ROCK YEARS 1968 PORTRAIT OF ERA 3 RADIO LPS BEATLES ROLLING STONES JIMI HENDRIX

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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 NEEDLE AND 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 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 1968 - WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #4 - 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.THERE'S 3 OR 4 VISIBLE MARKS ON SIDE 1 AND A FEW LIGHTER SCUFFS. ONE LONG SCUFF MARK AND ANOTHER REAL SMALL ONE ON SIDE 2 AND A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES ON SIDE 6. DON'T SEE ANY ON THE OTHER SIDES. LIKE I SAID A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE IN PLACES, ABSOLUTELY NO SKIPS AND I USE A MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE WHICH TRACKS BOTH SIDES OF THE GROOVE. SO IF THERE WERE I'D CERTAINLY KNOW ABOUT IT. 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 1968 WESTWOOD ONE SHOW #4 - WITH DAVID PERRY - INCLUDES MICHELOB COMMERCIALS.
SIDE 1 CONTAINS: ROCK YEAR 1968 TIMELINE - NEWS CLIPS AND OTHER SOUNDS OF THAT YEAR  EDITED TOGETHER WITH 1968 SONGS EXCERPTS - REVOLUTION BY THE BEATLES - NEWS ABOUT THE BEATLES - PAUL MCCARTNEY TALKS ABOUT HEY JUDE - HEY JUDE BY THE BEATLES - KEN MANSFIELD TALKS ABOUT HEY JUDE AND THE BEATLES - BEATLES WHITE ALBUM GETS RELEASED - BIRTHDAY BY THE BEATLES - KEN MANSFIELD TALKS ABOUT APPLE RECORDS - PIGGIES BY THE BEATLES - KEN MANSFIELD TALKS ABOUT MORE THINGS THAT HAD BEEN HAPPENING AT APPLE RECORDS.
SIDE 2 CONTAINS: WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS WITH ERIC CLAPTON ON GUITAR BY THE BEATLES - GEORGE HARRISON TALKS ABOUT WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS AND WRITING IT - ROCKY RACCOON BY THE BEATLES - KEN MANSFIELD TALKS ABOUT PAUL MCCARTNEY - BACK IN THE USSR BY THE BEATLES - GLASS ONION BY THE BEATLES - PAUL MCCARTNEY TALKS ABOUT THE WHITE ALBUM - HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN BY THE BEATLES - NEWS ABOUT BEATLES SOLO ALBUMS AND JOHN LENNON'S TWO VIRGINS ALBUM - KEN MANSFIELD TALKS ABOUT TWO VIRGINS - EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY BY THE BEATLES.
SIDE 3 CONTAINS: JUMPING JACK FLASH BY THE ROLLING STONES - BILL WYMAN TALKS ABOUT CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPENED WHILE TOURING WITH THE STONES - STREET FIGHTING MAN BY THE ROLLING STONES - BEGGAR'S BANQUET AND BILL WYMAN TALKS ABOUT BRIAN JONES - NO EXPECTATIONS BY THE ROLLING STONES - MICK JAGGER TALKS ABOUT BRIAN JONES - SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL BY THE ROLLING STONES.
SIDE 4 CONTAINS: CROSSROADS BY CREAM - JACK BRUCE TALKS ABOUT JIMI HENDRIX AND WRITING WHITE ROOM - WHITE ROOM BY CREAM - JACK BRUCE TALKS ABOUT CREAM AND WHY THEY BROKE UP - IF 6 WERE 9 BY JIMI HENDRIX - BILL GRAHAM TALKS ABOUT JIMI HENDRIX AT THE FILLMORE -  CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC BYJIMI HENDRIX - BILL GRAHAM TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED DURING JIMI HENDRIX'S 2ND SHOW AT THE FILLMORE AFTER HE TOLD JIMI HIS 1ST SHOW SUCKED - ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER BY JIMI HENDRIX.
SIDE 5 CONTAINS: THE JANIS JOPLIN STORY - JERRY GARCIA TALKS ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN - PIECE OF MY HEART BY BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY - NICK GRAVINITIES TALKS ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN - PAUL ROTHCHILD TALKS ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN - I NEED A MAN TO LOVE BY BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY - PAUL ROTHCHILD TALKS SOME MORE ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN -  BALL AND CHAIN BY BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY - PAUL ROTHCHILD TALKS EVEN MORE ABOUT JANIS JOPLIN.
SIDE 6 CONTAINS: COMBINATION OF THE TWO BY BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY - TOM HAYDEN TALKS ABOUT STUDENT PROTESTS AND THE PEACE CORPS - WE CAN BE TOGETHER BY JEFFERSON AIRPLANE- GRACE SLICK TALKS ABOUT THEIR RECORD LABEL THAT WAS OWNED BY A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR AND RELEASING THEIR CROWN OF CREATION ALBUM - FIXING TO DIE RAG BY COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH - TOM HAYDEN TALKS ABOUT PROTESTS AND THE DEMONSTRATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO - CHICAGO BY CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG AND TOM HAYDEN INTERVIEW - UNKNOWN SOLDIER BY THE DOORS - RALPH NADER TALKS ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR AND STUDENT PROTESTS.  ; text-shadow: none;"> FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING IN THE USA.

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