RADIO SHOW 7/6/85 COUNTDOWN AMERICA w/JOHN LEADER: PRINCE, KATRINA & WAVES,HEART

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HEY GUYS AND GALS,  WANT TO HEAR A RARE FOUR HOUR COUNTDOWN SHOW THAT PRECEDED DICK CLARK'S COUNTDOWN AMERICA ? AND, ALONG WITH ARTIST FEATURES, GREAT MUSIC THAT YOU GREW UP WITH AND RARE INTERVIEWS?

GREETINGS FELLOW COLLECTORS.  PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS SPECIAL OFFER TO YOU.   IF YOU BUY ANY FIVE SHOWS OR MORE SHOWS AT ONE TIME FROM MY STORE,  EBAY WILL DISCOUNT YOUR TOTAL BY 20% AT CHECKOUT, A HUGE SAVINGS.  I AM PLEASED TO OFFER THIS TO ALL YOU WHO LIKE A GREAT DEAL AS MUCH AS I DO.

AND, REMEMBER I HAVE ONLY ONE SHIPPING CHARGE FOR THE FIRST OR HEAVIEST FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS( PLUS ONLY $10 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MULTI LP SHOW) AND ALL OTHERS SHIP FOR NO EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE.

LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THIS SHOW AND SERIES AND THEN AFTER, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS, PLEASE READ ON FOR MY HUMBLE MEANDERING 'RADIO SHOWS 101' WHERE I ATTEMPT TO FILL YOU IN ON THESE MOST SPECIAL OFFERINGS

NOW ABOUT THIS SHOW.

While Dick Clark was contracted to Mutual Broadcasting and hosted Dick Clark's National Music Survey, over at United Stations Radio Network which Dick owned, a rival countdown show called Countdown America with John Leader competed weekly not only with Dick, but  Scott Shannon, Rick Dees, Casey Kasem, and others.

When Dick's contract with Mutual ended in 1985, Dick came home to his own United Stations company and took over the Countdown America show.

But the forerunner for Dick was John Leader who set the tempo and flow of the show.  This is one of John Leader's shows, relatively rare and hard to find.

THE show came on four lps and came with its cue sheets.

Every week was an adventure with great tunes, rare interviews and special features

I am pleased to offer these great  and rare shows to you.  It is not only the music but a piece of Americana that most people do not even know about.  It is a piece of radio history you are getting with these shows.  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.  I am saving those shows I treasure the most and sharing the rest with you for very reasonable prices.              

Even the commercials are great and fun to listen to and remember they are over 36 years old You will remember Dole fruit bars, Hawaiian Punch, Sun Country Wine, Turtle Wax, Blue Nun Wine, Gatorade, Butterfinger bars, and more.

THIS SHOW AIRED ON JULY 6, 1985 AND WAS SHOW #131

SO HERE ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS: 

 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 mornings, afternoons or evenings  or less often 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 , they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and often with dj presentation which is 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 affiliate stations.

 Many have just a few 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. 

PLUS, many radio stations simply threw them away after airing because they could never be played again due to the time dated commercial content and given the limited storage available in most radio stations.  I know; I worked at one for seven plus glorious years!!!

 SO they are increasingly hard to find.  They were first distributed on reel to reel tape or 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.  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 over fifteen thousand 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 limited editions in the hundreds at most and many much less.  Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!    Welcome to the Club!    

 Remember that these shows are disappearing from the market because they are no longer available.  The lp shows have not been made since the early 90's and they have the truest fidelity as you know if you are an audiophile.  The CD shows are now also unavailable as shows are now only in digital downloads.  So, the days of unique shows not copied from the soundboard of a station and sold as such are gone.  This is all there is and will be. 

 It is said that selling radio shows is a vanishing hobby as the shows quickly disappear.  Well, I still sell Betamax machines and they sell quickly whenever I list them so that is not true, but it is true that they will become rarer and harder to find so grab them now while the prices are still reasonable.      

Good Luck and God Bless You.