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WDBR MUSIC 104 - CENTRAL ILLINOIS' BEST ROCK

 
Vinyl tracklist
Side A
A1 Boe Perry & The Magnum Force - I'm Not Telling
A2 The Pat Bowe Band - Can't Give In
A3 Tapestry - Hold On
A4 J. P. Enterprizes - Get Back
A5 Slick New Face - Big Deal
Side B
B1 Pulsar - You Chase My Blues Away
B2 Shelter - It's Your Life
B3 Lucky - Lots Of Luck
B4 Kool Ray & The Polaroidz - Without Her
B5 Johnny - 1982
10 tracks
 
A download of the song 1982 was shared on 01-May-2013 with the backers of the Kickstarter campaign to finance John Schlitt's album The Christmas Project.
Release date
1982
Record label
Starstream Record Company

Release date
1982
Vinyl release
US Starstream Record Company RTR8237
 
A1 I'm Not Telling
Words and music: Boe Perry
A2 Can't Give In
Words and music: Pat Bowe and Bowe
A3 Hold On
Words and music: Robinson
A4 Get Back
Words and music: Beveridge
A5 Big Deal
Words and music: Ruth LaMaster and Young
B1 You Chase My Blues Away
Words and music: Heck
B2 It's Your Life
Words and music: Tom Deglman and Jeff Schlitt
B3 Lots Of Luck
Words and music: Sicilia and Hughes
B4 Without Her
Words and music: Pearson and Johnson
B5 1982
Words and music: Jeff Schlitt
Johnny
John Schlitt - Lead vocals
Jeff Schlitt - Keyboards
Troy Tipton - Guitar
Don Colluci - Keyboards
Jeff 'Burk' Burkchard - Bass
Jim McNealy - Drums

Here is the story of Johnny and the song 1982, as told by John Schlitt and posted on Petra's facebook on April 29, 2013:

After I was fired from Head East due to my out-of-control drug addiction, I wanted to get a band together so I could keep doing music. I was going to 'show them' - I wanted to be bigger and better than Head East ever was. So I formed a new band, called Johnny, at the end of 1979. I don't remember much from that time because I was in the zone of a self-induced 24/7 high, snorting coke to get up and booze to come back down. Those six months from January to August 1980 were a very tumultuous time for me. Through the haze of that time period we had some musical accomplishments; a credit to my band and not to me. One of those accomplishments is a song called 1982, written by my brother Jeff Schlitt, who played keys for Johnny, along with Troy Tipton on guitar, Don Colluci on keys, Jeff 'Burk' Burckhard on bass, and Jim McNealy on drums. I'll let Jeff tell the story of the song in his own words:
"Back in 1979 I was watching the movie The Late Great Planet Earth, which was a best-selling book and then one of the top-grossing movies of 1979. The movie chronicled prophesied events in the Bible, showing that civilization was headed for doomsday. After watching that movie, I sat down that same night and wrote 1982 in about an hour. I have no idea why I thought the end of the world would come in 1982, but the year sounded good, lyrically! I didn’t know John was leaving Head East and had no idea he would be recording the song when I wrote it. I was just doing what I like to do: write songs!" (hear more Jeff Schlitt tunes http://www.reverbnation.com/jeffschlitt)
I was very proud of my brother Jeff and his contributions; as I listen to 1982 it's almost like hearing it for the first time. I realize I had a very talented band – and I am honored to have been associated with them. I also realize that there was an unseen hand on my life at that time – the enemy wanted those six months in 1980 to end in suicide – and I almost went through with it – but God had other plans. As always, the Lord takes the negative and turns it into a very positive!

Production details
Special thanks to: E & F Distributing Company
Artwork details
Cover design: Jeff Burgess