Max Kinkel, Dave Shafer, Layovers CKLW 1973 (0:05:50)

… Are you ready to remember …
[Description by Gary Tinnes]
This is a composite of three short clips. The first clip features Max Kinkel and The Sound of ’72. It begins with a Bill Withers voice clip and a layover of Lean On Me. The voice of Pat Holiday and various other staff members are heard on A Moment from Yesterday contest.The second section includes some clips from a Saturday morning show with Dave Shafer. Shafer passed away May 7th, 2006 from complications following sinus surgery.

Layovers, what Big Eight Board Ops were noted for, are sprinkled throughout my clips. I usually taped layovers to hear them later and determine how good (or bad) they were. The third section of this composite includes several layovers taped in isolation. The layover of Big Girls Don’t Cry goes into an edited clip of Marc Daly news, and the layover into Corina, Corina is coming off the news with Randall Carlisle.

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