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Ron Lundy, WABC NY September 5, 1970 (0:33:36)

… with The Doors, from the album Absolutely Live …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] Ron Lundy is playing an album cut in midday on WABC! Of course, it was Labor Day weekend, but still, it seems something unusual was captured here. On the other hand, it’s not like Lundy could just grab the LP and throw it on the turntable (the Union would have shut down the station), so maybe it wasn’t that unusual after all. This recording was made between 11:43 am and 12:13 pm on Saturday, September 5, 1970, about 100 miles from New York City, which accounts for the high noise level. Also included: WABC news and ABC news. The cue for the news? A jingle, of course, that sings “The Most Music, WABC”. What better place to play a jingle about the MOST music than just before the news? WABC was SO big, it didn’t really matter.

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