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The Midnight Special: 1975

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1975:

The Bee Gees: Nights On Broadway
Peter Frampton: Show Me The Way
Helen Reddy: I Am Woman
Kc & The Sunshine Band: That's The Way I Like It
Rod Stewart: You Wear It Well
Earth Wind & Fire: Shining Star
Orleans: Dane With Me
Natalie Cole: This Will Be
Barry Manilow: Could It Be Magic
Ohio Players: Love Roller Coaster
Olivia Newton John: Have You Ever Been Mellow
Glen Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy
Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles: It Takes Two To Tango
Minnie Ripperton: Lovin You
Kiss: Black Diamond

It was kinda short.but no bad artist.I love thgis era in music,as I grew-up as a teen-ager.Its worth the $$ to buy,however no more than $15..

I have some fond memories of watching The Midnight Special back in the late '70's and seeing some of my rock heroes performing live. As this was the pre-MTV era we weren't that accustomed to seeing rock acts on TV all that often, so consequently it was a genuine cause for excitement to catch rock stars of the day like Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Heart, Kiss, etc live on the Midnight Special. With the passage of time however we tend to forget just how much crap was also shown on the show. For every good rock act we saw on the show there were usually 3 or 4 horrid disco performers. For every great blues legend there were usually a half-dozen sugar-coated radio acts of the day like Andy Gibb, Olivia Newton John, Helen Reddy, The Captain & Tennille, etc. When They decided to open the vaults and release these Midnight Special performances on DVD they had a great opportunity to please everyone by sorting the performances according to musical style... rock acts like Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Kiss, Golden Earrring, etc on one disk, disco acts like KC & The Sunshine Band and The Bee Gees on another disk, MOR acts like Helen Reddy and Glen Campbell on another disk, etc. Instead, they chose to sort the acts according to year, which means you get a ridiculous mixed bag of performers of opposing musical styles on one DVD. So for example, in the case of the 1975 DVD, if you love KISS then you'll likely hate The Bee Gees and KC & The Sunshine Band and vice versa. And if you like Glen Campbell then you'll probably dislike ALL of the above. In other words, these DVD's have something for *everyone* to hate!