ROCK YEARS 1980 PORTRAIT 3LPS RADIO SHOW PINK FLOYD HEART MICK JAGGER VAN HALEN

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HERE IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS RADIO SHOW:

THE ROCK YEARS PORTRAIT OF AN ERA WAS A RADIO SHOW RELEASED BY WESTWOOD ONE IN 1981 AND I'VE SEEN 2 VERSIONS. THERE WAS A 49 LP COMMERCIAL FREE VERSION SENT TO RADIO STATIONS. THIS VERSION COVERED THE ROCK YEARS 1965 THRU 1980 AND EACH LP WAS AN HOUR LONG, NO COMMERCIALS AND NONE OF THOSE LPS CAME ALBUM COVERS, THEY JUST CAME IN PLAIN WHITE PAPER SLEEVES. THERE WAS A 2 SIDED RADIO DEMO LP WITH PROMOS FOR THE SHOW THAT DID INCLUDE A PRINTED COVER. INSIDE OF THAT ALBUM COVER WAS A FOLD-OPEN DOUBLE SIDED INSERT THAT HAD THE THE ARTISTS, ALBUMS, THE CONCEPT AND A BUNCH OF OTHER INFORMATION AND SELLING POINTS INSIDE. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER THAT HAD THE ROCK YEARS ART FROM WHAT WAS PRINTED ON THE ALBUM COVER OF THE DEMO RECORD COPIED ON BLACK AND WHITE SLICKS AND GLUED TO EACH SIDE. INSIDE OF THAT COVER WERE 16 PAGES OF HOUR BY HOUR HIGHLIGHTS AND ANOTHER 16 PAGES OF ROCK YEARS PROMOS. BASICALLY WHAT THE ANNOUNCER SAID BEFORE AND AFTER EACH SEGMENT. THERE WERE NEVER, OR AT LEAST I HAVEN'T EVER SEEN ANY OFFICIAL CUE SHEETS OF THE ACTUAL SONGS AND INTERVIEWS TRACKING OR TIMING WITH THE COMMERCIAL FREE VERSION. ALL OF THIS STUFF WAS SENT IN A CARDBOARD BOX BY WESTWOOD ONE. THIS VERSION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED COMMERCIAL FREE. I WAS LIVING IN MARYLAND AT THE TIME AND THE ENTIRE SHOW WAS BROADCAST OVER THE WEEKEND ON WAVA FM COMMERCIAL FREE. 48 HOURS NON-STOP WITH ONLY A STATION ID ADDED. I REMEMBER TRYING TO RECORD IT ALL ON CASSETTE AND ONLY MADE IT THRU AROUND 15 HOURS. THIS IS A GREAT RADIO SHOW WITH SONGS, INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTISTS AND THE FAMOUS ROCK YEARS TIMELINE WHERE THEY EDIT NEWS CLIPS AND OTHER SOUND BITES FROM THAT YEAR TOGETHER WITH SONGS FROM THAT YEAR. 

THEN THERE WERE VERSIONS SUCH AS THE ONE I'M SELLING HERE. THEY TOOK THE RADIO SHOW AND DIVIDED IT INTO 3 LPS FOR EACH SHOW AND INCLUDED MICHELOB BEER COMMERCIALS. EACH RECORD IS DIVIDED INTO 2 SEGMENT AND AFTER THE FIRST SEGMENT ON EACH SIDE IS OVER THE RECORD JUST SPINS IN THE GROOVE. YOU HAVE TO LIFT THE TONEARM TO ADVANCE IT TO THE NEXT SEGMENT. THERE WERE 17 SHOWS ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM ALL AND THERE MIGHT BE A SHOW #18. SHOW #17 WAS THE ROCK YEAR 1981 WHICH WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE 48 HOUR COMMERCIAL FREE VERSION, SO THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER 3 LPS OF THE ROCK YEAR 1981, I JUST DON'T KNOW BUT I DO KNOW THIS, THAT IF YOU HAVE THE 48 HOUR COMMERCIAL FREE VERSION, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF ROCK YEAR 1981. THESE MICHELOB BEER ROCK YEARS SHOW ARE PRETTY RARE, NOT THAT THE 48 LP SHOWS ARE COMMON, BUT I'VE SEEN A FEW BEING SOLD RECENTLY. I IMAGINE THAT THE MICHELOB BEER VERSIONS DID HAVE CUE SHEETS WITH TRACK LISTINGS SO THAT THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS COULD ADD THEIR OWN COMMERCIALS. I DON'T THINK THAT THE MICHELOB BEER VERSION CAME IN A PRINTED COVER EITHER, THE ONES THAT I GOT ALL 3 LPS WERE INSIDE OF ONE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET AND I ADDED ANOTHER ONE TO HOLD THE 2 OTHER 2 RECORDS. SO HERE I HAVE:

1981 - THE ROCK YEARS - PORTRAIT OF AN ERA - ROCK YEAR 1980 - WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #16 - 3 LP RADIO SHOW INCLUDING MICHELOB BEER COMMERCIALS. THERE ARE NO CUE SHEETS. HOWEVER I PLAYED EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD AND WROTE DOWN THE CONTENTS WHICH YOU CAN READ BELOW. I'LL ALSO SEND A PRINTED VERSION ON 2 SHEETS OF PAPER WHICH IS THE SAME INFORMATION AS I PUT IN THIS LISTING. ALL THE RECORD PLAY FINE AND SOUND GREAT, A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE IN PLACES AND REALLY THE ONLY SERIOUS SURFACE NOISE I HEARD WAS A FEW TICKS IN THE SONG "GOING TO MAKE YOU NOTICE BY THE PRETENDERS. SIDE ONE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, SIDE 2 HAS ONE VISIBLE SCUFF MARK ON THE FIRST SEGMENT AND A COUPLE SMALL FAINT SCUFFS PROBABLY NOT WORTH MENTIONING. SIDE 3 HAS HAS ONE FAINT SCUFF AT THE BEGINNING OF SEGMENT ONE, THE REST LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. SIDE 4 LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, YOU REALLY HAVE TO SEARCH HARD TO FIND EVEN A MICROSCOPIC SCUFF. SIDE 5 IS WHERE THE TICKS IN THAT ONE PRETENDERS SONG ARE LOCATED. BUT THERE'S NO SCRATCH THERE, ONLY A FEW TINY DOTS WHERE SOMETHING GOT INTO THE VINYL. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE THEM OUT, BUT THEY'RE SMALL AND IN ONLY A SMALL AREA. SIDE 6 HAS TWO SMALL VISIBLE HAIRLINES NEAR THE END OF SEGMENT ONE AND A LITTLE AT THE BEGINNING OF SEGMENT TWO. ABSOLUTELY NO SKIPS AND I USE A MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE WHICH TRACKS BOTH SIDES OF THE GROOVE. WHEN I GOT THIS 3 LP SET ALL 3 RECORDS CAME IN PLAIN WHITE PAPER SLEEVES INSIDE ONE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET. I'VE ADDED ANOTHER MUCH BETTER QUALITY GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKET HOUSE 2 OF THE LPS AND PUT ALL THREE RECORDS IN HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVES. ALSO A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS. 

1981 - THE ROCK YEARS - PORTRAIT OF AN ERA - ROCK YEAR 1980 - WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #16 WITH DAVID PERRY - 3 LP RADIO SHOW WITH MICHELOB BEER COMMERCIALS.
SIDE 1 CONTAINS: 1980 ROCK YEAR TIMELINE - NEWS CLIPS AND OTHER SOUND BITES EDITED TOGETHER WITH 1980 SONG EXCERPTS - PINK FLOYD RELEASES THE WALL - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL BY PINK FLOYD - DAVID GILMOUR TALKS ABOUT PINK FLOYD - THE WALL LIVE 1980 CONCERTS IN THE U.S.A. - HEY YOU BY PINK FLOYD - MICK JAGGER TALKS ABOUT TAXES IN THE U.K. - EMOTIONAL RESCUE BY THE ROLLING STONES - MICK JAGGER AND RON WOOD TALK ABOUT RECORDING THE ALBUM EMOTIONAL RESCUE - WHERE THE BOYS GO BY THE ROLLING STONES.
SIDE 2 CONTAINS: SHE'S SO COLD BY THE ROLLING STONES - ZENYATTA MONDATTA BY THE POLICE IS RELEASED - STING TALKS ABOUT WHITE, BLACK MUSIC AND REGGAE - DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME BY THE POLICE - STUART COPELAND TALKS ABOUT THE BAND - CANARY IN A COALMINE BY THE POLICE - STING TALKS ABOUT ROCK STARS AND STARDOM - DRIVEN TO TEARS BY THE POLICE - STING TALKS ABOUT POLITICS AND THE SONG DRIVEN TO TEARS - WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN YOU MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT'S STILL AROUND - STUART COPELAND TALKS ABOUT CHANGES EXPERIENCED FROM BEING IN THE BAND OVER THE YEARS AND STING TALKS ABOUT REGGAE MUSIC - DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA BY THE POLICE.
SIDE 3 CONTAINS: DISCO APOCALYPSE BY JACKSON BROWNE - THAT GIRL CAN SING BY JACKSON BROWNE - BOULEVARD BY JACKSON BROWNE - DAVID LEE ROTH, EDDIE & ALEX VAN HALEN AND MICHAEL ANTHONY TELL THE STORY OF A DAY IN THE LIFE OF VAN HALEN - EVERYBODY WANTS SOME BY VAN HALEN - DAVID LEE ROTH TALKS ABOUT THE SONG EVERYBODY WANTS SOME - AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK BY VAN HALEN - DAVID LEE ROTH TALKS ABOUT THE BAND.
SIDE 4 CONTAINS: THE RIVER BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - OUT IN THE STREET BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - STRUT BY BOB SEGER - BOB SEGER TALKS ABOUT THE SONG STRUT - BETTY LOU'S GETTIN' OUT TONIGHT BY BOB SEGER - BOB SEGER TALKS ABOUT THE SONG HORIZONTAL BOP AND HORIZONTAL BOP BY BOB SEGER.
SIDE 5 CONTAINS: ROUGH BOYS BY PETE TOWNSEND - BRASS IN POCKET BY THE PRETENDERS - TATTOOED LOVE BOYS BY THE PRETENDERS - HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT BY PAT BENATAR - PAT BENATAR TALKS ABOUT GIVING INTERVIEWS - YOU BETTER RUN BY PAT BENATAR - PAT BENATAR TALKS ABOUT SINGING, HERSELF AND HER SONGS - TREAT ME RIGHT BY PAT BENATAR - PAT BENATAR TALKS ABOUT BEING A WOMAN.
SIDE 6 CONTAINS: ANN & NANCY WILSON TALK ABOUT THE SONG EVEN IT UP AND EVEN IT UP BY HEART - ROCK AND ROLL BY HEART - WOMAN BY JOHN LENNON - JOHN LENNON DIES - POLICE SARGENT ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF THE MURDER OF JOHN LENNON BY MARK DAVID CHAPMAN - JOHN LENNON MEMORIAL - BEATLES / LENNON SONGS MEDLEY - STARTING OVER BY JOHN LENNON. 
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