In the mist of sassafras many things will come to pass.
Much of the content on my site comes from tapes that I personally recorded but throughout the years I have acquired some intriguing tapes. One such collection consists of about fourteen 7 inch reel to reel tapes recorded between 1965 and 1971.
The person who recorded these loved top 40 radio and also recorded a lot of TV and records. They liked the hits as well as off the beaten path stuff . They have albums by sunshine pop and orchestral pop/rock artists like the Cyrkle and early Bee Gees. Material recorded off the radio like the Hollies’ King Midis in Reverse and the Kink’s Waterloo Sunset. Two tracks that were barely if ever played on Toronto radio. They also liked blues, folk, Hendrix and especially The Beatles.
They recorded a lot of stuff off TV, music and otherwise.. There is an interview with Grace Slick, San Francisco promoter Bill Graham and the Grateful Dead from 1967. Have not digitized that yet but it was a show based in Toronto and don’t think it’s available anywhere. The name of the show is not on the tape so that remains a mystery.
Most of the radio is small town (North Bay and Sudbury, Ontario) but there’s some bigger market material.
This is my first upload from that collection and it consists of three segments.Up to 18:17 you will hear CJCH from Halifax and then up to 27:18 it’s Jefferson Kaye on WBZ AM, Boston. Finally perhaps some small town radio or a pirate or a very early Cable access show ? I had a friend who did an audio only show on Wired City Communications ( Cable)in the early 1970’s. Not sure where this comers from as there is no station ID. Don’t think its just a guy playing DJ on tape as they seem to have all of the varied material for a top 40 countdown from the summer of love 1967 at hand. I have not included the entire segment.
The WBZ content is DX’d as the station fades out for a bit but then you can hear Jefferson Kaye clearly.
Also you will not be able to tell on the MP3 upload but I believe they were using a tube tape recorder and possibly tube radio. More to come from this collection.