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Posted by Doctor Love on 09-29-2009 at11:56:
77s 30th birthday
Not to make too big a deal out of this, but before September slips away, I wanted to point out that thirty years ago this month, we played our very first gig as a band on the quad at Sierra College in Rocklin, California.
The band consisted of Doctor, Jan Eric, Mark Tootle, Mark Proctor and Sharon McCall. As I recall, we did mostly tunes from Steve Scott's unreleased Larry Norman produced album Moving Pictures, which contained both "A Different Kind Of Light" and "Stranger Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways" ~~
Posted by Cynthia on 09-29-2009 at12:22:
Exciting... happy anniversary
Posted by me-is-e on 09-29-2009 at12:33:
Sounds like a great thing to celebrate.
Posted by Mark on 09-29-2009 at12:33:
Congrats and Happy Anniversary!
Posted by DaLe on 09-29-2009 at12:34:
CooL
Posted by MarkyMark77 on 09-29-2009 at13:24:
Congrats! It is KIND of a big deal, Doc. It's thirty years of ministry. And we're all glad you did it, and stuck with it. Seriously.
Two questions arise:
1) Do you have a recording of this show?
2) Would you be willing to post a download of it for a little while, just for those of us who commented on this thread?
Or, you could monetize this anniversary by having a 30th anniversary release with outtakes, live songs, demos, etc?
Posted by Doctor Love on 09-29-2009 at14:59:
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Originally posted by MarkyMark77
Congrats! It is KIND of a big deal, Doc. It's thirty years of ministry. And we're all glad you did it, and stuck with it. Seriously.
Two questions arise:
1) Do you have a recording of this show?
>>>> there are many cassette recordings of shows from that era, but I do not recall ever seeing one from Sierra College. It could be on one of those tapes and just not labelled, but I don't know for sure. There has been talk for years about releasing an album of the best of these recordings but that has yet to happen. I am glad that there are actually three concerts from that savage young 'Scratch Band' era that were recorded on multi-track (you can hear samples of these as the bonus tracks on the Ping Pong Over The Abyss CD) and I certainly hope all this will come out one day if anyone is still interested...
2) Would you be willing to post a download of it for a little while, just for those of us who commented on this thread?
>>>>> hmmmm .... perhaps presenting this kind of material as downloads would be the most appropriate way to feature it, given the sound quality of the source tapes. I hate downloads, but it might be fun to see them as a way to offer less-then-stellar recordings for the fans who enjoy this sort of thing.
Or, you could monetize this anniversary by having a 30th anniversary release with outtakes, live songs, demos, etc?
>>>>> that's actually a really good idea. I will take this under advisement -- it could be a way to get some excitement going between our sporadic 'official' releases .....
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Posted by zing on 09-29-2009 at16:11:
Congrats on 30 years! I vote for a download AND a tribute/anniversary album!
Posted by Doctor Love on 09-29-2009 at17:48:
ProBruced by The 77s
Oh yeh, today is Bruce Spencer's birthday ~~
Posted by lam77s on 09-29-2009 at18:06:
RE: 77's 30th B'day and ProBruced by The 77s
Cheers! - *clink*
Linda
Posted by Ping Pong Over the Abyss on 09-29-2009 at18:15:
Good times all around...for both the band and the drummer.
Posted by MefLiszto on 09-29-2009 at19:00:
Happy Birthday 7. And you too, other 7.
And to you as well, Mr. Spencer.
Posted by steveruff on 09-30-2009 at03:52:
Thanks for 30 years of great music, I think a 30 year anniversary release would be cool as well.
Posted by 77 bc on 09-30-2009 at07:20:
Congrats to the Seventy Sevens!
I remember buying PPOTA from the Christian book store. I had a friend from another church in our district telling me about it, and so I "ordered" it from the bookstore, before I had ever heard it. Glad I took his recommendation!
Posted by Big Jim on 09-30-2009 at08:58:
77's 30th birthday
Congratulations on the 77's and Bruce's 30th birthdays!
Bruce - you're not much older than 30, are you?
- you don't look much older than that, but I know that couldn't be true...
Doc - I'm sure glad you and the 77's are still doing your thing. Long may you keep rolling (and rocking)...
Jim
Posted by Marti on 09-30-2009 at13:04:
RE: 77s 30th birthday
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Originally posted by Doctor Love
The band consisted of Doctor, Jan Eric, Mark Tootle, Mark Proctor and Sharon McCall. As I recall, we did mostly tunes from Steve Scott's unreleased Larry Norman produced album Moving Pictures, which contained both "A Different Kind Of Light" and "Stranger Won't You Change Your Sinful Ways" ~~ |
So much for the theoretical total exclusion of girls from the band (other than the snuck-in Nerf Sisters, hey naaa naaa).
Congrats to all past and present, and Happy Birthday to Bruce. I hope they've recovered from their losses from the fire.
Posted by Rod on 09-30-2009 at15:45:
Been with you for 27 of those years, since Ping Pong was released. We were all so young then.
. I'm in for the 30th anniversary release.
Posted by dennis on 10-01-2009 at03:42:
happy anniversary to 77s.
happy birthday to bruce.
Posted by colorblind on 10-01-2009 at12:39:
Way to go Doc!!!
I think it would be cool to put together some sort of cd to celebrate. How about a spin-off of Sticks & Stones...call it Break Yer Bones. Play off the original artwork and everthing just like 99 did!
An updated best-off, as chosen by Mike...with a few twists.
Do it...for love!!!
Posted by Cynthia on 10-01-2009 at14:33:
There sure are a lot of cords laying on the floor in that picture. It would be so interesting to watch the makings of an album be recorded like that.
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