[rakMember]

Watching Joanna Lumley travel through Hokkaido to Tokyo, via Sapporo, on itv last night ( http://www.itv.com/hub/joanna-lumleys-japan/2a4327a0001 – worth watching, VPN may be needed from outside UK), it got me wondering about the second Northwave demo. I heard this about 20 years ago, but it’s never appeared on any JAM demo CDs, or the website.

Maybe Jon W can answer – did the client have an exclusivity arrangement with that package, meaning it couldn’t be demo’d, or did you just think it wouldn’t sell?

I found one cut online – quite a long theme, and have put it on my Soundcloud account at https://soundcloud.com/davidfurness/fm-north-wave – I love the keyboards on this cut.

If anyone has any more info, or hopefully the demo montage, I’d love to hear it!

[rakMemberAuthor]

It’s been pointed out to me that the cut I posted was on the Cooljam demo. I’m still fairly sure Northwave had a second package, so over to JMW…

[JAM / PAMSMember]

I’m still fairly sure Northwave had a second package, so over to JMW…

Yes, there was a second set of custom cuts done for Northwave. But it was only 6 cuts, not enough to make a package out of. Sometimes cuts in that situation get added to other packages, but in this case they are just “orphans”. I suppose we should add them to the end of the original Northwave demo one day, although that is easier said than done.

[MarcMannetje]

I always loved that series. In Europe it was sung by Top Format for Brandenburgs BB Radio (Germany) and a station in Riga Latvia. Are there any other resings in Europe?

[rakMemberAuthor]

Yes, there was a second set of custom cuts done for Northwave. But it was only 6 cuts, not enough to make a package out of. Sometimes cuts in that situation get added to other packages, but in this case they are just “orphans”. I suppose we should add them to the end of the original Northwave demo one day, although that is easier said than done.

Thanks for the info, Jon. I can see how a mini-package might not be included on a Demo CD. Hope the ‘orphaned’ cuts make it to the demo, one day.

[rakMemberAuthor]

I always loved that series. In Europe it was sung by Top Format for Brandenburgs BB Radio (Germany) and a station in Riga Latvia. Are there any other resings in Europe?

Viking FM in the People’s Republic of Yorkshire had a few cuts. Further afield, A Network called Gem Radio in the Caribbean had some NW cuts done. That was 1994, so I don’t know if it still exists. Difficult to find info online.

[IainJohnston]

“Gem Radio in the Caribbean”

According to my trusty 1999 edition of WRTH, there indeed was an Gem network based in Trinidad and with relays across
the Caribbean.

Today they’re the “Hott” FM (no, no my bad spelling…) and I’ve just heard a sweeper (familiar USA v/o guy) – playlist-wise they
could any station anywhere on 4 continents these days (although it IS 3 in the morning there…)

http://hott93.com/

As for the NW second “6 cuts” – could there be something quite rare amongst those for Personal Cuts? ;^)
Would indeed be nice to hear a montage/sample of the actual functional/main cuts.

PS – the logo for the original NW package – I hadn’t ever heard that one before first hearing the demo – although
subsequently it appeared as “FM one-oh-two The Bear” in Warwickshire – was that an original JAM creation?

[MarcMannetje]

Thanks for the info rak. Reading these posts they all come in mind.

[MarcMannetje]

Here, have some cuts!

https://soundcloud.com/marcmannetje/northwave-europe

[Jeffrey T. MasonMember]

How have I never noticed until now that “82.5 Northwave” and “Power 99FM” used identical musical logos on their JAM packages? Wow. I’m slipping…

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