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REELRADIO is honored to present another EXCLUSIVE studio-recorded aircheck of the incomparable Real Don Steele from The Real Don Steele Collection. This one is from June 17, 1970, the Wednesday before Fathers Day. Here’s another reason to upgrade to a broadband Internet connection: it’s encoded at 44.1Khz for frequency response that exceeds that of the original transmission system!
There’s much to hear on this sample of post-Ron Jacobs KHJ, which is mostly unscoped. Oldies include Del Shannon’s Runaway and Jackie Wilson’s I’ll Be Satisfied (what a GREAT record!) There are also some “what was THAT?” musical surprises, like Wilson Pickett doing Sugar Sugar and Clarence Carter with I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone. The orchestration for the Schlitz spot nearly overpowers the bold rum-pum KHJ logos, and the Lettermen-styled jingle for Arrid Extra Dry is a grand example of the first-rate radio production of the era. Is that Lou Rawls singing for Burgie beer?
Don’t be fooled, this is the REEL “Seventies Show”! Again, our thanks to Shaune Steele and Ray Randolph for allowing us to share this magical hour from Real Don’s personal collection.