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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: brianhenke on October 17, 2006, 11:43:41 PM
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Many of you are familiar with the tribute site for Musicradio 77 WABC in New York (http://\"http://www.musicradio77.com\"), but this week they have an 1972 aircheck of Jim Perry.
Brian
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[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'134808\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 10:43 PM\']
Many of you are familiar with the tribute site for Musicradio 77 WABC in New York (http://\"http://www.musicradio77.com\"), but this week they have an 1972 aircheck of Jim Perry.
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That's sweet. He was pretty good behind the cart machines.
Must send my kudos to Mr. Sniffen.
Doug
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Strange to hear Jim Perry as a DJ.......I almost expected to hear him suddenly say "Let's open up the board and get TO THE CARDS..."
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I almost wish that they actually hadn't cut out the songs. Certainly better than some of the dreck on today's radio.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm a little surprised to hear that 1972 Jim Perry sounded just like 1982 Jim Perry. Take Dick Clark from any two adjacent decades and there seems to be a vocal difference.
/Parents raised me on Oldies. Can't complain too much.
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'134828\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 01:05 AM\']
I almost wish that they actually hadn't cut out the songs. Certainly better than some of the dreck on today's radio.
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Agreed. Entertaining indeed-if only to hear Robert John sing something other than "Sad Eyes"! I suppose we could inquire with the webmaster about the unscoped aircheck.
Did anyone else notice that the first time check Jim gave was "3 am on a Sunday morning"? Did he ever 'graduate' from the overnight shift??
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Speaking of Game Show people in their radio years, another radio aircheck site (www.reelradio.com) recently added a KODJ/LA aircheck of Rich "A NEW KAAAA!!!" Fields.
His announcing style had fit the late KODJ a helluva lot better than it does on TPIR today, FWIW.
And unless I missed it already, I hope that Mark Simone could snag Mr. Perry for an interview on the Saturday Night Oldies Show (www.wabcradio.com -- 6-10p ET) sometime in the near future...It would be great to 'hear' him out of retirement again -- even if only for 20 minutes!
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Wow, great find from Allan and the Musicradio site - good stuff. Thanks for passing it on, Brian.
James
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'134828\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 02:05 AM\']
Maybe it's just me, but I'm a little surprised to hear that 1972 Jim Perry sounded just like 1982 Jim Perry. Take Dick Clark from any two adjacent decades and there seems to be a vocal difference.
/Parents raised me on Oldies. Can't complain too much.
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Really? I thought Dick Clark sounded the same (like 1976 and 1986, for example)...
What's neat to me is listening to the old AT40 countdowns on XM....Definitely a vocal difference between Casey plugging the show on XM and then listening to the ACTUAL show...
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[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'134834\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 08:04 AM\']
Did anyone else notice that the first time check Jim gave was "3 am on a Sunday morning"? Did he ever 'graduate' from the overnight shift??
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Yeah, I got a kick out of that. The text above the audio link says, "You may not remember Jim Perry as a DJ at WABC." Well, DUH! I really like Jim's style here, though. I don't know why, but I'm kind of surprised by how good he is; he really sounds like he's having the time of his life in the studio. FWIW, I also got a kick out of Jim talking to the stinger ("Tell us who I am..." "JIM PERRY!")
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'134822\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 12:22 AM\']
Strange to hear Jim Perry as a DJ.......I almost expected to hear him suddenly say "Let's open up the board and get TO THE CARDS..."
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"On this week's top ten survey, 'Drift Away' is higher than a seven..."
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[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'134858\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 11:47 AM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'134822\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 12:22 AM\']
Strange to hear Jim Perry as a DJ.......I almost expected to hear him suddenly say "Let's open up the board and get TO THE CARDS..."
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"On this week's top ten survey, 'Drift Away' is higher than a seven..."
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Our Man on the Street surveyed 100 New York City cab drivers who listen to WABC...
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[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'134834\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 07:04 AM\']
Did anyone else notice that the first time check Jim gave was "3 am on a Sunday morning"? Did he ever 'graduate' from the overnight shift??
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To my knowledge, he did not. But WABC was so stacked with legendary air personalities at the time that the chances to graduate from an overnight shift were few and far-between.
Doug
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'134861\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 12:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'134858\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 11:47 AM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'134822\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 12:22 AM\']
Strange to hear Jim Perry as a DJ.......I almost expected to hear him suddenly say "Let's open up the board and get TO THE CARDS..."
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"On this week's top ten survey, 'Drift Away' is higher than a seven..."
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Our Man on the Street surveyed 100 New York City cab drivers who listen to WABC...
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Why just limit it to CS?
"Not only do you get the see the Rolling Stones at MSG for that $6, we will throw in $377 in cash. Going once. . ."
Doug
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Interesting stuff, Brian. I'd never heard Jim doing anything other than games, so it's interesting to hear him in another vein.
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How much do we really know about Jim Perry's pre-game show existence? Not much besides his WABC stint.
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Hmm. Maybe we can get their resident tape restorian Rob Frankel to prep this one for next year's "WABC Rewound". I notice a couple of things missing, though: the bell after the choir sings "WABC", and that trademark plate reverb Musicradio used. Evidently this was recorded before the audio got to that step. Good stuff, though.
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[quote name=\'joe_capitano\' post=\'134916\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 07:58 PM\']
Hmm. Maybe we can get their resident tape restorian Rob Frankel to prep this one for next year's "WABC Rewound". I notice a couple of things missing, though: the bell after the choir sings "WABC", and that trademark plate reverb Musicradio used. Evidently this was recorded before the audio got to that step. Good stuff, though.
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It was probably an aircheck right off the studio board, so it wouldn't have the processing on it. And the WABC sounder without the bell was the order of the day at the time Perry was heard on this aircheck.
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I don't know about you, but after hearing Jim Perry intro Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" now I can truly die in peace.
And to answer Messrs. Mello and Capitano, this check has the elements that make it a very viable candidate for next year's rewound: good base sound, a great mix of songs, a DJ that very rarely pops up on airchecks, and very few non-song elements to clear (during the length of the aircheck there were no commercials and just one Dan Ingram PSA).
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Very interesting listen.
Like the majority, I hadn't heard Jim Perry on the radio, so this is a good package there. He was more than capable at being a DJ. (The guy who sounds like he's speaking through a voice box is a little creepy, but it's cool.)
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I realize who wrote the original post, but sometimes he does find something noteworthy. Nice find! Jim seemed to fit right in!
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[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'135042\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:43 PM\']
I realize who wrote the original post, but sometimes he does find something noteworthy. Nice find! Jim seemed to fit right in!
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It's rare, but yeah. This was definitely a good find. I always enjoyed listening to airchecks of game show hosts as DJ's.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'135046\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:55 PM\']
[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'135042\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:43 PM\']
I realize who wrote the original post, but sometimes he does find something noteworthy. Nice find! Jim seemed to fit right in!
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It's rare, but yeah. This was definitely a good find. I always enjoyed listening to airchecks of game show hosts as DJ's.
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I always liked the novelty of actually going to LA and listening to game show hosts and announcers doing real radio, back in the day. Of course, I was in radio at the time, so it was a busman's holiday. I'd listen to guys like Gary Owens, Charlie Tuna, Bob Eubanks, Jim Lange, etc.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'135049\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:05 PM\']
I always liked the novelty of actually going to LA and listening to game show hosts and announcers doing real radio, back in the day. Of course, I was in radio at the time, so it was a busman's holiday. I'd listen to guys like Gary Owens, Charlie Tuna, Bob Eubanks, Jim Lange, etc.
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And Charlie Tuna's still toiling on the L.A. airwaves--at KBIG. I didn't get a chance to hear him much while in L.A. this past summer during the Congreff (of course, this year I had an iPod with me instead of solely relying on my Walkman).
Doug
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On my local oldies station, between Charlie's show "Back to the '70s", M.G. Kelly's "American Hit List", and the (national) early-afternoon DJ playing nothing but tracks off of the first Game Show Themes CD whenever he talks, it's disappointing to not have any actual game show content. (Being caller #10 doesn't count, no.)