… Where a yank on the crank of a one arm bandit may be worth a CKLW cash jockpot …
[Description by Uncle Ricky]
It’s obvious that this unscoped recording of the 4PM hour and Mike Rivers
on October 17, 1967 was made at some distance from the powerful
CKLW transmitter. I removed a lot of static and crackling, but
there wasn’t much that could be done about the high background noise level.
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So, depending on your system, this exhibit may be OK, or difficult to
listen to for an extended period.
I’m including it here because it *is* classic Big Eight, with all the
memorable Drake-isms (Number One Then, Number One Now,) and the
Johnny Mann acapellas. And what a playlist! Nearly half of what
you’ll hear never cracked Billboard’s Top Twenty, and there’s a definite
Motown/R&B influence with artists like Arthur Conley, Leon Haywood,
J.J. Barnes and James & Bobby Purify (and more!)
Mike Rivers (Ralph W. Wright, Jr.) passed away September 13, 2004. He was also known as Ed Richards at WIBG.