[occy69]

The old Jam Dallas Radio 1 jingles upto date for Radio 2. I guessing Wise Buddah have made them. Welcome to Mark Goodier on broad at Radio 2.

[Duncan]

Hearing Warp Factor #14 (I’ve bought that cut twice, once for hospital radio and again for Lincs FM) on Radio 2 will certainly be one of the highlights of the year, they’ve really sung it well. Is this the first time Jon’s sonovox has been heard on R2?

[AndyWMember]

The old Jam Dallas Radio 1 jingles upto date for Radio 2. I guessing Wise Buddah have made them. Welcome to Mark Goodier on broad at Radio 2.

I’m sure they’re the proper JAM article. I don’t remember any of those cuts ending up on Radio 1 either. I’m happy to stand corrected but I only remember a lot of those on commercial radio.

[Duncan]

Warp Factor 14 was used by Mike Smith on Radio 1 breakfast “oh him!”

[RobinBlamires]

All of them were on Radio 1 come to think of it. The Flamethrower Shotgun was used for Bruno Brookes’ “Five At 545” item, and the Fresh KIIS one was done for Mike Read in 1987.

[occy69]

They were the old Radio 1 stings.

[Duncan]

Would have been great to hear “The… chart… that… counts” resung as “Pick… of… the… Pops”. Any others?

[RobinBlamires]

Yes! To have it sung “on Radio 2” over the KIMN logo at the end would very closely match the main station melody!

[gameswizardMember]

Disappointing 2 hour with just 1 new JAM jingle:

TONY BLACKBURN RADIO 2 OFF AIR JAM 6 by gameswizard1969

Here’s all 4, but it gets a bit repetitive, Tony…

TONY BLACKBURN RADIO 2 OFF AIR JAM 7 by gameswizard1969

[Spoons]

Fabulous! Sound great and really well re-sung.

[RobinBlamires]

A nod to the 1980-1986 R2 melody logo on the “Breakthrough” resing. Love it.

[occy69]

na na Pick Of The Pops Tony blackburn cut would have sounded something like ( Name Mike Read on Radio 1. )

[muffy]

The Jam jingles help to make the classic tracks work better on air .. The audio has come alive

[AndyWMember]

All of them were on Radio 1 come to think of it. The Flamethrower Shotgun was used for Bruno Brookes’ “Five At 545” item, and the Fresh KIIS one was done for Mike Read in 1987.

Sorry, must be my failing memory

[GrahamCollins]

….and here are all the versions that aired today. Recorded from an FM tuner to MiniDisc then via an AES/EBU co-ax digital connection to my PC…..

POTP 050113 by Graham C

[GrahamCollins]

Here are the three Radio 1 originals plus Breakthrough cut #7 which to my knowledge was not resung for Radio 1:

Rings A Bell by Graham C

[ratnobMember]

These cuts show how Tony B understands (a) how great jingles enhance a radio show and (b) how JAM is the quintessential producer of great jingles. Suddenly, after all the jingle gloom, this is feeling like a happier new year.

[Spoons]

There’s just *something* about the vocal sound on the ‘Five at 5.45’ sing that is spine-tingling. Always loved it.

[LenGroat]

GamesWizard ~ thanks for the instant audio ~ if anyone knows HOW to use JAM’s UP jingles….. (as opposed to long ‘slab idents’ which just sit there and do not DO anything) it’s Tony Blackburn! A great combination….

occy69: ‘I guessing Wise Buddah have made them’

I REALLY don’t think so !!!

Chalks: love the audio in ‘ye oldie style’ from the days we could never get them ‘in the clear’ !

Now Radio 2 (thanks Tony and Chris) have done the ‘bleedin’ obvious’ and started using 70s-90s idents that GO with music from that era, WHICH of the quasi-national commercial stations will COPY it first!?

And remember we use JAM and PAMS 24 hours a day on http://www.solidgoldgem.am !

[IainJohnstonMember]

Usually Mrs J and I hear Tony’s POTP on Saturday afternoons driving back from the shops.

But really “paying attention” closely today, its made me really appreciate how TIGHT yet natural (OK, and cheesy, but thats his style!) his whole “traditional” crafted presentation really is, and without the “liner card, crunch-and-roll, throw-forward, X-factor/showbiz gossip mentality” that today rots so much of “commercial radio”.

The man may be 70 this month, but the whole thing is timeless (apart from some of the very naff 1990s records – maybe just as well e.g. Bros are well-forgotten!)

Tony Blackburn and Ron Sedaille may be on opposite sides of the Pond, but they both ooze a style of radio (and understanding of “listenability”, and of course choice of classic jingles) that shines through the murk.

10/10 TB! >

[GrahamCollins]

I thought Tony did well, and liked his reference to Stock, Aitkin & Waterman ‘getting the old backing track out again’ was a perfect comment cleverly rubbishing the music of the period without actually saying it was crap…… I also like the fact that Tony isn’t perfect, he stumbles on words occasionally and presses the wrong buttons but that makes it more real for me. I know he’s there live !

[LenGroat]

Wixy ” its made me really appreciate how TIGHT yet natural his whole “traditional” crafted presentation really is”

“a perfect comment cleverly rubbishing the music of the period without actually saying it was crap…… I also like the fact that Tony isn’t perfect….. I know he’s there live !

We talk a lot on here about jingles on here, but some people get offended if we venture into (constructive) criticism, and I know some of the members rarely listen to shows for jingles, preferring just to play the demos. It’s great that Tony can both make negative comments about what was very average music (bought by under 15s back then) and NOT play some of the even worst songs!

Your VERY focussed comments highlight the fact that jingles OUT of a programme CONTEXT, are in ways pointless. We should focus more on jingles ON the radio, HOW the presenters use them, IF the jingles WORK, and if it’s LIVE!

If you asked Tony (or anyone) to voice-over some of the ‘slab’ style jingles, that are long and do not DO anything, even he’d have a job, and it would not sound ‘right’. And I doubt if many of the tv ‘personalities’ that proliferate on BBC Radio 2 would be ABLE to do the tight voice-overs Tony does so very well, over REAL jingles by JAM.

Please…… bring back the art of the dj…. AND the decent jingles!

Now ~ have a go at ME about THIS post !

[muffy]

True … Tony and others from the 60’s and 70’s made me want to drop my study work to get into radio .. But with playout systems in place everyone could do an ok link… Its only now we can see that Tony and many of the greats of this period, still hold the quality and style that made me say “I want to do that” ( but it was the ILR style of the 90’s that forced me to say …Im not enjoying this .. as its radio dj’ by numbers) …..Im still lost in voice over styles that are a parody of USA voiceover work .. Which was looked down on in my ILR days ….. I wish Jinglemad had a section to talk outside jingles .. maybe by side ways on . But Len its great to have your viewpoints we need light and shade to to get a full view of Jingles and how they can make or kill a radio show or station

[gameswizardMember]

We should focus more on jingles ON the radio, HOW the presenters use them, IF the jingles WORK, and if it’s LIVE!

Tony’s show yesterday is the first time in yonks that I’ve listened to the radio for 2 hours solid – I ended up listening online as I surfed the net (after I discovered my freeview box doesn’t record the radio after all ). The last time I regularly listened to the radio was Radio 1’s Top 40 until the around the mid 90’s.

I loved Tony’s show, particularly the second hour.

If the second hour had aired first, I would have thought Tony had gotten only 2 JAM jingles. I thought one jingle was overplayed – 3 times in an hour (and twice in the first hour) – whether it was a submix or not.
I DO love that (overplayed) cut though.

I loved ALL the JAM jingles Tony played. I wonder if we’ve heard them all?

I take it Tony comissioned these JAM jingles himself?

[muffy]

But going back to playout systems .. Out of an ILR adbreak a station jingle isinserted by the traffic dept .. this jingle may not work with the track that follows the adbreak but to most PD’s .. its only radio !!.. Pre playout system a great radio presenters ( tony , Len or others) would play a Fast or medium style jingle to compliment the proceding track .. .. I think todays presenters need more of a “feel” for the music to make the Jingle and the music gel ..It just means give the presenter more freedom .. It shows it worked yesterday on pick of the pops

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