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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 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? Big Grin

Posted by Doctor Love on 09-29-2009 at14:59:

quote:

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 .....

Big Grin

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 ~~ Cool

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. Cool

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:

Big Grin

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! Smile

Bruce - you're not much older than 30, are you? Big Grin

- 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

quote:

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. Smile

. 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!!!