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ralphd
Switchin' to Glide
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 Posted - 09/23/2008 : 18:20:06
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Thanks to all for sharing these great pieces or radio history. I've been downloading a pile of them and slowly making my way through them - great stuff!
Myself, I was in Ontario, Canada during the 80's so it's interesting to hear what was happening in other places during that time. I have to consider myself pretty fortunate to have been able to tune into the great CFNY-FM 102.1 in Toronto as that was a station right up there with KROQ and WLIR. Many of you probably have heard of the website dedicated to that station, but if not you can find it at:
www.thespiritofradio.ca
That website used to have a bunch of airchecks that you could listen to on-line and download. Sadly, I believe those had to be taken down due to RIAA complaints to the website owner.
Earlier this year I started a blog dedicated to a show that the program director from CFNY during its 80's heyday, David Marsden, currently does every Thursday and Friday night (7pm to midnight Easthern time) on another small Toronto station called 94.9 The Rock. The show is available worldwide at:
www.therock.fm
I strongly suggest you take the time to check his show out if you enjoy these old playlists. David takes a base of 80's nostalgia, mixes in 70's and 60's, adds a dash of 90's and even new releases. The focus is definitely on Canadian content (due to Canadian radio regulations!), but includes a very wide array of artists. Note that other than David's shows, the station is a pretty run of the mill top 40 classic rock station.
If you want to get and idea of what gets played, check out the many playlists that I and some co-contributers have posted to my blog at:
www.marsbartheatre.blogspot.com
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2008 : 19:58:51
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| I edited my post regarding the list of recordings I've posted. I missed the one from 8-15-83. |
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skygeex
Take On Me
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2008 : 21:51:43
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Originally posted by roqqer
These are the recordings I've posted.
7-25-82
7-26-82
8-15-83
8-16-83
10-26-86
1-?-84
5-26-83
9-?-85
9-1-86
1-?-84
7-31-84
11-?-85
Great! Thanks so much for that. For the purpose of creating unique titles for iTunes/iPod use, the only issue arises with the two January 1984 segments, which will have to be named 1-?-84A and 1-?-84B, I suppose. I guess that'll work.
Thanks again! You ROQ!
-Chris |
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skygeex
Take On Me
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2008 : 22:28:11
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Yup, got all the Roqqer KROQ segments sorted out, organized, tagged, and synched.
Golly, I wonder how many more are to come! |
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
USA
127 Posts |
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frisky99
Take On Me
USA
59 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 12:38:29
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Alright, here is one from 1982 (either 4-2 or 2-4). Someone can thank me by telling me the artist or group who sings the very first song on the tape. It's been eluding me for years!!!! 
http://www.zshare.net/audio/19594003138867fa/
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lunatic84
Running Up That Hill
USA
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 15:13:19
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[quote]Originally posted by frisky99
Alright, here is one from 1982 (either 4-2 or 2-4). Someone can thank me by telling me the artist or group who sings the very first song on the tape. It's been eluding me for years!!!!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/19594003138867fa/
Were you listening Frisky or were you pulling my leg 'cause Freddie announced it - it was Loveland by the B52s from their mini-LP Mesopotamia. Even though it was extremely short I do appreciate the sound clip - I enjoyed the the Waitresses promo and I always enjoy listening to Freddie Snakeskin. Thanks. |
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frisky99
Take On Me
USA
59 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 19:43:50
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Okay, here is part two of the 1982 KROQ 2-4 show. This one is much longer (45 minutes), and lunatic, this is the one with the song that I don't know, not the first file I posted. This is what I get for not listening before posting.....  Enjoy, qualities a little rough but it is 26 years old.... Some real obscure ones from Jed on here, Jeanie & The Weenies, Chris Spedding..., but someone please tell me who sings the first song and put me out of my misery.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/196109684ca0fef0/ |
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Lord Hasenpfeffer
Running Up That Hill
USA
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Posted - 09/28/2008 : 23:01:28
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Hi. Thus saith the lordH:
I am the source for several of the Vintage KROQ MP3s that are being shared via this forum.
I urge all of you to visit my KROQ web page, http://www.mykec.com/mykec/kroq.php, and peruse my KROQ MP3 indices.
I'd never heard of KROQ until sometime in 1990 when I was working in Tulsa and a female coworker of mine saw the Duran Duran logo pin that I was wearing on my shirt one day. She was a hard core Durannie (and still is). We began talking about cool music and eventually she loaned me a few of her tapes of this L.A. radio station she loved so much. She had friends in L.A. and every time she'd go to visit them in the summer or during winter break she was sure to bring blank cassettes with her so she could carry a little KROQ with her when she ultimately had to return to Oklahoma. Her tapes were primarily recorded in August 1987 and December/January 1988/89 but she also had some which were recorded in February 1982 and one from January 1, 1985. I believe these were copies of tapes which were originally recorded by her friends - hence the less than optimum fidelity of the February 4, 1982, recordings.
She loaned her tapes to me in 1990 so that I could copy them for myself. Some 12 years later she loaned them to me again so I could transfer them to CD-Rs for both of us. Today, I usually don't bother with burning them to CD-Rs and simply keep and play them in FLAC and MP3 formats. Amazingly, the 2nd time around, I found more vintage KROQ in her collection than she's previously loaned to me in the previous decade.
In 1997 I found another source for some 1982 recordings of KROQ. I received 3 CD-Rs from him but eventually lost touch with him. The email address I was using to communicate with him has been defunct for a long time and I do not remember his name. It would be great to locate him again and see if he has more for which I could trade.
Finally in 2002 a 3rd source contacted me and I too remastered some of his cassettes - the uncut 60-minute recordings from July 1982 plus quite a few more. My computer was slower then and my hard drive space very limited so it was difficult to process a lot of files the sizes of which these recordings required. Progress was very slow.
Today, however, my hard drive space is huge and my computer a faster model. He has begun again to send his tapes to me in the mail so that I may remaster them and upload the MP3s for him online. During the past week or so I have added nearly another 7 hours of KROQ to my ever-expanding collection...and more are on the way.
I want everyone to know that when I remaster these tapes, I work very hard to ensure that they are the best they can possibly be without affecting their fidelity by using noise-reduction software. I'm not out to hide the fact that these files are made from tapes. But I do transfer the tapes at slower than normal speed using a Marantz PMD-740 Professional 4-track cassette deck because it has a solid, steady motor. I record them directly to disc with a Pioneer Music CD-RW recorder. I do not use my computer's noisy soundcard as an input device. I use SOX to split the stereo WAVs into two mono WAVs - one for each channel. I use "normalize" to balance each channel's loudness. I use Audacity to join the two WAVs back into stereo. For each side of tape I extract a song which I also have on a commercial CD. I look for "landmarks" in each recording of the song and trim off the tops-n-tails of both in the exact same points within the song. I then use my calculator program to divide the byte counts of each file to learn the adjustment value necessary to make them play in sync. I then use SOX to adjust the speed of the entire WAV by that exact amount and - if the quotient is correct - I *finally* have a the makings of a master WAV to compress into FLAC and to encode as an MP3. But before I do that I also like to load each master WAV back into Audacity and add short fade-ins and fade-outs to the beginnings and endings of each file. Sometimes I'll even trim out the glitches in recordings where the pause button was pressed while the recording was being made. Sometimes I'll even use an unobtrusive crossfade to blend the two segments back together.
So as you can see, I put a lot of time and effort into the creation of each of these vintage KROQ MP3s because I believe they're of great enough historical (and fun!) value to be worth the extra effort.
Sometimes I get emails from people asking how they may obtain copies of my files from me. I don't sell my KROQ MP3s. I *prefer* to trade them for more KROQ recordings to be added into my collection. Last Christmas for the first time ever, I finally had enough KROQ in MP3 format to fill a 4.2 GB DVD-R. 11 of my friends and family members received copies of those tucked inside their Christmas cards. This year I'll probably do it again with all the new KROQ I can remaster and add to the set between now and the time I have to mail them out.
Meanwhile, if you have any KROQ cassettes that you would like to have remastered, contact me via my website.
If you would like a DVD-R full of my KROQ MP3s, arrange to trade with me a DVD-R full of stuff you have that I might want. We just might be able to work out a deal. That would sure be easier than downloading them all! :)
Also, if you like my web site and would like a comparable one constructed for your own purposes, whatever that may be, I am taking requests.
Modrock On!
MykeC
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2008 : 23:33:21
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I am the third source Myke C refers to in his post. I informed him today that Frisky 99 had begun posting some recordings from his (Myke's) collection.
Myke has done excellent work on transferring my recordings to digital and I am sending him a new shipment this week.
I do want to make clear that every recording I posted was from my personal collection of tapes that I originally recorded. I would never post someone elses recordings without their permission. |
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skygeex
Take On Me
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 10:47:05
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Well, well, well.
Nice to know the ins and outs of what's actually going on here. Had no idea it was more convoluted than simply a couple of people uploading pieces of their own collections for all to enjoy.
Since Roqqer is happy to make available the MP3s created from his personal tape collection that MykeC has so graciously (and fastidiously) produced, I'll continue to download and enjoy them.
If frisky99 is uploading segments from MykeC's personal collection that he shouldn't be, I won't bother downloading them. If frisky99's uploads are actually from his own personal tape collection that MykeC has also produced on his behalf, then I'd like to know that. Otherwise, I'd rather just get those from MykeC directly.
Unfortunately, I don't have anything worthwhile to trade MykeC for his KROQ stuff. I've got a bunch of personal musical creations from my various bands and associations since the 80's, but I expect that's hardly of interest to him.
I suppose I'll have to be content with what Roqqer is uploading. Thanks for doing that, guy!
And now...I'll just scoot my soapbox over here for a sec...
I wish it wasn't such a "contest" to own and treasure these snipettes of radio history. My opinion is that it should all be freely shared and enjoyed. It once went over the air for free, and anyone could listen and capture it. Why should that change now? Just because someone put some effort into bringing them into the digital realm, I guess. Well, mucho kudos for the effort. Very much appreciated. Doesn't do much good, though, if one just hoardes it in preference to those select few who have something of interest to trade for it. I am sorry that I'm so musically destitute. |
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 18:06:39
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Skygeex,
I do admit that it makes me feel good when people post messages saying how much they enjoy the recordings and all the memories it brings back. Thats my compensation.
I agree that they should be freely shared and enjoyed.
I think Myke feels that posting them on the net makes it impossible to trade another aircheck collector for more KROQ which may be out there somewhere.
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frisky99
Take On Me
USA
59 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 18:06:52
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| Just wanted to make some things clear.... I did in fact post the 1982 file from MykeC's collection. I have in fact helped Myke identify two songs on that tape and was really just trying to find that elusive beginning song. He in fact sent me the links as a reward for helping him (or maybe he was just being nice). The first file was posted by mistake...I meant to post the second all along. I will take the blame for this. I really should have asked MykeC if it was okay if I posted the file to get the song identified. The files will be taken off as of now. I have used the report abuse link as I did not write down the cancellation code. Sorry everybody, it won't happen again . I will also send MykeC an apology. |
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
USA
8985 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 18:42:26
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Originally posted by frisky99
Okay, here is part two of the 1982 KROQ 2-4 show. This one is much longer (45 minutes), and lunatic, this is the one with the song that I don't know, not the first file I posted. This is what I get for not listening before posting..... Enjoy, qualities a little rough but it is 26 years old.... Some real obscure ones from Jed on here, Jeanie & The Weenies, Chris Spedding..., but someone please tell me who sings the first song and put me out of my misery.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/196109684ca0fef0/
The first song that is performed by the band 'X?' That song, or the next one which I believe is Moon Unit/Frank Zappa with the DMV pic song...
Great to hear Jed the Fish (may he still be sober!), and my fave Vincent Price clip from "The Twilight Zone:" "What time is it on Earth?" Played at Noon amost every day... 
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Frau_Blucher
Room at the Top
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:09:53
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Originally posted by glokstadt
Great to hear Jed the Fish (may he still be sober!), and my fave Vincent Price clip from "The Twilight Zone:" "What time is it on Earth?" Played at Noon amost every day...
Those failing memory banks Glok...that was actually Lloyd Bochner from the episode "To Serve Man". The other drop-in they'd use from that episode was when Bochner said "Why don't you take a flying jump at the moon", to which the Kanamit replies "Kindly repeat request." I don't know why I'd crack up at that.
BTW, Jed is a sellout cunt who was partly responsible for the downfall of the ROQ. Sam Freeze and Freddy Snakeskin ruled. I have no supporting evidence for my claims.  |
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:35:10
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I remember reading an article where Jed claimed that todays KROQ is so much better than the early days. How letting the jocks pick some of their own music was amateurish and that the ratings back in the 80's weren't as good as today.
BTW KROQ's ratings in the winter of 83 arbitron book was 4.6. Pretty damn high if you ask me. |
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:57:49
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Originally posted by Blir
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Originally posted by glokstadt
Great to hear Jed the Fish (may he still be sober!), and my fave Vincent Price clip from "The Twilight Zone:" "What time is it on Earth?" Played at Noon amost every day...
Those failing memory banks Glok...that was actually Lloyd Bochner from the episode "To Serve Man". The other drop-in they'd use from that episode was when Bochner said "Why don't you take a flying jump at the moon", to which the Kanamit replies "Kindly repeat request." I don't know why I'd crack up at that.
BTW, Jed is a sellout cunt who was partly responsible for the downfall of the ROQ. Sam Freeze and Freddy Snakeskin ruled. I have no supporting evidence for my claims.
No shit... I remember it was the "To Serve Man" episode, it just sounded like Vincent Price--Mr. Bochner needed to teach them a lesson in Euclidean Geomatry... the cookbook on how to serve man was indeed flawed...
Didn't know Jed thought the 'ROQ is better now... oh vomit...
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:59:45
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Originally posted by roqqer
I remember reading an article where Jed claimed that todays KROQ is so much better than the early days. How letting the jocks pick some of their own music was amateurish and that the ratings back in the 80's weren't as good as today.
BTW KROQ's ratings in the winter of 83 arbitron book was 4.6. Pretty damn high if you ask me.
The DJs picking their own tunes is what made the 'ROQ, the world-famous KROQ!
Any radio station would kill for a 4+ share rating any day...
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DrewTheEngineer
Personal Jesus
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 21:15:38
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Originally posted by roqqer
I remember reading an article where Jed claimed that todays KROQ is so much better than the early days. How letting the jocks pick some of their own music was amateurish and that the ratings back in the 80's weren't as good as today.
He actually said this:
JED THE FISH: When you have a $300 million radio station, you have to play hits. And we don't need the resource of a jock's choice to drive the adventurousness of the station, because we have excellent people in the music department.
There's too much at stake to fuck around based on the whim of a DJ. Why put someone on like me, who is going to play Underworld or Orbital or an obscure band from the rural South called Self? Why not play the hits? Yeah, it's not as fun. But it wasn't fun making $900 a month, either.
It's from this article, originally from LA Magazine:
http://www.radiohitlist.com/KROQ/KROQ-Kate-Sullivan-Los-Angeles-Magazine.htm
I think the middle bit is him being sarcastic.
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Wayne
The Jet Set
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 19:48:58
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Originally posted by frisky99
...I did in fact post the 1982 file from MykeC's collection....I will take the blame for this. I really should have asked MykeC if it was okay ... Sorry everybody, it won't happen again . I will also send MykeC an apology.
How could you do such a horrible thing? If I record something that I don't own the rights to and any of you fuckers download it, I'll expect an immediate apology OR ELSE! |
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Lord Hasenpfeffer
Running Up That Hill
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 21:24:00
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Originally posted by skygeex
I wish it wasn't such a "contest" to own and treasure these snipettes of radio history. My opinion is that it should all be freely shared and enjoyed. It once went over the air for free, and anyone could listen and capture it. Why should that change now? Just because someone put some effort into bringing them into the digital realm, I guess. Well, mucho kudos for the effort. Very much appreciated. Doesn't do much good, though, if one just hoardes it in preference to those select few who have something of interest to trade for it. I am sorry that I'm so musically destitute.
There is no contest to own these snippets of radio history.
It did indeed once go over the air for free and I am grateful to the people who did listen and capture it when they did.
Remember, the only way I even know about KROQ is by way of these recordings. I never heard a live KROQ broadcast until August 2005 when I visited a cousin in La Habra.
What I am most personally concerned about is keeping the collection together and keeping people aware of what they're receiving when they do. It's taken me literally years to remaster all of the tapes - and I'm told there is something close to 100 more tapes which have yet to be remastered.
I waited until I had a full DVD-R of 192kbps KROQ MP3s consistently named and populated with useful meta-data before I ever turned them loose as Christmas gifts to my friends and family last year. It was more than an effort to share the files. It was an effort to also distribute them together as a group.
I am clearly in a transitional phase right now between the way it used to be (before last year's DVD-R) and now.
I am open to creative ideas regarding how to go about keeping these files available as a set - not by hard and fast rule because that's beyond my control - but in the general spirit of the project. Perhaps all that's needed is a generally accepted form of "branding" so that people can easily know whether or not a file originates with my set.
Myke
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Riff
Running Up That Hill
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Posted - 10/02/2008 : 18:52:34
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Hey Lunatic, You out there?
Just posted another wild ass Frazer Smith show. Thanks for the comment Bro!
Riff |
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British
Room at the Top
USA
1513 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2008 : 05:59:41
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| Anybody on soulseek still that we can transfer these airchecks? I only have a handful, and I've already posted most of what I have on the comcast account. |
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skygeex
Take On Me
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2008 : 23:50:45
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I am open to creative ideas regarding how to go about keeping these files available as a set - not by hard and fast rule because that's beyond my control - but in the general spirit of the project. Perhaps all that's needed is a generally accepted form of "branding" so that people can easily know whether or not a file originates with my set.
Maybe it's nothing more complex than PayPal-ing you a few bucks (or mailing you a blank DVD-R in a postage-paid return bubble-pak) and having you dupe the disc, lable it as yours, and send it back to the requestor...all under a gentleman's agreement that it won't be duped again by the recipient. I'd go along with that, for sure. But if you really would like some reciprocal content, I'll have to see what I can muster (but I don't think it's going to be much).
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New Wave Garth
Switchin' to Glide
USA
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Posted - 10/06/2008 : 23:11:56
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Just browsing this thread and listening to a bit of the KROQ stuff brings back great memories. I lived in Orange County for a couple of years in the mid-late 80s. Good times.
Salt Lake had a station that rivaled KROQ in terms of being a quality new wave station - KCGL in the beginning (hit the air waves in '81 until I want to say '84) then the format moved to KJQ.
SLC was a great place if one was into new wave. Sadly, grunge hit and KJQ has never been the same. Now, the alternative station isn't worth listening to (KENZ) but once in a rare while, it will do a weekend of nothing but the great 80s new wave.
If it weren't for satellite radio (both Sirius22 and Fred), I don't know what I'd do when in my vehicle.
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Riot Nrrrd™
Switchin' to Glide
USA
23 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2008 : 07:06:56
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I'm gonna get pig-piled on for saying this, but I must:
KROQ has ALWAYS been crap.
Even in the late 70's.
The only thing that was ever GREAT about KROQ was Rodney.
I lived in Pasadena back then. I used to go by the station sometimes (when it was opposite the Hilton, in the little white building) to hang out during Rodney's shows.
Sure, brand me an elitist Punk Rocker if you like, that's OK.
I just have a different take than most, that's all. The fact that they played slightly more adventurous stuff than other stations across the nation never interested me - that was like saying "Well, at least cat sh-t is better than dog sh-t".
To me, a station that was in the spirit of early KROQ (but played much better music) was the late, lamented 103.1 MARS FM. (Long before it mutated into "Indie 103.1")
Just my $0.02
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djcraig
Room at the Top
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Posted - 10/10/2008 : 09:27:35
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Originally posted by Riot Nrrrd™
I'm gonna get pig-piled on for saying this, but I must:
KROQ has ALWAYS been crap.
Even in the late 70's.
The only thing that was ever GREAT about KROQ was Rodney.
I lived in Pasadena back then. I used to go by the station sometimes (when it was opposite the Hilton, in the little white building) to hang out during Rodney's shows.
Sure, brand me an elitist Punk Rocker if you like, that's OK.
I just have a different take than most, that's all. The fact that they played slightly more adventurous stuff than other stations across the nation never interested me - that was like saying "Well, at least cat sh-t is better than dog sh-t".
To me, a station that was in the spirit of early KROQ (but played much better music) was the late, lamented 103.1 MARS FM. (Long before it mutated into "Indie 103.1")
Just my $0.02
Pigpile!
To call early KROQ crap is to negate the major influence that your hero, the terminally undermodulating Rodney, had on the entire station. His musical discoveries often carried over to heavy airplay from all the KROQ DJs and that meant major exposure for some very cool but formerly unknown bands.
Bingenheimer wasn't the only DJ on KROQ introducing cutting edge stuff based on his own personal taste. I think that DIY mindset was an integral part of the station and what helped make it great.
Have you tried KROQ lately? Now that's crap.
DJ Craig
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motnow
Take On Me
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lunatic84
Running Up That Hill
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 01:00:30
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quote: Maybe it's nothing more complex than PayPal-ing you a few bucks (or mailing you a blank DVD-R in a postage-paid return bubble-pak) and having you dupe the disc, lable it as yours, and send it back to the requestor...all under a gentleman's agreement that it won't be duped again by the recipient. I'd go along with that, for sure. But if you really would like some reciprocal content, I'll have to see what I can muster (but I don't think it's going to be much).
First of all I am only speaking for myself although I agree quite a bit with Skygeex on what he said about him “wishing it wasn’t such a contest”, etc, etc. Secondly, I’m as straight as an arrow but I know I can be a sentimental fool about certain things and what MykeC has (the collection of tapes from KROQ in the 80’s) is just an object to him to collect much like a vintage car. So, in a way, he has no true emotional attachment other than possessing something that very few have but many would want. As he admitted himself, he had never heard of KROQ until 1990. Me on the other hand, (and of course most of you guys) grew up listening to all of these DJs and I even got the chance to see some of them in person. As Riff said, these are “audio snapshots” of time. So in a way, these “snippets” of KROQ are priceless to me because it takes me back in time exactly like a picture or a home movie. I don’t give a hoot where or from who they come from I'm just immensely appreciate those who have shared them with all of us (Roqqer, Frisky99, Riff, Motnow – hope I didn’t leave anybody out).
When I was in my teens and twenties I was a roadie of sorts – most of my friends were in bands and I’m not trying to brag, but I think I have a pretty good ear for music and anyways I cut and paste some of the stuff that you guys have shared and then using my own music collection I make CDs (w/booklets that have graphics & song-lists, etc.) and give them to friends and coworkers so that they get to know my “era” cuz I really feel sad about the crap that’s out there today (Rap, Hip-Hop, etc.) which has no melody and much less any creativity. I’m sure George Harrison would be turning over in his grave if he only knew the kind of blatant rip-offs are allowed nowadays. (For those who don’t know, exBeatle Harrison once got successfully sued for his song My Sweet Lord because they said it sounded like the early 60’s song He’s So Fine.) An example, to this day I still can’t fathom how Vanilla Ice got away with Ice, Ice Baby which was an unquestionable rip off from the Bowie/Queen song Under Pressure – and that’s only one example I hear this all the time.
Anyway, I respect the painstaking work that MykeC has done in “cleaning up” these tapes (I still can’t get Bias Sound Soap to work right- in cleaning up my audio) he’s been given and I hope he changes his point of view so that others may enjoy these “audio snapshots” that mean so much to some. I mean I get such a kick out of listening to Jack Webb from Dragnet start saying “How long have you been shaving…those sideburns come off boy you understand…” as the song “Sping In Fialta by Slow Children comes on. It’s just classic.
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Frau_Blucher
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Posted - 10/12/2008 : 05:15:17
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My favorite Jack Webb...
The Clash: "Should stay or should I go?"
Jack: "Goooo!!!" |
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skygeex
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Posted - 10/12/2008 : 07:53:41
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| Well, lunatic84, I'm right witch'ya. MykeC obviously recognizes that what he has produced through his tireless effort holds value for some, and that the sweat equity he has in this collection by working to generate the digital content from the analog source means something to him, and he figures it should probably mean something to others. I never said there was anything intrinsically wrong with holding an audio collection for trade. Everyone does that, and for the most part, it works. Everyone in the trade pool ends up with what they want. And, to be accurate, MykeC said that he *prefers* to trade for more KROQ recordings...not that he will *only* trade for more KROQ. But, with all that said, what we have here is a capture of free airwave transmissions, recorded at the time by others, and digitized by another. The original source material collection actually belongs to those who made their tapes available to MykeC to duplicate them in the digital domain. MykeC's "ownership" (if there really is any to be found outside of what the owners of KROQ can legally claim) is in the mastering work. Fine. To each, his own. Credit where credit is due. But MykeC really can't expect much more than the openly-voiced gratitude of those who would wish to have a copy of it all. If there is a trade that can be done, terrific. Both parties come out of it enriched with new content. But if a suitable trade is not in the offing, but the desire to acquire remains, then I believe there really should be nothing to inhibit making a copy available, no strings attached. Like I said earlier, if there is a concern for the ongoing integrity and identity of the collection, then there can be a gentleman's agreement that the copy provided not be disseminated any further. I have no problem with the holder of the digital collection reserving the right to control the manner and/or extent of the distribution of it. I just don't believe that it should be distributed ONLY if something of value is given in return. And again, I say, that MykeC says he only *prefers* to do it that way. So I'm hopeful that I can convince him to share a copy of the collection with me for the price of a DVD-R and postage. |
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skygeex
Take On Me
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Posted - 10/12/2008 : 07:58:56
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| And I might also observe that Roqqer may have had his fill of all this, as a Saturday has now come and gone without any post from him making a new KROQ segment available. |
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glokstadt
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Posted - 10/14/2008 : 15:35:25
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Is it possiable to make/have playlists of the songs from the tapes??? It would help... TIA!
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
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DrewTheEngineer
Personal Jesus
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Posted - 10/15/2008 : 01:55:12
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Originally posted by roqqer
This KROQ recording is from sometime in 1986. The cassette was unmarked so its impossible to determine the exact date.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/20566014a125acf5/
My guess would be fall-winter 1986 given the playlist and the skiing in Tahoe promo. It's great to hear April Whitney again...
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
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Posted - 10/16/2008 : 11:08:31
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Originally posted by DrewTheEngineer
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Originally posted by roqqer
This KROQ recording is from sometime in 1986. The cassette was unmarked so its impossible to determine the exact date.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/20566014a125acf5/
My guess would be fall-winter 1986 given the playlist and the skiing in Tahoe promo. It's great to hear April Whitney again...
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Borrowed Nostalgia for the Unremembered 80's
Hey Drew, for all the years you worked at KROQ... do you have any recordings/board tapes???
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DrewTheEngineer
Personal Jesus
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Posted - 10/16/2008 : 17:27:35
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Originally posted by glokstadt
Hey Drew, for all the years you worked at KROQ... do you have any recordings/board tapes???
I'll have to look. I'm pretty sure i don't because i didn't roll tape on normal programming and the special shows were taped and handed off. I'll have to see if i have any old Rocktrends cds still. It was the first syndicated show to come out on cd, at the time most came out on tape or lp believe it or not.
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
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Posted - 10/16/2008 : 17:37:22
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quote:
Originally posted by DrewTheEngineer
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Originally posted by glokstadt
Hey Drew, for all the years you worked at KROQ... do you have any recordings/board tapes???
I'll have to look. I'm pretty sure i don't because i didn't roll tape on normal programming and the special shows were taped and handed off. I'll have to see if i have any old Rocktrends cds still. It was the first syndicated show to come out on cd, at the time most came out on tape or lp believe it or not.
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Sounds strange they were on tape/LP... Well if you have anything that would be great... I'm looking through my tape collection, don't think I taped a single minute of KROQ, and I listened from 1978 to 1992--all i listened to, except for the ocassional KNAC/MARS/Y107.1 or 91X listening.
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roqqer
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lunatic84
Running Up That Hill
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Posted - 11/09/2008 : 19:33:26
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[quote]Originally posted by roqqer
Someone else's KROQ from the early 80's.
http://theyoungmarquis.com/vault.htm
Well, now that the elections are over and the U.S. is headed safety towards economic rape and dope addiction, I want to tell Roqqer that I'm embarrassed to say but I didn't stay up on Sundays listening to those guys. Which is probably another reason I didn't listen to Rodney that much - cause on Saturday nights I always hit the clubs. Sunday nights on the other had I had to get ready for school so I probably just watched T.V. Thanks, nevertheless, Roqqer for the link. |
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djcraig
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 08:38:01
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Originally posted by Lord Hasenpfeffer
Hi. Thus saith the lordH:
I am the source for several of the Vintage KROQ MP3s that are being shared via this forum.
I urge all of you to visit my KROQ web page, http://www.mykec.com/mykec/kroq.php, and peruse my KROQ MP3 indices.
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The requested URL /mykec/kroq.php, was not found on this server.
The extra comma at the end F'ed it all up. Try this:
http://www.mykec.com/mykec/kroq.php
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djcraig
Room at the Top
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 09:24:59
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While digging though my archives, I found several copies of the long defunct KROQ magazine. Also known as the "KROQ Rag", it was a free publication from KROQ's heyday back in the early 80s.
This one's from July, 1983:
Inside- a Nagle inspired Bud ad:
Richard Blade's column featuring news and gossip from all of your favorites including Adam Ant, Kajagoogoo, The B-52s and Tears For Fears:
Back cover:
I see Bowie, Madness, Boy George- who else can you spot?
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glokstadt
Room at the Top
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Posted - 11/10/2008 : 19:43:15
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Sparks, Depeche Mode, Bow Wow Wow, and The Ramones, everybody else is too fuzzy to really make out...
Oh yeah I have a few of those hidden in a box in the garage along with all the bumper stickers I didn't put on my car...
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chwbka
Personal Jesus
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Posted - 11/11/2008 : 13:24:34
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Hey DJCRAIG,
Thanks for posting the KROQ Rag! That was awsome! |
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gpow
Personal Jesus
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Posted - 11/14/2008 : 09:38:11
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quote:
Originally posted by djcraig
While digging though my archives, I found several copies of the long defunct KROQ magazine. Also known as the "KROQ Rag", it was a free publication from KROQ's heyday back in the early 80s.
This one's from July, 1983:
Geez the Poorman sure gained alot of weight even in 1987
Its also sad on what KROQ has become now. I dont think they play anything now that resembles anything post punk or new wave. Indie 103.1 does a much better job of playing old KROQ tunes and bands that actually sound similiar or influenced by the new wave bands
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roqqer
Personal Jesus
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DrewTheEngineer
Personal Jesus
USA
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Posted - 11/14/2008 : 22:38:56
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Originally posted by roqqer
More KROQ from November 29th, 1984.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/51346401a6ae4700/
"Why should I be afraid of a lizard?"
"There's a lizard in my room!"
The lizard drops are the funniest.
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djcraig
Room at the Top
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Posted - 11/15/2008 : 09:24:44
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"Right. I got it. Thanks"
-Joe Friday
DJ Craig
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Wayne
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