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Post by mkarns on Apr 21, 2024 20:17:08 GMT -5
The # 1 song on 4/23/77 was "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston-In 1975,that song first appeared on the album "Wake Up Everybody" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes-The only single that album generated was the title track which reached the top twenty in early 1976-In any event,The Blue Notes loss was Houston's gain. And while Thelma's version was a hit a good six months or more before the film came out, her recording of it was used in the disturbing 1977 movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", starring Diane Keaton. Can't hear the song without thinking of the film. I recall Casey telling a story in which Boz Scaggs, or at least his management, passed on allowing "Lowdown" to be used on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in favour of Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Oops...
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Post by michaelcasselman on Apr 22, 2024 7:40:35 GMT -5
There were several edited songs, and that was without any extras. There was, though, an extended story about Alan Freed and the Cleveland riot (due to counterfeiters selling lots of fake tickets), which wasn’t connected to any particular song. There's about 16 minutes (give or take a few seconds) of additional music in the Supersized version of 4/23/1977, based on a comparison of my recordings of the 'regular' Premiere version and WTOJs. ETA: Also, WTOJ's Supersized version omitted the third hour introduction by Larry Morgan.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 22, 2024 7:52:54 GMT -5
The Alan Freed story was very interesting-In 1978 a movie called "American Hot Wax" was released in theatres-It was about Freed's career-It starred some up & coming performers such as Jay Leno & Fran Drescher-Unfortunately,it isn't available on DVD which is a downright shame. Why can't "American Hot Wax" be released on DVD or Blu-Ray or 4K? Too much music clearance?
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 22, 2024 8:12:50 GMT -5
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Post by kenmartin on Apr 22, 2024 8:14:36 GMT -5
Supersized 4/23/77 on WTOJ clocked in at three & a half hours-There must've been a boatload of butchered songs for Ken Martin to restore. I believe it was about 16 minutes of music that needed to be chopped. However, since WTOJ is running both all the optional extras and more commercials than is recommended by Premiere, it's bound to run long.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Apr 22, 2024 8:19:47 GMT -5
WTOJs 1978 will be.. and boy does it need it!!! Sunday 9am EDT
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 22, 2024 8:34:07 GMT -5
Supersized 4/23/77 on WTOJ clocked in at three & a half hours-There must've been a boatload of butchered songs for Ken Martin to restore. I believe it was about 16 minutes of music that needed to be chopped. However, since WTOJ is running both all the optional extras and more commercials than is recommended by Premiere, it's bound to run long. If I am interpreting that correctly, 16 minutes of songs had to be chopped from the original show for the Premiere offering. So Ken added those 16 minutes back into the Supersized show plus any songs that were edited in the original show were extended to the normal length of the song which had to be another 10-15 minutes. Virtually every 1976, 77 and 78 shows before October must be like that timewise.
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Post by trekkielo on Apr 22, 2024 12:36:58 GMT -5
And while Thelma's version was a hit a good six months or more before the film came out, her recording of it was used in the disturbing 1977 movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", starring Diane Keaton. Can't hear the song without thinking of the film. I recall Casey telling a story in which Boz Scaggs, or at least his management, passed on allowing "Lowdown" to be used on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in favour of Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Oops... As an Extra from October 14, 1978!
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Post by LC on Apr 22, 2024 13:58:44 GMT -5
And while Thelma's version was a hit a good six months or more before the film came out, her recording of it was used in the disturbing 1977 movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", starring Diane Keaton. Can't hear the song without thinking of the film. I recall Casey telling a story in which Boz Scaggs, or at least his management, passed on allowing "Lowdown" to be used on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in favour of Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Oops... Yes, "oops" in hindsight. But looking at it from beforehand, the decision is more understandable. LFMG was based on a bestselling novel. SNF was inspired by a magazine article. LFMG starred Dianne Keaton, an Oscar winner for "Annie Hall." SNF starred "Vinnie Barbarino" from "Welcome Back Kotter." LFMG was clearly poised to have greater success. But, as they say in sports, that's why you play the actual game....
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Post by dukelightning on Apr 22, 2024 14:17:14 GMT -5
...or as Casey said at the end of that story, 'you win a few and you lose a few'. One other tidbit about that decision is that the Looking for Mr. Goodbar soundtrack was on the Columbia label that Boz Scaggs was also on. So they were trying to keep it in house as it was Columbia's decision.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 22, 2024 19:46:07 GMT -5
And while Thelma's version was a hit a good six months or more before the film came out, her recording of it was used in the disturbing 1977 movie "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", starring Diane Keaton. Can't hear the song without thinking of the film. I recall Casey telling a story in which Boz Scaggs, or at least his management, passed on allowing "Lowdown" to be used on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in favour of Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Oops... Wow the movie producers were really mining that Autumn 1976 Top 40 for that soundtrack. I'm picturing Tony out on the floor and hearing "the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down" and being like okay what do I do now.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 22, 2024 20:06:09 GMT -5
I recall Casey telling a story in which Boz Scaggs, or at least his management, passed on allowing "Lowdown" to be used on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in favour of Looking For Mr. Goodbar. Oops... Wow the movie producers were really mining that Autumn 1976 Top 40 for that soundtrack. I'm picturing Tony out on the floor and hearing "the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down" and being like okay what do I do now. But I guess Robert Stigwood drew the line at one of the biggest hit singles from that autumn, even though it was on RSO Records. 'Quack quack...'
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Post by chrislc on Apr 22, 2024 20:22:14 GMT -5
Wow the movie producers were really mining that Autumn 1976 Top 40 for that soundtrack. I'm picturing Tony out on the floor and hearing "the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down" and being like okay what do I do now. But I guess Robert Stigwood drew the line at one of the biggest hit singles from that autumn, even though it was on RSO Records. 'Quack quack...' Yes, always an awkward segue between those two hits. Though water was a common theme.
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Post by matt on Apr 23, 2024 11:19:59 GMT -5
So I take it this is the A (and therefore the only) show?
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Post by michaelcasselman on Apr 23, 2024 11:21:57 GMT -5
Lately the only shows that haven't had B shows were from January 1976-September 1978.
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