Listen to Tommy with a candle burning, and you’ll see your entire future. — Anita Miller, Almost Famous
On Saturday, September 4th, WTTS dusted off the vinyl for Album Side Saturday. We played classic album sides ALL DAY , listening to the music the way it was first heard. Thanks to everybody who stepped up and told us which album sides you wanted to hear. We know we only got to a fraction of the suggestions, but there’s always next time and there WILL be a next time…
While you check out the list of album sides we played below, how about a little trivia? Why are they called “albums” in the first place?
And, these are two of our favorite movies about how cool records are.
We played:
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cosmo’s Factory
Side 2
Genesis
Genesis
Side 1
Steely Dan
Katy Lied
Side 1
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II
Side 1
The Police
Zenyattà Mondatta
Side 1
Elton John
Madman Across the Water
Side 1
David Bowie
Let’s Dance
Side 1
Jackson Browne
Running on Empty
Side 1
The Cure
Disintegration
Side 1
The Beatles
Revolver
Side 1
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Southern Accents
Side 1
Eagles
The Long Run
Side 1
INXS
Listen Like Thieves
Side 1
Eric Clapton
461 Ocean Boulevard
Side 1
The Doors
The Doors
Side 1
R.E.M.
Green
Side 1
John Mellencamp
American Fool
Side 1
Van Morrison
Astral Weeks
Side 1
Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Side 2
Outfield
Play Deep
Side 1
The Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
Side 1
Velvet Underground
Loaded
Side 1
U2
War
Side 1
Cheap Trick
At Budokan
Side 2
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Texas Flood
Side 1
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Side 2
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Side 1
Steve Miller Band
Fly Like an Eagle
Side 1
Pink Floyd
The Wall
Side 1
Nirvana
Nevermind
Side 1
Oh, the answer to that trivia question? Early collections of 78RPM records were collected in books that resembled photo albums.
Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon (Both)
Wish You Were Here (Both)
Beatles- White Album (All)
Springsteen – Side 2 of The Wild, The Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle.
It’s like summer at the Jersey Shore in the 1970′s!
Bob Seger Live Bullet
Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge of Town
John Mellencamp Scarecrow
Jackson Browne The Pretender
Bob Dylan Hwy 61 Revisited
Been playing my old albums down in the basement. My wife says she doesn’t care how loud I play em as long as I play some Dylan.
I could go on and on. Three hundred albums all rock,rhythm, and blues.
Steely Dan AJA (Side One)
J Geils Band Live Full House side 1
Rush 2112 side 1
Bad Company Bad Company side 1
Bob Seger Live Bullet side 1
Van Halen Van Halen side 1
Supertramp Breakfast In America side 1
Robin Trower Bridge Of Sighs side 1
Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon both sides!
Lynyrd Skynyrd Steet Survivors side 1
Elton John Honky Chateau side 1
Frank Zappa Overnite Sensation side 1
Yes The Yes Album side 1
Kansas Leftoverture side 2
Please play the Dinner Side of R.E.M’s Life’s Rich Pageant, this album has some Bloomington history as it was recorded @ the Belmont Mall Studios in Belmont,IN.
Dinner Side:
1.”Begin the Begin” – 3:28
2.”These Days” – 3:24
3.”Fall on Me” – 2:50
4.”Cuyahoga” – 4:19
5.”Hyena” – 2:50
6.”Underneath the Bunker” – 1:25
Supper Side:
7.”The Flowers of Guatemala” – 3:55
8.”I Believe” – 3:49
9.”What If We Give It Away?” – 3:33
10.”Just a Touch” – 3:00
11.”Swan Swan H” – 2:42
12.”Superman” (Mike Bottler and Gary Zekley) – 2:52
1. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (both sides)
2. Grateful Dead – Live/Dead (Sides 1 and 2)
3. Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Deja Vu (either side)
4. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced (side 2)
5. The Doors – The Doors (Side 1)
6. The Band – The Band (Side 1)
7. Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s… (Side 1)
8. Rolling Stones – Tattoo You (Side 1)
How about UNINTERRUPTED album sides. The way they were meant to be heard.
Okay- Three more for the road:
Jimi Hendrix “Are You Experienced?” side 2
Spirit (self titled first album) side 2
Delaney & Bonnie On Tour With Eric Clapton side 1
Boston, 1st album
Alan Parsons Project
Allman Brothers
Marshall Tucker Band
Jethro Tull Benefit side two
Dan Fogelberg, Souvenirs, side one. One of the best albums of all time. 1975 a great year. Remember Dan and give yourself the honor of playing this wonderful artist and album. He never cared if he was in the top 40, his music came from the heart!!
Kansas Carry on wayward son
You can play A or B side of EVERY Beatles album and have a very happy audience.
Elton John- Tumbelweed Connection, A side
Cat Stevens- Teaser and the Firecat, B side
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run, A side
Rolling Stones- Voodoo Lounge, A side
And i’ll take all the Dylan I can get.
Thanks for playing vinyl! That’s the only way I listen to Abbey Road.
The Beatles “Rubber Soul” side one Joni Mitchell “Court and Spark” side one. Pink Floyd “Momentary Lack Of Reason” side one.
Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends, Side 1
Here are my requests:
–The Beatles, “The Beatles (The White Album),” Side 1 of first record.
–The Beatles, “Revolver,” both sides.
–Led Zepplin, “Led Zepplin 4 (Zoso), Side 1.
–Bob Dylan, “Bringing It All Back Home,” Side 2.
–The Who, “Who’s Next,” both sides.
–The Rolling Stones, “Let It Bleed,” both sides.
–The Rolling Stones, “Sticky Fingers,” Side 1.
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds
either side.
Please.
Neil Young – Harvest
Badfinger – Straight Up – Side One
;o)
INXS – Shabooh Shoobah (both sides)
Dire Straits :
1978 first American release “Dire Straits”
The Joshua Tree – U2 – Side 1
Scarecrow – Mellencamp – Side 1
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac – Side 1
Physical Graffiti sides 3 and 4? dont have it on vinyl wish I did. From “In the Light” thru rest of Album would be great Thanks Also John Lennon Imagine album Probably side 2. “How do you sleep?” one of my favorites on this album, but the whole thing is great.
Dark Side Of The Moon (in it’s entirety)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Joshua Tree (side 1)
Santana (side 1)
Jethro Tull’s ‘Thick As A Brick’. Any side.
OH and i almost forgot.
Yes ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ Side 1
Neil Young ‘Harvest’ Both Sides
Rush ‘Moving Pictures’ Both Sides
The Police ‘Reggatta de Blanc’ maybe?
… sorry (keep forgetting things on my list)
Frank Zappa ‘Joe’s Garage’ Act I,II, and III
Frank Zappa ‘Zoot Allures’ Both sides
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band The Good Earth
Side 1
Let the WTTS listeners enjoy this great album side !
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Couldn’t Stand the Weather – Side 1
Harvest-Neil Young
August and Everything After-C. Crows
Asbury Park-Springsteen
Ploease play Emerson Lake and Palmer’s
Karn evil 9
Elvis Costello-My Aim Is True-side one
Marshall Crenshaw-Marshall Crenshaw-side one
The Beatles-Rubber Soul-both sides
Well, i have thought about this so much I think my head is going to burst….and I can’t settle on just a few. But, I have chosen two since I can’t make up my mind about it….
1. Jackson Browne-The Pretender (or anything else, love it all!)
2. George Harrison – The Concert for Bangladesh (any side will do).
Luck of the Draw, Bonnie Raitt
White Album, Beatles
Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
The Joshua Tree, U2
Thanks. Keep up the awesome play list.
Low spark of high heeled boys, side one
You should do this at least once a week!
Chicago X- side 1
Earth Wind & Fire, All N’ All- side 1
ELO, Face the Music- side 1
Billy Joel, The Stranger- side 1
Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the Sky- side 1
Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees- side 2
Yes, 90125- side 1
Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy- side 1
B52′s, Cosmic Thing- both sides
Please play Stranger In Town….B Seger
-U2 Joshua Tree Side 1
-Coldplay Parachutes Side 1
-Alman Brothers Greatest Hits Either Side
-Neil Young Harvest Either Side
I’d love to hear:
Frank Zappa “Joe’s Garage” acts I, II, and III
Led Zeppelin “III” side 2
Pink Floyd “Meddle” side 1 or 2
Neil Young “Unplugged” side 2
Thank you!
I love Album Side Saturdays!!!