[IainJohnston]

Lets just say a LOT of EAP’s actual station package dubs away back then (overseas stations, not UK I emphasise ) came from … me.
At 5p a jingle, per dub. Whatever he flogged them on for, and how much he made, I’ve no idea.
But for me, it all paid eventually for my 2 Ferrograph Series Sevens, which now lie defunct in the garage, should anyone be interested in “breaking for spares”!

Never came across H&L, but the good old “Evans & Martin Frontal Sound” dared to try something unheard
of for UK non-broadcast / hospital radio etc at the time. And EAP 7-inch samplers (vinyl) still lurk in some
of our collections.

Ray Anderson is STILL today behind certain “waterry wireless” activity not a million miles from Frinton,
completely legally of course with RSL and community licences, and (not sure) 648 metres (?)

[ratnobMember]

Now, I always remember the name of the company and am just curious if any of JM’s more ‘senior’ members remember a company called H&L Jingles?.

I wonder whether this was B&L Studios, based in Dartford. They worked briefly as UK agents for CPMG. In fact I had some personal cuts and voice-overs produced, when I was around 16.

They were, of course, terrible. In fact, I’ll inflict them on you later. But the guy who ran the campy – Barry Charnley (I think) – was a good guy, now (I think) a professional photographer.

GB

[UKJinglesMember]

Yes Geoff is right…
B and L DJ Studios were based in Bexleyheath, Kent and ran by Barry Charnley and back in the late 1970’s (early 1980’s) was the only way to get “American Sung” Personalised Jingles…They were sung by Ben Freedman’s “Buffalo Singers” (Which I believe were also Ken R’s “Northcoast” Singers?)
Also Dave Langer Creative Services was involved as well…

[scotronMemberAuthor]

Hi folks. Definitley H and L Jingles. I was sure they were around Cheshire area, but I might have just made that up. I remember the ‘promo’ tape that I received from them. I think the guy who made it had a cold and I’ m sure he recorded the voice over in his toilet. No idea where that tape is now. It was the jingle that was never made. I must let you hear the Manchester Mix jingle once I work out how take it off a cassette.

[IainJohnston]

“once I work out how take it off a cassette”

Ron – Output jack from cassette deck to audio in on PC; plus any reasonable audio editor, free or otherwise,
such as Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (my personal prference) or even the notorious Cool Edit Pro bootleg or
its modern equivalents.
Don’t use WIndows sound recorder – utter junk.

Or if stuck…send me it in a jiffy bag!

PS – Geoff/Pete – I STILL have a couple of Barry Charnley’s “PAMS” demo cassettes lurking here somewhere :^)

[UKJinglesMember]

Geoff/Pete – I STILL have a couple of Barry Charnley’s “PAMS” demo cassettes lurking here somewhere :^)

So have I……..and that “B and L Dee Jay Studio” Jingle (into Moog) STILL Haunts me!!! )

Incidentally I have a few obscure UK Jingle demo’s on my website
http://www.pete-wilson.net/demos.html

[ratnobMember]

Geoff/Pete – I STILL have a couple of Barry Charnley’s “PAMS” demo cassettes lurking here somewhere :^)

Have booked myself into therapy.

[ratnobMember]

I think the guy who made it had a cold and I’ m sure he recorded the voice over in his toilet.

Thanks Ron. A useful reminder of how deprived we were in our UK craving for great jingles.

[IainJohnston]

“A useful reminder of how deprived we were in our UK craving for great jingles”

Which is why some of us deprived souls started writing off to stations in other countries to mooch
3&3/4 and 7.5 IPS dubs of things other than the tiny amount of ex-pirate stations & ex-R1 stuff
that endlessly circulated here – and long before the legendary “Bob Dinan” appeared on the scene ;^)

[ …and who was this Wolfert character in the States doing the same as us…? without us knowing :^) ]

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