THE DEVON ALLMAN PROJECT I LL BE THERE

1978 PART NINE

 1978

THE LAST GREAT YEAR OF ROCK

 

 



IN A WEEK WHERE ANDY GIBB STARTS A TWO WEEK RUN WITH (LOVE IS) THICKER THAN WATER AT NUMBER ONE IN THE US. JERRY LEE LEWIS HOME IS RAIDED TO PAY OF TAX DEBTS. THE RICH KIDS ARE TOURING THE UK AND THE ROLLING STONES FINISH RECORDING SOME GIRLS IN PARIS. 

 

ABBA  ARE AT NUMBER ONE FOR ONE LAST WEEK WITH TAKE A CHANCE ON ME, THE LAST OF THEIR THREE NUMBER ONES IN A ROW, THEIR LAST NUMBER ONE OF THE SEVENTIES AND THEIR LAST NUMBER ONE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

 

DARTS MOVE TO NUMBER TWO WITH COME BACK MY LOVE THE FIRST OF THREE SINGLES TO REACH NUMBER TWO IN 1978. ROSE ROYCE AND WISHING ON A STAR HIT THEIR HIGHEST POSITION THIS WEEK AT THREE.  THE BEE GEES STAYIN ALIVE LAST WEEKS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATES REACHES IT HIGHEST POSITION THIS WEEK TO AT NUMBER FOUR. UP FROM THIRTEEN LAST WEEK AND ON IT WAY TO NEXT WEEKS NUMBER ONE SPOT IS KATE BUSH AND WUTHERING HEIGHTS AT NUMBER FIVE.

 

THE REST OF THE TOP TEN ARE ALL GOING DOWN EXCEPT YELLOW DOG AND SWEET BOTH UP ONE TO NUMBERS EIGHT AND NINE AND FOR THEM ALSO THIS IS HAS HIGH AS THEY WILL GET.

 

BLONDIE JUST MISS OUT ON THE TOP TEN THIS WEEK GOING UP TWENTY TWO PLACES TO NUMBER ELEVEN WITH DENIS AND A START OF A GOLDEN RUN OF TOP TWENTY SINGLES THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 1982. GERRY RAFFERTY BAKER STREET ONE OF THE BIGGEST SEALING SINGLES OF THE YEARS CLIMES FOURTEEN PLACES TO FOURTEEN THIS WEEK.

 

ERUPTION, SAMANTHA SANG AND BOB MARLEY ALL HAVE BIG CLIMBERS THIS WEEK GOING UP TO NUMBERS FIFTEEN WITH I CANT STAND THE RAIN AND NUMBER SIXTEEN WITH EMOTIONS AND NUMBER SEVENTEEN WITH IS THIS LOVE.

 

THE TOM ROBINSON BAND AND THE RISING FREE EP REACHES IT HIGHEST POSITION THIS WEEK AT NUMBER EIGHTEEN, AS DOES BILLY JOEL AND JUST THE WAY YOU ARE AT NUMBER NINETEEN. BARRY WHITE WILL CHART RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WITH HIS VERSION AND TAKE IT TO NUMBER TWELVE IN JANUARY 1979.

 

RITA COOLIDGE TAKES WORDS TO NUMBER TWENTY FIVE ITS HIGHEST POSITION AND ANOTHER BEE GEES SONG AND HER LAST TOP FORTY HIT.

 

ELKIE BROOKS IS A NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER TWENTY SEVEN WITH LILAC WINE A SONG COVERED BY NINA SIMONE  JEFF BUCKLEY AND SUSAN BOYLE.

 

TWO FOOTBALL SONGS FEATURE IN THE TOP FORTY THIS WEEK WE VE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD NOTTINGHAM FOREST/ PAPER LACE AT NUMBER TWENTY EIGHT, AND AT NUMBER THIRTY TWO ANDY CAMERON AND ALLYS TARTAN ARMY.

 

THE CLASH ARE A NEW ENTRY AT THIRTY FIVE WITH THE CLASH CITY ROCKERS. NEW AT THIRTY SIX IS HOT CHOCOLATE AND EVERY 1 S A WINNER. BRIAN AND MICHAEL AND MATCHSTALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS A FUTURE NUMBER ONE ENTERS AT NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN.

 

PLAYER A FORMER NUMBER ONE IN THE STATES MAKE A NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER THIRTY NINE.

 

IN THE ALBUM CHART THIS WEEK ABBA, FLEETWOOD MAC ,ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA , ROD STEWART ,BREAD, BOB MARLEY ALL HAVE TOP TWENTY ALBUMS. WHILE JUDAS PRIEST STAINED GLASS IS A NEW ENTRY AT TWENTY SEVEN, THE TUBES WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM LIFE IS NEW AT THIRTY EIGHT AND BLONDIE IS NEW AT FORTY WITH PLASTIC LETTERS

 

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IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES

IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES

BEEN DOWN

IVE BEEN UP

NEVER SEEM

TO GET MUCH HIGHER

I KNOW

I CANT EXPECT TOO MUCH

BUT AT LEAST

IVE NOT EXPIRED


IF PEOPLE ASK ME

WHAT I DO

I TELL THEM

IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


IF I GET IT RIGHT

I KNOW IT WONT LAST

IF I MEET A WOMAN

I KNOW SHES GOT

A SHADY PAST

IF I WIN A HUNDRED DOLLARS

I OWE TWO HUNDRED TOMORROW


IF PEOPLE ASK ME

WHAT I DO

I TELL THEM

IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


I HAD THREE JOBS

BUT THEIR ALL GONE

MY DOGS DEAD

AND MY HOME BEEN  SOLD

SOON THEY WILL

TAKE MY TRUCK

THAT WHAT SEEMS

TO HAPPEN THESE DAYS


IF PEOPLE ASK ME

WHAT I DO

I TELL THEM

IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


I COULD OF BEEN A DOCTOR

HAVE YOUR HEART IN MY HANDS

I COULD OF BEEN A PILOT

TAKEN YOU TO THE PROMISED LAND

BUT IM JUST A SINGER

IN A BLUES BAND


IF PEOPLE ASK ME

WHAT I DO

I TELL THEM

IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


IM  JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


IM JUST WORKING ON THE BLUES


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ELDORADO

ELDORADO

the world is a beautiful place

but was never  meant for you

I m  sorry to see you go

but you just had to move on through


I hope you find your Eldorado

or your Shangri-La

where your soul

will be at peace

and never have to

wander far


who knows where

life's twist and turns

will take us

one day

I might yet find  you there

and even though

it hurts so much now

I ll  know you found

happiness at last

god speed

for now

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NOISETRADE TOP 10 OF THE WEEK 3 SEPTEMBER TO 9 SEPTEMBER 2018

1)   DAVID BURCHFIELD     THE BEGINNING                                7 TRACKS FOLK

      BEST TRACK                   LEVEE WALK

2)  MAX DIBRUNO              SEX DEMONS AND ROCK                4 TRACKS  ALTERNATIVE

      BEST TRACK                   RIDE

3)  ROB PHILLIMORE          IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW           2 TRACKS AMERICANA

     BEST TRACK                    SOLID GOLD

4) STILL EIGHTEEN              BULLETS TO DUST                            4 TRACKS ALTERNATIVE

     BEST TRACK                    DIAMONDS AND GOLD

5) CINDY PANKIEWICZ       MY WIFE EYES                                   1 TRACK ACOUSTIC

     BEST TRACK                    MY WIFE EYES

6) MIKE BOTELLO               RULE OF LAW                                  11 TRACKS ALTERNATIVE

    BEST TRACK                     TUG OF WAR

7) LEW PHILLIPS                 A RECORDING SESSION                   4 TRACKS POWER POP

    BEST TRACK                    HMM HMM YEAH

8) ZIFF                                  THE YELLOW ALBUM                     11 TRACKS ALTERNATIVE

     BEST TRACK                   TIME

9) THE SQUAWKS              DESTROYED                                        4 TRACKS FOLK

     BEST TRACK                   MUSE

10) YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND        FIREHOUSE CENTER       19 TRACKS BLUEGRASS

     BEST TRACK                IVE ALWAYS BEEN CRAZY

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END OF DAYS

END OF DAYS

watch the sun falling

sun explodes Turing day into night

they tell us on tv

not to look into the gaze

but that don't seem to matter now

its the end of days



politician's still trying to convince me

everything going to be like yesterday

those parasites still clinging to power

even though

its the end of days



we re all just passengers

on this rock

heading for oblivion

some tried to tell us

this was coming

we chose not to believe them

its too late now

kiss your arse goodbye

its the end of days

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THE MOON

THE MOON

SOMEWHERE  SHE WATCHES THE MOON

SOMEWHERE ELSE IM WATCHING IT TO

IT SPANS THE WORLD

LIKE MY LOVE SPANS THAT CONTINENT

FOR YOU

I LOOK UP

MAKE A WISH

AND HOPE IT FINDS YOU


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