Concrete Gang History - 13 November 1977

Sunday, 13 November 1977 - 9:30am
Scanned image of the outside of a cassette and the handwritten notes on the insert with some 1977 dates.

Concrete Gang - 13th November 1977 program

  • A serious episode on a man with a large amount of power, Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

  • SONG: ‘I’m a Country Boy From Kingeroy’ by Chris Young on the Queensland University Revue record ‘Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy’.

  • Looking into an article from The Age, 8th November 1977: “Trachoma Scheme Blocked: Professor Stung by Decision” with damning quotes and some figures from the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists’ recent program.

  • SONG: ‘The Sandy Hollow Line’ by Steam Shuttle

  • Some quick-fire news reports: report on the excessive profits of ‘Utah’ (Development Co.), comparison of poverty rates in China and India, grocery prices jumping 77% in two years and food crisis continues to climb, The Age prices raise by 18% (2c)

  • SONG: ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ live cover by Joan Baez

  • Bounced out of the recording studio by Big Marge and Captain Crowbar, written by ‘Jack The Hat’.

  • SONG: ‘Stand Strong Together’ by Captain Matchbox

Presenters: ‘Willie’, ‘Mario’, ‘Colin’, ‘Gabby’, and more.

 


 

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