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  • #8612
    Andi
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      I am sure everyone on here has holy grails they would love to get their hands on!

      Mines are:

      1 – a full package copy of Essential Rythmn – Northsound One – ALFA sung by Jam
      2 – 1997 Northsound 2 from TM Century

      If anyone can help out get on touch.

      Cheers

      Andi

      http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1288696271_38_FT0_ns2tallships97.mp3 filename:ns2tallships97.mp3

      #76223
      Bigdave

        Ah…something we were discussing in Salford just a few weeks ago.

        Mine are studio quality copies of…

        Hallamland – 1980 Sue Manning Custom package for Radio Hallam in full

        Radio Hallam 1982 full package – Sue Manning

        BBC Radio Sheffield K-Lite Resings Full Package – Century 21

        #76224
        mb
        Member

          For me I've been very fortunate and able to get most of mine. I have three left:-

          Piccadilly Radio 1984 Sue Manning Heart of the North West
          Radio Clyde – 88'89ish Still the best for you
          Radio forth – Great Music Radio

          #76237
          IainJohnston
          Member

            Looks like someone's been reading my mind too!
            I'd been thinking recently of starting just such a Thread as a “sticky” so that it would be “ongoing”!

            Just a few examples of mine…

            Radio Clyde One / Clyde FM – i.e. the circa 1988 TM/MMI package & it's hasty “not-crammed-to-fit vocals” re-do, in full / in the clear
            Forth – G-M-R as per Michael above, in-house SoundHouse – ditto
            Forth – Forth & Tay Together – ditto
            Forth – RFM original sings – i.e. the ones “pulled” as soon as delivered & then re-sung with “Radio Forth” included in the lyrics
            Orchard FM – their second(?) package, producer unknown
            Island FM – JAM composite 1992/5?
            Radio West – the second(?)/third(?) package, i.e. not the MMI “Radio Weh” one, possibly David Arnold

            And so on…

            There's far more, but I should really sit down some day and “think it out”, especially for non-UK material.

            Also, there's many items I have that are not “full WAV quality”, e.g. maybe complete/in-the-clear but in MP3/WMA or are in some other way a bit sub-standard sound-wise, e.g. poorly dubbed from reel, or mono-from-stereo-tape, etc etc.

            Also, sometimes a dub may be almost complete but missing a known-much-sought-after cut – e.g. Mr Barras & I have never yet tracked down a proper dub of “The Best in the West” (sono/vocals & mix-outs) TOH-cutfrom Clyde's JAM composite.
            (…short of us tunnelling into JMW's Vault, as previously mooted!)

            Maybe a few points-to-ponder above then…?
            :^)

            #76238
            OnyxPaul
            Member

              Mine is the rumoured package from Pepper Tanner for Manx Radio that never aired, the one where the singers sang the individual letters M.A.N.X thinking it was the same as an American 4 letter station rather than an actual word.

              #77282
              DunsBus

                Wixy1360 wrote:
                Looks like someone's been reading my mind too!
                ….
                Maybe a few points-to-ponder above then…?
                :^)

                I think that whoever finds the Forth “Great Music Radio” package will have fellow collectors beating a path to their door. I'd like a copy of it if it's ever located, it was one of those packages you either loved or hated. I did hear somewhere that it took David Balfe several attempts to get it right as Forth were so impressed with the Hit Music Radio package he'd done for them and they wanted something to better it.

                Wonder if anyone has some Hit Music Radio audio…

                #77283
                mb
                Member

                  I've some Radio Forth jingles but my holy grails still stand :( I would do anything for that Piccadilly package.

                  #77284
                  newsbeat

                    My 'Holy Grails' list are:

                    2009 Newsbeat
                    2009 Radio 1 Voice Packages
                    2008 Radio 1 Voice Packages
                    2008 Radio 1 Talk Beds
                    2007 Radio 1 Newsbeat

                    #77293
                    DunsBus

                      Michael Bolton wrote:
                      I've some Radio Forth jingles but my holy grails still stand :( I would do anything for that Piccadilly package.

                      Which Radio Forth ones do you have?

                      #77294
                      upsweep
                      Member

                        Well simply would have to be all Groove Addicts – Grooveworx BBC Radio 2 Jingles, – i know they are not prestine jingles, by any stretch of the imagination, but for me must haves !

                        #77312
                        IainJohnston
                        Member

                          “Forth “Great Music Radio”

                          The problem with “in-house” based jingle production is the lack of “leakage” to the outside world, especially pre-internet/pre-digital era.

                          A while back, someone on Digital Spy claimed to have a dub of every Forth & Tay package ever produced back then; I contacted him but never got any reply – which makes one suspect a bit of balderdash going on.

                          I do have certain Scottish station items, which I only got via an ex-Scottish-station-circuit DJ who'd been in those places.

                          “Hit Music Radio” – personal opinion – expensive-sounding tracks but with ghastly vocals (Balfe multi-tracked?) and desperately naff lyrics! Some Forth “top-ups” were similarly cheapo.

                          “G-M-R” – actually just a small package – but unusually GOOD and nicely-produced tracks for an “in-house” plus signs of some proper “pro” vocalists – who was the one that sounded uncannily like jazz singer Cleo Laine?!?!

                          #77317
                          Bigdave

                            That great music radio vocalist was Madeleine Bell,ex Blue Mink and the voice behind many a tv jingle..

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z79eT4qxuvY

                            #77322
                            Barras

                              Wixy1360 wrote:
                              The problem with “in-house” based jingle production is the lack of “leakage” to the outside world, especially pre-internet/pre-digital era.

                              That`s a really good point Iain, it`s the same for me (and David Furness !) regarding the Lindisfarne package for Metro Radio. We reckon it was either recorded “in-house” at Metro Radio (in the 1970s, Metro had the studio capacity to record rock bands etc…) or at a local studio in Newcastle. We`ve gone down the avenue of contacting Metro, Lindisfarne themselves, record companies but no cigar. I have posted this cut before on jinglemad but for any newbies reading this, here it is again. Lindisfarne only recorded about 10 jingles for Metro Radio, this jingle audio is actually taken from a studio-cart…

                              http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1295898725_3680_FT82938_lindisfarne_metro_radio_warm_feeling_studio_cart.mp3 filename:lindisfarne_metro_radio_warm_feeling_studio_cart.mp3

                              I`ve never posted this Lindisfarne commercial jingle before, it`s actually a remake of their hit song “Fog On The Tyne” but using the words “Newcastle Brown Ale” :)

                              http://jinglemad.com/e107_files/public/1295898904_3680_FT82938_lindisfarne_newcastle_brown_ale_1982.mp3 filename:lindisfarne_newcastle_brown_ale_1982.mp3

                              The geordie at the end who says “aye there`s no broon like canny toon broon” is North-East actor and singer Jimmy Nail…

                              #77327
                              freq-ky

                                Mr Barras.Thanks for confirming who spoke at the tail end of that ad.That has been bugging me for years ever since I heard when I was in Sunderland a long time ago (the penultimate ad before news poobah Tony Cartledge read the 6pm Metro Radio bulletin if I remember right).

                                #77334
                                Barras

                                  No problem freq-ky…around that time, Jimmy Nail would have been in the TV show “Auf Wiedersehen Pet”

                                  http://www.aufpet.com/

                                  Here`s a translation for non-geordies…

                                  “aye, there`s no broon like canny toon broon”

                                  Aye = yes
                                  Broon = Newcastle brown ale
                                  Canny = nice, good
                                  Toon = town (Newcastle)

                                  You can find the Geordie dictionary here…

                                  http://www.englandsnortheast.co.uk/GeordieDictionary.html

                                  #77351
                                  MartinS

                                    Mine would have to be Galaxy 102 Manchester 2001 by Freeway Music.

                                    #77354
                                    Barras

                                      MartinSimm wrote:
                                      Mine would have to be Galaxy 102 Manchester 2001 by Freeway Music.

                                      I can help you there Martin, got that package at #0727 in my collection, drop me an email and I`ll get it to you.

                                      #77355
                                      DavidHemsley

                                        I have just the 1 – the David Arnold Radio York instrumental package that was about 1995 time – for a package that was mainly classical music it really worked on air . . . .

                                        #77363
                                        m_hodgey
                                        Member

                                          David Hemsley wrote:
                                          I have just the 1 – the David Arnold Radio York instrumental package that was about 1995 time – for a package that was mainly classical music it really worked on air . . . .

                                          David, you probally already know this, but some of the instrumental cuts from this David Arnold package are featured on Carlin Music Library CD CAS12 – TV/RADIO/JINGLES/IDENTS/LOGOS.

                                          If you've got this CD or access to the Carlin Music Library, look at cuts “Mirror Ball” and “Mersey Guitar 2” by David Arnold/Paul Hart.

                                          #77364
                                          DavidHemsley

                                            m_hodgey wrote:

                                            I have just the 1 – the David Arnold Radio York instrumental package that was about 1995 time – for a package that was mainly classical music it really worked on air . . . .

                                            David, you probally already know this, but some of the instrumental cuts from this David Arnold package are featured on Carlin Music Library CD CAS12 – TV/RADIO/JINGLES/IDENTS/LOGOS.

                                            If you've got this CD or access to the Carlin Music Library, look at cuts “Mirror Ball” and “Mersey Guitar 2” by David Arnold/Paul Hart.

                                            Hi Mark, yeah I see those . . . . they were the backing to the very few (badly) sung cuts on that package .. . . the main tracks, the classical themes, have so far eluded me.

                                            #77379
                                            nickpledge

                                              For me it would HAVE to be, Groove Addicts for Radio 1 (1995 – 1997)

                                              In house beds and jingles around those years too, And the very early stuff Music 4 did for radio 1 (the ones that never made the website)

                                              Nick

                                              #77382
                                              DunsBus

                                                Bigdave wrote:
                                                That great music radio vocalist was Madeleine Bell,ex Blue Mink and the voice behind many a tv jingle..

                                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z79eT4qxuvY

                                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvkRfKvH0Q

                                                Madeleine Bell – Hell's bells (sorry)! Tommy Vance also did some voiceovers for that package.

                                                I agree with Wixy, Forth's Great Music Radio one was excellent. Just a pity it got cut down in its prime (although it did see use again when the Superstation was carried overnight on Forth's FM frequency).

                                                As for Hit Music Radio, yes it was a tad overproduced, but to me that was what made that package. The orchestral-sounding news intro and outro jingles (the latter with Balfe multitracking “Radio Forrrrrrth” at the end!) were classics.

                                                #77384
                                                newsbeat

                                                  nickpledge wrote:
                                                  For me it would HAVE to be, Groove Addicts for Radio 1 (1995 – 1997)

                                                  In house beds and jingles around those years too, And the very early stuff Music 4 did for radio 1 (the ones that never made the website)

                                                  Nick

                                                  Does anyone have any older R1 Music4/Vibe audio that isn't on their site? I take it R1 started using Vibe/Music4 in 1997 when it was founded?

                                                  #77391
                                                  IainJohnston
                                                  Member

                                                    “with Balfe multitracking “Radio Forrrrrrth”

                                                    Steven, to my eternal shame, I still have some cassette aircheck snippets that “feature” some of
                                                    Mr Balfe's …er.. “efforts”, many of which I just cannot bring myself to describe as “classics”!

                                                    #77393
                                                    DunsBus

                                                      Wixy1360 wrote:
                                                      “with Balfe multitracking “Radio Forrrrrrth”

                                                      Steven, to my eternal shame, I still have some cassette aircheck snippets that “feature” some of
                                                      Mr Balfe's …er.. “efforts”, many of which I just cannot bring myself to describe as “classics”!

                                                      Well, as they say – one man's meat is another man's poison. ;) Would it be possible to have these, please?

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