Sold Date: September 5, 2023
Start Date: March 10, 2017
Final Price: $26.99 (USD)
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WELCOME EBAY FRIENDS, TO KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES, ONE OF EBAYS PREMIERE BUYERS AND SELLERS OF PRISTINE RADIO SHOWS IN ALL GENRES AND ALL FORMATS FROM REEL TO REEL TO CD ALONG WITH OTHER GREAT RARE UNIQUE AMERICANA.

 PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS SPECIAL OFFER TO YOU.   IF YOU BUY ANY FIVE SHOWS OR MORE SHOWS AT ONE TIME FROM MY STORE,  EBAY WILL DISCOUNT YOUR TOTAL BY 20% AT CHECKOUT, A HUGE SAVINGS.  I AM PLEASED TO OFFER THIS TO ALL YOU WHO LIKE A GREAT DEAL AS MUCH AS I DO.

AND, REMEMBER FOR US BUYERS, I HAVE ONLY ONE 2.99 SHIPPING CHARGE NO MATTER HOW MANY YOU BUY AND FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, SHIPPING IS $25 FOR THE FIRST MULTI LP SET  PLUS ONLY $8 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MULTI LP SHOW.  FOR ALL CD OR SINGLE LP PURCHASES, THERE IS ONLY A SHIPPING CHARGE FOR YOUR HEAVIEST ITEM  AND ALL OTHERS SHIP FOR NO EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE.

NOTE THAT WHEN THE USPS JUST DRASTICALLY RAISED THEIR RATES, MINE  STAYED EXACTLY THE SAME.

SO HERE ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS: 

 WHAT IS A RADIO SHOW? 

 WHY COLLECT THEM? 

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? 

Well, those are good questions, especially if you have never known of them.

Let me tell you my personal story of discovering the wonder of radio shows.

  I discovered radio shows quite by accident while reading one of my favorite (long since departed) magazines called "Discoveries".  This was before ebay days in the 1990's and various sellers were selling radio shows. 

 I was especially attracted to a two page (or more) spread in each issue by a guy called "The Old Hippie".  Let me tell you, the Old Hippie had it all.  Most were way beyond my budget but I drooled over those pages every issue and once in awhile I could afford one or two. 

 Now, I have taken on the mantle of "The Old Hippie" and sell 10,000 unique radio shows of all genres for you all to drool over and most at prices, hopefully, that collectors can better afford!

So, again, what exactly is a radio show?

  Radio Shows are syndicated productions by one of several large and small distributors who supply broadcast product to radio stations normally during weekends when the usual air personalities have a break.  Many air on Saturday or Sunday evenings or during overnight segments.  They often feature some of the best known voices for their genre from across the country thus the Dick Clark's and Casey Kasem's and Rick Dees and Dick Bartley and so many others. 

 People collect them for various reasons.

  Some just collect the series because they like it and want them all. 

Some collect their favorite artists or genre of music. In a radio show, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj presentations which were very entertaining.  

Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments. 

Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those, especially as time passes and those old commercials that we once found annoying are now nostalgia. 

 AND, these shows are in limited quantity.  

They were pressed just for syndicating stations in the United States and sometimes also through the American Forces Radio Networks to our military personnel and their families overseas.

  Most shows  have just a few still  available. 

 Some of the more popular shows may have had as many as two hundred of each week's show at the most,  but think about it.  That number at most at most for collectors all over the world who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music makes them as rare as rare can be.  

Also, many if not most stations  just tossed them away after airing since the shows could not be aired again due to the time oriented commercial content and the limited storage space at most radio stations.  Believe me, I know; I work at one.

So there may be literally just a few left.

Which, of course,  makes them increasingly hard to find. 

 Radio Shows were first distributed on reel to reel tape if the show goes back that far into the 60's, then later on lp, later on CD and even later  on CDR. 

 Now they are not available at all to collectors since they are distributed by digital download. These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them and the people who sell them, like me, are running out of them. 

 My best contact for these shows  for years has no more shows so I have been at the mercy of finding a good deal here and there but never from a regular source.  Luckily, radio stations or other collectors with large numbers of shows contact me first when they are selling since I am so well known, like The Old Hippie!

The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and will only increase as they become harder and harder to find.  

  I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a no holds barred guarantee that you will be happy or I refund your money.  I sell them for near what I bought them for.  I give volume discounts and discount postage always.  As the postal service increases their rates, my shipping rates over the years has decreased.  

And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of way over ten thousand shows, so many that I don't even know all that I have and am sometimes amazed when I go to look for one show and find another that I did not realize I had. 

 Finally, it is Americana at its best. 

 Whether the show be from the 60's or 2000's, rock, countdown, oldies, country, classical, religious, jazz or big band, it is unique and home grown. 

 And you just can't find them anywhere.  Even record stores that still exist will rarely have any.  

 Radio shows are wonderful representations of the real golden age of radio at least music wise.

  And every  one you buy is  an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions in the hundreds at most and most much less.  Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!  Welcome to the Club!   

Most of you who know me,  collectors who have dealt with me over the years, know that one of my dj's of all time is DICK CLARK.     Dick's were the Ferrari of Radio Shows, la creme de la creme. Dick Clark was one of the first Masters of Rock and Roll. His Dick Clark's American Bandstand set the pace for a multitude of acts to become famous  His dance party format spread across the country and local versions were top rated in their markets.  His tv show went on for over  30 years.  At one time he had three shows on the ABC Network - his daily American Bandstand show, his Saturday night Beech  Nut  Gum show and his summer Where The Action Is show.  And it was not only television where he attracted millions in his audience. 

On radio it was the same story.  He started in the syndication market in the late 70's with this series, an hour show, each hour with a special focus.  Then he started his countdown show (he had three different countdown shows in his career).  Then he started Rock Roll and Remember which at first was hosted by legendary California dj Gene Weed since Dick was under contract to Mutual Broadcasting.  He made guest appearances on the Rock Roll and Remember show and finally could be the sole host.  

This show is THE benchmark against which all oldies shows were compared. The format was never duplicated but was imitated everywhere.  But there was only ONE Dick Clark. Only ONE person with the knowledge of the business and the artists that he had.  What he packed in one weekly show of songs and interviews was just plain over the top.  It was a first class show  for an initial outing from Dick.  

Every show had a special feature, usually an artist or group or date in musical history   

   This show was absolutely unbelievable and now you can own one or more for yourself.  It came as pictured  with one stereo LP WITH its cue sheet in fair to good condition. (after all these shows are over 40 years old!)

  Dick Clark's SOLID GOLD was distributed by DIAMOND P ENTERPRISES and the series was pressed in the mid 1970's for sale to stations.  there were about four years worth of unique weekly shows in the total series.  These shows are very rare because they are Dick Clark and because of their age and limited distribution are the least available of any Dick Clark show I have ever listed.    Most of the remaining shows of this series are kept by collectors and not sold.      After all, it IS Dick Clark, the originator of the American Bandstand format that endured for over 40 years.

  Dick Clark IS the poster child of rock and roll .  He IS Mr. Rock and Roll for my generation and beyond.  Owning one of his shows is owning a piece of the rock of rock and roll.  These shows are a bit more expensive than most but I have priced them right around what I paid for them. 

THIS SERIES IS ESPECIALLY RARE AND HARD TO FIND BECAUSE IT IS DICK'S FIRST VENTURE INTO A RADIO PROGRAM AFTER HIS ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL TV CAREER.

AND TO FIND THEM IN THE MINT CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IS UNHEARD OF. 

This show is #85 IN THIS FIRST OUTING OF DICK CLARK INTO RADIO BROADCASTING. 

  IT AIRED IN APPROXIMATELY 1974  (there is no specific air date since stations bought the series and ran it on their own schedule).   

The feature on this unique and rare show was "PEOPLE IMMORTALIZED IN ROCK" FEATURING SONGS ABOUT ANASTASIA, VINCENT, TOM DOOLEY, GENERAL CUSTOR, BONNIE AND CLYDE AND SO MANY MORE!

There are 15 CLASSICS IN THIS HOUR ALONG WITH DICK CLARK, INTERVIEWS AND FEATURES.

AND THERE ARE NO COMMERCIALS IN THE HOUR SHOW, JUST DICK CLARK, THE MUSIC, AND YOU.

SONG LISTINGS CAN BE SEEN ON THE PICTURED CUE SHEET.

REMEMBER,  This is the VERY FIRST syndicated Dick Clark outing during a most prolific and wonderful career.   Go find a quality show like this anywhere else for less!  We lost a national icon when Dick passed away.  You can own a part of the heritage that was Dick Clark when you own this special show, his masterpiece of music and presented as only Dick could. 

This is the original show sent for airing.  It is NOT an unauthorized copy but the Real McCoy!!! 

I personally guarantee that every radio show that I sell is the original show sent to stations.  Each show comes from my personal collection over ten thousand radio shows of every genre.

You are truly buying a  show that will only increase in value and I am selling them at a price very close to what I paid for it. 

The show also comes with no commercials unlike most syndicated programming.   These shows were sold directly to stations and then they were to sell their own advertising.    

Remember that this and all the radio music shows that you see on eBay  are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music and great announcing that makes it so entertaining. 

 As well, it is a piece of radio and music  history.  You just aren't going to find these shows around very much longer as everything is now digitized and downloaded for play and shows are no longer sent out on CD's.  Think of what they will be worth in a few years!  (IF you wanted to sell.)  I am selling to share with other music lovers what I was able to get at a reasonable price.  It is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection.  

As always, for U.S. buyers, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy so the more you buy the more money you will save.  For my international friends, I charge shipping for the heaviest show bought and every other show in the same package ships for free except for multi lp shows which add ONLY $8 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MULTI LP SHOW and NO EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE FOR SINGLE LP'S OR CD SETS.  This is how I try to counter the terribly high shipping prices that recently took a huge hike.  

Good Luck and may God richly bless you always and forever.