9/19/88 LIVE FROM THE 60's WITH THE REAL DON STEELE, ONE FULL HOUR OF 62, 65, 68

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HEY GUYS AND GALS!  ARE YOU ARE A FAN OF EARLY ROCK FROM THE FABULOUS 60's PRESENTED IN THE UNIVERSALLY POPULAR 'BOSS RADIO' SOUND BY ONE OF BOSS RADIO'S MOST FAMOUS DISC JOCKEYS?  AND, THE WHOLE HOUR DEVOTED TO A SINGLE YEAR IN THE 60's?  AND PRESENTED AS IF YOU WERE THERE IN THAT YEAR OF THE 60's WITH ALL THE JINGLES AND ENERGY OF THOSE GREAT YEARS?  IF SO, YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.  HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE THEMED SHOWS OF ALL TIME FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT  

WELCOME EVERYONE TO KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES, ONE OF EBAY'S PREMIERE BUYERS AND SELLERS OF PRISTINE RARE RADIO SHOWS OF ALL GENRES ALONG WITH OTHER GREAT VINTAGE AMERICANA. 

PLEASE  NOTE FELLOW COLLECTOR FRIENDS THAT WHEN YOU BUY FIVE OR MORE ITEMS FROM MY STORE AT ONE TIME THAT EBAY WILL IMMEDIATELY DISCOUNT YOUR INVOICE BY 20%  IT IS THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR MY FELLOW COLLECTORS WHO LOOK FOR GREAT DEALS AS MUCH AS I DO!   

AND IF YOU WANT TO SAVE EVEN MORE......MUCH MORE, WHILE GROWING YOUR COLLECTION WITH MORE RARE AND FUN RADIO SHOWS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK AND ROLL, JUST VISIT KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON THE 'WEEKLY HALF AND REDUCED PRICE TAB' TO FIND GREAT SHOWS TO WHICH MORE ARE ADDED ALL THE TIME.  AND THESE SHOWS ARE THE SAME SHOWS AVAILABLE FOR FULL PRICE IN THE STORE.  THESE REDUCED PRICE SHOWS ARE ADDED JUST TO MAKE KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES MORE FUN FOR YOU ALL

PLEASE READ ON FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THIS SHOW AND SERIES AND THEN IF YOU ARE NOT TOO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT RADIO SHOWS OR WOULD LIKE TO READ THE RAMBLINGS OF ONE WHO HAS LEARNED ALONG THE LONG RIDE, PLEASE CONTINUE ON FOR MY HUMBLE 'RADIO SHOWS 101' MEANDERINGS ON WHY THEY ARE SO RARE, UNIQUE AND COLLECTABLE. 

This show, for all you vinyl lovers, and there are a bunch out there judging by the number of you that have responded to my rare and old vinyl radio show sales, is a rare vinyl that you will rarely find on eBay ever.   

  It is called  LIVE FROM THE 60's WITH THE REAL DON STEELE 

  It was an enormously popular show in its day and is now rarely available except  through overseas sellers who have accumulated them for their own collections over the years. (You would truly be surprised at the popularity of radio shows overseas where millions listed daily to the Armed Forces station at the base near them)

 The show featured one of the 60's biggest dj's, Don Steele, an original "Boss Jock" who helped originate the super sound of the 60's that we all knew and loved.

In fact, each hour of this three hour show replicated an hour of the featured year in the 60's with the "Boss Jock" energy - the dj patter, jingles, entertainment and news items, even some vintage commercials,  and everything from that featured year that you remember as if you were listening when you were in that year or even in that particular week in the 60's.

If you know and love 60's radio and music you know "The Real Don Steele"  There was literally no other radio show that was ever like it. And, it was produced by the legendary dj M.K. Kelly who was a producer and dj on many of the greatest radio shows in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

   The show comes with its cue sheets in excellent condition and the vinyl discs themselves are  immaculate and like new.  This show probably was played on the day it aired and not since, 34+ years later. 

A necessary note about the cue sheets for this show.  For shows prior to 1990, the show presented only the featured year, timing of show segments, and the outcue for each segment.  This information is crucial for the radio station board operator to know when to insert the local commercials which came after the national commercials that were included on the show sent to the stations.  The songs for each hour were not listed. 

Some radio shows were sent in similar ways to the radio stations even though most did provide the song lists even though, again, it was not necessary when the station ran the show.

From 1990 through 1992 when the show ceased production (By the way, it was one of the last radio shows to be sent to stations in the lp format - most syndicators switched to cd distribution in 1990) song lists were included because so many of the affiliate stations were unhappy with no song list included)

I have pictured a song list from a 1992 show as a SAMPLE so you can see the range of songs for a typical 60's year show.  Please remember it is a sample only and not what is on this show.

     Each hour contained up to 18 tunes from the featured year.  It is an enthralling hour that will captivate you.  You will be disappointed when it is over and want even more!  

    THIS WEEK'S SHOW FEATURED THE YEARS 1962, 1965 AND 1968

EVEN THE NATIONAL COMMERCIALS THAT AIR DURING THE BREAKS WILL BRING BACK MEMORIES AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.  ON THIS SHOW YOU WILL HEAR U.S. NAVY, RAISINETS, PARK INNS, MAYBELLINE, GREYHOUND TRAVEL 'LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US', CARAVAN EXPRESS, AND MORE

I HAVE MANY OF THE FANTASTIC SHOWS FROM THIS SERIES THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COME ACROSS,  AND  I WILL BE LISTING THEM UNTIL THEY ARE GONE.  MOST OF YOUR FAVORITE 60's ARTISTS ARE REPRESENTED.

 This show aired the week of   JULY 11, 1988 and is show #88-26

SO HERE ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS: 

 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. 

First allow me tell you my own personal story of discovering the wonder of radio shows.

  I discovered radio shows quite by accident while reading one of my favorite (long since departed) magazines called "Discoveries" (It was later bought by the same company that publishes "Goldmine" which I personally always considered a lesser publication, but that is another story.

  This was before ebay became the driving force in radio show sales (and everything else) in the later 1990's.

 I was especially attracted in "Discoveries" to a two page (or more) spread in each issue by a guy called "The Old Hippie". 

 Let me tell you, the Old Hippie had it all.  He was a real pioneer.  Way before anyone knew what radio shows even were let alone that they could be bought as rarities, he had the market cornered.

Most shows that he advertised were way beyond my budget but I drooled over those pages every issue and once in awhile I could afford one or two. 

 Now, I have attempted in my own humble way to take on the mantle of "The Old Hippie".  I have listed over 11,000 unique radio shows of all genres for you all to drool over, and most at prices, hopefully, that collectors can better afford!  I want to make available to collectors what I could not afford and especially in these days of higher prices and lesser availability.

Radio shows are harder and harder to find in quantity and the prices for the ones still out there just go higher and higher as they disappear from the market.  However, because of my large presence on eBay, I am always being contacted with selling offers, some of which I take advantage of and some I have to pass on because of the prices. I have found that by buying in bulk, even when many or most of the shows are lesser known but still amazing shows, I can offer the best prices on all titles.

 So, again, what is a radio show?  

 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 mornings, afternoons or evenings or less often during weekdays or 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, Bob Kingsley and Dick Bartley and so many others.  The big name dj shows had a wider distribution than the lesser known djs but big name or not so big, most every show is unique in its own right and a treasure to own.

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 downloaded through iTunes or wherever, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj comments which were very entertaining. 

 Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments. 

 Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those. 

 AND, these shows are in limited quantity. 

 They were pressed just for affiliate stations in the United States.

  Many have just a few still in circulation.  

Some of the more popular shows may have as few as a couple hundred of each week's show pressed but think about it.  A couple hundred for some 350 million Americans and millions of overseas collectors who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music is about as rare as rare can be. 

This show itself was only ever sent to the top 175 Metro markets. Smaller markets had to take the satellite feed once it became available.  So at the very most there were only 175 copies of each show EVER.   How do you compute rareness.  175 copies for the whole United States market and 30+ years ago or more means that could possibly not be ANY more of these shows and at the very most there are 175.  How many survived as did the ones I have is anyone's guess. 

This is because most stations just threw these away after network broadcast since they could not be aired again because of the dated commercial content and most stations had limited storage space. (Believe me I know I worked at one for seven plus glorious years as the night oldies dj, daytime show producer, board operator, assistant engineer, and station operator.) 

 So it is likely that very few still exist and they are increasingly hard to find. 

They were first distributed on reel to reel tape or 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.  Thankfully enough radio stations know of my offerings and come to me when they have shows to sell.  But it is not like the old days before shows no longer came on  cd. 

 The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and only increase.  

 I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a  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 have decreased.  With the postal service's recent huge rate hikes, my shipping rates remained exactly the same as they were.

  And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of way over fifteen thousand unique 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 music radio. 

 And every  one you buy is  an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions in the hundreds at most and most, like this special show,  much less.  Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!  Welcome to the Club!  

          REMEMBER, This is the genuine original show that was sent to the radio station for airing.  It is NOT an unauthorized copy but the Real McCoy!!!   I personally guarantee that every radio show that I sell is the original show sent to stations. 

 You are truly buying a  show that will only increase in value and I am selling them at a price very close to what I paid for it.   

    Remember that this and all the radio music shows that you see on eBay  are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music in themes and great announcing that makes it so entertaining.

  As well, it is a piece of radio and music  history. 

 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.  

  It is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection.  

As always, for U.S. and International buyers, I charge only shipping on the first cd or single lp show you buy so the more you buy the more money you will save. (International buyers pay for the first multi lp show and an additional $8 for each multi lp show to help with the excessive shipping costs for overseas shipments.  Otherwise all items ship for no extra charge)

  Good Luck and God Bless You