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Volume Thirteen - 1977 - Page Eleven
After the Los Angeles, California band Meat Loaf Soul, after the Michigan bands Popcorn Blizzard and Floating Circus, after the Detroit production of the musical “Hair”, after a duet album on Motown Records with Shaun "Stoney" Murphy, after the Broadway production of “Hair”, after the original Los Angeles Roxy Theatre production of “The Rocky Horror Show” and the movie “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, after the National Lampoon’s Lemmings Comedy Troupe, after filling in for the vocals on Ted Nugent's album “Free-for-All” and after nearly five years of writing, two years of recording and two years shopping for a record label – after all of that, Meat Loaf’s debut album “Bat Out of Hell” was released on October 21, 1977.
While not an immediate hit, the album caught on gradually, peaking at #14 on the Billboard albums chart nearly a year after its release, and it sold steadily, eventually selling an estimated 50 million copies worldwide.
Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw
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Poster/flyer for Ted Nugent with Nazareth and Rex in Montgomery, Alabama on October 21, 1977.
Newspaper ad with Emerson, Lake & Palmer at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti on October 21, 1977. It was the group’s 14th Michigan show, and with one more concert coming before the end of the year, they would have six Michigan shows in 1977.
The ad also includes the Grateful Dead at Cobo Arena in Detroit on November 1st, the band’s 15th Michigan appearance.
A full-page Atlantic Records ad in the October 22, 1977 issue of Billboard magazine for the first solo album by Mark Farner.
A full-page Arista Records ad in the October 22, 1977 issue of Billboard magazine for Lily Tomlin’s fourth, and final, album. All four earned Grammy nominations, her first won the 1972 Grammy award for Best Comedy Recording.
An Arista Records promo poster for Lily Tomlin’s fourth, and final, comedy album, released in October 1977.
Poster for Iggy Pop in Madison, Wisconsin on October 24, 1977.
Getting a lot of milage out of Dennis Preston’s 1974 illustration for the band, Wedsel’s Edsels appeared at the Alibi East in Mount Pleasant, Michigan on October 26, 1977.
A pair of ads for the Incredible Flying Machine in Akron, Ohio with an appearance by Salem Witchcraft on October 28, 1977.
A beautiful poster for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band in Neunkirchen, Germany on October 28, 1977. It was the middle show of five dates in Germany, the final shows of the band’s first overseas tour which started with a show in Paris, France, followed by four shows in the UK that proceeded the German dates.
Poster/ad for Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 29, 1977.
Poster by Sureshot Productions for a Halloween party at the Balkan Hall in Centerline, Michigan on October 29, 1977, starring the Mutants with Bitter Sweet Alley and the Reruns. Includes our two favorite words on any poster – “free beer”.
A newspaper ad for the Sureshot Productions Halloween party at the Balkan Hall in Centerline, Michigan on October 29, 1977, starring the Mutants with Bitter Sweet Alley and the Reruns. It was the key to determining the correct year of the show, and also lists the MC, Stanley the Mad-Hatter.
Poster/flyer possibly made by Scott Campbell for the Sillies with the Ramrods and Curly’s Convicts at the Trenton Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on October 29, 1977.
From the liner notes:
“F.U.K. = Fucked Up Kids. Band members include Andrew Naumann (guitar, vocal), Cary Loren (drums), Martin Swope (bass), Sue Rynski (vocals), and Roger Miller (guitar). They only played one gig – Halloween, October 31, 1977 at The Cube, Ann Arbor, Michigan. “Road Kill” was written for that one performance – Sue had the lyric and Roger came up with the music. It was a totally fun sloppy mess.
“There was more than a slight connection to Destroy All Monsters. Miller had played drums and bass for DAM briefly in 1977 but declined to become a full-time member. (His brothers Laurence and Benjamin continued playing in the band.) Rynski was part of (and photographer of) the DAM Ann Arbor inner circle. F.U.K. member Cary Loren was a founding member of DAM, and F.U.K. member Martin Swope later joined Miller in Mission of Burma.”
You can hear both sides of the single here:
F.U.K. – Road Kill/I Got A Head (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RtsqH8EEHk&list=RD0RtsqH8EEHk&start_radio=1
A pretty cool full-page Epic Records ad for Ted Nugent at Halloween, October 31, 1977, and a color version that appeared in Rolling Stone magazine.
Poster/flyer by an unknown artist, courtesy of Tim Caldwell, for the Ramrods and Cinecyde (sic) at the Kramer Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on Halloween, October 31, 1977. Since this is the earliest poster that we’ve found for both bands, we again refer to Rob St. Mary’s “Detroit Punk Archive” website for their formal introductions:
http://detroitpunkarchive.com/bands/the-ramrods/
http://detroitpunkarchive.com/bands/cinecyde/
A very nice poster for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band in Düsseldorf. Germany on October 31, 1977.
The November 1977 issue of the British music magazine featured another great cover layout and an interview with former MC5 singer Rob Tyner, conducted during Tyner’s September UK visit.
Iggy Pop poster in the November 1977 issue of the Swedish pop magazine POSTER.
A single-page tribute to Elvis Presley in the November 1977 issue of CREEM magazine, with illustration by Bill Yenne. Presley had passed away on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42.
A small cartoon by Gary Grimshaw that accompanied a short story on current fads such as pet rocks and pyramid energy in the November 1977 issue of CREEM magazine.
The November 1977 issue of Greg Shaw’s BOMP! Magazine featured a story on Sonic’s Rendezvous Band titled “Detroit’s Guitar Army is on the March Again!”
The Grateful Dead performed at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on November 1, 1977, their 15th Michigan appearance. A recording of the entire two-and-a-half hour show can be found here:
Grateful Dead – Live in Detroit (11/01/1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=150voSjx9Ko
An ad for Iggy Pop at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas on November 1, 1977.
A full-page Chrysalis Records ad for the British band The Babys with tour dates that include their second Michigan appearance, on November 2, 1977 at the Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, the same venue as their Michigan debut seven months earlier.
A newspaper ad and some New York City press for an appearance by the Motor City Bad Boys at CBGB on November 2, 1977.
A poster for Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band in Paris, France on November 3, 1977, the final show of the band’s first overseas tour, which had lasted twenty-one days with 11 shows in four countries, England, Scotland, Germany, and France.
A killer poster/flyer for the Dogs with Y&T at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco, California, November 3-4, 1977.
A colorful full-page Motown Records ad in the November 5, 1977 issue of Billboard magazine.
A full-page Capitol Records ad in the November 5, 1977 issue of the British music magazine Music Week, recapping Bob Seger’s UK tour in October with the release of a three-song single.
A full-page Avalon Attractions and Gaff Management ad for a tour by Rod Stewart including two shows at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, November 5-6, 1977.
Newspaper ad for Rod Stewart at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, November 5-6, 1977.
Backstage pass for Frank Zappa at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 6, 1977. The band's next scheduled show had been cancelled so they were just going to hang out in Ann Arbor for the next two nights, joining the covers band on stage at Second Chance.
Poster in blazing color for Parliament-Funkadelic in Oakland, California on November 6, 1977.
A ticket for Rob Tyner’s MC5 with Zooster, Ash Mountain and Crystal Palace in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada on November 6, 1977.
Poster/handbill with Parliament-Funkadelic in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 8, 1977.
Nice full-page ad for Linda Ronstadt in East Lansing, Michigan on November 10, 1977, the following night she performed at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor.
Poster/flyer for Iggy Pop at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, California, November 10-12, 1977.
Handbill for the Old Waldorf in San Francisco, California, showing that Commander Cody had the stage the night before Iggy.
A full-page Motown Records ad in the November 12, 1977 issue of Billboard magazine, showing the current chart positions for these albums and singles.
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Seatbelts at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 14, 1977. This appears to be the earliest use of the handwritten scrawl logo for SRB, the familiar scrawl is by Patti Smith. Also, the earliest found poster for a show by the Seatbelts, so again, for the band introduction, from Rob St. Mary’s “Detroit Punk Archive” website:
http://detroitpunkarchive.com/bands/the-seatbelts/
Poster/flyer, presumably by Freddie Brooks, for Sonic’s Rendezvous Band with the Seatbelts at Second Chance in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 14, 1977, with the handwritten scrawl logo by Patti Smith.
A full-page MCA Records ad for Wishbone Ash on tour, with a show at the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on November 15, 1977.
A contrast of extremes, the soundtrack album from the film “Saturday Night Fever:” was released on November 15, 1977, a month before the release of the movie. The debut album by the Sex Pistols was released on October 28, 1977 in the UK, and on November 11, 1977 in the US.
Newspaper ad for Iggy Pop in San Diego, California on November 16, 1977.
A two-page Columbia Records ad for Billy Joel’s breakthrough album “The Stranger” with tour dates including a show at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 18, 1977.
Queen performed two shows at Cobo Arena in Detroit, November 18-19, 1977, their fourth and fifth Michigan shows in 1977 and their ninth Michigan show since their first in February 1975. Here is a recording of the first night’s show at Cobo:
Queen – Live in Detroit (11/18/77)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZebe8iBuC0
Poster by Destroy All Monsters for Destroy All Monsters with the Sillies and the Beaver Cleaver Band at the University of Michigan on November 19, 1977.
A flyer for the Masque in Hollywood, California with the Dogs appearing on November 19, 1977.
Poster/ad, likely by Jeff Yerkey for Joan Armatrading in East Lansing, Michigan on November 22, 1977.
Poster/flyer by Gary Grimshaw for a “New Wave Invasion!” at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit on November 23, 1977 with the Ramones, and with the first Michigan appearances for both Eddie & the Hot Rods and the Talking Heads.
A full-page Island Records ad for Eddie & the Hot Rods with tour dates including a show at Masonic Auditorium in Detroit, Michigan on November 23, 1977, opening for the Ramones and the Talking Heads in their first Michigan appearance. This was also the first Michigan show by Eddie & the Hot Rods, a couple of months earlier they had cut a single with Rob Tyner in the UK.
An ad in the November 23, 1977 issue of Entertainment One, a Detroit, Michigan entertainment newspaper, announcing the formation of the band The Look, comprised of former members of local bands Tantrum, Curtis Hyflash, Zooster, Rockets, and Roxwell.
Volume Thirteen - 1977 - continues - HERE
