PIRATE RADIO
VA - A Tribute To The Pirate Stations 1964 - 1974 Vol. 01 - 07 [2010] (7 x CD's)
This 7 CD set is a tribute to The Pirate Stations (1964-1974). On April 21, 2010, it will be 50 years since Radio Veronica celebrated 50 years since it first began broadcasting from a ship just outside the territorial waters. It ushered in the era of the 'pirate station' phenomenon. Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio Northsea International and many others followed Veronica's initiative. On this box set, all the great radio hits from the most important years of pop history (1964-1974) are listed by Adje Bouman. At the time, Adje was a technician at Radio Veronica and was not called 'the master' for nothing. Each CD has its own theme; the Adje Bouman Top Ten, the Lex Harding Show, the Rob Out Show, etc. Not only the big hits are featured, the typical 'radio records' are also present, all this is interspersed with jingles and so these shows seem to be alive again brought. As a bonus, the DVD with the movie 'The Boat That Rocked' has been added, to give an idea of what it was like on a 'pirate ship' at the time. (not included)
Fortunately, once again a collection box with less well-known pop music from the golden period 1964-1974. Be surprised, you will surely find new gems among them! Remarkably good sound quality of the music on the CDs, which are all nicely designed as black vinyl discs, complete with original label labels from yesteryear. The rest of the box also looks attractive, accompanied by an informative booklet.
There are many compilations, with music from the 60's & 70's, on which you come across the same 'known' songs over and over. Only a few distinguish themselves through a good mix of well-known hits, but also (totally) unknown work. This is one such collection, curated with care. Hopefully there will indeed be a sequel soon with 'one hit wonders' as indicated in the foreword by Ad Bouwman. (Amazon)
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Track lists
Vol .01
1 Jingle Jingle - Veronica 538 - Volle Kracht - Rob Out Show 0:13
2 Chicago Beginnings (Single Edit) 2:53
3 Sam & Dave Soul Man 2:35
4 Eddie Floyd Big Bird 2:58
5 Aretha Franklin Think 2:18
6 Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music 3:25
7 Four Tops 7 Rooms of Gloom 2:30
8 Equals Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy 2:46
9 Episode Six Morning Dew 2:59
10 Gloria Bitter Sweet 2:27
11 James Brown & the Famous Flames I Feel Allright (Live 1967/The Apollo) (Single Edit) 4:20
12 Linda Van Dyck Seduction Song 3:23
13 Los Bravos Going Nowhere 2:16
14 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas I`m Ready for Love 2:56
15 Seals & Crofts Diamond Girl 4:03
16 Marvelettes Don`t Mess With Bill 2:49
17 Status Quo Pictures of Matchstick Man (Stereo Mix) 3:16
18 Ronettes You Came, You Saw, You Conquered 2:47
19 The Guess Who No Time 3:43
20 Stevie Wonder A Place in the Sun 2:49
21 Traffic Paper Sun 4:15
22 Temptations Beauty is Only Skin Deep 2:21
23 Who I Can See for Miles 4:07
24 Jingle Jingle - Come on Let`s Go-Go - Rob Out Show 0:28
Vol .02
1 Jingle Jingle - Dit is Het Programma Van Lex Harding 0:12
2 Kinks All Day and All of the Night 2:21
3 Kenny Rogers & the First Edition Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition is In) 3:19
4 Eric Burdon & the Animals When I Was Young 2:58
5 Young Rascals How Can I Be Sure 2:51
6 George Cash Nightingale 3:21
7 Flying Burrito Brothers Man in the Fog 2:29
8 Cuff Links Tracey 2:05
9 Keith 98.6 3:03
10 Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama 3:24
11 Pretty Things Midnight to Six Man 2:17
12 Simon Stokes & the Nighthawks Voodoo Woman 2:25
13 Julie Driscol, Brian Auger & the Trinity Road to Cairo 5:14
14 Sir Douglas Quintet She`s About a Mover 2:23
15 Eric Clapton Let it Rain 5:01
16 Amen Corner Gin House Blues 3:11
17 Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin' 2:55
18 Them Richard Cory 2:43
19 Supersister A Girl Named You 3:15
20 Flashback There He Comes 2:20
21 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lucky Man 4:35
22 Del Shannon Run Away 3:40
23 Spooky Tooth The Weight 3:07
24 Jingle Jingle - Monday Till Friday - the Lex Harding Show 0:11
Vol .03
1 Jingle Jingle: 192 Goed Idee - Alle Remmen Los 0:18
2 Len Berry Like a Baby 2:54
3 Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group When People Talk 2:48
4 Brian Hyland The Joker Went Wild 2:42
5 Blue Rondos Little Baby 2:34
6 Chris Montez Call Me 2:35
7 Golden Earring Sound of the Screaming Day (Abst Mix) 2:57
8 Leapy Lee It's All Happening 2:10
9 Shaw Sandy Tomorrow 2:52
10 Boudewijn De Groot Voor De Overlevenden 3:01
11 Chris Andrews Stop That Girl 2:16
12 Bzn Waiting for You 2:20
13 Hayes, Wadey What Does She Want 2:30
14 Group Check Ciao Baby 2:53
15 Pebbles Get Around 2:39
16 Roek Williams & the Fighting Cats I'll Cry 1:54
17 Searchers Take Me for What I'm Worth 2:38
18 Sandy Coast I See Your Face Again (1st Version) 3:14
19 Tom Jones It's Not Unusual 1:59
20 Gee Bros Let Me Find the Sun 2:32
21 Shoes Farewell in the Rain 2:20
22 Sammy Soul Set Moontalk 3:41
23 Soul Survivors Explosion in My Soul 2:29
24 Jingle Jingle: Hallo Allemaal, Dit is Veronica 0:17
Vol .04
1 Radio London Jingle-You're Hearing Things On Wonderful Radio London 0:15
2 Marianne Faithfull Summer Nights 1:46
3 Outer Limits Just One More Chance 3:00
4 Bob Lind Elusive Butterfly 2:48
5 Hedgehoppers Anonymous Don't Push Me 2:18
6 Jacques Dutronc Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi 2:54
7 Jackie Trent It's All In The Way You Look At Life 2:34
8 Ivy League My World Fell Down 2:49
9 S-Bruno Wonder Boy 2:09
10 Little Anthony & the Imperials Gonna Fix You Good (Every Time You're Bad) 2:29
11 Merseybeats Don't Turn Around 2:16
12 Mojos Why Not Tonight 2:26
13 Bachelors Can I Trust You 2:38
14 Crispian St. Peters Changes 2:44
15 Nita Rossi Untrue, Unfaithful 2:33
16 Left Banke Walk Away Renee 2:42
17 Second City Sounds Tchaikovsky One 2:22
18 Rupert's People Reflections of Charles Brown 4:11
19 Truly Smith I Wanna Go Back There Again 2:28
20 Roger Miller England Swings 1:51
21 Montanas Ciao Baby 2:37
22 Noel Harrison A Young Girl (Of 16) 3:10
23 Pinkerton's Assorted Colours Mirror, Mirror 2:00
24 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade of Pale 3:57
25 Diverse Artiesten Jingle - Wonderful Radio London, Whoopy 0:10
Vol .05
1 Radio Caroline Jingle - Caroline International, Home of Music Explosion 0:11
2 Fortunes Caroline 1:59
3 David McWilliams The Days of Pearly Spencer 2:32
4 Billy Fury In Thoughts of You 2:46
5 Brenda Lee Is it True 2:24
6 Foundations Back on My Feet Again 2:52
7 Glen Dale Good Day Sunshine 1:37
8 Herd From the Underworld 3:13
9 Ike & Tina Turner A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) 3:01
10 Petula Clark A Sign of the Times 2:54
11 Roy Orbison Lana 2:17
12 Lovin' Spoonful Darling Be Home Soon 3:34
13 Honeycombs This Year Next Year 2:39
14 David Garrick Don't Go Out in the Rain 2:18
15 Lulu Try to Understand 2:07
16 Overlanders My Life 2:19
17 Small Faces Watcha Gonna Do About It 1:56
18 Silkie You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 2:09
19 Paul & Barry Ryan Have Pity on the Boy 2:34
20 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Summerwine 4:05
21 Unit 4 Plus 2 Baby Never Say Goodbye 1:56
22 Wayne Fontana Pamela Pamela 2:10
23 Zombies Whenever You're Ready 2:41
24 Satin Sells I Stand Accused 2:40
25 Radio Caroline Jingle - Caroline, the Sounds of a Nation 0:07
Vol .06
1 Jingle Dit is Radio Noordzee Internationaal 0:11
2 Les Reed Orchestra Man of Action 2:21
3 James Brown Sexmachine 3:55
4 Clarence Carter Patches 3:13
5 Free All Right Now 4:03
6 Sonny Charles & the Checkmates Ltd. Black Pearl 3:13
7 Stories Brother Louie 3:51
8 Bread It Don't Matter to Me (Single Version) 2:48
9 Thin Lizzy Whisky in the Jar 4:25
10 R. Dean Taylor Taos New Mexico 3:10
11 Lynsey De Paul Sugar Me (Single Version) 3:34
12 Paper Lace The Night Chicago Died 3:28
13 Cees Schrama Soul Tango 2:45
14 Vicky Leandros I Am 4:10
15 Spinners It's a Shame 3:11
16 Gladys Knight & the Pips Midnight Train to Georgia 3:47
17 Greenfield Cook Easy Boy (And We All Prayed Together) 3:09
18 Sparks Amateur Hour 3:22
19 White Barry Can't Get Enough of Your Love 4:15
20 Allman Brothers Band Ramblin' Man 3:50
21 Assembled Multitude Overture From Tommy 2:29
22 Waldo De Los Ríos Mozart Sinfonia No. 40 En Sol Menor 3:10
23 Jingle Place That's Gonna Blow Your Mind, Radio Nordsee 0:19
24 Jingle Hedendaags Geluid - Plaat Op Verzoek 0:12
25 Cornelis Vreeswijk Veronica 2:14
26 Los Piratos Na. Na. Na. Hé. Hé 3:19
27 Jingle Veronica Vocal Fill 0:24
Vol .07
1 Jingle Wat Nu Weer - Abtt - Wordt Het Toch Nog Gezellig 0:19
2 Cream I Feel Free 2:51
3 Lighthouse One Fine Morning 3:21
4 Free Wishing Well 3:35
5 Black Swan Echoes and Rainbows 4:07
6 David Gates Suite: Clouds and Rain 8:41
7 Buoys Look Back America 6:34
8 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells 4:12
9 Monsoon The Night of the Fly 2:54
10 Ten Years After Working on the Road 3:53
11 Ian Matthews Reno Nevada 3:51
12 Simon Dupree & the Big Sound Day Time, Night Time 2:16
13 Sutherland Brothers Dream Kid 2:47
14 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 4:14
15 Earth & Fire Song of the Marching Children 4:59
16 Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath 3:10
17 Collectors Suite: What Love (Single Version) 3:38
18 Them It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 3:47
19 Yes Yours is No Disgrace (Single Version) 5:39
20 Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan Syncopation (Abst Version) 2:58
21 Jingle Hallo Ad - Abtt - Dat Begrijpt Niemand 0:18
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Radio Caroline & Co... It's nineteen sixties again... Thanks, thanks BB!
ReplyDeleteHi Patrick,
DeleteI've listened to these sets so many times. Still great.
Cheers.
I grew up listening to radio stations and especially the USAF Base Station, which was located in Heraclion Crete. Those years it was the best [if not the only] radio station to listen and learn about the "international" music.
ReplyDeleteThanks BB!!
Hi Manolis.
DeletePeople who live those times know how powerful these stations and the songs were.
Cheers.
thank you ButterBoy like this thank you
ReplyDeleteHi Aussie,
DeleteThank you. Enjoy.
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Veronica, Caroline, Big L., great radiostations.
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Enjoy each set , Unknown.
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Thank you and a very happy holidays!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays, Gummo.
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Thank You!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Пашек Пелявский.
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Thank you ButterBoy, Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThanks copacetic47.
DeleteMerry Christmas to you and yours.
Cheers.
Thanks! https://youtu.be/2TXxfvkQFBQ?t=2787
ReplyDeleteVery dangerous, thingybob.
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A time machine.
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Hi lemonflag
Delete...and one that works for me.
Cheers.
Absolutely brilliant...It was these Pirates that eventually changed what the BBC played......and the world of Music opened up for all.
ReplyDeleteCheck this out - Radio Caroline:
https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#history_of_648.html
Cheers
Stephen
Thanks Stephen.
DeleteNice link. Appreciated.
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Thank you soooo much for this collection. I grew up with Caroline, London and Veronica, been collecting actual recordings from the stations over the years.
ReplyDeleteNote - I did notice that CD6 was 84 minutes in length and that each track had a long (9-10 second) silence at the end - after editing these out brought it down to to a more manageable length of about 79 minutes.
Thanks for all yoiur effort BB
Hi LeKermitage,
DeleteThere are so many memories to be had here. Glad you enjoyed this pick up.
Thanks for the 9-10 sec silence comment, probably should clean it up later.
Cheers.
Butterboy- any chance I could talk you into reposting January 21, 2021 posting of the Pirate Radio discs> I am prepping an Osher presentation on the Brit Invasion and a part of this is, of course, Radio Caroline etc. Thi is a great collection you've assembled!!! Thanks in advance - l'il ron
ReplyDeleteApology - incorrect posting date - s/b 26 December 2021.
ReplyDeleteHi l'il ron.
DeleteNew links established, tested and working.
Cheers.
BB - you are the BEST. Thank you kindly for your doing this...really appreciated.
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