[jonnoMemberAuthor]

Nice idea for a theme Iain, most eggcellent! Happy Easter

[mbMember]

I don’t do these very often – I was going to do the usual but here a tribute to a station with great imaging through the years from several jingle producers
not a JAM, TM or Reelworld jingle in there !!!

https://soundcloud.com/michaelboltona/picc-omm

[IainJohnston]

Michael, that 4th last one (?)……………utterly defies description!
:^)

[mbMember]

hahahah all somewhat unique!

[UKJinglesMember]

Not that Bad……..At least back then commercial Radio (and BBC Local) had it’s own unique identity!

[IanF]

Michael, that 4th last one (?)……………utterly defies description!
:^)

That one is ‘Airforce’ I think….

[gameswizardMember]

That one is ‘Airforce’ I think….

The Airforce package was pretty decent.
https://soundcloud.com/plaza261/piccadilly-radio-ids-1986-airforce

There doesn’t seem to be a high quality version of it anywhere though.
Even the copy I got (from David Barras) was pretty poor quality.

[IainJohnston]

The only copies I’ve got of the Piccadilly Airforce “Experience” are poor MP3s;
one is the demo, and the rest are montages of varying lengths, and one with tiny gaps between the cuts.

Reflects the era of reel-to-reel stuff being “digitally saved” not to full-spec WAV but gungy MP3 :^[

[gameswizardMember]

Reflects the era of reel-to-reel stuff being “digitally saved” not to full-spec WAV but gungy MP3

I’m not so sure.
Take both Red Rose Radio’s and Viking Radio’s debut packages – both of them exist in excellent quality. They were well before Piccadilly Airforce.

Someone, somewhere will have a studio quality copy of it…

[mbMember]

It might be longer than a minute but I forgot I’d made this – Loving the variations !
https://soundcloud.com/michaelboltona/beacontelephone

[DevawebMember]

Regarding the “Experience” package from Piccadilly – somewhere in my basement I have a cassette with the full package including mixouts. I also have quite a few Sound Ideas packages with mixouts, including Benny Brown, “Classic Rock Radio” and Key 103 / Piccadilly 1152. Finding the right cassette might take some time though…!

In my youth I would often go to Piccadilly Plaza to beg stickers, merch etc, and the team at Sound Ideas would generously dub me audio from time to time (they had a separate office in the same office block). I’ve no doubt that their generosity, and my fascination of the different mixouts, contributed to my love of this crazy genre of music we all adore. Especially as, to my ideas, there was something fresh and exciting in the Sound Ideas vocals that I’d never heard before. So different to what Alfasound and the US companies were doing.

Oh, and I’m writing this in Dallas, and have been enjoying hearing lots of jingles on air in the city – on more stations than I ever recall. Good times for the 5 second melodies!

[mbMember]

OK it’s more than a minute but I just refound this and it’s fun to listen to:-

https://soundcloud.com/michaelboltona/news

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

oops, just realised its May 12th… had this one in the can in early April and completely forgot about it

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

Darn! June’s almost over and I’ve not done my OMM for this month.. not likely to either.. will have to catch up in July

[IainJohnston]

Just put Len Groat’s “Lemonade” on in a loop – especially with the absolute scorcher today has been,
even here in “Sub-Tropical Scotland”
:^)

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

well June and July kinda vanished rather quickly, so here’s my offering for August

[IainJohnston]

Gawd!
That’s “random” enough!
(Even if slightly “South Coast-ish”)

[jonnoMemberAuthor]

I did say this was an occasional series

Here’s a One Minute Montage to kick off the new year.

[mbMember]

I was thinking about how cool it used to be to hear your town / city sung
so I did a little OMM

https://clyp.it/eay1wgxq

Red Rose the best sound in Lancaster
BBC Radio Kent your favourite in Dartford
What can make you feel at home in Durham
Chiltern Radio – Bedford Cambridge
The heart & soul of London in Kensington & Chelsea

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