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World Events[]

  • Amoco Cadiz oil spill disaster
  • Argentina win the World Cup (beating the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time)
  • Ipswich Town defeat Arsenal 1-0 to win the FA Cup
  • Nottingham Forest win the league and championship double
  • Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali to gain the World Heavyweight boxing title: Ali regains it seven months later, becoming the first boxer to win the title three times
  • World's first test tube baby born
  • Publishing of The Times is suspended for a year due to a labour dispute
  • Three popes (Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II) in the same year
  • Regular broadcasts of British parliamentary proceedings start
  • Annie Hall takes Best Picture prize at the Oscars
  • First video rental shop and first marketing of laserdiscs
  • BBC Radio 1 changes its medium wave frequency for the first time in 11 years: in the process, DJ John Peel loses two hours of his show on Friday nights to allow for the birth of Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show.
  • In the men's field hockey world cup, Pakistan wins the tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina whilst in the women's,the Netherlands also wins the tournament in Madrid, Spain

Events In Rock[]

  • Peter Frampton in near fatal car crash
  • Grace Slick leaves Jefferson Starship acrimoniously
  • Gary Moore replaces Brian Robertson on guitar in Thin Lizzy
  • Sex Pistols split up
  • Keith Richard found guilty of heroin possession
  • Deaths of Keith Moon, Sandy Denny, Terry Kath (Chicago)
  • 18th September, all four original members of Kiss release eponymous solo albums

Major Releases[]

  • Blondie: 'Parallel Lines'
  • AC/DC: 'If You Want Blood You've Got It'
  • Thin Lizzy: 'Live & Dangerous'
  • Status Quo: 'If You Can't Stand The Heat'
  • Rainbow: 'Long Live Rock'n'Roll'
  • Black Sabbath: 'Never Say Die!'
  • 10cc: 'Bloody Tourists'
  • Alan Parsons Project: 'Pyramid'
  • Cars: 'The Cars'
  • Stranglers: 'Black and White'
  • Tom Robinson Band: Power in the Darkness 
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees: The Scream
  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: 'Stranger In Town'
  • Bruce Springsteen: 'Darkness on the Edge of Town'
  • Patti Smith: 'Easter'
  • Clash: 'Give 'Em Enough Rope '
  • Joe Walsh: 'But Seriously Folks'
  • Gary Moore: 'Back On The Streets'
  • Genesis: 'And Then There Were Three'
  • Judas Priest: 'Stained Class'
  • Yes: 'Tormato'
  • Magnum: 'Kingdom of Madness'
  • Jethro Tull: 'Heavy Horses'
  • Wishbone Ash: 'No Smoke Without Fire'
  • Journey: 'Infinity'
  • Gene Simmons: 'Gene Simmons'
  • Ace Frehley: 'Ace Frehley'
  • Peter Criss: 'Peter Criss'
  • Paul Stanley: 'Paul Stanley'
  • Mike Oldfield: 'Incantations'
  • Elton John: 'A Single Man'
  • Molly Hatchet: 'Molly Hatchet'
  • UFO: 'Obsession'
  • Wire: 'Chairs Missing'

List Of FRS Dates[]

Shows Shared[]

17 November 1978 / 24 November 1978 / 01 December 1978 / 08 December 1978 / 15 December 1978 / 29 December 1978

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