… gun legislation is a loaded question …
[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Eric Rhoads]
Big Jim Martin has a great voice – it’s naturally warm and friendly, but he has a few “prep” problems on this Friday AM morning drive shift at Seattle’s KING. The format required him to keep moving  whether he was ready, or not. He also seemed unfamiliar with some of the well-worn hits he was playing!
Promotionally, KING was taking their Music Machine to local high schools, and was driving around the ever-expanding Seattle metro, giving money to young women. The playlist here would also be acceptable to young female listeners, but that’s the way many Top 40 stations sounded in 1974, especially in morning drive.
This recording must have been made at some distance from the KING transmitter. The high noise level is just that – AM noise (without any electrical interference.)  very little of it is the typical tape hiss. Also, listeners to the unscoped version will notice a 2.6 second gap after 6:30 AM which sounds like an antenna or transmitter change.