The KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR Radio Show - Vintage LPs
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The KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR was broadcast on Sunday nights from 1973 until 2007, although new programming ceased in 1993 and previous shows were repeated from that point. During its prime, the program was carried by more than 300 radio stations throughout the United States. The show’s name was derived from the influential blues radio show “King Biscuit Time”, which was sponsored by the King Biscuit Flour Co., and the hippie phrase “flower power”. The first show was broadcast on February 18, 1973 and featured Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Bruce Springsteen. The long-time host of the show until the mid 1990s was Bill Minkin, whose voice has been described as "the perfect blend of hipster enthusiasm and stoner casualness."
The concerts were usually recorded with a mobile recording truck, then mixed and edited for broadcast on the show within a few weeks. In the 1970s, the show was sent to participating radio stations on reel-to-reel tape. In 1980, D.I.R. began using the LP format, producing the show on a three-sided, two record set. The first show on compact disc was a live retrospective of the Rolling Stones broadcast on September 27, 1987. By the year 2000, King Biscuit was using CD-R media to distribute the show. These tapes, records or compact discs were accompanied by a cue sheet which gave the disc jockey a written guideline of the content and length of each segment of the program.
In 1982, a three-alarm fire damaged the Manhattan office tower that housed D.I.R. Broadcasting.
These sets - ALL IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND NEVER PLAYED - each comprise a full one-hour radio program with live performances by an artist or group each week. These four sets include:
FOREIGNER (March 30, 1980)
The Tunes ...
Long. Long Way From Home
Blue Morning, Blue Day
I'll Get Even With You
Rev On The Red Line
Head Games
Dirty White Boy
Cold As Ice
Women
Double Vision
Feels Like The First Time
Hot-Blooded
The Players ...
Mick Jones - lead guitar, vocals
Lou Gramm - lead vocals
Ian McDonald - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Al Greenwood - keyboards, synthesizer
Dennis Elliott - drums
Rick Wills - bass guitar, vocals
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS (April 13, 1980)
The Tunes ...
Anything That's Rock & Roll
Even The Losers
I Need To Know
Don't Do Me Like That
Cry To Me
Stories We Could Tell
Refugee
American Girl
Breakdown
Too Much Ain't Enough
Shout
Something Else
The Players ...
Tom Petty - guitar, lead vocals
Benmont Tench - keyboards, vocals
Mike Campbell - lead guitar
Stan Lynch - drums, vocals
Ron Blair - bass guitar
PAT BENETAR & THE ROCKETS (March 9, 1980)
The Tunes by Pat Benetar ...
If You Think You Know How To Love Me
So Sincere
I Need A Lover
In The Heat Of The Night
No You Don't
Just Like Me
Heartbreaker
The Tunes by The Rockets ...
Fast Thing in D-Troit
Desire
I Want You To Love Me
Oh Well
WARREN ZEVON & WILLIE NILE (May 11, 1980) ...
I'm sorry to say that the playlist for these two artists who appeared in separate segments of the show has been lost.
Read about Warren Zevon at www.warrenzevon.com and about Willie Nile at www.willienile.com .
IN ADDITION: I will include at no cost an original DISCWASHER record cleaner !
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I was a sales rep for TDK audio tape in 1980, and TDK advertised on this radio program. As a perk to its sales reps, they included us in the mailing list to receive some of these LPs of the broadcasts.
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