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67Rob
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23/03/2012 : 00:46:33
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Who else remembers the REAL summer that year?
I was 12 at the time and clearly remember how that summer was the longest and most memory evoking time. My mum and dad ALWAYS took us on holiday for 2 weeks during the summer holidays and the 2 previous summers were:
A. Shyte weather.
B. Spent at Pontins holiday camp in Devon and it pi$$ed down nearly the whole time.
Previous to that they had taken us to a resort called Cala Mesquida in Mallorco (or Majorca depending on your vocabulary) since 1969 and I clearly remember my dad saying: "I'm not having another Sh it summer at home, that's it, we're off to Majorca again!!"
So in 1976 we spent 2 weeks in Mallorca getting scorched and came home to find it even hotter in England.... I LOVED IT.
Fishing, swimming, more fishing, riding our bikes up to Trent Park and spending the whole day away from home, coming home absolutely knackered and sunburnt then doing it all again the next day.
Songs that I remember....
Hotel California by The Eagles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtue236vOok
Music by John Miles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOzB2...eature=related
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQru7oCdYXA
....and soooooooo many more....
1 Hotel California Eagles
2 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
3 More Than a Feeling Boston
4 Anarchy In the UK Sex Pistols
5 Dancing Queen Abba
6 (Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult
7 Night Moves Bob Seger
8 Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones
9 The Boys Are Back In Town Thin Lizzy
10 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
11 Tear the Roof Off the Sucker Parliament
12 Kiss and Say Goodbye Manhattans
13 Disco Inferno Trammps
14 Tonight's the Night Rod Stewart
15 Always and Forever Heatwave
16 Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band
17 I Wish Stevie Wonder
18 Carry On Wayward Son Kansas
19 Life In the Fast Lane Eagles
20 Turn the Page (live) Bob Seger
21 Long Time Boston
22 If You Leave Me Now Chicago
23 Lowdown Boz Scaggs
24 Crazy On You Heart
25 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee
26 Car Wash Rose Royce
27 Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel Tavares
28 Show Me the Way (live) Peter Frampton
29 Breakdown Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
30 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
31 Blinded By the Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band
32 I Wanna Get Next To You Rose Royce
33 Dazz Brick
34 Silly Love Songs Wings
35 Don't Leave Me This Way Thelma Houston
36 Rock'n Me Steve Miller Band
37 Knowing Me, Knowing You Abba
38 Love Hangover Diana Ross
39 Do You Feel Like We Do (live) Peter Frampton
40 Boogie Nights Heatwave
41 Magic Man Heart
42 Still the One Orleans
43 Misty Blue Dorothy Moore
44 Somebody To Love Queen
45 Take the Money and Run Steve Miller Band
46 American Girl Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
47 Peace Of Mind Boston
48 New Kid In Town Eagles
49 I'll Be Good To You Brothers Johnson
50 Baby I Love Your Way (live) Peter Frampton
51 Rich Girl Daryl Hall & John Oates
52 Isn't She Lovely Stevie Wonder
53 You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees
54 Year Of the Cat Al Stewart
55 Fernando Abba
56 Livin' Thing Electric Light Orchestra
57 Turn the Beat Around Vicki Sue Robinson
58 Music John Miles
59 Disco Lady Johnnie Taylor
60 Lido Shuffle Boz Scaggs
61 Shake Your Booty KC & the Sunshine Band
62 Love Ballad L.T.D.
63 Mainstreet Bob Seger
64 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC
65 I'd Really Love To See You Tonight England Dan & John Ford Coley
66 The Rubberband Man Spinners
67 More, More, More Andrea True Connection
68 The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
69 This Masquerade George Benson
70 New Rose Damned
71 Detroit Rock City Kiss
72 Takin' It To the Streets Doobie Brothers
73 Police and Thieves Junior Murvin
74 Fool To Cry Rolling Stones
75 Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
76 Couldn't Get It Right Climax Blues Band
77 The Things We Do For Love 10cc
78 Summer War
79 Beth Kiss
80 Get Closer Seals & Crofts
81 Mississippi *****cat
82 You Are the Woman Firefall
83 Something He Can Feel Aretha Franklin
84 Rock 'n' Roll Band Boston
85 Do Ya Electric Light Orchestra
86 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Lou Rawls
87 You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Leo Sayer
88 The First Cut Is the Deepest Rod Stewart
89 Getaway Earth, Wind & Fire
90 Smokin' Boston
91 Telephone Line Electric Light Orchestra
92 You Don't Have To Be a Star Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
93 Let's Stick Together Bryan Ferry
94 Let 'Em In Wings
95 Back In the Saddle Aerosmith
96 Get Up and Boogie Silver Convention
97 I'm Your Boogie Man KC & the Sunshine Band
98 Enjoy Yourself Jacksons
99 Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger
100 New York State Of Mind |
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ian-40
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United Kingdom
6213 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 07:12:38
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The Allesi Brohers - Oh Lori . the defining 76 tune for me!
I remember it very well. 14 yrs old, had my appendix out and remember literally roasting in hospital. went for a walk around the newly opened 'Empingham Res' (Rutland water) and most importantly, being introduced to the wonderful noise of SOUL |
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Scary
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 07:27:37
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I was only 3 but I do remember the 70's as being a lot hotter than it gets now. I was sadly born 10 years to late as most of my record collection consists on 70's music, I live in a 70's styled house and I still wear 12" flares (not the original ones with the squeaky strawberry on, they would be to small)
So many great tracks in 76 so here's one from me... Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover boy.
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Mike Dolbear.. "Gerry has been whipping his crack all day"
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crafty
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United Kingdom
7748 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 07:28:18
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I was 12 too! Great tunes there. Dazz by Brick is a stonker!
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Super cool - and bongos too!
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dwpaddy
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Ireland
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 07:41:08
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I was 11 (12 later in the year).
And I really do remember it. Hot as hell it was.
We never really went on hols, but ?I do remember lying around the streets, not playing football...it was too hot to bloody run.
67ROB - that list is frikkin fantastic.
I will not get a tap of work done today now.
Youtube here I come. |
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bERb
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United Kingdom
2327 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 08:14:37
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| The missus was pregnant with our first, not happy in that heat. |
The Geordie contingency. I feel sorry for people who don't drink because when they get up in the morning that's as good as they're gonna feel all day!. dw, yammy x2 ,TD8, sabian,zildjian,paiste, protection racket.stella artois, red wine, gin & tonic (lots). |
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beezerk
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 09:09:49
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I remember 1977 for some reason, Silver Jubilee wasn't it? Loads of street parties and things going on.
Funny how the weather always seemed better whe you were a kid, like it was a proper summer at times, nowadays it just seems to all merge into one $hitty season  |
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shoestring
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United Kingdom
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moosetication
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United Kingdom
12066 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 09:28:14
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The summer of 1976 was my last at school before going to Uni. The smell of new-mown grass can drop me right back there, lying on the grassy bank behind the school tennis courts, listening to Deep Purple and watching the girls play tennis.
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"It's just a rest, no need to complicate it with monkeys." - sunshinehead
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WendyB
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 09:32:18
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Originally posted by shoestring
I was 13, was i the only person who hated almost every song from the 70's?
The 80's now you're talking, i came alive then.
Some 70s stuff was okay, but I'm with you on the 80s.
In 1976 we spent the whole summer at our caravan on the coast watching the grass dry up and turn almost as brown as we were, nipping down to the beach, and making dens in the woods nearby, racing our bikes and generally having a very carefree time with Ed "Stewpot" Stewart on the radio. |
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JKDrummerDude
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United Kingdom
269 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 09:42:29
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| I was 1 in teh autumn of 1976. I can't say I remember it too well... |
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Bazarre
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United Kingdom
7985 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 09:49:15
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Big shame that most of you on here missed The 60s! and one of the most transitional times in pop/rock.
But yeah, 76 was a great year and I remember it well. Can't go into details on here but I had a bluddy good time!
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NormanHouse
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United Kingdom
940 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 14:07:23
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1977 was better for music.
Some great tunes there - some absolute turkeys. No mention of Springsteen or Dylan?
One thing which unites them all - and would not be the case 10 years later and especially not now, is that they all appear to be ensemble pieces.
Less machines and more Humans in the studio in those days. I heard 'Rubberband Man' on the wireless some months ago and tracked down a live version. God those lads could play back the day. |
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Cardiacs955i
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 15:36:24
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I was only 3...can't remember nowt about it, except Dad bought a motorbike & my brother was just discovering Deep Purple, Pink Floyd & Black Sabbath - which, as we shared a room, meant my musical education was just starting 
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swampy
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United Kingdom
401 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 15:46:43
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I was six, I remember my mum making me a denim jacket and letting me make my own sex pistols tee shirt (my mates older brother got me into them).
I son't think my mum new who the sex pistols were as I also remember her throwing the tee shirt away and tanning my hide for painting a swastika on it. That was the end of my foray into punk rock for a while. |
Mid life crisis kicked in, drum kit bought. It's not quite like cycling though, you forget. A lot! |
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steveh
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Australia
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 16:14:56
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I was 26 and nearly separated from #1, so I was on those coloured glass floors trying the John "Revolting" moves and doing the "disco shuffle" on the Hi Hat as well.
Ahhh, the Disco era, mmmmmm, them chicks mmmm. oi, wake up!
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OriginalAnimal
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 16:18:52
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| I was 22, a long distance lorry driver but for those reasons, I can barely remember 76!! |
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rufusisdrumming
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United Kingdom
196 Posts |
Posted - 23/03/2012 : 20:39:13
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| I was -20 but must have excised as an egg inside my then 16 year old mother (kind of odd to think of her as 16). Spooky this came up today because I've just started a novel called "Naked" by Kevin Brooks which is all about a Punk band in london before and during 1976. |
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crafty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/03/2012 : 20:52:03
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quote:
Originally posted by NormanHouse
1977 was better for music.
Some great tunes there - some absolute turkeys. No mention of Springsteen or Dylan?
One thing which unites them all - and would not be the case 10 years later and especially not now, is that they all appear to be ensemble pieces.
Less machines and more Humans in the studio in those days. I heard 'Rubberband Man' on the wireless some months ago and tracked down a live version. God those lads could play back the day.
I was thinking of 'Rubberband Man'. I recall it did quite well for the Spinners over here but it's not played on the radio much these days. Thom Bell (Stylistics best producer and arranger) had a hand in writing and producing it, so the pedigree is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_e2ZAzZ2Ak
Ed |
Super cool - and bongos too!
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Brody
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empress ballroom
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Posted - 24/03/2012 : 14:56:12
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| I was in the middle of Africa and hot it wasn't. |
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gdrumfoot
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/03/2012 : 15:58:35
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| Transitional year for me. I was 29. Newly out of deadful relationship and carrying clinical depression. Premier twin kick kit falling apart (like me) No day job (long story)But........from unemployment came massive tax rebate leading to new Ludwig Vistalite + roto-toms and Paiste cymbals. New band plus. recording for Brum producer Jim Simpson. Many new ladies and back working for the bakery I worked at in the early seventies. The music back then I can hardly remember as my rockin' band was slowly decending into the vacuum of cabaret and '76 was a year of dull stuff and holding it's breath waiting for punk. There were exceptions I imagine but the memory's hazy. And it was bloody hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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ian-40
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/03/2012 : 16:04:19
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quote:
Originally posted by crafty
I was thinking of 'Rubberband Man'. I recall it did quite well for the Spinners over here but it's not played on the radio much these days. Thom Bell (Stylistics best producer and arranger) had a hand in writing and producing it, so the pedigree is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_e2ZAzZ2Ak
Ed
love it! the transition from the Detroit sound to Philly sound was a wonderful move for the (Detroit) Spinners. I love the mid 60's Motown stuff, right up until the early 80's on Atlantic. Superb. but with that pedigree behind them, i dont expect anything else.
Talkin of '76 . Elton John & Kiki Dee anyone ? |
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Brigham
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/03/2012 : 19:03:04
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I remember that year like it was yesterday. Sailing and rowing in the Floating Harbour down at Bristol docks. Capsizing a Bosun Dinghy in front of the Roskoff Ferry in Plymouth with my mate Chris Emery...
Makes me want to cry. Such awesome memories. |
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67Rob
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/03/2012 : 12:58:00
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Originally posted by dwpaddy
I was 11 (12 later in the year).
And I really do remember it. Hot as hell it was.
We never really went on hols, but ?I do remember lying around the streets, not playing football...it was too hot to bloody run.
67ROB - that list is frikkin fantastic.
I will not get a tap of work done today now.
Youtube here I come.
Yep, such a huge amount of classic hits in one year.
Can't say the same now....mind you, at least the weather's better than the charts. 
And I remember we used to take Corona bottles out of the waste bins and take them back to the sweetshop to get the return deposit and spend it on black jacks and fruit salads.   |
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www.eleanorhire.co.uk
My Little Brum Brum.
My Brum Brum Being Built.
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Dezzie
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 25/03/2012 : 13:21:21
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quote:
Originally posted by ian-40
The Allesi Brohers - Oh Lori . the defining 76 tune for me!
I remember it very well. 14 yrs old, had my appendix out and remember literally roasting in hospital. went for a walk around the newly opened 'Empingham Res' (Rutland water) and most importantly, being introduced to the wonderful noise of SOUL
Yep! me too. I was 11 yo, the year i started "big" school (comprehensive). Living not to far from the sea-side, i found out just how heavy sea water is.. by running the gauntlet along the steps of the sea defence-cum-promenade at High Tide. |
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