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[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Peter Kanze]
We hope to learn more about the affable George Erwin. Somehow, he faces the technical problems in the 8AM hour of his KFJZ morning show and still comes across like a genuine “good old boy”. You gotta love the way he says “pie” when reading the public school lunch menu. Welcome to Texas! This aircheck is overflowing with classic advertising of the time, much of it specific to the Lone Star state. The PAMS jingles were made just a few miles away in Dallas, but the hot movies weren’t westerns.
Those who enjoy “authentic” recordings will appreciate the gritty distortion of cheap plastic 45s that were played over and over. There are only 7 full songs in this exhibit, and a couple sound like they were played with an ice pick. Ouch! At least one of the cart machines is sick. National spots in this one time correctly, so any musical speed issues are “the way it was”, and not a recording anomaly.
There’s even “tape echo” on the Camel cigarettes spot, and George liked to leave his microphone open, so you’ll hear him knocking around sometimes. I’m pretty sure he identifies the station as “KRJZ” at 23:50. Yep, that’s the way it was!