Sold Date: March 13, 2019
Start Date: March 3, 2019
Final Price: $39.99 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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HEADS UP MAILING/SHIPPING RATES BOTH DOMESTICALLY & INTERNATIONALLY JUST WENT UP IN JAN. 2019.

THIS ITEM COMES FROM MY TIME AT A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK WHERE I WAS THE MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR FOR NEARLY 15+ YEARS. I RECEIVED MANY PROMO TYPE OF ITEMS FROM RECORD COMPANY'S AND OTHER MUSIC/RADIO INDUSTRY COMPANIES.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THE PICTURE(S) ARE A BIT BLURRY. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS, THANKS!

ARTIST: ELTON JOHN

TITLE: “THE ELTON JOHN STORY”

DATE:FOR AIRPLAY WEEKEND OF MARCH 10-11, 1990

COMPANY: THE UNISTAR RADIO NETWORK

CONDITION:THE RECORDS THEMSELVES ARE IN EXCELLENT NM+ CONDITION, THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED. THE JACKET IS IN NM- CONDITION, THIS COMES IN A PLAIN WHITE GENERIC COVER, IT'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF, THIS CAME FROM THE UNISTAR MUSIC LIBRARY. THIS HAS BEEN IN STORAGE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE AND A NON-SMOKING ENVIROMENT. IT INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL CUE SHEETS IN PERFECT CONDITION (SEE PHOTOS)

MORE INFO:THIS CAME FROM MY TIME AT THE UNISTAR RADIO NETWORK IN HOLLYWOOD, CA. I STARTED THERE IN THE SPRING OF 1989, THEY WERE GETTING RID OF SOME RADIO SHOWS WHEN WERE MOVING OUR STUDIOS UP TO VALENCIA,CA. THIS WAS NEVER PLAYED/NEVER AIRED. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE “PROOF OF PERFORMANCE” MAIL IN POST CARD THAT YOU SEND IN AFTER AIRING THE SHOW.

HERE'S A LITTLE INFO ABOUT THE COMPANY AND THE ARTISTS.

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the . He has more than fifty hits, including seven consecutive number one albums in the U.S., , four which reached number two and nine which reached number one. His tribute single "", rewritten in dedication to , sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and U.S. singles charts. He has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films.

Raised in the area of London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed . John met his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, in 1967, after they had both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years they wrote songs for other artists, including , and John also worked as a session musician for artists such as and . In 1969 his debut album, , was released. In 1970. John's first hit single "", from his second album, , reached the top ten in the UK and the U.S. After decades of chart success, John has also achieved success in musical films and theatre, composing the music for and its , and .

He has received five , five  – winning two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the first Brits Icon in 2013 for his "lasting impact on ", an , a , a , a award, and the in 2004. In 2004, ranked him Number 49 on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era. In 2013, ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the (third overall behind and ). He was inducted into the in 1994, is an inductee into the , and is a fellow of the . He was by for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998. John has performed at a number of royal events, such as the at in 1997, the in 2002 and the Queen's outside in 2012.

He has been heavily involved in the fight against since the late 1980s. In 1992, he established the and a year later began hosting the annual , which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over 200 million. John, who announced he was in 1976 and has been since 1988, entered into a with on 21 December 2005, and after in England and Wales in 2014, wed Furnish on 21 December 2014. On 24 January 2018, it was announced that John would be retiring from touring and would soon embark on a three-year , which began in September 2018.

Transtar was the first to provide 24-hour music programming to local affiliates. The slate of 24-hour networks is now owned by and operated by . The studios are located in .

Transtar was founded in 1981 by C. Terry Robinson. The network debuted at around the same time as the , based in . Both companies marketed themselves to prospective affiliates by offering carefully selected music presented by major market talent of high quality that a local station could never afford, as well as the capability of using existing studio equipment like reel-to-reel tape decks and cartridge playback machines to help make an affordable transition. A station signing up for the service would likely need a satellite antenna and receiver, a 25 Hz tone generator to place at the end of commercial clusters at the end of a break recorded on the reel, and 25/35 Hz tone sensors to trigger local liners and station identification. The network communicated with affiliates by using a computer printer (most likely in the studio) that would keep local programming staff informed of announcer changes, closed circuit feeds, and other vital information.

While Satellite Music Network had more affiliates, Transtar offered one major advantage over SMN...a digital cue system. This was especially important among potential affiliates that were FM stations. The digital cue system allowed the network to cue tape machines at the local affiliate station with sent on a separate digital subcarrier. SMN, on the other hand, cued stations using a on the program feed as it was aired live, but eliminated them from being heard by listeners through filtering out the lower end of the audio signal. While the difference in audio would be negligible at worst on an AM affiliate, it was particularly obvious on an FM station subscribing to the service when a bass line heard on a particular favorite song was now found to be missing.

An engineer at the receiving station could tweak the lower end of the signal by making adjustments on the station's audio processing, allowing the missing bass line to be heard, but then the subaudible cues would, as a result, be fully audible over the air. Transtar used this as a sales tool when marketing their service to prospective affiliates, while often charging inventory on top of a monthly subscription fee, feeling that prospective affiliates would be willing to pay more for a higher quality service. On the downside, announcer shifts, because they originated on the West Coast, all began and ended in the Pacific Time Zone, which made it difficult for East Coast-based affiliates to successfully market individual announcer dayparts, particularly during the morning. This would change years later, when announcer start times were adjusted to favor Eastern and Central Time zones.

In 1989, the company merged with the (which had already bought the in 1985). The new company was named Unistar. That entity, in turn, was bought by in 1993.  The music networks were run as a self-branded division of Westwood One until 2006, when the agreement with Dial Global began.

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING...

INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS TAKE NOTE !!! RATES ON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING ALSO RECENTLY WENT UP ON JUNE 1st,2015.

ALL SHIPPING IS BASED UPON THE WEIGHT & THE DESTINATION OF THE PACKAGE. PLEASE CHECK WHAT THE SHIPPING CHARGES ARE BEFORE BIDDING. THANK YOU!

IF YOU OPT TO NOT PAY FOR THE EXTRA INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED MAIL, AND OPT FOR THE REGULAR INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS WHICH HAS NO TRACKING AT ALL, I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PACKAGE, AND I WILL TAKE PICTURES OF MY POST OFFICE RECEIPTS AND MY U.S. CUSTOMS FORMS AND SEND THEM TO YOU AS PROOF OF MY MAILING YOUR ITEM OUT, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILINGS OF YOUR COUNTRIES POSTAL SERVICE, KNOW THIS BEFORE YOU BID ON ANY OF MY ITEMS!!! IF YOUR ITEM DOES NOT ARRIVE DO NOT BLAME ME!

DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN THE INTERNATIONAL MAILING RATES THAT WENT UP ON JAN. 27,2019, I WILL NOT DO A FLAT RATE FOR ANY ITEMS, FROM NOW ON YOU WILL HAVE TO CALCULATE THE RATE BASED UPON YOUR COUNTRY. ALSO ADDITIONAL COMBINED ITEMS WILL MEAN A HIGHER SHIPPING CHARGED BASED ON EACH ITEM. SORRY ABOUT THIS, BUT THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. REGISTERED INTERNATIONAL MAIL WHICH ALLOWS FOR DOOR TO DOOR TRACKING IS AN ADDITIONAL $15.30.

I DO COMBINE SHIPPING……….

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PLEASE PAY FOR ALL ITEMS WITHIN 5 DAYS, OR MESSAGE ME TO EXPLAIN WHY YOU CAN’T,(IF YOU ARE BIDDING OR PLAN TO BID ON OTHER ITEMS) I WILL DO A ONE WEEK WAIT FROM THE DATE OF THE END OF THE FIRST AUCTION WIN, TO COMBINE SHIPPING ON ITEMS, AFTER THAT I NEED PAYMENT IN FULL AND WILL MAIL OUT THE ITEMS , EVEN IF YOU ARE BIDDING ON OTHERS, THUS BEGINS A NEW BILLING/SHIPPING CYCLE. THIS CASH FLOW IS MY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR PAYING RENT/BILLS, ETC. IF YOU HAVE WON AN ITEM AND I DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WITHIN 7 DAYS I WILL OPEN AN “UNPAID ITEM CASE”, IN ORDER TO FREE UP THE ITEM FOR A POSSIBLE RE-LISTING OR A “SECOND CHANCE OFFER”. PLEASE WHEN YOU WIN AN ITEM TRY AND PAY FOR IT IN A TIMELY FASHION OR LET ME KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT OTHER ITEMS I HAVE LISTED, I MAIL ITEMS OUT WITHIN TWO WORKING DAYS ONCE PAYMENT IS RECEIVED. DO NOT ASK FOR ITEM TO ME MARKED “GIFT” ON CUSTOMS FORMS, INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DUTIES AND CUSTOMS FEE’S! CHECK WITH YOUR POST OFFICE, I WILL NOT PAY THEM.

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I DO NOT LIKE OPENING UNPAID ITEM CASES BUT I WILL IF YOU NEGLECT TO PAY AND I WILL PUT YOU ON MY “BLOCKED BIDDER” LIST.