NIGHTBIRD & COMPANY: COSMIC CONNECTIONS
1974, US ARMY RESERVE

These albums were released to US radio stations as promotional items to stimulate activity in the US Army Reserve. Each one was a 2LP set, with each of the four sides devoted to an interview with a band together with tracks from their latest album, interspersed with jingles exhorting Reservists to go to meetings! (Some of the jingles are TRULY awful!)

Unfortunately, the interviewer, the self-styled Nightbird, Alison Steele, was pretty clueless, seemingly incapable of remembering simple details from one part of the programme to the next. Nonetheless, despite that handicap, the interviews go surprisingly well, with Chas Cronk and Dave Lambert doing the honours for Hero And Heroine.

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VINYL

1974

Program No. 181, air date week of 20 Oct 1974 (2LP set, US Army Reserve 73259 & 73260). This comes in a sturdy gatefold cover, the front and back mirroring the 1973 box. Front cover is identical to 1973 release above. The inner spread shows the range of US Army Reserve Shows available.

Sides

1. Program No. 181 - Strawbs
2. Program No. 182 - Tracy Nelson


3. Program No. 183 - New Riders Of The Purple Sage
4. Program No. 184 - Henry Gross

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