So much happened in that tiny window of time from our nations bicentennial in 1976 to my first day of middle school in Bellows Falls, Vermont in the fall of 1977. Jaws, Star Wars, Rocky, my dad got remarried, skate boarding took off, Disco was on the rise and the Scratchy 45 Days were over. Influences were growing by leaps and bounds. My cousin Flavia, in Vermont was a couple of years older than me. My new step brother Dan was a couple years older than me. Both already had pretty established musical tastes.
Music in gereral was really changing in the latter half of the 1970’s. Here are a few examples and the last few of the Scratchy 45’s.
Orleans – Dance With Me
Burton Cummngs – Stand Tall
Paul Davis – I Go Crazy
Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
That 1970’s sound has all but disappeared and you can feel the emergence of Disco and synthesizers.