Time Machine

1978

by Bill DeVille

January 25, 2023

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Produced by Booker T. Jones, 'Stardust' is the 22nd studio album by Willie Nelson, released in April 1978. Its 10 songs consist entirely of pop standards that Nelson picked from among his favorites. The cover features a painting by Susanna Clark of the Pleiades constellation.
Produced by Booker T. Jones, 'Stardust' is the 22nd studio album by Willie Nelson, released in April 1978. Its 10 songs consist entirely of pop standards that Nelson picked from among his favorites. The cover features a painting by Susanna Clark of the Pleiades constellation.Columbia Records

The Time Machine hits 1978 this time. Willie Nelson surprised his fans when he recorded his album of old pop standards called Stardust; his fans loved it. Bruce Springsteen showed a more mature sound on his Darkness on the Edge of Town effort. Cheap Trick were becoming one of the biggest bands in the land. Rolling Stones made their best album since Exile on Main Street. The band Chic packed the dance floor with a song they wrote about not being allowed into a disco. And speaking of disco, Saturday Night Fever became a cultural phenomenon. It's all 1978, our year on this episode of Time Machine Tuesday.

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A man strikes a pose on a lighted dance floor; a poster of 3 men is above
The original soundtrack to 'Saturday Night Fever' was released on November 15, 1977.
RSO
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A man in a leather jacket stands in front of Venetian blinds
'Darkness on the Edge of Town' is the fourth studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 2, 1978.
Columbia Records
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Two men in stylish-for-1978 togs pose for a portrait
'Heaven Tonight' is Cheap Trick's third studio album, produced by Tom Werman and released in 1978. The album cover features lead singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson on the front, with Rick Nielsen and Bun E. Carlos on the back.
Epic Records