The Cars self-titled, debut album was released in 1978. But the band was already creating plenty of buzz a year earlier when a Boston DJ played this demo on the air... again-and-again-and-again!

 

Just a tad different than the version we know and love, right?

Other DJ's would follow our Boston broadcaster's lead and the Cars were on the road to success. Their first album climbed all the way to #18 on the Billboard album charts. Not bad, guys!