progressive sounds heard on WMMR-FM on August 20, 1970

[robear...@yahoo.com]

Back in 1970 a friend of mine recorded an aircheck of a whole day of
programming on legendary Philadelphia station WMMR-FM, back in their
freeform heyday. Here's a small sample of the music they played that
day almost 35 years ago...

Merry Clayton: gimme shelter
Donovan: sun
Joni Mitchell: night in the city
Mother Earth: get out of here
Junior Wells: I could have had religion
The YOungbloods: sugarbabe
Johnny Winter: no time to live
Grateful Dead: cosmic charlie
Flying Burrito Brothers: cody cody
The Move: brontosaurus
Gordon Lightfoot: minstrel of the dawn
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation: sugar on the line
Procul Harum: whaling stories
Area Code 615: scotland
Mathews Southern Comfort: sweet bread
Essra Mohawk: spiral
Ramblin Jack Elliot: if I were a carpenter
Melanie: the good book
Boz Scaggs: I will forever sing the blues
Rita Coolidge: second story window
Chicago: an hour in the shower
Savoy Brown: sitting and thinking
Kef Hartley Band: change
Quicksilver Messenger Service: long haired lady
Seals and Crofts: hollow reed
Alex Taylor: highway song
Tom Rush: child's song
Guess Who: coming down off the money bag
Traffic: every mother's son
Sandy Denny: John the gun
Fred Neil: fool's are a long time comin
Livingston Taylor: hush a bye
Blood, Sweat and Tears: morning glory
Joy Of Cooking: if some God
Mountain: taunta
Fairport Convention: walk awhile
Fanny: it takes a lot of good loving
the Hollies: gasoline alley bread
Free: highway song
Lee Michaels: what now America
Gary Wright: sing a song
Humble Pie: only a roach
Judy Collins: I'll keep it with mine
Jefferson Airplane: triad
Carole King: eventually
Blodwyn Pig: backwash
Graham Nash: man in the mirror
Wishbone Ash: blind eye

and many more.....

Bob

[douglas]

This is excellent, Bob, what a great show. Thanks for taking the time
to write it up and post.

73,
Douglas