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Post by mga707 on Feb 21, 2020 17:14:51 GMT -5
Aren't we overdue for a 1975 show? Can't recall a '75 show so far this year, either 'A' or 'B'. 1/18/1975 aired earlier this year. Thanks--the one week this year that I've missed entirely. Was unfortunately in the hospital then, missed all of the shows that week. |
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Post by albe on Feb 22, 2020 6:22:27 GMT -5
March 3 1979 continues the format change to AT40 (which started on Feb. 24, 1979) where the Top 3 songs from last week AT40 would be recapped and played before the countdown actually starts. |
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Post by Hervard on Feb 22, 2020 7:18:59 GMT -5
1/18/1975 aired earlier this year. Thanks--the one week this year that I've missed entirely. Was unfortunately in the hospital then, missed all of the shows that week. I hope everything's OK. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 22, 2020 11:33:26 GMT -5
I echo Hervard - hope you are much, much better.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 22, 2020 11:39:59 GMT -5
Doing much better, thank you both. Had a minor stroke, but no paralysis.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 22, 2020 11:42:58 GMT -5
March 3 1979 continues the format change to AT40 (which started on Feb. 24, 1979) where the Top 3 songs from last week AT40 would be recapped and played before the countdown actually starts. Thanks for that. Don't have to tune in until about 10-15 minutes after the program's start. Always thought that was a useless time-filler. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 22, 2020 12:53:52 GMT -5
Casey played "Mr.Tambourine Man" as an extra on this weekend's countdown from 2/21/76-He stated that The Byrds didn't play on that particular song & that session musicians such as Hal Blaine & Glen Campbell were brought in-If I'm not mistaken,The Monkees went through something similar when their first album was released in 1966.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 22, 2020 16:59:30 GMT -5
Casey played "Mr.Tambourine Man" as an extra on this weekend's countdown from 2/21/76-He stated that The Byrds didn't play on that particular song & that session musicians such as Hal Blaine & Glen Campbell were brought in-If I'm not mistaken,The Monkees went through something similar when their first album was released in 1966. The Monkees sang, but id not play, on their first two LPs, "The Monkees" and "More Of The Monkees, both of which reached #1 on the LP chart in 1966-67. It wasn't until their third album, "Headquarters", in mid-'67 that they played any instruments on their records. The difference between The Monkees and The Byrds was that only two of the four Monkees, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork, had been musicians before being hired for their T roles, although Mickey Dolenz did have some musical talent in addition to his acting credits, and Davy Jones, while also primarily an actor, had sang in musical theater productions. |
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 22, 2020 17:28:07 GMT -5
Casey played "Mr.Tambourine Man" as an extra on this weekend's countdown from 2/21/76-He stated that The Byrds didn't play on that particular song & that session musicians such as Hal Blaine & Glen Campbell were brought in-If I'm not mistaken,The Monkees went through something similar when their first album was released in 1966. When Hal Blaine passed away last year,Roger McGwinn said Hal was the 2nd most important individual in rock music history. He also said it took two takes to record Mr. Tambourine Man,when the Byrds did Turn Turn Turn on their own it took them 77 takes to get to the final product. |
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Post by pb on Feb 22, 2020 17:34:13 GMT -5
When Hal Blaine passed away last year,Roger McGwinn said Hal was the 2nd most important individual in rock music history. On some of the early (1970-72) AT40 episodes it was not uncommon to have multiple songs with Hal Blaine on drums. |
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Post by slf on Feb 22, 2020 17:42:07 GMT -5
Casey played "Mr.Tambourine Man" as an extra on this weekend's countdown from 2/21/76-He stated that The Byrds didn't play on that particular song & that session musicians such as Hal Blaine & Glen Campbell were brought in-If I'm not mistaken,The Monkees went through something similar when their first album was released in 1966. I was under the impression that the lead guitar part on "Mr. Tambourine Man" came from Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker. |
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Post by pb on Feb 22, 2020 19:23:52 GMT -5
I was under the impression that the lead guitar part on "Mr. Tambourine Man" came from Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker. I think McGuinn played on the track although the rest of the Byrds did not. |
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 22, 2020 21:33:48 GMT -5
I was under the impression that the lead guitar part on "Mr. Tambourine Man" came from Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker. I think McGuinn played on the track although the rest of the Byrds did not. McGuinn played on the track,you are correct. |
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Post by caseyfan100 on Feb 22, 2020 21:37:39 GMT -5
One of the other musicians Casey listed was Larry Knechtel. He along with Blaine and guitarist Joe Osborn played on too many songs to mention. Knechtel played bass guitar on Doors records because they didn't have a bass player. As a member of Bread,he is the "guitar man" on Guitar Man and as a piano/keyboard player he was on Bridge Over Troubled Water,I Think I Love You and the Johnny Rivers version of Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Feb 22, 2020 23:50:25 GMT -5
March 3 1979 continues the format change to AT40 (which started on Feb. 24, 1979) where the Top 3 songs from last week AT40 would be recapped and played before the countdown actually starts. Thanks for that. Don't have to tune in until about 10-15 minutes after the program's start. Always thought that was a useless time-filler. Agreed...I like the mentioning of the previous week's top 3, but playing all 3 is a bit much. I think 2/14/1981 is the first show since the practice began that the full top 3 isn't played (though the full top 3 would be played again near the end of 1981 after the conclusion of the AT40 Archives, and a few shows in between then and late 1986-early 1987). I always enjoyed random extras or specials as filler. |
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