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The Unofficial "The Big L Film"
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£ 15.00 GBP
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This DVD features the 60's most successful Offshore Radio
Station: - Radio London, and is about 30 minutes long. The
silent version of this film - on VHS tape, was discovered in
a suitcase many years ago. The movie, presumably, originally
filmed on Cine 8, has been digitally cleaned, and has had a
number of photographs, narration and authentic 60's music
soundtrack added. The film was taken around 1966, and you
will see tender arrivals and departures, shots in the
studio, DJ's on deck, and an insight into what life was like
at sea on board the Radio Ship - Galaxy. You'll also see a
short clip of the Cheeta 2, the ship that came to Radio
Caroline's aid, when their ship, the 'Mi Amigo' went aground
off Frinton on Sea in January 1966. Also included is another
short clip of the "Laissez Faire" - The ship from which
"Swinging Radio England" and "Britain Radio" broadcast, and
Shows DJ Ron O'Quinn in the Radio England Studio. There is
also a 5 minute promotional film taken around the time of
Big L's closure in 1967, featuring Big L DJ's John Peel,
Mark Roman, Willie Walker, and Paul Kaye.
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The Radio
London Story - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP |
This is CD that tells the story
of the most successful offshore
radio station on the 60's -
Radio London - The Big L. Senior
DJ Tony Windsor spends an
hour explaining how Big L
worked, who was behind
the scenes, and who set it all
up... There are some top audio
moments from over two and a half
years of broadcasting - December
1964 to August 1967, with
presenters and staff speaking
candidly about the station...and
of course there are some of the
most famous jingles in the world
by "Pams"...
Audio quality - Very good - Running time : around 60 mins.
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Radio London
Archives 64-67 - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP
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Lets
start in December 1964, and hear
Paul Kaye, with a recording
which must rank as one of the
earliest available from Radio
London. Paul presents the
evening show on December 24th
1964, the station's second day
on air....and it shows....there
are some obvious nerves, missed
cues, background noises,
and little of the
professionalism that made BIG L
famous...having said that, it is
a classic
recording... lasting nearly 30
minutes....
After a BIG L jingle, lets
listen to Tony Blackburn's theme
tune, ably assisted by "Arnold",
Tony's on air dog....Tony still
used this theme when he moved to
BBC Radio One. Next up is a
montage of recordings featuring
Kenny Everett, Keith Skues, Ed
Stewart, Paul Kaye, Norman
St.John, John Peel, and the
unmistakable Tony Windsor....in
this mix you'll hear the Fab 40
top ten rundown from December
1964, ...Big L news
bulletin,...Kenny and Cash
excerpt,...T.W. with Windsor's
Castle,...The Roman
Empire,...Big L Beatles show
promo,...Radio London Sales
promo, ...Tony Blackburn Show
excerpt, ... John Peel's
perfumed Garden,....and Radio
London Closedown
information.... - running time
for this segment...about 29
minutes...
Finally, on the last track,
here's Kenny again telling
everyone about the first play of
the Beatles fantastic new Album
"Sgt Peppers", and how to find
the Big L stand at the 1967
Ideal Homes Exhibition.....
(Overall running time about 70
minutes)
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Paul
Kaye August 1967 - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP
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This is a
recording of
Radio London's
longest
serving presenter
- Paul Kaye,
from August
1967. With the
Marine Offences
Bill looming -
Paul presents
one of the
last "Coffee
Breaks" on his
morning show,
and interviews
"Mitch" the
Radio London
ship's steward,
who had been
with the station
since 1964. The
Coffee Break had
become something
of an
institution on
Big L,
introduced
originally by
Tony Windsor,
this feature was
used to promote
many stars, and
also to
advertise "CAMP"
Coffee.....
Pete
Drummond follows
Paul Kaye, from
Radio London's Final
Day on air.....
The
recording is
a nostalgic look
back at a very
popular and
successful offshore
station, The programme includes
music,
advertisements, and
the unmistakable
PAMS radio
jingles, will make a
great addition to
any "Pirate Radio"
collection. |
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Radio
London Final Hour Aug 14th 1967 - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP
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This
is a
recording
of
Radio
London's Final
Hour...Broadcast
between
2.00p.m.
and
3.00p.m.
on
Monday
August
14th
1967.
The
last
hour
was
pre
- recorded
with
presenters
Paul
Kaye,
who
was
the
only
remaining
member
of
the
original
1964
on -
air
team,
and
Ed "stewpot"
Stewart,
who
joined
the
Big
L in
the
summer
of
1965. The
show
featured
many
pop
stars
of
the
day
saying
their
farewells
to
Radio
London.
Included
were
Ringo
Starr
of
the
Beatles,
Dusty
Springfield,
Lulu,
Cliff
Richard,
and
Tom
Jones.
Advertisers
were
charged
huge
premiums
to
have
their
commercials
featured
in
this
final
show,
and
Big
L's
Managing
Director
Philip
Birch
closed a
speech
to
listeners
with
the
words,
"The
world
will
get
by
without
Big
L,
but
I'm
not
sure
it
will
be
better
place."
After
the
Beatles
track
"A
Day
in
the
Life",
Paul
Kaye
closed
Big
L
with
a
simple
statement
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"Big
L
time
is
three
o'clock,
and
Radio
London
is
now
closing
down."
Radio
London's
theme
tune
'Big
Lil'
was
played
for
the
last
time
and
266
meters
went
silent.
So
ended
two
and
a
half
years
of
truly
professional
offshore
broadcasting,
leaving
in
the
region
of
12
million
listeners
without
their
favourite
station.
This
recording
is
a nostalgic
look
back
at a
very
popular
and
successful
offshore
station, The programme includes
music,
advertisements,
and
the
unmistakable
PAMS
radio
jingles, will
make
a
great
addition
to
any
"Pirate
Radio"
collection.
This
CD
is
recorded
from a
studio
master
copy, and
is
exceptionally
good
for
its
age.
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Tony
Windsor Interview - CD |
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£ 5.99 GBP
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Here's a recording of
Radio London Senior DJ, Tony Windsor, recorded
around 1972 - talking candidly about his time
on The Big L. He describes his feelings on first
seeing the station in October 1964, and how Radio
London was put together on board the station's ship
- The Galaxy. Tony describes how the stations DJ's
were recruited and moulded into the professional
team that made Big L the most successful of the 60's
offshore pirates. Tony recalls how he had to deal
with the likes of Kenny Everett, Earl Richmond and
Dave Dennis, and plays promos recorded by Everett in
the ships new studios. He explains how the Big L top
40 was compiled, and how he became famous for his
"Camp coffee break".
Considering the age of
this recording, it is remarkably good, but one must
not expect FM quality. The running time is around 35
minutes.
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Radio London
- The Complete Final Day - 8 CD set.. |
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£ 34.99 GBP
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Here's is an 8
CD recording of Radio London's Final Day.
Starting around
5.45a.m. on Monday August 14th 1967, we hear the
last few minutes of John Peel's Perfumed Garden.
At 6.00a.m. Chuck Blair presents the final
Breakfast show, and at 9.00a.m. hands over to
Pete Drummond for the morning show. Each DJ
plays some of their favourite songs, as well as
many 'thank you's' and messages from pop stars
of the day, saying goodbye to Radio London. At
12.00 midday, Ed Stewart, gets into the hot seat
for his last proper show, and continues until
1.30p.m., when Tommy Vance and Lee Peters
present the last 'Juicy Fruit' sponsored show
until 2.00p.m.
At 2.00p.m. the very
last show begins with Paul Kaye and Ed Stewart.
Paul was the longest serving presenter on Radio
London, and at 3.00p.m., he closed the station
with the words "Big L time is three o'clock, and
Radio London is now closing down"...The
station's theme Big Lil played for the last time
and 266 meters fell silent.
In it's 2 1/2 years
on air, Radio London had become the most
successful offshore radio station in the UK. The
on air sound was totally professional, and the
business made nearly a million pounds during
it's time on air.
This set contains 8
CD's with over 9 hours of off air recordings. It
is a piece of broadcasting history and is a must
for collectors of 'Pirate Radio'
memorabilia.....
The sound quality
is good, but please don't expect crystal
clarity from a recording made over 40 years
ago......
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RADIO
LONDON Pictures - Scrapping the Galaxy.. |
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£ 4.99 GBP
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The Radio London ship
Galaxy - Scrapping
Here's a series of 11
colour picture
prints depicting one of
the saddest moments
in Pirate Radio history.
When Radio London closed
in August 1967, the
station's ship the
'Galaxy' was taken to
Hamburg where it was
berthed for some years.
In 1968, Radio Caroline
chiefs looked at the
vessel to bring about
the return of this
station, when their
ships were towed away by
a Dutch salvage company.
The Galaxy was in very
poor condition, so the
Caroline men left empty
handed. In the 70's the
ship was vandalised, and
much of the interior was
stripped by souvenir
hunters and scrap metal
dealers. In the early
80's the ship was moved
to Kiel harbour and was
surrounded by a rubber
barrier, as the Galaxy
still had around 30
tonnes of fuel oil on
board. In 1986, the ship
had sunk and was
listing, when divers
moved in on the wreck,
and began work to raise
the ship for scrapping.
These pictures show
the condition of the
vessel, when it was
lifted and finally
scrapped.
They show the sad end to
a fine vessel which
started life as a
minesweeper, and came to
fame as Britain's most
successful offshore
radio station.
(Pictures show interiors
and exteriors of the
vessel )
Each picture measures
13.5cm x 9cm
These picture will be
sent to you in a hard
backed envelope
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Keith Skues on
Radio London |
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£ 2.99 GBP
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This is an unusual CD recording of
Keith Skues from Radio London dated Sunday 23rd July
1967.
During his show, he takes time out to
run through a spoken history of the station, with
some interesting facts and figures of the many
presenters who worked for Radio London. There is
also quite a lot of background information that we
didn't know too!
Altogether, an interesting and
informative insight into the 60's most successful
Offshore Pirate Station - Radio London.
Running time is approx 27 minutes,
and is reasonably good quality for an AM recording
of over 40 years old. |
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