RADIO SHOW: 3/13/89 NEIL SEDAKA BIRTHDAY w/15 TUNES & 4 NEIL SEDAKA INTERVIEWS

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PLEASE NOTE MY SPECIAL OFFER TO MY COLLECTOR FRIENDS.  BUY FIVE OR MORE ITEMS AT ONE TIME AND EBAY WILL DISCOUNT YOUR TOTAL BY 20% AT CHECKOUT.  IT IS THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO LOOK FOR GREAT DEALS JUST AS I DO.

SO HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION: 

 WHAT IS A RADIO SHOW? 

 WHY COLLECT THEM? 

 WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?  

Well, those are good questions, especially if you have never known of them.  Radio Shows are syndicated productions by one of several large and small distributors who supply broadcast product to radio stations normally during weekends when the usual air personalities have a break.  Many air on Saturday or Sunday evenings or during overnight segments.  They often feature some of the best known voices for their genre from across the country thus the Dick Clark's and Casey Kasem's and Rick Dees and Dick Bartley and so many others.  

People collect them for various reasons. 

 Some just collect the series because they like it and want them all.

  Some collect their favorite artists or genre of music.  Rather than an album by the artist or a compilation bought at Wal Mart or downloaded through iTunes or wherever, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj presentations which were very entertaining.  

Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments. 

 Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those.  

AND, these shows are in limited quantity. 

 They were pressed just for syndicated stations in the United States.  

Many have just a few still in circulation.  Some of the more popular shows may have as many as a few hundred of each week's show that survived but think about it.  A few hundred for some 200 million Americans and millions of overseas collectors who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music is about as rare as rare can be. 

 AND they are increasingly hard to find. 

 They were first distributed on reel to reel tape if the show goes back that far into the 60's, then later on lp, later on CD and even later (after 2000 for most shows) on CDR.  Now they are not available at all to collectors since they are distributed by digital download much like you get your music from iTunes. 

These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them and the people who sell them, like me, are running out of them.   

My best contact for these shows is out of shows so now I am at the mercy of finding a good deal here and there but never from a regular source.  The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and only increase. 

 I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a no holds barred guarantee that you will be happy or I refund your money.  I sell them for near what I bought them for. 

 I give volume discounts and discount postage always.  As the postal service increases their rates, my shipping rates over the years has decreased.

  And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of many thousands of shows, so many that I don't even know all that I have and am sometimes amazed when I go to look for one show and find another that I did not realize I had. 

 Finally, it is Americana at its best.  Whether the show be from the 60's or 2000's, rock, countdown, oldies, country, classical, religious, jazz or big band, it is unique and home grown.  And you just can't find them anywhere.  Even record stores that still exist will rarely have any. 

  Radio shows are wonderful representations of the real golden age of radio at least music wise.  And every  one you buy is  an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions in the hundreds at most and most much less.  Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!  Welcome to the Club!   

    Picture yourself back in the late 50's or 60's, even the 70's.  You were glued to your transistor radio listening to the top 40 presented by your local radio station.  You had that radio glued to your ear or connected with the little earphone jack that immediately broke.  Your local dj was great.  He knew the music.  He had the gift of talking which rarely occurs anymore.  You loved the presentation of the music as much as the sounds.  You liked the station jingles. 

 And on weekends when the local dj's had off, you listened to either taped shows they did during the week to be played on the weekend or a syndicated radio show featuring one of the greats.  It was the golden age of rock.  Music was king and the dj's were just as popular.  You can relive those days whether you grew up then or just wish you had on only a handful of oldies shows.  THIS IS ONE OF THEM.    

Most of you who know me,  collectors who have dealt with me over the years,  know that my favorite series of all time is this,      Solid Gold Scrapbook.  

   One of the things this oldies radio show series did best was its specialty theme shows.  Billing itself as the "Pop Music Almanac", Solid Gold Scrapbook prided itself in being the definitive oldies show on the radio.  For a hour each day, five hours a week,  for over 8 years, show hosts brought the best of music, interviews and information.  This show is a great example. Please note that the picture is generic and shows what the show looked like but I don't have time to upload a separate picture for each show  However, they all looked just like this!  

     Called "A BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO  NEIL SEDAKA!"  the show brings you the most that you could ever hope for.  Just think, on a one hour show you will hear 15 classic tunes from the early rock era, all  GREAT  SONGS IN A TRIBUTE TO  A KEY MEMBER OF THE BRILL BUILDING GROUP THAT CREATED SO MANY OF EARLY ROCK'S HITS, NEIL SEDAKA  YOU WILL LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT HIM AND THE GROUP AND HIS ARTISTRY AND PLACE IN ROCK HISTORY. 

     THIS IS A CLASSIC HOUR THAT CAN'T BE REPLICATED.   

     It is a testimony to the early rock era and you can enjoy it over and over again as your own oldies show.   These are the real oldies!  And they can be yours - music, interviews, and all the expertise of  show host Dick Bartley and his fellow dj hosts, all experts on rock music.   

       It is a great variety of music along with RARE interviews and fun facts.     It is the best theme for an oldies show ever made and Dick Bartley and his crew were masters at it.   Whether through him when he hosted the show or through his dj’s who came after him, you will enjoy the great production values of this series from beginning to end through over 1000 different shows over 7 years.         

   This is one great hour in music and the best of all, it is vinyl and virgin vinyl at that  probably played only the day it aired.  Most of my shows from this series came directly  from the United Stations executive to whom they were sent back after airing.  He cataloged them and saved them. 

  I have almost the whole collection   You have a unique opportunity to get some of the best shows ever made.  This series is the best oldies that ever aired on American radio.  You will just not hear most of these songs or themes on any other show.  All the  artists featured in this series helped define rock music through their work  You will hear not only great tunes. but also interviews and stories about the artists  and their music that you have never heard before.   The soundtrack of our lives were shaped by this music    Even Dick Bartley's update of this show, American Gold, does not have the huge variety of themes that this series had.    It was something only Solid Gold Scrapbook did and these shows are masterpieces. They belong in your collection!      

The one hour show is on one stereo lp album and aired on the United Stations Radio Network on MARCH 13, 1991. 

   The lp is in excellent, new, pristine   condition.

  The cue sheet comes with this show and is also in excellent condition.  

   This show features   15   tunes in a massive tribute to GREAT HITS FROM NEIL SEDAKA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BIRTHDAY   and all  presented in the unique Solid Gold Scrapbook format and in pure vinyl looking like the day it was pressed with  a much better quality sound than CD's. 

  Each show contained interviews with the artists or writers or producers who made the hit.  This show has FOUR interviews with  NEIL SEDAKA DURING THIS SPECIAL SHOW.             Here are your tunes!   

         Stupid Cupid          and      My Heart Has a Mind Of Its Own - Connie Francis            The Diary         Oh Carol       Stairway to Heaven          You Mean Everything to Me          Calendar Girl         Little Devil           Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen            Breaking Up Is Hard To Do          Next Door To An Angel           Alice In Wonderland          Let's Go Steady Again           Foolish Little Girl - The Shirelles          and          Laughter In The Rain                                               

       Remember, when you buy this show, not only will you own the tunes but also interspersed between songs is fascinating commentary on the artists and songs that only Dick Bartley and the gang can provide. 

 Also, keep in mind that this and all the oldies shows are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music and great announcing that makes it so entertaining. 

 As well, it is a piece of radio history.  You just aren't going to find these shows anymore.  Think of what they will be worth in a few years!  (IF you wanted to sell.)  I am selling to share with other music lovers what I was able to get at a reasonable price; in fact, believe it or not, I paid a lot more than you will 

 Most people even enjoy the national commercials that are included on the show because some 22 years later they sound good!                                       Included  on this show   are      Serox       Rolaids         Hooked On Phonics       York Peppermint Patties                  and more.  You can see by these commercials that the show attracted a great demographic as all these commercials are for fun products.      Some people buy the shows for the commercials  they collect!  

Either way, it is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection.  As always, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy for U.S. and International buyers ,  so the more you buy the more money you will save. 

 Good Luck and God Bless You.