There was a bustout in this set, and I'm a little surprised no one caught
it. I'll reveal it at the end of my post.
I think that 1971 is the best year ever, separated from second place 1970
by only a smidgen (or epsilon, for you calculus buffs). While I know that
Renee possesses the ability to mess up even this stellar year, she avoided
that today and I would rate this set as good+.
The PharmChem drug report and the Harold and Maude excerpts were DM frequent
flyers, and while it was nice to hear them yet again, it's further evidence
that rather than find new material, the archives are being raided for clips.
As noted, the Traffic song has made two previous appearances in the DM era,
and yes, Annalisa played Illegal Smile once. I liked hearing both of them.
I wonder how many young'uns understood the reference when he sang about a
dream where he went to court, and the judge's name was Hoffman?
Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll has also seen only two spins on 10@10. Everything
else has been played at least four times, with the Lee Michaels hit seeing
the most repeats.
And the bustout? T.Rex's Bang A Gong! The Power Station cover has appeared
multiple times, but this is a first for the original, at least on a 10@10 set.
But I won't argue with giving it a LN designation, given it gets played at
least eleventy gazillion times a year on "classic" rock radio, plus there
is so much good material from 1971. You could program a couple of month's
worth of 1971 10@10s without ever repeating a single track.
