I love this thread!
Move-in day 1977, I can still picture the scene: Humongous stereo speakers emerge from every car, and students precariously carry their Pioneers and KLHs from curbside to dorm room. The stereo is king. Every student—bar none—has one. It’s our tech. Inside the dorm, dads (of girls) in every room work to connect receivers to tuners, turntables, cassette decks, and speakers.
Music blares all semester long. Students face their speakers out the windows. We hear The Who, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin in the open air, especially in the late afternoon and early evening. Also after midnight.