[johnquincyMember]

Ken R. Deutsch has just written a nice article about the early days of jingle collecting. You can read it here: http://jinglesamplers.com/earlyjinglecollecting.htm

[IainJohnston]

Excellent article again from Ken.

Several of us on this side of the Pond could have written several of those paragraphs about that era, word for word, especially about trying to get original dubs from stations and (ahem) “other sources”, tape hiss as “generations” of dubs increased, etc, and substituting our names for those of the USA players
:^)

[michiMember]

Fortunately, I had another jingle anorak within driving distance when I was younger… Between that and the occasional care package from Fred Hardy, that’s how I fed my jingle habit.

[LenGroat]

Early jingle collecting? So many years ago, I’m in danger of writing too much – so briefly > the PAMS on ‘Big L 266’ in 1965 > buying 3 and 3/4 inch reels by post of these and other awful quality copies of PAMS and ‘mystery’ jingle companies > in 1969 University Radio in Swansea, editing all these jingles for ‘Action Radio’ > 1972 writing to PAMS…. and GETTING actual demos ! > June 1974 first radio ‘job’ at Metro Radio… but by October I had lyriced and ordered a full PAMS package for the station > 1975 the first time I heard JAM jingles, and they were so ahead of their time I did not realise how GREAT they were, or that they would ‘out PAM’ PAMS ! > and that’s why I’m still ordering them 41 years later…..

So in a nutshell…. JINGLES were what led me in to a ‘radio life’…

[Jim Donahue]

I enjoy the stories about collecting in the early days. The audio jingle stories posted on here a while back were a particular joy to listen to. It makes me understand why some of the older collectors feel that people seem to have it too easy these days, with everything being just a download away.
In my case, I have yet to meet anyone in person who gives a toss about jingles – the only collectors I “know” are the ones on here!

[ratnobMember]

The original documentaries featuring some of us, er, veteran collectors are on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/jonno-4/jingles-a-collectors-tale
G

[IainJohnston]

“veteran”?!? :^)

Er, you guys were still in nappies, or even a twinkle in your mother’s/father’ eyes!

A cold day in early 1969; standing at a dreich bus-stop in Coatbridge, clutching a polybag with four 3-inch yellow-cased mini-reels with newly-made dubs of the PAMS Radio London Series 18 etc cuts transcribed from the Who’s “Who Sell Out” LP.

FRN Forth Radio Network in Edinburgh; mood lighting in the studio and control room. John Coles (of Kenton Gardens…) blasting out the then-new PAMS WWDC Musical Odyssey at high volume on the Ferrographs “salvaged” from the former offshore Radio Scotland ship the Comet.

1970 – first overseas Jiffy Bag thuds on the doormat – all the way from Toronto Canada, station-recorded at CHUM a dub of PAMS 32/33/34/Holidays composite, and Drake sound-alike acapellas.

Within several weeks, WAVE Louisville, CKFM Toronto (in stereo!), KPRC Houston, CKEY Toronto, WRVA Richmond…

The audio lives on here – but in very tatty quality!

Then – a “Personal Cut” before the name was even invented.
My name sung in sonovox by Ken Justiss, for a £fiver.

And then – disaster – a 3-month long strike by postal workers – no post, no jingles for what seemed forever at that age!
IJ

[ratnobMember]

My collector’s tale:

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