Dick Clark's Solid Gold 180 LP's of the 1970's Radio

$

300

Unbelievable Find!
I  found these at a store in New Mexico about 20 years ago. These are the syndicated copies of Dick Clark's "Solid Gold" radio show from the 1970's (not to be confused with the 1980's television show). This show predates Rock Roll and  Remember by about a decade!
Each of the 180 LP's is a single show, done as a theme ("Animal Names", for instance, is Show #27, featuring songs by the Animals and Buddy Holly &  the Crickets.). Dick Clark gives some history on the music, and even interviews with greats like Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, even Elvis! Additionally, there were some contemporary 1970's songs and albums showcased as well. 
Now, here's the fun part -- this show is so rare, and played on so few radio stations, that most collector's don't even know about it! Try to find one of these shows online, let alone 180! Nobody has this!
Here are the shows listed, with a listing of just some of the songs in each show: 

Solid Gold                  x01                  Christmas #1                  Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms), March of Wooden Soldiers (Crystals)

Solid Gold                  x02                  Christmas #2                  Santa Claus is Coming (Carpenters), Christmas Song (Lettermen)

Solid Gold                  x03                  Christmas #3                  Chipmunk Song (Chipmunks), Silver Bells (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  x04                  Last Week Hits                  Sleigh Ride (Johnny Mathis), Darlin’ (Beach Boys)

Solid Gold                  x05                  Last Week Hits                  Touch Me (Doors), I’m a Believer (Monkees)

Solid Gold                  x06                  Last Week Hits                  Girl I Want to Be With You (Kinks), Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)

Solid Gold                  11                  Songs From 1958                  Get a Job (Silhouettes), When (Kahlen Twins), Twilight Time (Platters)

Solid Gold                  12                  Little Songs/Little People                  Little Darlin’ (Diamonds), Loco Motion (Little Eva)

Solid Gold                  13                  Girls about Boys                  Eddie My Love (Teen Queens), My Boyfriend’s Back (Angels)

Solid Gold                  14                  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/Ricky Neslon                  Shop Around/Hello Mary Lou

Solid Gold                  16                  Grammy Winners                  Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin), Georgia (Ray Charles)

Solid Gold                  17                  Soulful Music                  Gypsy Woman (Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions)

Solid Gold                  23                  Nashville (Rock and Roll with Country Starts)                  Old Lonesome Me (Don Gibson), Rose Garden (Lynn Anderson) 

Solid Gold                  24                  Songs of 1961                  Blue Moon (Marcells), Lion Sleeps Tonight (Tokens)

Solid Gold                  25                  January 17, 1959                  Come on Everybody (Eddie Cochrane)

Solid Gold                  26                  Two Cities (Detroit & Liverpool)                  My Girl (Temptations), Do You Wanna Know a Secret (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  27                  Animal Names                  CC Ryder (Animals), Oh Boy (Buddy Holly & the Crickets)

Solid Gold                  28                  Dance Records                  The Stroll (The Diamonds)

Solid Gold                  29                  Frankie Valli / Leslie Gore                  Sherri, It’s My Party

Solid Gold                  30                  August 22, 1959                  Bobby Socks to Stockings (Frankie Avalon)

Solid Gold                  31                  Boys about Girls                  Oh Carol (Neil Sedaka), Michelle (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  32                  November 9, 1963                  Surfer Girl (Beach Boys)

Solid Gold                  33                  Louisiana                  Sea Cruise (Frankie Ford), Walking to New Orleans (Fats Domino)

Solid Gold                  34                  1965 - the Year of the Songwriter                  Mr Tamborine Man (Byrds), Henry VIII (Herman’s Hermits)

Solid Gold                  35                  Everly Brothers / Frankie Valli                   Wake Up Little Suzy, Rag Doll

Solid Gold                  36                  Colors                  The In Crowd (Dobie Grey), The Stripper (David Rose)

Solid Gold                  37                  Duets                  Show Some D’Amour (Art & Dottie Todd), Hey Paul (Paul & Paula)

Solid Gold                  38                  April 10, 1965                  Subterranean Homesick Blues (Dylan), I’m Telling You Now (Freddy and the Dreamers)

Solid Gold                  39                  Baby in Titles                  Since I Met You, Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter), Bee Bop Baby (Rick Nelson)

Solid Gold                  40                  TV to Top 40                  Johnny Angel (Shelly Faberes), I’m a Believer (Monkees)

Solid Gold                  41                  Johnny Rivers/Lovin’ Spoonful                  Memphis, Mountain of Love, Secret Agent Man/Summer in the City

Solid Gold                  42                  January 9, 1960                  Teen Angel (Mark Denning), Why (Frankie Avalon)

Solid Gold                  43                  Phil Spector                  You Must’ve Been a Beautiful Baby (Bobby Darin), Angel Eyes (Curtis Lee)

Solid Gold                  44                  April 11, 1964                  Beatles - 12 Songs & #4-1, Hello Dolly (Louis Armstrong)

Solid Gold                  45                  Duets                  Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight (Boyce & Hart), Surf City (Jan & Dean)

Solid Gold                  46                  Rock on the Road                  Hot Rod Lincoln (Commander Cody), I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)

Solid Gold                  47                  Paul Anka/Everly Brothers                  Diana/Cathy’s Clown

Solid Gold                  48                  Songs of 1963                  Walk Right In (Rooftop Singers), Ugly Woman Song (Jimmy Soul)

Solid Gold                  49                  Songs By Burt Bacherach & Hal David                  Baby it’s You (Chirells), What the World Needs Now (Dionne Warwick)

Solid Gold                  50                  November 26, 1960                  No Other Love (Cathy Young), Are You Lonesome Tonight (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  51                  Sweet & Sugar Rock & Roll                  Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry), Sugar Shack(Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs)

Solid Gold                  52                  Ballads & Balladeers                  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (Bee Gees)

Solid Gold                  53                  November 22, 1958                  Tears on my Pillow (Little Anthony and the Imperials)

Solid Gold                  54                  City Names in Rock                  Kansas City (Wilbert Harris), Philadelphia USA (New Tornadoes)

Solid Gold                  55                  Numbers                  One (Three Dog Night)

Solid Gold                  56                  August 6 1960                  Volare (Bobby Rydell), Twist (Chubby Checker)

Solid Gold                  57                  Songs that got Banned/Bad Rep                  Book  of Love (Monotones), Whole Lotta Shakin (JLL), Day Tripper (Beatles), I Am Woman (Helen Reddy)

Solid Gold                  58                  Songs of 1964                  She Loves You (Beatles), Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)

Solid Gold                  59                  Love                  Dedicated to the One I Love (Shirelles), Love is Strange (Mickey & Sylvia)

Solid Gold                  60                  November 14, 1959                  Seven Little Girls (Paul Evans), Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin)

Solid Gold                  61                  November 5, 1966                  Stop Stop Stop (Hollies), Winchester Cathedral (New Vaudeville Band)

Solid Gold                  62                  Film Rock                  Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets), Love Me Tender (EP)

Solid Gold                  63                  Meaningless Songs/Titles                  Da Doo Run Run (Crystals), Ob La Di (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  64                  Johnny Tillis / Paul Anka                  Without You/ Lonely Boy

Solid Gold                  65                  November 16, 1957                  Jailhouse Rock (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  66                  Smith & Jones in R&R                  What’s New Pussycat (Tom Jones)

Solid Gold                  67                  Songwriters                  Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter Paul & Mary)

Solid Gold                  68                  Songs of 1962                  Can’t Stop Loving You (Ray Charles), Johnny Angel (Shelly Faberes)

Solid Gold                  69                  Religion in Rock                  The Three Bells (The Browns), Dominique (Singing Nun)

Solid Gold                  70                  Food Songs                  Gravy (Dee Dee Sharp), Taste of Honey (Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass)

Solid Gold                  71                  Two Time Hits                  When Will I Be Loved (Everly Brothers, Linda Ronstadt)

Solid Gold                  72                  Instrumentals/Novelties                  Tijuana Taxi (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass)

Solid Gold                  73                  December 25, 1971                  Without You (Nillson), Gypsies Tramps and Thieves (Cher), Brand New Key (Melanie)

Solid Gold                  74                  Paul Revere and the Raiders/Coasters                  Just Like Me, Good Thing/Along Came Jones, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown

Solid Gold                  75                  Lost Love Rock & Roll                  Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles), My Eyes Adored You (Franki Valli)

Solid Gold                  76                  Single Name Artists                  Hound Dog Man (Fabian)

Solid Gold                  77                  Songs that Became Commercials                  I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (Hillside Singers)

Solid Gold                  78                  Weather                  Snowbird (Anne Murray), Rain Dance (Guess Who), Windy (Association)

Solid Gold                  79                  Rock and Roll about Rock and Roll                  Guitar Man (Bread), The Entertainer (Billy Joel), Sgt Pepper (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  80                  Sunshine                  Sunshine on My Shoulder (John Denver), Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks), Sunshine Go Away (Jonathan Edwards)

Solid Gold                  81                  Top Songs of 1959                  Seven Little Girls (Paul Evan), Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin)

Solid Gold                  82                  April 9, 1966                  Monday Monday (Mamas & Papas), Ballad of the Green Barets (SSgt Sadler)

Solid Gold                  83                  Presidential Rock & Roll                  Your Love (Jackie Wilson), Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane)

Solid Gold                  84                  Anatomy                  Back in my Arms (Supremes), Tiptoe through the Tulips (Tiny Tim)

Solid Gold                  85                  Real People in Rock                  Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde (Georgie Fane)

Solid Gold                  86                  Billy Ward                  Deep Purple

Solid Gold                  87                  Songs from 1970                  Cracklin’ Rose (Neil Diamond)

Solid Gold                  88                  Mystery Songs                  Tallahachi Bridge Song (Bobbi Gentry), Louie Louie (Kingsman)

Solid Gold                  89                  Wrong Side of the Tracks                  In the Ghetto (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  90                  January 1, 1966                  Don’t Mess with Bill (Marvelettes), We Can Work it Out (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  91                  Sun Records                  Blue Swede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

Solid Gold                  92                  December 22, 1973                  You’re Sixteen (Ringo), Jungle Boogie (Cool & the Gang)

Solid Gold                  93                  Los Angeles                  Turn, Turn, Turn (Byrds)

Solid Gold                  94                  Tear Ducts                  Tears on My Pillow (Little Anthony & the Imperials)

Solid Gold                  95                  Imperatives                  Stop! (in the name of love) (Diana Ross and the Supremes)

Solid Gold                  96                  Songs of 1972                  Back Off Bugaloo (Ringo), Ventura Highway (America)

Solid Gold                  97                  Songs from 1968                  Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C Reilly)

Solid Gold                  98                  Fabian/Fats Domino                  Turn Me Loose/The Fat Man

Solid Gold                  99                  Answer Songs                  Save the Last Dance For Me (Drifters), I’ll Save... (Demi de Jole)

Solid Gold                  100                  Crazy Songs                  Crazy (Patsy Cline)

Solid Gold                  101                  January 6, 1968                  Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight (Boyce and Hart)

Solid Gold                  102                  Dead Rockers Society                  Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin)

Solid Gold                  103                  One Hit Wonders                  Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) (Ernie Moresca)

Solid Gold                  104                  Frankie Avalon/B J Thomas                  Venus/Hooked on a Feeling

Solid Gold                  105                  November 6, 1965                  Let’s Hang On (FV&FS), Get Off My Cloud (Stones)

Solid Gold                  106                  Up & Down in Rock                  Down at Papa Joe’s (Dixie Bells), Up on the Roof (Drifters)

Solid Gold                  107                  October 7, 1967                  The Rain, the Park and Other Things (Cowsills)

Solid Gold                  108                  Then & Now                  There I’ve Said it Again (Bobby Vinton)

Solid Gold                  109                  July 6, 1968                  Angel of the Morning (Merilee Rush), This Guy’s in Love (Herb Albert)

Solid Gold                  110                  Very Long & Very Short Songs                  Hey Jude (Beatles), All Shook Up (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  111                  Mr & Mrs songs                  Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)

Solid Gold                  112                  Prison & the Law                  Mr Bojangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), Tie a Yellow Ribbon (TO & Dawn)

Solid Gold                  113                  Grass Roots/ Non-Rock                  Sooner or Later/Dang Me (Roger Miller)

Solid Gold                  114                  November 10, 1962                  Up on the Roof (Drifters), Green Onions (Booker T & MG’s)

Solid Gold                  115                  Standards                  Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Platters), Brazil (Ritchie Family)

Solid Gold                  116                  Dreams                  Dream a Little Dream (Mama Cass), If I Can Dream (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  117                  Morning                  Morning After (Maureen McGovern), Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)

Solid Gold                  118                  Macho Rock and Roll                  Big John (Jimmy Dean), You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)

Solid Gold                  119                  Professions                  Top of the World (Carpenters), Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)

Solid Gold                  120                  2 AB (1966)                  Paperback Writer (Beatles), Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)

Solid Gold                  121                  Night Music                  In the Still of the Night (Five Satins), Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke)

Solid Gold                  122                  Freddie Cannon/Charlie Rich                  Talahasee Lassie, Palasaides Park/Behind Closed Doors

Solid Gold                  123                  April 6, 1963                  Puff the Magic Dragon (PP&M), Rhythm of the Rain (Cascades)

Solid Gold                  124                  How Do You Feel?                  I’m Hurtin’ (Roy Orbison), Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston)

Solid Gold                  125                  Pat Boone/Hollies                  At My Front Door/Stop Stop Stop

Solid Gold                  126                  Ladies of Rock & Roll                  I’m Sorry (Brenda Lee), Do you know the Way to San Jose (Dionne)

Solid Gold                  127                  Neil Diamond/Glen Campbell                  Cheri/Rhinestone Cowboy

Solid Gold                  128                  June 23, 1973                  Delta Dawn (Helen Reddy), Get Down (Gilbert O’Sullivan)

Solid Gold                  129                  Pat Boone/Association                  Sugar Moon/Windy

Solid Gold                  130                  Keyboards                  Bennie and the Jets (Elton), Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Solid Gold                  131                  Jimmy Rogers/Doors                  Honeycomb/Light My Fire

Solid Gold                  132                  November 16, 1974                  Angie Baby (Helen Reddy), Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Solid Gold                  133                  Hey! Songs                  Hey Big Brother (Rare Earth)

Solid Gold                  134                  Jerry Lee Lewis                  Whole Lotta Shakin Going On

Solid Gold                  135                  Guitar Legends                  Johnnie B Goode (Chuck Berry)

Solid Gold                  136                  Sexually Integrated Groups                  Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane), He Don’t Love You (TO & Dawn)

Solid Gold                  137                  America/Bread                  Ventura Highway/I’d Like to Make it with You

Solid Gold                  138                  Rock of Tragedy                  Frankie & Johnnie (Sam Cooke), Clementine (Bobby Darin)

Solid Gold                  139                  Ladies in Song                  Denise (Randy & the Rainbows), Cecilia (S&G)

Solid Gold                  140                  Songs of 1957                  Young Love (Tab Hunter), Jailhouse Rock (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  141                  About Time                  Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is? (Chicago)

Solid Gold                  142                  Byrds/ Ray Stevens                  Mr Tamborine Man/Ahab the Arab

Solid Gold                  143                  April 6 1968                  It’s a Beautiful Morning (Rascals), Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann)

Solid Gold                  144                  Fools                  The Fool (Sanford Clark), Fool on the Hill (Sergio Mendez)

Solid Gold                  145                  Fire                  Fire (Ohio Players), Fire & Rain (James Taylor)

Solid Gold                  146                  New York                  Teenager in Love (Dion), I Write the Songs (Barry)

Solid Gold                  147                  Owning Each Other                  You Belong to Me (Duprees), Be my Baby (Ronettes)

Solid Gold                  148                  Hearts                  Heartache (Marcels), Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat (Herman’s Hermits)

Solid Gold                  149                  Games                  Name Game (Shirley Ellis), Pinball Wizard (Who), Simon Says (1910 Fruitgum Co)

Solid Gold                  150                  January 3, 1970                  Arizona (Mark Lindsay), ABC (J5), Raindrops Keep Falling (BJ Thomas)

Solid Gold                  151                  Lost Love, Female                  Among my Souveniers (Connie Francis), One Less Bell (5th Dimension)

Solid Gold                  152                  Stage Names                  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) Release Me (Englebert)

Solid Gold                  153                  Then & Now                  Hound Dog, In the Ghetto (Elvis)

Solid Gold                  154                  Dance in Rock and Roll                  Dance Dance Dance (Beach Boys), Get Dancing (Joe Tex & Sexolettes)

Solid Gold                  155                  Birds                  One of These Nights (Eagles)

Solid Gold                  156                  April 5, 1969                  Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel), Aquarius (Fifth Dimension)

Solid Gold                  157                  Foreign Language Songs                  Sukiyaki (Q. Sakamoto), Love will Keep Us Together (Spanish) (C&T)

Solid Gold                  158                  Buddy Holly/Animals                  Peggy Sue/ House of the Rising Sun

Solid Gold                  159                  Folk Rock                  Michael Row the Boat Ashore (Highwaymen), Times a Changin (Dylan)

Solid Gold                  160                  Movie Themes                  Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel), Live & Let Die (PM & Wings)

Solid Gold                  161                  Rascals/Temptations                  Good Lovin’/My Girl

Solid Gold                  162                  #1’s for 1970                  Bridge over Troubled Water (S&G), American Woman (Guess Who)

Solid Gold                  163                  Black Female Groups                  Please Mr Postman (Marvellettes), Dancin in the Street (Martha & Vandellas)

Solid Gold                  164                  Dick & Dee Dee/Peter & Gordon                  Turnaround/World without Love

Solid Gold                  165                  Over 20wks in 1974                  Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapin), Takin Care of Business (BTO)

Solid Gold                  166                  Ladies from the British Empire                  Downtown (Petula Clark)

Solid Gold                  167                  Tommy James & the Shondells                  Hanky Panky

Solid Gold                  168                  Black or White                  Black & White (Three Dog Night)

Solid Gold                  169                  One Hit Wonders                  There’s a Moon Out Tonight (Capris), Book of Love (Monotones)

Solid Gold                  170                  Chubby Checker/Dwayne Eddy                  Twist/Cannonball, Dance with the Guitar Man, Nights on Broadway (Bee Gees)

Solid Gold                  171                  Color Blue                  Blue Moon (Marcells), Song Sung Blue (Neil Diamond)

Solid Gold                  172                  Top Artists of 1973                  Daniel (Elton John), Photograph (Ringo Starr)

Solid Gold                  173                  Fats Domino                  Blueberry Hill, Walk You Home

Solid Gold                  174                  Married Couples                  The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher), Mockingbird (Carly & James)

Solid Gold                  175                  Songs About Rock                  Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) (Reunion)

Solid Gold                  176                  Red & Green                  123 Redlight (1910 Fruitgum Co), Green Onions (Booker T & MG’s)

Solid Gold                  177                  Songs of 1958                  Lucky Ladybug (Billy & Lily), Lollipop (Chordettes)

Solid Gold                  178                  Surf Music                  Surfin Surfari (Beach Boys), Wipe Out (Surfaris)

Solid Gold                  179                  Latin Influence                  Lonely Bull (Herb Albert), La Bamba (Richie Valens), Hoya Como La (Santana)

Solid Gold                  184                  Songs of 1971                  Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)

Solid Gold                  185                  Gilbert O’ Sullivan / Ray Stevens                  Alone Again (Naturally)/Ahab the Arab

Solid Gold                  186                  Controversial Rock & Roll                  White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane), The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans)

Solid Gold                  187                  Top 40 Artists of All Time                  Crying (Roy Orbison),  25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)

Solid Gold                  188                  Top 40 of All Time II                  Bad Moon Rising (CCR), Day-O (Harry Belafonte)

Solid Gold                  189                  Top 40 Artist of All Time Pt III                  Baby Love (Diana Ross & Supremes), Lady Madonna (Beatles)

Solid Gold                  254                  Grammy Winners - Song of the Year                  Volare (Medico Medullio), It’s Too Late (Carole King)

Solid Gold                  255                  60’s and 70’s That Would Have Been Banned in the 50’s  Bitch is Back (Elton),Swearin to God (Frankie Vallie)

Solid Gold                  262                  Rockin’ Around the World                  The AutoBahn (Kraftwerk)

Solid Gold                  263                  Ladies of Rock and Roll                  Mashed Potatoes (Dee Dee Sharp)

Solid Gold                  264                  Telephone Rock and Roll                  Chantilly Lace (Big Bopper), Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You (Sugarloaf)

These discs are in good-to-excellent condition. A lot of the discs were written on, as these once belonged to a radio station. I cleaned them as soon as I got them, and they've been stored vertically in a smoke-free, climate controlled environment ever since. They have plain paper sleeves with no covers. All shows are hosted by Dick Clark throughout, he comments and introduces each song and new segment. Each show averages about 10-12 songs per disc, and one story or interview per show. It is a huge treasure trove of early rock and 70's pop!

Shipping will be pricey. The total weight of all this vinyl is 58lbs!  Keep that in mind when you bid. I will probably have to ship it in multiple boxes.