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The first segment was Alice Cooper, 1980, El Paso, TX from the Flush the Fashion tour.

Vincent Damon Furnier, Alice Cooper, started his musical career in 1964 in a band called The Spiders.  (It was called the Earwigs before they actually learned to play instruments, and instead mimed Beatles songs for a talent show.)  The Spiders released their first single in 1965.  In 1966, after the band graduated from high school, they released their second single.  In 1967, they were starting to travel outside of Arizona, and renamed themselves Nazz.  This name was shortlived, and in 1968 when the band discovered that Todd Rundgren’s band was also named Nazz.  So, Alice Cooper was born.

Alice Cooper’s first big hit was I’m Eighteen in 1971, followed by an even larger hit in 1972, School’s Out.  The band quickly reached their peak in 1973 with Billion Dollar Babies.  Furnier took the band’s name as his own, legal, name and went solo in 1975.  By 1977, alcoholism and drug use had taken its toll, and he put himself into a sanitarium for treatment.  This concert in El Paso, TX was on the heels of leaving the sanitarium in 1978, and was probably the best (or one of the best) lineups of Alice Cooper.

The next segment was supposed to be Bon Scott Forever Volume I, but somehow Volume II got into the playlist in its place.

Bon Scott was the second lead vocalist for ACDC, taking over for Dave Evans in 1974.  Bon had originally tryed out for the drummer position, which is what he did in his earlier bands, The Valentines and Fraternity.

Bon Scott was rated in the July 2004 issue of Classic Rock as number one in a list of the “100 Greatest Frontmen Of All Time”

ACDC rapidly rose in popularity, and were on the brink of a total commercial breakthrough, with the release of the 1979 album, Highway to Hell.  Sadly, though,  Bon Scott passed away 19 Feb 1980 after a night of heavy partying in the UK.

Volume II of this bootleg set, not only contains Ride On, recorded by Bon Scott with Trust (His last known recording.), but also contains the original radio broadcast of the news of Bon’s death.

The last segment was Bachman Turner Overdrive Live at Harpo’s, Detroit, MI

Sadly, this bootleg has no cover art.  However, I just came into another BTO bootleg from Harpo’s 1984-07-01 with full cover art, and will broadcast that one sometime in the future.   This BTO lineup was Randy Bachman, C.F. Turner, Tim Bachman, Garry Peterson (was in the Guess Who with Randy), and Billy Chapman.  This concert took place at Harpo’s in Detroit, MI on 1 Apr 1984.

Randy Bachman left the Guess Who in 1971, and didn’t immediately form BTO.  Instead, he and Chad Allen formed Brave Belt with Rob Bachman.  When they were asked to tour, they added C.F. Turner.  It was in 1973 that Mercury signed them to a recording contract (just as they were about to throw in the towel).  Their initial lineup was Randy Bachman, C.F. Turner, and Tim and Robbie Bachman at which time they changed their name to Bachman Turner Overdrive.

Next week’s broadcast, 17 Jan 2015 will air starting at 8 PM Eastern time, and will include:

Deep Purple – Live at Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1991

TBD (Since I accidentally played Vol 2 of Bon Scott on 10 Jan)

Judas Priest – Breaking the Law 1981