The Guess Who with Bachman-Turner Overdrive - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 1-3-1975

A few days ago (writing this in February 2026), I posted a Midnight Special episode hosted by the Guess Who in 1974. They did another one that was broadcast in very early 1975 (though it was almost certainly recorded in late 1974). So here it is. The band broke up later in 1975, so this was their last appearance on the show.

As I mentioned in my write-up for the 1974 Guess Who album, the band had their first big hit in a few years that year with the song "Clap for the Wolfman." Wolfman Jack, host of the Midnight Special, loved the song, since it was about him, and he had some spoken lines in the recording. He performed the song with the band in their 1974 appearance, and did so again here. In fact, he was so keen on the song that the episode began straight away with the song before the usual introductions, then it ended with a short reprise of the song! 

Note the band Bachman-Turner Overdrive didn't appear on this episode of the show. They were only on the show once, in 1973, and played two songs. This album was rather short, and I didn't think any of the other musical acts from this episode were a good fit with the Guess Who. But the key member of Bachman-Turner Overdrive was Randy Bachman, former lead guitarist of the Guess Who, so I thought that made a very good fit. Thus, I included their songs from an earlier episode on this album, even though that took place over a year earlier. 

Between this album and the other Guess Who Midnight Special album I've posted, the band played most of their best known songs, with no overlap. For instance, in this performance they went back to some earlier songs, like "No Time" and "Bus Rider," as well as playing some that were new for the time. The band's last significant hit was "Dancin' Fool," which was performed here. That was released in October 1974, and made the Top Forty in the U.S. singles chart. 

In case you're curious, the other acts in this episode of the show were the Spencer Davis Group, Montrose, and the Charlie Daniels Band. 

This album is 39 minutes long. 

01 Clap for the Wolfman [Edit] (Guess Who with Wolfman Jack)
02 talk by Wolfman Jack [Edit] (Guess Who)
03 Dancin' Fool (Guess Who)
04 Bus Rider (Guess Who)
05 Sour Suite (Guess Who)
06 talk (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
07 Hold Back the Water (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
08 No Time (Guess Who)
09 Diggin' Yourself (Guess Who)
10 Gimme Your Money Please (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
11 Dirty (Guess Who)
12 talk (Guess Who)
13 Clap for the Wolfman [Reprise] (Guess Who with Wolfman Jack)

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The cover photo is a screenshot I took of a video from this exact concert. Wolfman Jack is on the far left, wearing a blue shirt. Burton Cummings is on the far right, playing piano and apparently wearing the curtains from his living room for a suit.