Category: 1970’s

Althea & Donna – 1977 – Nights At The Roundtable

Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking – 1977 Just couldn’t resist adding one of the pivotal tracks in the Punk/Post-Punk/Ska movement in the mid/late 70’s. Althea & Donna and their iconic Uptown Top Ranking. If you’re familiar with it, here’s a reminder. If you aren’t, you can hear for

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Cities On The Edge – 1975

With the latest reports of several towns in California filing for bankruptcy, and the growing problem of cities in default nationwide, I was reminded of the last time such a wave occurred. The 1970’s were a particularly harrowing period for the American city. Most famously was the economic crisis that

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Learning A New Word: Entebee – July 6, 1976

A very busy news day, this July 6, 1976. Starting with news of the daring Israeli raid on Entebbe Airport in Uganda overnight, where Palestinian terrorists were holding 100 Israelis, bound for Paris, in a hostage exchange demand. All hostages arrived at Tel-Aviv safe and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was

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Nights At The Roundtable – Supersister – 1971

  Supersister were a Dutch band who were hugely influential during the formative years of the Progressive Rock Movement. Although not a commercial success in the U.S. (only one album was released here), Supersister were very big in Europe and quite successful in the UK and just about everywhere else.

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