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   Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | With a bit of a nod to TServo's thread "cool jingles that never aired"... "Jingle collectors like us often get a hold of things which may or may not have actually aired. Some of them are very interesting, though." How about we try to explore some of the most cringeingly BAD jingles that never aired because they simply, really, truly were so ... AWFUL! :^) As a starter - 60's UK offshore pirate Radio London sensibly went to PAMS for the now-legendary Series 18 Sonovox re-sings, followed by Series 31, and the rest is history. BUT - would "Big L" EVER have been so successful as a station if they had launched with these (UK-produced???) efforts instead of heading for Dallas???  wonderfulradiolondon-neverused.mp3(PS - credits for the "preservation" of this audio go to the also-legendary Norman Barrington in Aberdeenshire) [ Edited Tue May 12 2009, 04:10PM ] ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| mp3airchecks |
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  Registered Member #9251 Joined: Thu Aug 31 2006, 05:30AMPosts: 265 | Or how about awful jingles that DID go to air! Quite a few spring to mind inluding the ORIGINAL resings of Dallas Power for Galaxy Radio in 1990 ("Ninety seven point twoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"). Then there's this gem of a package for Wyvern FM. When AM & FM was split in 1994, 2 packages were commissioned at the last minute from MMI. The FM package used cuts from an earlier Cool FM package complete with parts of the original Cool FM front sing. Sadly the rushed "Wyvern FM" end sings were just goddam awful. The whole package from start to finish is one to cringe and weep at. How this ever made it to air is beyhond me, but like I said, the project was a rushed overnight job. What sounded like rough demo vocals were actually FINAL mixouts. wyvn.mp3Oh, and I'll save my comments on UK vocals over JAM tracks for another day..... Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah! | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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| Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | Can we get to hear those Galaxy ones then Neal?! :^) As for awful ones that indeed DID get on air - the more the merrier! All "contributions" certainly welcomed (but probably not by their original producers I suspect!) [ Edited Tue May 12 2009, 02:08PM ] ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| Mark_Paxton |
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  Registered Member #6762 Joined: Fri Jan 13 2006, 05:00AMPosts: 157 | that wyvern cut is awful! i wasnt expecting it to be that bad! i get a tingle when i hear my favourite jingle | ||
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| Registered Member #9251 Joined: Thu Aug 31 2006, 05:30AMPosts: 265 | Wixy - Let me see if I have them with me. Mark - The whole package is awful! Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah! | ||
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| Barras |
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 Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | I have posted these before and they`re so BAD they`re GOOD !  Just in case you missed them... klei.mp3 davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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| blandy |
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  Registered Member #259 Joined: Mon Apr 14 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 283 | Truly awful indeed - my ears are still bleeding ! The 2nd KLEI cut sounds a bit like the original Star Trek TV theme. | ||
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| LenGroat |
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 Registered Member #3158 Joined: Wed Aug 11 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 625 | Wixy Iain: Ref : 'would "Big L" EVER have been so successful as a station if they had launched with these (UK-produced???)' As a 15-17 year old in Twickenham I listened to 'Big L' for 8-10 hours a day when not at school (!)and 3 or 4 during the week, before I ran my 'bedroom radio station' from 8pm.... (another story) The PAMS jingles were a BIG part of the success of 'Big L', I did (of course) sing along with them... long before we had 'anoraks' ! I NEVER knew until TODAY they had made jingles in Britain and they would DEFINITELY not have worked 'back then'. Well done to Norman Barrington for preserving such RARE items. NO cheesy synthesiser beds here.....! Metro Radio ~ the North East Sound (1974-1976) Piccadilly Radio (1976) Radio Trent ~ Your 24 Hour Friend (1977 to 1994) plus GEM-AM ~ Have a Golden Day! (1988 to 1994) Saga Radio ~ R.I.P. (2005) Smooth Radio ~ Your Life. Your Music. (2007) | ||
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| enerjee |
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  Registered Member #186 Joined: Mon Mar 31 2003, 06:00AMPosts: 75 | QUOTE: "BUT - would "Big L" EVER have been so successful as a station if they had launched with these (UK-produced???) efforts instead of heading for Dallas???" No !!! [ Edited Tue May 12 2009, 10:33PM ] | ||
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| freq-ky |
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 Registered Member #57 Joined: Sat Feb 08 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 445 | One good reason why on the EAP CD set that I've banned myself from listening to those specific tracks.They're in the same catagory as the Fast Food Rockers stupid song from a few years ago and that's bad enough ! Life is like a sewer.What you get out of it,depends on what you put into it. | ||
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| John Hoare |
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  Registered Member #7008 Joined: Thu Apr 13 2006, 05:00AMPosts: 178 | I rather like those KLEI jingles! No idea what kind of station they'd work on, but in their own right, I find them rather pleasing. But then I love the first Centre Radio package, so maybe I just have no taste... That Wyvern one is bloody atrocious, mind. | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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| Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | The KLEI stuff is about 40-plus years old, and the Honolulu station did Hawaiian music programming (as any old codger with a very old copy of the WRTH "World Radio TV Handbook" at their fingertips would sadly know!) Somewhere there is a Hawaii radio forum I found a while back which remenisces about the "good old days" before Clear Channel & other US equivalents of Bauer/Global/etc etc cloned all the Islands' stations as "celebrity jocks"/VT/satellite/networking etc from the "mainland". Not much different from the UK then! David's audio I think comes from the 1970s(?) vinyl LP set (...whats an Ell Pee...? our younger members may ask.. :^) ) entitled "The World of Medium Wave Stations" (...whats "Medium Wave"...?) (And what, pray tell, was all that wrong with the first Centre Radio package?!? (Sue Manning one...?) :^) ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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jonno Registered Member #930 Joined: Mon Sep 15 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 477 | I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3 | ||
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| Inferno |
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 Registered Member #844 Joined: Thu Aug 28 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 435 | jonno wrote ... I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3I actually like that one. I think David Arnold was doing a futuristic/Art of Noise style jingle. "JAM creates more than just jingles for Coast 103, they actually create our image, our songs if you will, the stationality..." Jhani Kaye, Coast 103.5 | ||
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| Barras |
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| Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | Wixy1360 wrote ... David's audio I think comes from the 1970s(?) vinyl LP set (...whats an Ell Pee...? our younger members may ask.. :^) ) entitled "The World of Medium Wave Stations" (...whats "Medium Wave"...?) I like it Iain an "Ell Pee" - is that also a Mexican town ? Yes, you`re right, I lifted the KLEI jngles from the double-LP record "World Of Medium Wave Radio Stations" which was released in circa 1977. Don`t know whether you still have a copy Iain but I`ve still got one and remember the LP cover with radio station stickers on the outside and pics. of radio studios on the inside. I originally bought that record in the 1970s because I spotted a Metro Radio sticker on the cover, the record features a montage of the Emison "Sunshine" package, also recorded for Beacon Radio. davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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| Martin Lester |
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martinlester Registered Member #4681 Joined: Sat Jan 29 2005, 05:00AMPosts: 677 | Lets not forget the most Awful adapted jingle package of the last 10 years palm105.mp3 It was so bad it lasted all of 2 weeks before it was taken off the air ! Creator of the Ultimate JAM Bits and Pieces contest – only a true JAM Jingle fan could identify all 10 Cuts – Highest Score so far 1 our of 10 by Barras can you do better ? http://jinglemad.com//request.php?3641 | ||
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| Barras |
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| Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | error [ Edited Sat May 16 2009, 03:25PM ] davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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| Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | How about this for a TOH... for_jm_broadcasting_corporation_of_china.mp3 davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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| barrydavidallan |
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  Registered Member #12384 Joined: Mon Jul 21 2008, 07:02AMPosts: 156 | Its like the jingles that jingle sales people want hospital radio stations and presenters to buy......... The good news is there are people who you trust who can write a good jingle .. and use the best singers .. many hospital stations have seen the light ... Just think how much that package has cost the station ...maybe a good £3000 plus down the drain.. [ Edited Sat May 16 2009, 04:25PM ] | ||
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| Inferno |
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| Registered Member #844 Joined: Thu Aug 28 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 435 | Neal mentioned earlier about UK vocals on JAM tracks. In my opinion half were ok and some were great and some were.....awful! Alfasound did resings for South Coast Radio. Only about 4 were in the ok catergory while ONE was great. The rest were....I'll let the example below speak for the rest. omg_alfasound.mp3 [ Edited Sat May 16 2009, 05:50PM ] "JAM creates more than just jingles for Coast 103, they actually create our image, our songs if you will, the stationality..." Jhani Kaye, Coast 103.5 | ||
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| jonno Registered Member #930 Joined: Mon Sep 15 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 477 | Inferno wrote ... jonno wrote ... I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3I actually like that one. I think David Arnold was doing a futuristic/Art of Noise style jingle. Out of context and some 20+ years later it sounds a bit untuneful (is that a word?) but played out of a break and into a similar sounding 80's track at the time I'm sure it would have worked well. I think the vocals sound a bit Clare Grogan (Altered Images). | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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| Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | Personally I thought the SCR KOST re-sing with UK vocals did work OK - heard them on air a couple of times. Now - wouldn't expect something from JAM in this Thread - but even the best can have off-days, as in this 1987 Radio One effort where the lead solo female version I doubt ever got on-air (she sounds not only very strained but seemed to think the Texan pronounciation of "tune" was OK for a British audience!) awful-radioone-jam.mp3The long mixout without the solo though is excellent! [ Edited Sat May 16 2009, 10:15PM ] ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| enerjee |
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| Registered Member #186 Joined: Mon Mar 31 2003, 06:00AMPosts: 75 | jonno wrote ... I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3I like that Hereward 1332 one as well - losts of glass breaking and crashing, it's great ! It sounds nice and fresh against a lot of the over produced stuff that has come since. | ||
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| Registered Member #186 Joined: Mon Mar 31 2003, 06:00AMPosts: 75 | jonno wrote ... I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3I like that Hereward 1332 one as well - losts of glass breaking and crashing, it's great ! It sounds nice and fresh against a lot of the over produced stuff that has come since. | ||
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| AndyWalters |
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 Registered Member #2282 Joined: Mon Apr 26 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 295 | Barras wrote ... Wixy1360 wrote ... David's audio I think comes from the 1970s(?) vinyl LP set (...whats an Ell Pee...? our younger members may ask.. :^) ) entitled "The World of Medium Wave Stations" (...whats "Medium Wave"...?) I like it Iain an "Ell Pee" - is that also a Mexican town ? Yes, you`re right, I lifted the KLEI jngles from the double-LP record "World Of Medium Wave Radio Stations" which was released in circa 1977. Don`t know whether you still have a copy Iain but I`ve still got one and remember the LP cover with radio station stickers on the outside and pics. of radio studios on the inside. I originally bought that record in the 1970s because I spotted a Metro Radio sticker on the cover, the record features a montage of the Emison "Sunshine" package, also recorded for Beacon Radio. Oh, That I've gotta have. Would you mind sending me a copy of that EMIson montage? | ||
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| Registered Member #57 Joined: Sat Feb 08 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 445 | Inferno wrote ... jonno wrote ... I've no idea whether this one was aired or not.. but either way it should have been shot at birth hereward-should-have-been-shot-at-birth.mp3I actually like that one. I think David Arnold was doing a futuristic/Art of Noise style jingle. Despite being on the 1986 package,it was never aired.However Jonno,on Herewards 10th birthday on 10/7/90,they did a jingle montage followed by the 102.7 version of that cut which hadn't aired until then. Life is like a sewer.What you get out of it,depends on what you put into it. | ||
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| Wixy1360 |
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| Registered Member #75 Joined: Fri Mar 07 2003, 05:00AMPosts: 2598 | Needless to say, our Antipodean "cousins" can always be depended upon to contribute to a thread like this one! awful-5ka-adelaide.mp3 ...............# "Around the World from Scotland - All the Best Jingles, All the Best Airchecks" # | ||
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| Barras |
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| Registered Member #3680 Joined: Thu Oct 21 2004, 05:00AMPosts: 3652 | Barras wrote ... I originally bought that record in the 1970s because I spotted a Metro Radio sticker on the cover, the record features a montage of the Emison "Sunshine" package, also recorded for Beacon Radio. AndyWalters wrote ... Oh, That I've gotta have. Would you mind sending me a copy of that EMIson montage? Here`s the Metro 261 jingles from the LP - only four cuts on the LP - drop me an email Andy, as I have the complete package if you want it... for_jm_emison_metro_261.mp3 davidbarras@blueyonder.co.uk David "get JAM back on BBC Radio 2 UK - get JAM back on Z100 New York USA" Barras | ||
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 Registered Member #10753 Joined: Fri Aug 10 2007, 02:14AMPosts: 819 | The KLEI jingles like the intro to that creepy 70's American show Dark Shadows. | ||
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| John Hoare |
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| Registered Member #7008 Joined: Thu Apr 13 2006, 05:00AMPosts: 178 | Wixy1360 wrote ... The KLEI stuff is about 40-plus years old, and the Honolulu station did Hawaiian music programming (as any old codger with a very old copy of the WRTH "World Radio TV Handbook" at their fingertips would sadly know!) Thanks for this! I can imagine them working in context. They are a bit spooky, though... (And what, pray tell, was all that wrong with the first Centre Radio package?!? (Sue Manning one...?) :^) Nothing at all. I think it's fabulous. [ Edited Wed May 20 2009, 11:26PM ] | ||
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