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.
Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (side 1)
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
John Lennon -Imagine (Side one)
David Bowie -Station to Station
Tracy Chapman – Crossroads
Leon Russell(Wedding Album) either side
Barenaked Ladies(Live either side
Grateful Dead Europe ’72 = Side One Album One
Grateful Dead Go To Heaven = Side One
Creedence Born on the Bayou = Side One
Dylan = Any album Any side
Beatles = Any album Any side
The Beatles Abbey Road side 2
Counting Crows – August & Everything After (side 1)
Allman Bros – Live at the Fillmore (side 1)
Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever (side 2 is fun, but side 1 is ridiculous! So many hits in 1 place!)
Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope (side 2!)
Talking Heads, Remain in Light [side 1]
Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street [any side]
John Lennon, Live Peace in Toronto, 1969 [side 1]
Cars, Cars [either side]
Eagles, On the Border [either side]
Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run [side 2]
Clash, London Calling [side 1]
CCR, Green River [side 1]
Derek & the Dominos, Layla [side 4]
Elvis Costello, This Years Model [side 1]
I could go on and on!!
The Who–WHO’s NEXT
SIDE ONE –LOUDER THE BETTER
Alice Cooper- Killer-either side
Jackson Browne- Pretender side 2
Dire Straits Making Movies-side 1
Tarney/Spencer Band Threes a Crowd, either
Poco Blue & Gray side 2
Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood side 1
Bowie Diamond Dogs side 1
Neil Young & C. H.-Rust Never Sleeps-either
either side of Cat Steven’s Buddha and the Chocolate Box
The Eagles’ Hotel California-both sides
U2′s Joshua Tree-both sides
Genesis (live) The Way We Walk-both sides
Pink Floyd’s Division Bell-both sides
Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon-both sides
Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell-both sides
Eagles – On the Border
Pink Floyd – Dark side of the moon
Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks-either side
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graphitti (side 3)
CCR – Willy & the Poor Boys
Astral Weeks Side 1
hall and oates “war babies side 1 ” thank you
Second side of Abby Road – The Beatles
both sides of Venus and Mars – Wings
Dave Matthews Band Live at Folsom Field Disc 1
Grateful Dead – Dead Set
Toad the Wet Sprocket – Coil
Phish – Billy Breathes
Beatles – Let it Be
Foo Fighters – one by one
NO EAGLES…MAN!
461 Ocean Blvd.-Eric Clapton
Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley- Robert Palmer
Blend- Bodeens
Your Little Secret- Melissa Etheridge
Toad The Wet Sprocket Dulcinea
The Who Who’s Next
Better Than Ezra Greatest Hits
Led Zeppelin Physical Grafetti (kashmir side)
Greg Laswell
I’m sure you wont play this, but I will ask for it anyway… How about,
The Replacements – Tim (side one)
So many of today’s bands have been influenced by this band, and they don’t even know it… but just like all the other stations you’ll play it safe and do The Who & Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, all the stuff we hear over and over and over everyday already. Step outside the box!
ZZ Top – First Album – Side A
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Deja Vu – Side A
Charlie Daniels Band – Saddle Tramp – Side A
Paul simon graceland – side 1
Coldplay’s Rush of Blood (if there is a side 1)
U2-Achtung Baby (side 1)
Santana-Moonflower (side with Europa)
P Floyd-A Momentary Lapse of Reason-side 1
L Zeppelin-pick a side from one of the first 4
P Floyd-The Wall-Side 3 (Hey You and Comfortably Numb)
Snow Patrol-Final Straw-side 2
Kansas-Leftoverture-side 1
Side 1 of Arc of a Dive by Steve Winwood
Rober Plant, Principles of the Moments, (either side 1 or side 2)
Grateful Dead – Working Man’s Dead (side 1)
Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy (side 1)
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – Whipped Cream & Other Delights (side 1)
Billy Joel – The Stranger (side 1)
Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus (side 3)
Johnny Cash at San Quentin (side 2)
CSNY – Deja Vu (side 1)
Rolling Stones – Made in the Shade (side 2)
Joe Cocker! (side 1)
The London Chuck Berry Sessions (side 2)
Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes (side 1)
Side 1 of Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky.
Perfection.
rare earth get ready
Van Morrison – Moondance (side 1)
Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (either side)
Beatles – Revolver (side 1)
Robert Palmer – Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley (side 1)
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd (side 1)
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (side 2)
Crosby, Stills, & Nash – 1st album – (side 1)
Led Zeppelin side one album one
Beatles Abbey Road side 2
Black Crows Greatest Hits any side
Derek & the Dominos side one
Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere side 2
Jethro Tull Aqualung either side
Bob Dylan Hard Rain Side 1
Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
Side 1
Radiohead – In Rainbows (side one)
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes (side one)
The Strokes – Is This It (pick your side)
Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On?”
Great party album; great background for romance….
How about Side 2 of “Who’s Next” or Side 2 of “Abbey Road”?
eather side of dark side of the moon. when i hear that . it takes me to the first time i saw pink floyd. i was 15. i drove my mom crazy! with that album.
THE WHO – Who’s Next – either side
LED ZEPPELIN – III – side 1
LED ZEPPELIN – Physical Graffiti – any side
ROLLING STONES – Let It Bleed – either side
ROLLING STONES – Sticky Fingers – either side
ALLMAN BROTHERS – Fillmore Concerts – side 1 or 2
DEREK AND THE DOMINOES – Layla – either side
Van Morrison – Moondance – side 1
Scrolled about halfway thru, didn’t see Led Zepellin II anywhere. Looking forward to it. Should be great listening.
Those Floyd albums are a “gimme”. I know these will never make the cut…(well, maybe the Stones)but I dare ya:
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Oops Wrong Planet
Toad the Wet Sprocket – Dulcinea
Rolling Stones – Some Girls
Alice Cooper – Love It To Death
E. Pluribus Funk – Grand Funk
I, as well as any one else that took the time to leave a suggestion, could go on & on….for days…
the beatles – abbey road, side two!
Lots of great suggestions already. I know it will be a great day of listening…thank you because I have to work all day on Sept.4th and can have you streaming!!!!!
Maybe to LIVE-en it up at bit…
U 2 Rattle & Hum
Robert Randolph @ the Wetlands
and maybe add…
Chris Isaak… anything
J.Geils Band Full House…one of the best party albums ever!
and since they recently played their final concert…how about
The Elms Great American Midrange
Grateful Dead – Terrapin Station – side 2
ELP – Brain Salad Surgery – side 2
Pink Floyd – Meddle – either side
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – either side
Pink Floyd – Animals – either side
Replacements – Tim – Side 2
Dire Straits – Love Over Gold Side 1
The Clash – London Calling Side 2
Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent.. Side 2
Tom Petty – Damn the Torpedoes Side 1
Talking Heads – Remain in Light Side 2
Cheap Trick At Budokan – Side 2
Ian Hunter – You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic – Side 1
hello!!!! spirit: the 12 dreams of dr. sardonicus!!! but you can’t really pick just 1 side!
Some Girls—Side 2—-Rolling Stones
Rain Dogs—either side—Tom Waits
Self Titled—side 2—-Pretenders
talking heads any
John Prine – any album – any side!
From The Beatles:
Abbey Road side 2
Sgt. Peppers either side
Any album side from Petty, Clapton, Jethro Tull, REM, Eagles, and Steely Dan.
One other idea: The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 either side.