[jonnoMember]

Lots of you no doubt have a dub of this in your collections already

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Invicta-FM-Radio-Jingle-CD-/141889593753?hash=item2109476199:g:KFgAAOSwKtlWqkaJ

but for those that don’t or those that would like an original.. you might get this for a song?

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

Went for £18 in the end.

[IainJohnston]

Bargain though!
I’ve a “copy” but the file seems to be much bigger than “normal” CD size somehow…?

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

I snapped one up a few years ago for less than a fiver

[DuncanNewmarchMember]

There’s money to be made! Problem is, I like to keep the original discs even if they’re copied on the hard drive. Which would you consider selling? I suppose the old Alfa CD’s, Jingles 3, Countdown numbers/years. I have half a dozen JAM demo CD’s still wrapped up. Bizarrely I have two copies of Digital Mix, one has a black cover and the other is blue!?

[mbMember]

I had 2 copies of the Invicta CD taken when I was burgled in 1993 – I was fortunate to replace them as they still had a couple left ( it was before I knew David Arnold sold them )

[IainJohnston]

And they still sound damn good today!

https://soundcloud.com/allthebestjingles/ij-invicta-c21

[rakMember]

Bargain though!
I’ve a “copy” but the file seems to be much bigger than “normal” CD size somehow…?

Perhaps the copy you have is the actual master, including the jock cuts, rather than the cut-down version mastered onto CD for the public?

[mbMember]

I got some of the cuts resung by iJingles before they closed – They’ve actually grown on me over the years and I think a lot of those Highway 21 / other package still sound great today.

[IainJohnston]

Rak – that is indeed a spot-on description of the copy I have – its Embargoed so I can’t say who gave me the dub…. ;^)

I have a track-by-track WAV dub of the “public CD” too.
And a few of my own mini-airchecks on cassette of them on-air.

[Media Preservation FoundationMember]

The full package featuring all mixouts and the jock cuts not included on the CD above is available as a wav download from the MPF for those that don’t have a copy.

[IainJohnston]

Since we’re here…

To summarize what proper “available to listeners station jingle CDs” from that era are definately “known about” and copies extant:-

I know of (“southern England stations”):-

David Arnold – Radio Mercury
Invicta FM – Century 21 etc as discussed above
Premier/Delta JAM WNBC and Alfa – 2 CD set

Also Lantern FM in Devon, although that was cassette.

Can this list be expanded Gents?

[mbMember]

Key 103 – Opening package

David Arnold

Radio Mercury
210 FM
Spectrum 558
London Talkback Radio
Classic FM
Buzz FM
BBC Radio Sufolk

I have all the above except for the Key 103 CD – Which I didn’t know they had done until I saw one on ebay about 10 years ago

[mbMember]

David Arnold sold station ID CDs along the TM Century Demo CD’s / David Arnold Best jingles CDs

[m_hodgeyMember]

I have half a dozen JAM demo CD’s still wrapped up. Bizarrely I have two copies of Digital Mix, one has a black cover and the other is blue!?

I’ve got both copies too – I believe the black one is an Alfasound re-press of the original black JAM demo CD.

[DuncanNewmarchMember]

That would make sense Mark, I picked up the black one from St Martins studios

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

Since we’re here…

To summarize what proper “available to listeners station jingle CDs” from that era are definately “known about” and copies extant:-

I know of (“southern England stations”):-

David Arnold – Radio Mercury
Invicta FM – Century 21 etc as discussed above
Premier/Delta JAM WNBC and Alfa – 2 CD set

Also Lantern FM in Devon, although that was cassette.

Can this list be expanded Gents?

ALFACD1 – CNFM

[IainJohnston]

What contents are the 210 FM and the Buzz FM?

[RobinBlamires]

The 1989 composite by Century 21 (Madison Avenue, Pro Basics, Steamroller etc) for 210, and the C21 custom for Buzz FM.

[gameswizardMember]

210 FM

The copy I purchased from David Arnold – £9.99 I think I paid – turned defective within a short space of time, resulting in playing consisting of error correction clicks throughout playback of the enitre CD (even though to the eye the playback side looks flawless).

Fortunately, I made a high quality copy to Type II cassette on the day it arrived.

After copying to computer, correcting the playback pitch (using a track from the CD as reference), I put together a montage 3 years or so ago.
For anyone who hasn’t heard it:
https://soundcloud.com/gameswizard/210-fm-hits-memories

Invicta FM:
https://soundcloud.com/gameswizard/invicta-fm-1990-alternates

[IainJohnston]

GW, just shows that proper “jingle packages” were just that – a distinctive “station sound” with cuts/alts for every occasion – and not just a miserable “eight exciting themes reflecting the music we play” (no, I won’t mention the latest (insert “woah” here) custom effort I’ve heard just this week…)

A quick scan of my drives reveals I’ve only got a handful of the 210fm TM/C, and in N&pst*r era mp3 – being 400 miles from where all the Arnold clients were in the southern half of England/Wales, to this day I’m still “learning” about what many of those packages were like, whether his original custom work or TM/Century/etc resings!

[amigoMember]

210 FM

The copy I purchased from David Arnold – £9.99 I think I paid – turned defective within a short space of time, resulting in playing consisting of error correction clicks throughout playback of the enitre CD (even though to the eye the playback side looks flawless).

Fortunately, I made a high quality copy to Type II cassette on the day it arrived.

After copying to computer, correcting the playback pitch (using a track from the CD as reference), I put together a montage 3 years or so ago.
For anyone who hasn’t heard it:
https://soundcloud.com/gameswizard/210-fm-hits-memories

Invicta FM:
https://soundcloud.com/gameswizard/invicta-fm-1990-alternates

Ha, that’s what happened to my copy. I dubbed it but that dub still has the digital noise cutting through in the background.

Amigo

[amigoMember]

The full package featuring all mixouts and the jock cuts not included on the CD above is available as a wav download from the MPF for those that don’t have a copy.

Hi guys, I don’t see a link for it on the website.

Amigo

[Media Preservation FoundationMember]

Hi guys, I don’t see a link for it on the website.

Email tracy@jingles.org and he can get you details.

[IainJohnston]

Considering the amount of TM/C DATs etc transposed at MPF (and bucketloads still pending), a concise rolling-update list of “availables” to Collectors rather than ploughing through the individual “Basics” offerings would be a boon TC,
even if just a UK “subset” :^)

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