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The Big L Tapes
Background notes
The Tony Blackburn Show
Sat 15 July 1967 0530-0904
Tony's last Big L show
The Keith Skues Show
Sun 23 July 1967 0900-1203
includes the history of Big L
The Penultimate Fab Forty
Sun 30 July 1967 1200-1506
presented by Ed Stewart
The Final Fab Forty
Sun 6 August 1967 1201-1532
presented by Tommy Vance
The Mark Roman Show
Sat 12 August 1967 1500-1809
Mark's penultimate Big L show
The Ed Stewart Show
Sun 13 August 1967 1210-1518
Ed's penultimate 'Stewpot' show
The Chuck Blair Show
Sun 13 August 1967 1758-2040
Chuck's penultimate show for Big L
The Perfumed Garden
Mon 14 August 1967 0225-0537
John Peel's night-time show
The Chuck Blair Breakfast Show
Mon 14 August 1967 0539-0848
the last Big L breakfast show
The Pete Drummond Show
Mon 14 August 1967 0856-1206
farewell messages
The Last Three Hours
Mon 14 August 1967 1208-1502
the final Stewpot Show, the Juicy Fruit Show, Their Final Hour and Big L's closedown at 1500
Big L extras
Mon 14 August 1967
two TV news bulletins on the day Big L closed
Radio Caroline
February 1968
the end of a Stevie Merrick Show and the US Hot 100
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The Tony Blackburn Show
Saturday 15 July 1967 0530-0904
Tony's last programme for Radio London
Listen
audio file: type mp4 bit rate 128kbps size 182.6mb length 3:12:26
Notes on the recording
The first few seconds are (almost) silent until the station begins broadcasting at 0530.
Sound quality is very variable at the start (because it was early in the morning when medium wave reception was not good): it improves over the next half hour or so.
I appear to have cut short the records (and the news) in the first hour or so - presumably to ensure that the three-hour tape would last until 0900.
Analysis of the programme
0.00.06 London my home town
0.01.34 Tony Blackburn opens station at 0530
0.01.51 Tony Blackburn show (his last) begins
0.02.35 Stevie Wonder: I was made to love her
0.05.44 Petula Clark: Round every corner
0.08.42 Four Tops: Without the one you love, Weather
0.12.32 The Association: Cherish
0.15.46 Tony talks about swimming in the sea etc
0.17.08 Four Seasons: Come on Mary Anne
0.17.50 Billy Jo Royal: Heart's desire, followed by chat
0.21.06 Beach Boys: California Girls
0.21.28 Arthur Conley: Shake rattle and roll
0.21.56 Val Doonican: Bright elusive butterfly
0.22.51 0600 Timecheck and weather
0.23.11 The Association: Windy, chat
0.27.47 Sunrays: I live for the sun
0.30.00 Jackie Wilson: (unknown song from Whispers LP)
0.33.35 Roy Orbison: Cry softly lonely one
0.35.10 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: More love (played twice), Ipswich stadium ad
0.39.36 Mamas & Papas: Creek Alley, racing car driving course ad
0.44.59 Betty Everett: You're no good
0.45.20 Duane Eddy: Because they're young, News at 0630 (both cut)
0.45.34 Beatles: Love is all you need
0.48.08 The Doors: Light my fire, Upper Cut Club ad
0.52.06 Tom Jones: I'll never fall in love again, Chuck Blair promo
0.53.52 Dionne and the Belmonts: Sandy, Big L t-shirt ad
0.57.53 Unit 4+2: Butterfly
1.02.18 Swinging Blue Jeans: Trembling, Belgian ad
1.03.21 Beach Boys: Don't worry baby (cut)
1.03.46 Johnny and the Hurricanes: Beatnik Fly, Weather at 0700
1.05.40 Monkees: Randy Scouse Git
1.09.34 The Five Americans: The sound of love
1.11.55 Kneecaps competition
1.13.55 The Sands of Time: Rose in Spanish Harlem, racing car driving course ad
1.18.21 Stevie Wonder: Uptight everything is alright, farewell messages
1.21.53 Bedroom twisting time (includes Four Tops: I got a feeling)
1.29.01 Bee Gees: To love somebody, Du Maurier ad, Upper Cut Club ad
1.33.17 Paul Revere & The Raiders: What's it going to be, him or me
1.35.50 News at 7.30
1.38.07 Desmond Dekker & the Aces: 007, Silexene ad
1.42.06 Sandie Shaw: Tonight in Tokyo, farewell messages
1.46.12 Tiffany: It's got to be a great song, Speedwriting course ad
1.50.37 Walker Brothers: The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
1.53.46 chat about an article in Disc and Music Echo
1.57.23 Scott McKenzie: San Francisco, Sight and Sound ad, racing car driving course ad, Book of Knowledge ad
2.02.45 The Symbols: Bye Bye Baby
2.06.09 Otis Redding: Shake
2.07.48 News in brief at 0800 (including ship's position).
2.09.23 Lulu: Let's pretend, farewell messages, Starlight ballroom ad
2.15.42 PJ Proby: You can't come home again, computer programming course ad
2.19.46 Gene Latter: A piece bit of leather, Cider Cup ad
2.22.39 Supremes: You can't hurry love, farewell messages, Ipswich stadium ad
2.27.25 Beatles: All you need is love, Sylvan(?) lollies ad, t-shirts ad
2.32.45 Rob and Dean Douglas: I can make it with you
2.36.43 Beach Boys: (title?)
2.38.55 News at 0830 (intro music only), Juicy Fruit ad
2.39.29 Paul and Barry Ryan: Clare, Bell & Howell camera ad, Nautilus Club Lowestoft ad
2.43.53 Herman's Hermits: Museum, farewell messages
2.49.19 Tony Blackburn: Green light
2.51.46 Stevie Wonder: I was made to love her, Peter Suyvesant ad, Big L fashion club ad, Vitalis ad
2.56.13 thanks to Big L management, staff and DJs
2.57.36 Four Tops: Where did you go?
3.00.15 introduction to Chuck Blair who takes over the breakfast show
3.01.32 Temptations: Since I lost my baby
3.04.34 Chuck Blair thanks Tony Blackburn
3.05.50 thanks to listeners
3.06.13 Tony Blackburn theme
3.07.19 Tony Blackburn's farewell
3.08.19 Weather at 0900
3.09.00 Pete Drummond show starts with: The Association: Windy, thanks to Tony for his final show
3.12.26 tape ends at 0904
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