The Vancouver "Top Forty" Radio site has just been updated.
New surveys include:
-C-FUN 1963 complete.
-S O U N D A T H O N #7 from December 1963.
There is also some new audio, and with that I present to you a bit of a challenge. Larry Morton of North Delta has provided two audio montages, one for the newly added Soundathon 7, and one for Soundathon 5, the survey of which was previously added to the site a few months back.
These montages were compiled from numerous clips which Larry recorded on reel-to-reel in that bygone era of the early sixties. Larry explains that in those days he was trying to record the songs. The DJs voices were then considered a nuisance. If only we knew! Now, of course, we know it?s the DJs that are the real treasure! Larry was able, nevertheless, to compile these clips, truncating the songs, leaving mostly the DJ intros. Thanks to Larry for these. More of Larry's audio to come in the future.
I have managed to identify some of the DJs, Red for one, who is easily recognizable, plus a few others. THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU IS: CAN ANY OF YOU IDENTIFY THE OTHERS? I have an idea who they are but I?d like to hear your input. The montages are listed below along with the time frames for each DJ:
You can link directly to the audio from here.
Soundathon #5 Montage - December 1962
(Total Time 8 min 20 sec)
1. AL JORDAN (00:00 - 02:10) Songs #292 - #259
2. ???????? (02:11 - 03:13) Songs #250 - #188
3. TOM PEACOCK (03:14 - 06:04) Songs #166 - #89
4. ????????? (06:05 - 08:20) Songs #61 - #2
Soundathon #7 Montage - December 1963
(Total Time 9 min 44 sec)
1. RED ROBINSON (00:00 - 04:56) Songs #297 - #231
2. ???????? (04:57 - 09:16) Songs #219 - #91
3. TOM PEACOCK (09:17 - 09:44) Songs #44 - #29
And of course don't forget to view the newly posted surveys.
Good Luck
Jim
Vancouver "Top Forty" Radio