Radio Show: COUNTDOWN USA w/DAVE SHOLIN 9/26/87 PRINCE, ABC, M.JACKSON, D.BOWIE

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_PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LISTING PICTURE IS A GENERIC PICTURE AND NOT THE ACTUAL SHOW DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BELOW.  SINCE ALL RADIO SHOWS OF THE SAME TITLE LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME, IT IS EASIER TO JUST SHOW A SAMPLE SHOW.  LOOK BELOW FOR EVERYTHING THAT APPEARS ON THIS SHOW!

ALSO, IF YOU BUY ANY FIVE SHOWS AT ONE TIME FROM MY STORE, YOU MAY CHOOSE A SIXTH FREE OF CHARGE .  JUST EMAIL ME THROUGH THE EBAY SYSTEM WITH YOUR CHOICE.

AND, REMEMBER I HAVE ONLY ONE SHIPPING CHARGE FOR THE FIRST (OR HEAVIEST FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS) AND ALL OTHERS SHIP FOR NO EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE with the exception of multi lp shows which is a cost saving additional $8 for show.

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 wherever, 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. 

Believe it or not, some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those.

AND, these shows are in limited quantity. 

They were printed just for syndicated 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. 

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 running very low and when he is gone I will be 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. 

Even during the recession which is hopefully ending, the value of shows did not diminish much.  The number bought diminished because people were afraid to spend their money and who blames them.  But the prices did not decrease much and again are on the 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 ten 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!    

A companion weekly countdown show of the many popular shows airing throughout the 70's and beyond, this one was hosted by DJ Dave Sholin who built up a following when hosting the Countdown America show before Dick Clark left Mutual Broadcasting to go to United Stations Broadcasting where he took it over.  Dave then formed his own production company to release this weekly version of his popular  countdown show.

THE show is a syndicated four hour weekly program from Countdown USA Broadcasting Network 

The show comes on FOUR LP's in new condition, and looking like they were just pressed. I can guarantee to you that these shows were played only on the day of their airing.  I know this because I got them all from a special source who was the station engineer and was given the shows in thanks for all the work that he did for the station.  They have been with him until now when he allowed me to have access to them.  These shows are as new as you can get and they can be yours.

DAAVE SHOLIN'S COUNTDOWN USA SHOW CONTAINED THE TOP 40 SONGS OF THE WEEK ALONG WITH CLOSEUP FEATURES, INTERVIEWS, AND A TOP 10 REPLAY IN THE FINAL MINUTES OF THE SHOW

This show  aired on SEPTEMBER 26, 1987!

THE SHOW FEATURED THE TOP 40 SONGS OF THAT WEEK. The first cue sheet for this week's show is missing so we start with song #31

Wipe Out - Fat Boys and The Beach Boys        Something Real Inside Me Inside You - Mr. Mister             I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany          Mony Mony - Billy Idol        Never Let Me Down - David Bowie         Victim of Love - Bryan Adams          In My Dreams  REO Speedwagon         Fake - Alexander O'Neal           CLOSE UP:    You Are The Girl - The Cars        Who Found Who - Jellybean            Can't We Try - Dan Hill with Vonda Sheppard             

Little Lies  Fleetwood Mac          Bad - Michael Jackson             Let Me Be The One - Expose           Doing It ll For My Baby - Huey Lewis and the News         Jump Start - Natalie Cole         Causing a Comotion - Madonna        Casanova - Levert             CLOSE UP        TONIGHT SHE COMES - THE CARS          La Bamba - Los Lobos           Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead               Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellecamp             Who Will You Run To - Heart           

One Heatbeat - Smokey Robinson           U Got The Look - Prince               When Smokey Sings - ABC         I Heart a Rumour - Bananarama                 Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa           I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson with Siddah Garrett           Carrie - Europe       CLOSE UP        DRIVE - THE CARS         Here I Go Again - Whitesnake             TOP TEN REPLAY           Didn't We almost Have It All  Whitney Houston          

The history of rock and roll and its evolution to today cannot be discussed without countdown shows entering into the mix again and again.  These shows give you an opportunity to have something that few people in the world can own,  an authentic, rare, mint condition actual radio show.  These shows belong in your collection.

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.             

Even the commercials are great and fun to listen to and remember they are over 25 years old.   On this show they include such classic commercials as            Snickers          Doublemint Gum           Sticklets         Milky Way          Clearasil          3 Musketeers          and             Kit Kat Bars       

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.      

As always, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy for U.S. buyers and for my international friends pay shipping for the heaviest show and all others ship for no extra charge,  so the more you buy the more money you will save. 

Good Luck and God Bless You.