Tape-Bob Elson and Jack Brickhouse
$25.00
(4 hours on 2 C-120 Cassette Tapes-not available on CD)
Chuck Schaden’s Those Were The Days 29th anniversary program (4-24-99) salutes two legendary Chicago broadcasters. Bob Elson talks about his radio career in a TWTD conversation from 1980 and is heard on brief play-by-play broadcast clips, a 20th Century Limited program, and announcing a complete “Crime Files of Flamond” broadcast (4-25-48). Jack Brickhouse talks about the early days of his career in a TWTD conversation from 1977; is heard describing some of the action during a Bears-Colts football game in 1958; with Eddie Hubbard interviewing Annette Funicello and Monique Van Vooren on a Hubbard-Brickhouse show from 1961; talking with White Sox manager Al Lopez and players Nelson Fox and Early Wynn during spring training in Sarasota, Florida in 1961. (Not available on CD)
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Tape-George Burns Centennial
$25.00
(4 hours on 2 C-120 Cassette Tapes-not available on CD)
Chuck Schaden’s Those Were The Days program (1-20-96) presents a salute to America’s beloved entertainer on his 100th birthday. Contains many sound clips from the radio career of Burns and Allen, including some lengthy excerpts from WW II appearances as well as some of George’s musical efforts and a few early George and Gracie recordings. Also: a pair of complete Burns and Allen Shows from 2-10-41 and 11-9-43 and a Philco Radio Time broadcast from 1-14-48 with host Bing Crosby and guests Burns and Allen. Added attraction: “Happy Birthday George,” an original sketch written by Ken Alexander and performed by the Those Were The Days Radio Players. (Not available on CD)
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Tape-Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
$25.00
(4 hours on 2 C-120 Cassette Tapes-not available on CD)
Chuck Schaden’s Those Were The Days program (6-26-93) presents a 60th Anniversary salute to the popular morning radio series that premiered on June 23, 1933. Includes: The Don McNeill Story from 6-22-53, an ABC Radio documentary acknowledging the 20th anniversary of McNeill’s Breakfast Club, hosted by Dennis James and featuring Johnny Desmond, Peggy Taylor, Sam Cowling, Fran Allison, Joe E. Brown, Peter Donald and others; The Breakfast Club 20th Anniversary broadcast (6-23-53) from the Morrison Hotel in Chicago with all the gang and the regular features: Sunshine Shower, Moment of Silent Prayer, March Time, Fiction and Fact from Sam’s Almanac, a visit from Aunt Fanny; and the complete final broadcast of the series (12-27-68) from the Allerton Hotel in Chicago as Don and the gang say good-bye to their listeners after 35 years on the air. (Not available on CD)
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Tape-WLS National Barn Dance
$25.00
(4 hours on 2 C-120 Cassette Tapes-not available on CD)
Chuck Schaden's Those Were The Days program (4-16-94) presents a 70th Anniversary salute to the long-running radio show that premiered on WLS, Chicago in 1924. The program features the final, 2-hour broadcast of the Barn Dance from April 30, 1960 as well as live conversations with veteran Barn Dance performers reminiscing about their days as part of the program: Maggie Atcher, Johnny Frigo, Rusty Gill, Dolph Hewitt, Patsy Montana, Lee Morgan and Captain Stubby. (Not available on CD)
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