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Volume Thirteen - 1977 - Page Ten
A full-page Motown Records ad for the eighth studio album by Diana Ross, released on September 16, 1977.
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A full-page Motown Records ad for the title track single from the eighth studio album by Diana Ross, released on September 16, 1977.
A full-page Motown Records ad in the September 17, 1977 issue of the British music magazine Music Week for the UK release of a greatest hits album by Diana Ross & the Supremes called “20 Golden Greats”. With heavy promotion on British television, the album reached #1 on the UK charts, remaining there for seven weeks.
Iggy Pop on the cover of the September 17, 1977 issue of the British magazine New Musical Express.
A nicely designed poster/ad by an unknown artist for Jean-Luc Ponty at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 17, 1977.
Flyer/ad for Mothers in NYC with the Mutants, “Direct from Detroit the Motor City Sensations”, appearing September 19-21, 1977.
From the notes on the back of this picture sleeve:
“Robin Tyner, lead singer with Detroit’s MC5, came to Britain in September, a visit prompted by the re-release of the band’s three albums… the New Musical Express commissioned him to write about the new British bands, including Eddie & the Hot Rods… Tyner met up with the Rods at an open-air concert in Chelmsford, and ended the day joining the band for an encore of “Back in the USA”… a few nights later, on September 20, 1977, Tyner and the Rods went into the studio to cut “Till the Night is Gone (Let’s Rock)” followed, two days later, by “Flipside Rock”.
Robin Tyner & the Hot Rods - Till the Night is Gone (Let’s Rock) (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY6QTk_jKI
Robin Tyner & the Hot Rods – Flipside Rock (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR2dn5v34Sw
Multiple ads in the build-up to a concert by Frank Zappa at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant on September 21, 1977. The ad manager for the local seafood restaurant, the Lighthouse, was hip to the Zappa catalog with the reference to the song “Cruisin’ For Burgers” from the 1969 album “Uncle Meat”, but burgers made from fish??
Mothers of Invention – Cruisin’ For Burgers (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFMxYacL7TE
Poster by an unknown artist for Frank Zappa at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant on September 21, 1977.
A pair of ads for Destroy All Monsters return to Pirate’s Cove in Cleveland, Ohio on September 22, 1977.
A Globe Poster with Marvin Gaye and Brick in Louisville, Kentucky on September 24, 1977.
A full-page RCA Records as for Iggy Pop’s second solo album “Lust For Life” with tour dates for a five-city UK tour, beginning in Manchester on September 25, 1977. It was Iggy’s second album release of the year, it received little promotion from RCA who were capitalizing on Elvis Presley’s death by re-issuing Presley’s catalog.
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBU3pzy7is
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Books,r for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Romantics and the Mutants at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 26, 1977.
Small ad for Frank Zappa at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on September 30, 1977.
Poster from Grand Valley State Colleges in Allendale, Michigan for the first Grand Valley State Women’s Harvest Moon Festival featuring Holly Near and Mary Watkins on September 30, 1977.
An ad for the first single from Iggy Pop’s album “Lust For Life”, “Success” backed with “The Passenger”, released on September 30, 1977.
Iggy Pop – Success (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IPkUQMSBcs
Iggy Pop – The Passenger (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fWw7FE9tTo
An ad for Iggy Pop with the Adverts at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England on September 30, 1977 and October 1st.
A small illustration by Gary Grimshaw in the October 1977 issue of CREEM magazine.
The band never made the cover of the British music newspaper New Musical Express during their existence, but five years after their breakup, NME featured two covers with former members of the MC5 within the space of six weeks. Wayne Kramer’s mugshot graced the cover of the August 20, 1977, as we previously posted, and Rob Tyner was on the cover of the October 1, 1977 issue, shown above.
For the occasion for Tyner’s appearance, the magazine hired him to come to England for two weeks to observe first-hand and write a story about the UK punk rock scene. Accompanied by photographer Chalkie Davies (photos in comments below), Tyner caught sets by Generation X, No Dice, Boom Town Rats, the Pirates, and his personal favorite, Eddie & the Hot Rods, although, modestly, Tyner did not mention laying down some studio tracks with the Rods during his visit.
Photos by Chalkie Davies of Rob Tyner’s September 1977 visit to England.
A full-page Warner Bros. Records ad for Eddie Hazel’s solo album with tour dates opening five shows for Bootsy’s Rubber Band, beginning October 1, 1977 in Lorman, Mississippi.
Poster for Parliament-Funkadelic in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 1, 1977.
A full-page ad for Diversified Management Agency DMA in the October 1, 1977 issue of Billboard magazine, welcoming the band Nazareth to their list of clients.
Poster/ad by Dennis Preston for “The Yard Sale of the Year” in East Lansing, Michigan, October 1-2, 1977. This was the first of what would become an annual event, with more Dennis Preston posters to come.
Poster/ad by an unknown artist for Freddie Hubbard at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on October 5, 1977.
Poster/flyer by an unknown designer for the Ramrods with Master Cylinder, the Seat Belts and Curly’s Convicts at the Kramer Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on October 5, 1977.
RCA Records ad for Iggy Pop’s “Lust For Life” album and a show at the Palladium in NYC with the Ramones on October 6, 1977. Linked below is a bizarre promo video broadcast on French TV.
Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (French TV) (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4s-UL4ileg
Poster by Xtian for Iggy Pop with the Ramones at the Palladium in NYC on October 6, 1977.
Logo by an unknown artist for the Flat, Black & Circular record store in East Lansing, Michigan, published in the October 7, 1977 edition of the Lansing Star newspaper.
An ad by Jeff Yerkey for Les McCann at Michigan State University in East Lansing, for two nights, October 7-8, 1977.
An ad from the Record Theatre record stores with a “Cat Scratch Weekend” at the Mentor, Ohio location, October 7-9, 1977, with “prizes, free kittens, and free EP’s” The ad implies an in-store appearance by Nugent which is feasible as he was performing just across the state line in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 8th, that is unless an actual “wild man from Borneo” was brought in. Also, no indication if the “exotic jungle women” were brought in by Nugent or were locally sourced.
An ad for Iggy Pop with the Ramones in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on October 8, 1977.
Newspaper ad for Iggy Pop with the Ramones at the Masonic Temple in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 9, 1977.
A collection of ads for Geils, without the “J”, at Metro Stadium in Lansing, Michigan on October 11, 1977. The Rockets were the openers and the show review noted that their debut album was scheduled for release the following week, which would finally put the release date of “Love Transfusion” at October 18, there about.
All indications are that the Iggy Pop show did not happen. Although it is odd that there was no notice of cancellation in the State News newspaper, there was no further promotion of it after the Geils show and it does not appear on any Iggy timeline that we can find. Of interest, one of the earlier ads had Be-Bop Deluxe as the opener.
Newspaper ad for the Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan with the Rockets and Mugsy on October 12, 1977. Mugsy also opened for Jay Ferguson four days later.
An ad for Emerson, Lake & Palmer at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 14, 1977, their fourth Michigan show of the year.
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band embarked upon their first overseas tour with ten shows in the UK, Germany and France, including this show at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on October 14, 1977.
A full-page Capitol Records ad with tour dates for the first overseas tour by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, listing six shows beginning with the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on October 14, 1977. The band had played their first overseas show three days earlier at the Hippodrome in Paris, France on October 11th.
Two additional posters/ads, differently formatted, for the first overseas tour by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, beginning with the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on October 14, 1977.
An appealing tour page, presumably from a British music magazine, that includes six shows by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, beginning with the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland on October 14, 1977.
Poster/ad for the Steve Miller Band with the Norton Buffalo Stampede in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 14, 1977, with the album cover art by Stanley Mouse.
A pair of ads from the Lansing Star newspaper, poster artist Jeff Yerkey was the art and production manager at the paper, so it’s possible that he laid these out. The earlier show is with Corky Siegel at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, October 14-15, 1977. The later show is with Randy Newman on Halloween night.
Newspaper ad for Abigail’s in Ypsilanti, Michigan with the Rockets, October 14-15, 1977.
Poster/flyer, by an unknown artist, for the Rockets at Abigail’s in Ypsilanti, Michigan, October 14-15, 1977.
A full-page Motown Records ad in the October 15, 1977 issue of the British music trade magazine Music Week for the eighth solo album by Diana Ross “Baby, It’s You”, with a follow-up ad two weeks later.
A great poster/ad by an indecipherable artist for the “4 Together” concert at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1977. The fourth member, in addition to Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot and John Denver, was James Taylor.
This concert is known as "Four Together - Concert for World Hunger,", organized by Harry Chapin with the proceeds directly benefiting World Hunger Year. Terry Clements was the background guitar player that night. The four did not sing together, but there was a duet with Denver and Chapin on Chapin's "Taxi", and Lightfoot and Denver sang a rendition of "Irish Lullaby" in honor of Bing Crosby, who had passed away a few days earlier.
A photo of the four singer/songwriters hamming it up backstage can be seen here:
https://www.facebook.com/JamesTaylorNET/posts/gordon-lightfoot-james-taylor-harry-chapin-and-john-denver-hamming-it-up-for-the/2759430691043355/
An audience recording of those two duets, with a lot of audience participation is linked below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBjIWFKxMH4
Newspaper ad for the Isley Brothers at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 16, 1977, followed later by Earth, Wind & Fire on November 3rd and a second show was added for November 4th, also a third show on November 5th at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor.
A nice poster by an unknown artist for John Lee Hooker at Shady Grove in San Francisco, California on October 17, 1977.
Five years after forming as a band, with a line-up change or two, a short break-up and with close to 200 shows performed, the Rockets released their debut album “Love Transfusion” on Don Davis’ Detroit label Tortoise International, distributed by RCA Records, on or around October 18, 1977.
Vocalist Dave Gilbert, previously with the Amboy Dukes, Ron Asheton’s New Order, Shadow, and other bands, and who had sat in on a couple of Rocket’s gigs in January/February, was brought in as an official member during the recording of the album.
Cover art by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley.
The single “She's A Pretty One / I Got To Move” was also released on Tortoise International.
The Rockets - She's A Pretty One (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_rg6BpEik
A seven-song album of out-takes was released on the tax scam label Guinness around the time of the official debut album by the Rockets. “Guinness Records was established in 1977 by Marvin L. Popkin as a tax shelter based around the idea of investing in a master recording that would be greatly over valued so that the investors could claim a tax loss when the deliberately under-promoted album failed to sell. Most recordings were sourced from recording studio vaults and published as albums without the knowledge or consent of the performers.”
A series of ads as Iggy Pop gradually rises to the top of the schedule for the Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, picking up the Ramones along the way to the show date on October 19, 1977. The following night, October 20, Iggy returned to Michigan with a show at Cobo Arena in Detroit, bringing the Ramones along with him for that show too.
A Recordland record store ad for Iggy Pop albums as a tie-in to his appearance at the Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio on October 19, 1977.
A full-page RCA Records ad with tour dates for Iggy Pop’s second US tour of the year, in support of his second album of the year, with a return to Detroit, Michigan, this time at the larger venue of Cobo Arena, with the Ramones, on October 20, 1977.
Newspaper ad for Iggy Pop and the Ramones at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 20, 1977.
Volume Thirteen - 1977 - continues - HERE
Poster/ad for a “Funk Festival ‘77” in Landover, Maryland on September 16, 1977 with Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band. “Introducing Eddie Hazel” indicates his return to Funkadelic, or he may have been given a slot on the bill in support of his recently released solo album, as he would in upcoming shows with Bootsy’s Rubber Band as headliners.
