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PAMS Jingles for Radio London (0:09:13)

Media Preservation Foundation Collection
… … For further information about Radio London, and what it can mean to you … …

[By Uncle Ricky]

When I was working on The Pete Townshend Special, I asked Tracy Carman of Media Preservation Foundation to contribute a quick copy from his PAMS reference tapes for Radio London, “Wonderful Big L”, the legendary pirate station. I had some technical problems in the transfer, and some of the cuts are a bit gritty, fidelity-wise. But I used all but a few in this composite.

This sampler begins with Series 31 and some male acapellas, and then (about 2:56) Boomp-Ding! signals the start of a super selection of Series 17 and 18, and maybe others, (I’ve never claimed to be an expert on PAMS.)

I doubt the dramatic Series 17 tells you more, says it better voice-over stuff was ever used as it is presented here. (Who was the voice?) And the if you wanna sell in England finale made me wonder: How the heck can you (legally) sell radio time on a Pirate station?

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