It’s SHOWTIME! This recording of only slightly-edited Ken Draper-consulted WCFL in Chicago has all the hooks and gadgets, Mini-Spin, Preview and Capsule Countdown, plus show intros & outros AND jingles. This is all the “clutter” that Bill Drake had already eliminated in Los Angeles. But, at the time, It’s a Saturday night Bash and/or Blast, your choice, and it was the best of Chicago Top 40 SHOW-BIZ! Barney Pip is on stage for a few minutes at the end, just long enough for an Instant Encore that you’ve never heard, maybe.
But the first 50 minutes stars Ron Britain, whispering love messages just “under” the music. Britain loved to use SFX, after all, it was a SHOW, and imagine how good his board operator had to be to hit everything on cue! How many cart machines in the WCFL air studio circa 1967, I wonder?
There’s a Psych-O-Delic Happening (Why Is That, Ron?)… and more than one musical surprise. And as expected, several riots, shooting wars and crazed confusion are all part of The Big Radio Show.