Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Various Artists MSG NYC May 14, 1988

                                         Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Various Artists

                                             Madison Square Garden NYC May 14, 1988

01 Intro-Marv Albert   02 That Is Rock-N-Roll (The Coasters)   03 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Crosby, Stills and Nash)  04 Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)  05 In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)  06 Introduction of Lavern Baker by Phil Collins   07 Jim Dandy (Lavern Baker)   08 Saved (Lavern Baker)  09 Backstage with Robert Townshend and Lavern Baker  10 Roberta Flack Introduces Foreigner  11 Hot Blooded (Foreigner)  12 Juke Box Hero (Foreigner)  13 Urgent (Foreigner) tape flip  14 I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner)  15 Backstage with Phil Collins and Foreigner  16 Steven Stills Introduces Ben E King  17 Spanish Harlem (Ben E King)  18 There Goes My Baby (Ben E King)  19 Save The Last Dance For Me (Ben E King)  20 America (Emerson, Palmer and Berry)  21 Pick Up The Pieces (Average White Band)  22 Teadrops From My Eyes (Ruth Brown)  23 Lisa Bonet Introduces Debbie Gibson  24 Staying Together (Debbie Gibson)  25 Foolish Beat (Debbie Gibson)  26 Out Of The Blue medley (Debbie Gibson)  27 Happy Birthday (Debbie Gibson)  28 Backstage with Debbie Gibson  29 Phil Collins Introduces Robert Plant  30 Heaven Knows (Robert Plant)  31 Ship Of Fools (Robert Plant)  32 Tall Cool One (Robert Plant)  33 Backstage Interview with Bob Geldof and Robert Plant  34 Mack The Knife (Manhattan Transfer)  35 Dan Aykroyd Introduces Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn  36 Last Night (Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn)  37 Steve Cropper Introduces Carla Thomas  38 Gee Whiz (Carla Thomas)  39 Steve Cropper Introduces Paul Rogers  40 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Paul Rogers)  41 Steve Cropper Introduces Miki Howard  42 Try A Little Tenderness (Miki Howard) 43 Introduction Of Paul Shaffer  44 Tramp (Carla Thomas and Paul Shaffer)  45 Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Elwood Blues Review)  46 Soul Man (Elwood Blues Review)  47 Been Lovin' You (That Little Bit Too Long) (Elwood Blues Review)  48 You Don't Know Like I Know (Elwood Blues Review)  49 Knock On Wood (Elwood Blues Review)  50 Roberta Flack Introduces Bob Geldof  51 You Can't Be Too Strong (Bob Geldof)  52 Mighty Love (The Spinners)  53 The Closer I Get To You (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson)  54 The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)  55 Land Of 1000 Dances (Wilson Picket)  56 Birdland (Manhatten Transfer)  57 Mike Green Presentation to Ahmet Ertegun  58  Turn It On Again Medley (Genesis)  59 Michael Douglas Introduces Crosby Stills and Nash  60 Wooden Ships (Crosby Stills and Nash)  61 Our House (Crosby Stills and Nash)  62 Lonely Days (Bee Gees)  63 Jive Talking (Bee Gees)  64 Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray Introduce The Rascal   65 Good Lovin' (The Rascals)  66 Groovin' (The Rascals)  67 People Got To Be Free (The Rascals) -cut-  68 I've Seen All Good People (Yes)  69 Hold On (Yes)  70 Paul Shaffer Introduces Rufus Thomas  71 Walking The Dog (Rufus Thomas)  72 Robert Townsend, Phil Collins and Ahmet Ertegun Introduce Led Zeppelin  73 Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)  74 Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin)  75 Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)  76 Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)  77 Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)  78 Closing Comments

In May of 1988 Atlantic Records celebrated their 40th anniversary in New York City at Madison Square Garden. A grand mix of Atlantic artist performed ranging from the past to the (then) present. The actual concert lasted over 12 hours and portions of the concert were broadcast on HBO and simulcast on FM radio. This recording was taken from WNEW FM in New York and totals 5 1/2 hours in length. The entire show was never broadcast. Some artist’s sets were edited and some omitted entirely. The broadcast started hours after the event started so some of the performances shown were live while others were recorded earlier. To some extent the performances were not broadcast in their original running order with acts from earlier in the day inserted between the later acts and of course songs omitted to make room for them.

Quite an interesting array or artists spanning 40 years of Atlantic history. There is a section in the center of the show with various members of Booker T. & The M.G.'s featuring Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn along with Dan Akyroyd as his alter ego Elwood Blues. They are listed here as The Elwood Blues Review as dubbed so by Elwood himself. And of course the night concludes with the Led Zeppelin Reunion featuring Jason Bonham on drums. Quite a night.

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