This exhibit of The Real Don Steele on KHJ/Los Angeles, from September, 1968, defies common descriptions and it is, as always, uncommonly entertaining.
Where some songs were ‘scoped, they have been restored. The first seven songs are unscoped, then some ‘scoped and unscoped-restored, and the finale includes three unscoped songs from the original aircheck. Overall, this recording covers most of the 3PM hour and some of the 4PM hour of Don’s PM drive show that day.
The contest d’jour is KHJ Safe Cracker, and even the losers get tickets to the upcoming KHJ Jimi Hendrix concert! These warm and wonderful airchecks of RDS on KHJ always have some classic promos, voiced here by Robert W. Morgan. There’s a vast variety of musical genres – standard behavior for true Top 40. Many of the commercial announcements demonstrate the finest production techniques, jingles, performances and copy of the time.
And our personable host for all this excellence is the one and only Real Don Steele. Don’t miss his spot for Thrifty Mart, and the intro for the Turtles. (around 39-42 minutes in.) Put that in your scooby and smoke it!