[Description by Mel Hall] Don MacKinnon was the most imaginative, funny, and cleverly entertaining disc jockey ever to hit the air in the Top 40 era of rock and roll radio. Everything came off the top of his head, spontaneously. He often projected a completely ‘bizarre’ and sometimes, absurb sense of humor. Don delighted a fascinated and attentive audience. People listened to MacKinnon. Don MacKinnon was an ENTERTAINER. Don was also a master in the use of “Wild Trax”. “Wild Trax” back then, (1961) were pre-recorded voice comments, noises and ‘what-not’ that disc jockeys would cue and play for punctuation and comment. Don’s were always unexpectedly hilarious. They always ‘fit’, and were always inexplicably funny. When I was PD at KDEO, San Diego, and Don was the morning guy, I used Wild Trax too on my afternoon drive-time show. When I left KDEO in March of 1961 to become PD at WJJD, Chicago, Don suggested that he record a bunch of ‘personalized’ Wild Trax for Don MacKinnon The Mel Hall Show in Chicago. My feeling at the time was that Chicago (a conservative radio market), and WLS (a conservative popular music radio station, the most popular station in town), would be stunned by a wild and wacky West Coast format and sound. It was a good guess. That night, Don and I met back at the station and Don sat down in the production studio and started ad-libbing comments and remarks. He was wearing a sombrero, shorts made out of an awning and came in with a half full bottle of wine. Indeed, Don was at least 50% “in his cups”. What followed was a series of ad-libbed, nonsensical Wild Trax that were pure MacKinnon. When I got to Chicago, I selected parts of many and edited them for use during my show. Over the years the audio quality has diminished a bit and too, some have been lost. This collection features the original long versions. Thanks goes to Neil Ross who took the time to edit and make these presentable. I used these at WJJD, and, when I was PD at KQV, Pittsburgh. I decided I would not do a show when I was PD at KRLA, and anyhow, Don was on the competition, KFWB. – Mel Hall, 2004