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1. The song, "Long Live Rock", that I quoted in the introduction was recorded by which British band?
2. Which album is the song "Long Live Rock" from?
3. This was the debut album of Donovan Leitch. The title track is about unrequited love. The album's name was changed for the U. S. market to match the name of Donovan's first single. What was the name of the single and album?
4. Next we have an instrumental CD that the creator, Mike Oldfield, played over a dozen different instruments on. Part of it was used in the 1973 movie "The Exorcist." What was the name of this haunting tune?
5. This next CD is from a group that I was fortunate enough to see in concert twice and they were outstanding both times. In addition to the title track, "Cross-eyed Mary", and "Locomotive Breath" still get played on the local oldies station from time to time. What is this classic album from Jethro Tull?
6. Being a child of the sixties, (OK, a teen of the sixties) I have a bunch of CDs by The Beatles. This is still one of my favorites featuring "Eleanor Rigby", "She Said, She Said" and "Taxman." You'll shoot yourself if you miss this one. Which album was this?
7. And now for something a little bit heavier. Led Zeppelin, another group I was able to see live. Which of their albums were the songs "Bron-Y-Aur Stomp" and "Gallows Pole" from?
8. Being a parrot-head, I've got to include a Jimmy Buffet question. This 1995 studio release is one of my favorite CDs. Twelve tracks and not a cull in the bunch. In addition to the title track it featured "The Night I Painted The Sky" and a cover of James Taylor's song "Mexico". What was the name of the album?
9. This was the very first CD I ever bought. I had it on an LP but when I won a CD player in a sales contest I started building my CD collection with this one. It's a solo disc from The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend.
The title song was one I used to listen to when I got depressed. How sad is that. It also featured "A Little Is Enough" and the single "Let My Love Open The Door." What's the name of this 1980 release?
10. In 1968 I discovered what the local DJs called electric music, or music made with synthesizers, most prominently the Moog Synthesizer. Two of my favorites were "Switched On Bach" by Walter (now Wendy) Carlos and this one that I had to go to Ebay to get a CD of. "Moog-The Electric Eclectics of ______" who?
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