Wednesday, September 9, 2020

WAMU 88.5 FM Overnight Express tape from July 13, 1980 From Jim


 

 My Good buddy Jim, who taped lots of local radio way back in the day... Has shared another cool tape with us. Thanks again as always Jim!

Here's his email text to me.

I've switched computers so don't think I've sent you anything from this email address before but here I am with another find from the basement.

Here's a recording of the WAMU 88.5 FM Overnight Express show from July 13, 1980 which included Bruce Rosenstein's every other week new music show. I found it on the B side of a Live Gang of Four Concert that was played on WHFS a month later.  The concert spilled over a bit and unfortunately I taped over the first minute of Bruce but 25- 30 minutes of his show remains.  I don't remember any of these songs but luckily Bruce back announces all of them. After he signs off there's about 10 minutes of Kim playing the Slickee Boys and The Dark--at least I think the last few are from The Dark.  I have a couple of their tunes on Skip Groff's DC Connected Sampler (LIMP 1005), so it's nice to hear more from them.

Glad to see you still have the blog going and hoping you are in good health.
As always I'll share any additional nuggets that surface.

Jim
 
41 Minutes, MP3@320 Link
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10 comments:

  1. CochiseSeptember 10, 2020 at 7:13 PM

    Thank You so much this is wonderful - I remember WAMU as Bluegrass, dont know how I missed this

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  2. nokesvillejrSeptember 17, 2020 at 10:07 PM

    Overnight Express only ran for 3 or 4 years, ending in 1982. I think it ran from Midnight to 6AM Saturday night/Sunday morning on AMU but not sure about that...it might have been shorter. I was new to the area and didn't know too many folks at first so had plenty of time to listen to the radio...

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  3. smokenmanSeptember 22, 2020 at 11:34 PM

    Thanks so much. I always enjoyed the stations down on the lower end, including GTB, PFW and AMU. Old Howard and the Rock and Roll Jukebox was an after school favorite. Would love some reposts of old WGTB and WHFS, if you have time.
    Cheers.

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  4. Camarillo BrilloSeptember 23, 2020 at 10:45 AM

    Yeah Old Howard on The RnR Jukebox was great! Wish I had a tape or two of that show...

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  5. JohnJanuary 30, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    Hey Camarillo Brillo, I love what you've done to preserve all this great music. I've collected what I could while the Mega links were viable, but I've lost a ton in a hard drive crash. Any chance you could re-upload a few of your previously ripped HFS tapes sometime? Maybe they'd last longer on Archive.org?

    I know I'm just a stranger on the internet asking you to do chores, so no worries if it's not something you want to deal with. I'll keep returning to your site every few weeks to see if a new tape has emerged from the mists of time.

    Thanks again for all you've done!

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  6. JohnOctober 1, 2021 at 9:57 AM

    Hey Camarillo Barillo, it's been over a year since your last post. Just checking to make sure you are still with us!

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  7. Camarillo BrilloOctober 1, 2021 at 5:23 PM

    Still here John... If you want me to re-up any 'HFS Stuff, just go to that page and make a request from there...

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  8. AnonymousNovember 18, 2021 at 1:03 PM

    I would love the chance to listen to another WHFS show, but the link seems forbidden.

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  9. Camarillo BrilloNovember 18, 2021 at 7:25 PM

    Make a request from the page you want and I'll try and upload it straight away

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  10. My mistakeNovember 25, 2021 at 4:25 AM

    My mistake - I thought this was a WHFS show

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