’s, and the fact that REX is played gives a sense of the era that could only exist in 1977. And it’s the talks that are performed in between such famous songs that are interesting. He reveals the secret story behind how Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, who visited Japan, asked for an autograph from a Japanese guitarist, and introduces 10cc as “recently disbanded… or rather, split into two.” Regarding “Silly Love,” he says, “It seems like Komawari-kun (Gakideka?) got the idea from this song,” but he can’t even remember what song “Komawari-kun” is… In such a situation, BLACK SABBATH was saved as the highlight of the final day (?). “I want the three British HR families SABBATH, ZEPPELIN, and PURPLE to compete. I would love to see them,” he read out an enthusiastic postcard, and bluntly said, “If we make them fight based on the number of votes, BLACK SABBATH will lose miserably.” , showing the reality of Japan in the 1970s. He also comments, “The good thing about these guys is that they don’t change, and people like Tony Iommi always play the same guitar,” but “TECHNICAL ECSTASY” had a different sound at the time… He goes on to say, “Recently, when I watched films, I felt like they were working hard as usual,” but when I think of film footage from the 1970s, I think of Brussels 70s (at the time it was thought of as Paris 70s), or “Sabbath”. Bloody Sabbath” “It’s Alright” clip? In any case, is it “the same as always”? I can’t help but think so. In any case, I’m tickled by how it feels a little different from the modern, well-discovered perspective. Also, since this is the final episode of the show, a certain DJ will also give a comprehensive overview of his “view of hard rock.” “If you listen to hard rock like this, you can’t help but feel that everyone is the same.Hard rock is rock that consciously does the same thing, and it’s always rock.” I feel like it’s a sound that will continue to be in the mainstream of the scene.It’s a conscious effort to keep it rock, so I think that’s fine.” I feel like I want to poke fun at him, but his thoughts are really interesting and not off-topic. And the final number is the final number. CHEAP TRICK’s “Hot Love” is introduced by saying, “Actually, it got zero votes” and “the most modern hard rock.” I was surprised that a band as big as CHEAP TRICK got zero votes, but when I thought about it, they made their debut in February 1977. It was a time when it was still not well known and DJs were enthusiastically pushing it. In April 1977, the word “hard rock” had a wide meaning, and CHEAP TRICK had not yet obtained citizenship. This is an exquisite radio album that brings out the Western music scene of that era from the speakers. Broadcast Date : 3rd April 1977 (64:09) 1. Time Signal 2. DJ Intro 3. Mountain – Mississippi Queen (Live) 4. DJ Talk 5. Status Quo – Drifting Away 6. Rex – Trouble 7. DJ Talk 8. Montrose – Starliner 9. Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – The Answer 10. DJ Talk 11. Derek & The Dominos – Bottle Of Red Wine (Live) 12. DJ Talk 13. 10cc – Silly Love 14. DJ Talk 15. J. Geils Band – Detroit Breakdown 16. DJ Talk 17. Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 18. DJ Talk Interesting 19. Ted Nugent – Hammerdown 20. DJ Talk Interesting Lastly, I introduce Cheap Trick as a new band (I haven’t received any votes yet) (No) 21. Cheap Trick – Hot Love 22. Outro/Time Signal 23. News Prime Minister Fukuda, Chief Cabinet Secretary Sonoda and others’ negotiations on Soviet fisheries. It’s interesting that not much has changed.
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