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RockRoll360 #141 - Goodbye to WBCN (Part.40)

Amy Brooks & Hardy 

For you people that’s been looking for more sound clips
of WBCN besides the 4-Day Special.
Well I have to say you hit paydirt here,
and it’s a long one. ( 73 Minutes )
We are going to listen to 3 out of 4 phases of WBCN.

The first section is with Charles “Very Laidback” Laquidara
playing pretty things with great vintage BCN commercials,
from back in 1970. Songs have been re-recorded to
give you the best possible sound.

2nd section is from the 80’s in which Charles gives us
a Mattress Milestone. I happen to be in the studio that
day with Charles and requested that song by People
in 1983. We argue on who did that song originally.
He said The Zombies and I said People.
He was right. What I can’t believe is that I never heard it
by the Zombies until that year. In my defense the Zombies
did not chart with that single but People did.

Section with The Byrds is from 1986, during WBCN’s
28th Birthday Show.
And of course we move to 2009 during the 4-Day closing
celebration show with Hardy & guest. 

I also want to say Thanks for the compliments
I been getting from BCN fans and BCN’s Alumni’s 
for putting this all together and on the web. It’s
the least I can do for a station along with
WBRU in Providence, WNEW in New York and WMMR
in Philly that actually shape my life is some ways.

Enjoy and Rock On.

Don’t forget segments with this symbol  (*)
was not from the original 4 day broadcast.

(Below from 1970)

WBCN I.D. - What Radio Station Is This Dummy *
“Songs Of Yesterday” by Free   *
Laid back Charles Laquidara on the air  *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial
                                 - for Discount Records  *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial
                     - for Orsen Wells Theater   *
“The Tower Song ” by Townes Van Zandt  *
Ampex Tapes Radio Commercial 
                    by Charles Laquidara ( Circa Early 70’s )     *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial
                            - on The Boston Phoenix   *
“Don Quixote”  by Gordon Lightfoot *
“Honky Tonk Downstairs” by  Poco  *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial for
                         Peperell Sports Center *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial for 
                            “One More Time” Movie  *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercial for
    “Suppose They Gave War And Nobody Came” Movie  *

(Below from the 80’s)

Classic Lunch Song - Feed Me with FM 104
                                    ( Parody of The Beatles )  *
Charles intro with Mattress Milestone for a song by People      *
WBCN Old Classic Radio Commercials for
                for Tweeter Etc. & The 1986 Chevy Sprint  *
“I Love You”  by People     *
Comedy from WBCN - Why are they like that   * 
“8 Miles High” by The Byrds    *

(Below from the Final 4 Days)

Hardy of WBCN signs on
“Snakebite” WBCN mash by Jerky Boys & The White Stripes
Hardy & Jaunita
WBCN I.D. - Faster Than The Speed Of Sound
                                            - The Real WBCN
“Death Or Glory” by Social Distortion
Rainman from Albuquerque, NM
“Do Ya ” - Matthew Sweet
Hardy & Mark Hamilton
Hardy,  Norm Winer (Ol’ Saxaphone Joe) & Sam Kopper

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RockRoll360 #112 - Space Captain (Part 1)

A compilation I put together back in 2004 features
some great tunes to take you out in space.

Please share,pass on,and or download.
Show me the numbers !

Music includes :::

WHAT MAKES THE MONKEY DANCE  /  CHUCK PROPHET
DANCE AWAY  /  BRYAN FERRY
I MET A GIRL  /  WHEAT
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS  /  THE BEATLES
ROCKET MAN  /  ELTON JOHN
MR SPACEMAN  /  THE BYRDS
SPACE ODDITY  /  DAVID BOWIE
SPACE CAPTAIN  /  JOE COCKER
SPACE TRUCKIN’ /  DEEP PURPLE
MAJOR TOM  /  PETER SCHILLING

Sound Bites include :::

I heard you were feeling ill  /  Sound Bite from the movie  ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
WRKO  ( Soft)  /  Radio Jingle
WABC Beatles Bumper  ( I Saw Her Standing….  /  Radio Jingle
Marijuana proble  /  Sound Clip from “Good Morning Vietnam“

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RockRoll360 #107 Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 1)

   

Front yard of Estrellas house above, MJL plays guitar. Around this time, early 70s, she and her friends recently made a jingle for KMET radio station. “A little bit of heaven, ninety-four point seven, KMET twiddle-dee”

RockRoll360 #107  Golden Age of Underground Radio Vol. 2 (Part 1 )

Various Artists - Golden Age of Underground Radio
              (1989 Dcc Compact Classics ) (CD)   (Part 2)

A logical and proper extension of the first volume of the series (which spotlighted FM underground pioneer Tom Donahue), Golden Age of Underground Radio, Vol. 2 features recordings of the legendary Los Angeles disc jockey B. Mitchell Reed, who was one of the mainstays on KMET FM, as well as an extremely important mover and shaker in the city in its prime. Taken from shows of the 1968-1971 period, this show showcases what FM radio was, as well as its necessity and artful production. Around fabulous (full-length) versions of FM staples by Love (”Alone Again Or”), Donovan Featuring the Jeff Beck Group (”Barabajagal”), and about a dozen other turntable hits, Reed keeps the flow going with smooth, hip, and very honest raps that capture the moment in tact and in real time. Commercials of the era (such as “The Hip Bagel”) and news reports only add to the period charm and transport the listener to a very real evening of music and intelligent thought. Like Donahue, Reed started in AM radio, during its loud, fast, mile-a-minute Top 40 heyday. The metamorphosis that he and the audience were going through at the dawn of the 1970s is captured here in all of its glory, making this an exquisite social, spiritual, and political document, not to mention an artistic one as well.

                                                                    ~ Matthew Greenwald, All Music Guide

B. Mitchell Reed’s Sign-On Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
I GOT A LINE ON YOU  /  SPIRIT
BARABAJAGAL ( Love Is Hot )  /   JEFF BECK GROUP & DONOVAN
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Thoughts )  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
HONKY TONK WOMAN /  IKE AND TINA TURNER
B. Mitchell Reed [Hip Bagel Commercial] Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’  /    CANNED HEAT
KILLING FLOOR  /    THE ELECTRIC FLAG
Leather Ltd.  KMET Progressive Radio commercial
B. Mitchell Reed [Jeans West Commercial] Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW  /    DAVE MASON
B. Mitchell Reed  ( Beatle Record)  )  Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
YOU CAN’T DO THAT  /    HARRY NILSSON
B. Mitchell Reed Sound bite from KMET FM’s B. Mitchell Reed
EIGHT MILES HIGH  /    THE BYRDS

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RockRoll360 #098 - Motorboat To Mars ( Part 1 )

 

Another brand new compilation I put together here in April of 2010.
Gems are the classic by The Byrds & The Four Tops.
Brand new song by One Eskimo.

Also here comes the drums again with two great tracks together by Elvis Costello & The Rouge Traders who created a real electronic foot tapper. Sung by the Australian version of Fergie.  Guys check her out —> ( Natalie Bassingthwaighte )

Music includes :::  

  CHESTNUT MARE     /       THE BYRDS
  DEVIL’S EYES      /      JAMIE JOHNSON
  RED HOUSE     ( Live )     
                               /   JOE SANTRINI, STEVE VAI, & ERIC JOHNSON
  I TURN MY CAMERA ON   /  SPOON
  SING FOR YOU     /      TRACY CHAPMAN
  KANDI    /   ONE ESKIMO
  REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE     /   THE FOUR TOPS
  PEPPER   /    BUTTHOLE SURFERS
  PUMP IT UP        /  ELVIS COSTELLO
  VOODOO CHILD      /   ROGUE TRADERS

Sound bites include ::::

  Sorry Elton      /    Sound bite from Ken Shelton of WCOZ ( 70’s)
  Stuck in the 60’s     /   Comedy from WBCN 104.1 in Boston - 1986 Broadcast
  Pants On The Ground Montage  /    MusicMan

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RockRoll360 #089 - Golden Age of Underground Radio (Part 1)

 

Various Artists - Golden Age of Underground Radio (1989 Dcc Compact Classics ) (CD)   (Part 1 )

“This is Tom Donahue and I’m here to play phonograph records.”
With that sign-on, Tom Donahue defined “underground” FM radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This disc takes the listener back to that time period, with samples of Donahue’s news spots, commercials, and between-song chat taken from airchecks while he worked as the “Big Daddy” of Bay Area broadcasting at KSAN-FM in San Francisco. The music here is a compendium of popular album cuts from that 1968-1972 era. Listening to this album is like spending 70 minutes in a time warp, when flowers, beads and long hair were de rigueur, head shops and independent record shops flourished, musicians were free to take risks with their recordings, and FM radio still allowed its announcers to choose their own music. Peace, love and hope are once again in the air and on the airwaves. It’s a trip worth taking.

Close your eyes and picture yourself with your Grateful Dead tee shirt on along
with your sandals. Your long hair brushes against your shoulders and your
driving down Ashbury in “The Haight” in San Francisco in your VW bus with your friends. The sweet aroma of God’s gift to you fills the bus.  Then you turn on your FM / 8-Track car stereo and tune into 94.9.  You see that bright red stereo light letting you know you are receiving the signal loud and clear. Now you are there, in the years of 1968 through 1972 - Have a nice trip won’t you with the Legendary Tom Donohue KSAN Radio Stereo 94.9 in San Fran.

Not from original Compilation Cd , with this symbol .   #  

Nobody Knows - Faces     #
Tom’s Donahue’s Sign-on
Fresh Garbage - Spirit
Tom Donahue
Time Has Come Today  - The Chamber Brothers ( Edited Short from RockRoll360)
So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star - The Byrds
Family Dog Commercial
Get Together - The Youngbloods
Tom Donahue
Shoot Out On The Plantation - Leon Russell
Delta Lady - Joe Cocker
Leopold Records Commerical
Atlantis - Donovan

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ROCKOLLECTIONS: 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EAGLE LANDING- SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER PT.1

Here is the first chapter of a BIG series, maybe the biggest I have ever done, inspired by the July 20, 1969 Moon Landing and in tribute to those marvelous words 40 years ago (FORTY, is that possible?), “The Eagle has landed!”.
Space: The Final Frontier.
When I do these Theme Shows and Series, I place a great emphasis on what I will Begin with, and End with.
Sometimes the beginning comes to me first, sometimes the end and I work backwards, and sometimes they both come to me simultaneously.
In this particular instance, I immediately had a beginning, but then another one made itself necessary.
Why not have 2 beginnings then?
And we will. The first beginning is rather unusual for a rock show, but we are free-form, remember!
But then a very strange thing happened during the playing of the final song in that 2nd beginning set.
The music played but NO vocals!
Unexplained ghosts in the machine, or extraterrestrial aliens? I have no idea.
For our purposes, I have inserted the song here, so you will hear it in its entirety with the vocals.
However, you will also hear me talking about that mysterious lack of voices that forced Engineer Ken and I to quickly go to another song. Pay it no mind.
Very very weird!
I will be giving you some scientific data regarding the mission, easy to understand and hopefully interesting.
Then the Moon Landing itself!
It occurs to me that I never identified the last song of this Part One. It is titled Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins, done by the Byrds.
Stick with this series, it is going to be a bumpy, fun ride.
I promise, you will be hearing the most amazing and eclectic music!

Mike

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