This program follows the years Richard Nixon was President; 1969 – 1974.
Starting with the 2 major events of the Summer of ’69 (Woodstock and Apollo 11), it continues through the following years, documenting both the war, and the protest movement, until Nixon’s demise in Watergate.
The Nixon Years – A personal Retrospective
Produced, edited and written by Chuck U. Rosina
Pre-produced edits of Cambodia, Kent State and part of Watergate by Scoop Nisker and the Radio Rebels of San Francisco
Mixed at W Bla3, Boston, MA.
Part 1
Intro – Nixon Nomination Acceptance, Rock cuts, and Chuck
WOODSTOCK & APOLLO 11
Stage Announcemtents; Arlo Guthrie – Coming into L.A.; Joni Mitchell – Woodstock
Joan Baez & Jeff Shurtleff – Drug Store Truck Drivin’ Man
Stage Announcements, Youngbloods – Get Together;
Joe Cocker/the Beatles – With a Little Help from My Friends
Max Yazgur; Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Woodstock; Sly Stone – Higher
NASA – Apollo 11 Actualities; Hair – Aquarius; Chuck
Gil Scott Heron – Whitey on the Moon; NASA – Apollo 11 Actualities
VIETNAMIZATION & KENT STATE
Lennono – Give Peace a Chance; Nixon – Troop withdrawl; Les McCann & Eddie Harris – Compared to What; the Who – We’re Not Gonna Take it
Scoop Nisker – Darkness at the End of the Tunnel; Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
Scoop Nisker – Kent State; Nixon Oratorio – I’m Still Here (where are they now)
Zappa & Mothers – It Can’t Happen Here; CSNY – Ohio
Gore Vidal – MiLai; Pete Seeger – Last Train to Nurenberg
Abbie Hoffman – On the Air
Chuck – Historic Monologue (w/ Jefferson Airplane – Meadowlands)
Part 2
NIXON’S SECOND INAUGURATION
Yippies – Nixon Rat Float
Bella Abzug – Inauguration Protest
Rev. Fred Kirpatrick – Fires of Naplam
Nixon – Cease Fire; John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth
Phil Ochs – The War is Over; Joan Baez – Saigon Bride
Paul Fisher – The War Summary, Jan. 29, 1973
Donovan – The War Drags On
WATERGATE
Phil Ochs – Accuses Nixon
David Frye – Spiro; Arlo Guthrie – Singing Forever
Nixon – I’m Not a Crook
Unknown singer – G. Gordon Liddy
National Lampoon – Lady Plumber
Phil Ochs drop; Scoop Nisker – It’s Oil Over Now
National Lampoon – Impeachment Parade
Scoop Nisker – Kickin’ Dick; the Byrds – I Wonna Be a Politician
Nixon – Resigns
Dan Murphy – The White House Un-American Activities Rag
Chuck U. Rosina - Outro
This program is from the archives. Original master done with razor blades and splicing tape.
It was not originally designed for “commercial” broadcast, so it doesn’t fit into a neat hour window,
But rather is 73:30 long.
