***A note to air check traders. Please do not record these air checks and try and trade. I have the original tapes many of which I recorded myself and thus the authenticity can not be in doubt and can be easily traced.
A great triple play. The first aircheck continues the WBCN FM series and is from 1971. Another fantastic set of music. The version of Anna by the Beatles seems to be a lot more echo laden than the regular release. Also noteworthy is a group called Demon Fuzz played at the very end of the clip and sounding very modern and ahead of their time. Not sure who the DJ is.
The second clip comes from WVBF FM, a station out of a suburb of Boston called Framingham. The station as WKOX FM had switched to a top 40 format in 1969 and was one of the earliest top 40 FM stations. In 1971 they changed their call letters to WVBF with the tagline ” Electronic Mama.” The station could be characterized as a AOR/Top 40 hybrid. The first DJ on the clip is Bud Ballou and he hands things off to Ron Robbin at the end of the clip. The presentation is high energy Top 40 and the music is a mix of FM rock and Top 40.
I have more from WBCN, WVBF and a few other Boston area stations that I will be uploading in the future. Plus I will continue to upload clips from Southern Ontario and Western New York.
The third clip comes from a radio program hosted by Ed Baer called Guard Scene (sponsored by The National Guard). Enjoy these rare interviews with John Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful and Alex Chilton and The Box Tops from 1967.
I remixed the top of the hour And added phasing was done on a scully 280 tape deck worked with bud and Ron following bud Sat nite and Ron on Sunday John Gillis was pd
In the first WBCN aircheck, the Beatles song Anna version heard “IS” the original “regular” version, taken off the STEREO LP available at that time on Capitol Records. The CD versions today are NOT as they were mixed or intended to be heard by producer George Martin, in fact the first CD release was in mono. Capitol released the Stereo LP versions on CD later, but even so, not with the Stereo separation as heard here. Wow, this brought back memories when using KOSS headphones to listen to LPs and FM.
From WBCN’s one of WBCN’s founding fathers —> Sam Kopper passed on from me The D.J. on the first clip :::: That’s easy….John Brodey, often known on air in those days as “Obi Wan Brodey.”
Well I am glad because I tried to resolve that mystery back in 2015 with ex BCN folks and not sure if they were putting me on but one even suggested it was an unpaid intern. I knew it could not be as I heard the same voice on a commercial or two. Can you point me to some other audio that may be available of John Brodey ?