Carter’s Rock N’ Roll Diary: March 10th
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Rush played the Orpheum on this night in 1978. This was just before their platinum-selling years were ushered in by the 1980 album “Permanent Waves” and it’s hit “The Spirit of Radio.” What album did the band release in ’78?

Answer: “Hemispheres”

And here’s the rest of today’s Rock ‘N Roll Diary with Carter Alan!

• A very happy birthday today to Tom Scholz of the band Boston.
• On this day in 1963 The Rolling Stones began their first recording session at Olympic Studios in London. The song they cut was a version of Chuck Berry’s “Come On” and it became the band’s first single.
• In 1972 the album “Fragile” by Yes was certified gold.
• A year later in ’73 Steely Dan released the single “Reeling In The Years.”
• In 1974, David Bowie’s recorded show at Philadelphia’s Tower Theater, became the album “David Live.”
• In 1975 Moody Blues members Justin Hayward and John Lodge introduced their new band, The Blue Jays, to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York. After one tour and one album, they put their energies back into The Moody Blues.
• In 1981, Jimmy Page made his first solo stage performance after the break up of Led Zeppelin, joining Jeff Beck for the encore of his show in London.
• And in 2000 Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders and two others were arrested in New York City after slashing leather goods at a Gap store as part of a protest organized by P-E-T-A.
• Checking the WZLX ticket stash Rush played The Orpheum in 1978.