Four More Transfers Down
This evening, I finished the digitization of four more old 1980's Tape & Record Show Enterprises "radio shows" recorded by my friends and I, namely episodes 16 and 17 of "The TRS Music Show" and episodes 14 and 15 of "Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade".
In episode 16 of "TRS Music Show", there was a bit of a f**ckup at the beginning. I didn't have the correct first song cued up, so we played the second song first, then the first song second. In episode 17, there was apparently a mouse loose in the studio, according to the banter between Paul Morrison and I. Also in that episode, there was a weird, low "feedback loop" thing happening for a few minutes, which suddenly just vanished. No mention of it was in the episode, so apparently it wasn't heard by us, it just went onto the recording. Might have been a mixing issue. Paul also mentioned in one of the episodes he put a cassette deck identical to the one I was using at the time on layaway. I can't remember, but from the year, I'm assuming it was one of the trusty "double well" JVC decks with a pitch control, which got TRSE through MOST of the 1980's recordings. Bought it from the long defunct local "Howard Griffin Sound Center" at their West Monroe store, in the shopping center where Kmart was located at the time. Wish you could still buy cassette decks like that, but since cassettes are a "faded format" these days, the ION branded machine I'm currently using for the digitizations is about the best I can get these days.
Episode 14 of "Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade" marked the return of the series after a little over a year hiatus. Jerry had several "prior commitments", preventing him from recording new episodes during that time period. With the return of the show came a new theme music. Instead of "Morning Star" by Kool and the Gang, the new theme music was the instrumental version of "Beep A Freak" by The Gap Band. What with the still "missing" episode 4, then the scheduling conflicts to record episodes, it seems, looking back today, the series had some kind of "curse" on it.
Contents of the episodes digitized from the "broadcast version" cassettes this evening, as written on the index cards in the old files...
"The TRS Music Show: Episode 16. Broadcast Wednesday, November 12,1986 at 7:00pm central. Theme Music: Axel F(Harold Faltermeyer). Hosted by Albert Sims and Paul Morrison. Songs include: Pharaoh A Go-Go(Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs), Hawaiian War Chant(Spike Jones and the City Slickers), Papa Oom Mau Mau(Freehold, New Jersey), Me and My Vibrator(Suzie Seacell), and Goin' Down(The Monkees).
The TRS Music Show: Episode 17. Broadcast Wednesday, February 11,1987 at 7:00pm central. Theme Music: Axel F(Harold Faltermeyer). Hosted by Albert Sims and Paul Morrison. Songs include: Hot Tub Refugee(Steve Goodman), Hooray for Captain Spaulding(Groucho Marx), Inka Dinka Doo(Jimmy Durante), Three Little Fishes(Kay Kyser), I Like Bananas 'Cause They Have No Bones(Hoosier Hotshots), Flying Saucer(Bill Buchanan/Dickie Goodman)."
"Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade: Episode 14. Broadcast Monday, January 7, 1985 at 9:00pm central. Theme Music: Beep A Freak(The Gap Band) . Songs include: Jungle Love(Morris Day and The Time), Reunited(Greg Kihn Band), Talking Out The Side Of Your Neck(Cameo), I Can Dream About You(Dan Hartman and the Sorels), Romancing the Stone(Eddy Grant), Sex Shooter(Appollonia 6), Cleaning Up the Town(The Bus Boys), and Stay the Night(Chicago).
Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade: Episode 15. Broadcast Monday, January 14, 1985 at 9:00pm central. Theme Music: Beep A Freak(The Gap Band) . Songs include: Street Corner(Ashford and Simpson), Don't Stop When You're Hot(Larry Graham), Should I Do It(The Pointer Sisters), It's A Love Thing(The Whispers), In the Navy(The Villiage People), So Rough So Tough(Roger)."
In episode 16 of "TRS Music Show", there was a bit of a f**ckup at the beginning. I didn't have the correct first song cued up, so we played the second song first, then the first song second. In episode 17, there was apparently a mouse loose in the studio, according to the banter between Paul Morrison and I. Also in that episode, there was a weird, low "feedback loop" thing happening for a few minutes, which suddenly just vanished. No mention of it was in the episode, so apparently it wasn't heard by us, it just went onto the recording. Might have been a mixing issue. Paul also mentioned in one of the episodes he put a cassette deck identical to the one I was using at the time on layaway. I can't remember, but from the year, I'm assuming it was one of the trusty "double well" JVC decks with a pitch control, which got TRSE through MOST of the 1980's recordings. Bought it from the long defunct local "Howard Griffin Sound Center" at their West Monroe store, in the shopping center where Kmart was located at the time. Wish you could still buy cassette decks like that, but since cassettes are a "faded format" these days, the ION branded machine I'm currently using for the digitizations is about the best I can get these days.
Episode 14 of "Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade" marked the return of the series after a little over a year hiatus. Jerry had several "prior commitments", preventing him from recording new episodes during that time period. With the return of the show came a new theme music. Instead of "Morning Star" by Kool and the Gang, the new theme music was the instrumental version of "Beep A Freak" by The Gap Band. What with the still "missing" episode 4, then the scheduling conflicts to record episodes, it seems, looking back today, the series had some kind of "curse" on it.
Contents of the episodes digitized from the "broadcast version" cassettes this evening, as written on the index cards in the old files...
"The TRS Music Show: Episode 16. Broadcast Wednesday, November 12,1986 at 7:00pm central. Theme Music: Axel F(Harold Faltermeyer). Hosted by Albert Sims and Paul Morrison. Songs include: Pharaoh A Go-Go(Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs), Hawaiian War Chant(Spike Jones and the City Slickers), Papa Oom Mau Mau(Freehold, New Jersey), Me and My Vibrator(Suzie Seacell), and Goin' Down(The Monkees).
The TRS Music Show: Episode 17. Broadcast Wednesday, February 11,1987 at 7:00pm central. Theme Music: Axel F(Harold Faltermeyer). Hosted by Albert Sims and Paul Morrison. Songs include: Hot Tub Refugee(Steve Goodman), Hooray for Captain Spaulding(Groucho Marx), Inka Dinka Doo(Jimmy Durante), Three Little Fishes(Kay Kyser), I Like Bananas 'Cause They Have No Bones(Hoosier Hotshots), Flying Saucer(Bill Buchanan/Dickie Goodman)."
"Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade: Episode 14. Broadcast Monday, January 7, 1985 at 9:00pm central. Theme Music: Beep A Freak(The Gap Band) . Songs include: Jungle Love(Morris Day and The Time), Reunited(Greg Kihn Band), Talking Out The Side Of Your Neck(Cameo), I Can Dream About You(Dan Hartman and the Sorels), Romancing the Stone(Eddy Grant), Sex Shooter(Appollonia 6), Cleaning Up the Town(The Bus Boys), and Stay the Night(Chicago).
Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade: Episode 15. Broadcast Monday, January 14, 1985 at 9:00pm central. Theme Music: Beep A Freak(The Gap Band) . Songs include: Street Corner(Ashford and Simpson), Don't Stop When You're Hot(Larry Graham), Should I Do It(The Pointer Sisters), It's A Love Thing(The Whispers), In the Navy(The Villiage People), So Rough So Tough(Roger)."