So our Elton remembers the radio of yesteryear according to an interview in this week’s Radio Times. “I love radio and grew up with it. It was a magical time where you had to use your imagination. My Sundays were built around Two-Way Family Favourites, The Billy Cotton Band Show, Round the Horn (sic), Movie-Go-Round…”
Speaking about this Monday’s The Elton John Show on BBC Radio 2 he concludes “my real ambition since I was a child was to be a DJ. Now I’ve done it once. I’d like to do it again.”
Radio Times 28 March 1975 |
Do you have a copy of these shows, if so please get in touch.
Edit 20 Nov 2017: Since I wrote this post some audio of E.J. the DJ has surfaced. A clip was played during the Radio 1 Vintage weekend. I've also received a short off-air recording from David C. Mitchell.
5 comments:
I had one of those sweat shirts once...
I recorded the Good Friday 1975 show on a basic cassette recorder from a small transistor radio on my bedroom floor through an open mic!! The tape deteriorated over the years but I "rescued" EJ's links including the "fluffed" lead up to the news. I then interspersed them with new recordings of the various songs to make a playlist of the show on my iPod. I had to leave the recording to go for a holiday job interview and don't know if I got the whole show. The last track I have is by the Main Ingredient "Happiness Is Just Around The Bend"
Hi David. That's just the way I used to do my off-air recordings around that time! If you email me I can always put some of EJ's links online if you're OK with that.
Hi Andy, just found this post today. I recorded the December 27th show on cassette, but missed the beginning of the show. It is on a Sony C-120HF tape and still plays perfectly in my Nakamichi.
Hey there...I found the 1974 posted on youtube! https://youtu.be/JnIrYZQsuK4?si=OkBmUra1ODNKZuho
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