DC 101's Local Lix with DJ Cerphe

I must have switched over from the Graham Dene to DC 101 and caught 12 minutes or so Local Lix with DJ Cerphe. I'm often attempting to connect with people I hear on the recordings while digitizing them, like contest winners, callers, or in this case a Manassas, VA local whose song was played on the radio and reunite them with their 15 seconds of fame.

Cerphe recapped two songs and introduced another. One by a local band in Largo, MD named the Sunday's and the other, John Yankoviak from Manassas, VA. Wouldn't know it but there is a John Yankoviak still in Manassas and I've reached out to him, let's see if I found the right one. I honestly believe I remember playing this song back then and really really liking it. I bet I played this cassette often. So, fast forward 25 plus years, I hear it again.

The recording has that typical warble in parts of the tape.




 Does anyone remember any of these three bands? Are any of you out there? Say hello if your here.

Thomas Grooms - local Washington DC DJ Blues Room set

While digitizing tapes today, I found one labeled Blues Room Aug 02 complete with Thomas Grooms station breaks. The 0 on the tape is circled a couple times; when listening to the tape, the commercials talk about 1992 so the assumption is the recording is in fact from Aug. 1992. This is the one and only recording of this type that I have from 105.9 WCXR. There are several DJ breaks along with vintage commercials.

By the way, listen to the entire recording, even if you have to come back, it's that good!

 

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Thomas Grooms - local DC area DJ

While digitizing tapes today, I found one labeled Blues Room  Aug 02 complete with Thomas Grooms station breaks. The 0 on the tape is circled a couple times; when listening to the tape, the commercials talk about 1992 so the assumption is the recording is in fact from Aug. 1992. This is the one and only recording of this type that I have from 105.9 WCXR. There are several DJ breaks along with vintage commercials. By the way, the blues spun will move you.

Before I upload the recording, here's an interview I found on YouTube with Thomas Grooms and Randy California.

 Thomas Grooms interview with Randy California

WHFS - sweatshirt commercial - DJ Weasel

This classic "...but now Fall is coming" sweatshirt commercial Here DJ Weasel with this vintage on air commercial.

Let me know what you think. Do you remember this commercial? Do you have this sweatshirt? I still have mine. It's the one with the cool cat and headphones.

DJ Milo's short set

I'm starting to add Windows Media audio clips that play right inside the blog. I've experimented with audio files that streamed but they opened up in their own page. Sorry, no downloads! Press play then go about your online browsing - these files will play in the background.

I may not be adding new blog entries but actually going back through the blog and updating the old threads with the streaming file. 

This one is a great short set with DJ Milo along with some great commercials including U2 latest album (War) at just $5.99! 

Anyone ever go to DC Space? Never really heard of it. Listen to hear a concert listing. Sounds like a jazz place. 

Kemp Mill Records commercial featuring the U2 album, War. 

This was the set where Milo talked about REM showing up in the studio after a local concert. I'm not sure if they showed but I don't have the tape. Sure wish I did. 

 
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Concert Calendar plus more!

Over 8 minutes of classic 1988 WHFS with song recap along with a awesome concert calendar with Meg! 

Close your eyes and drift back to Washington DC 1988.

Dj break Bob "Here"
Featured artist-The Church
The Church - Constantinople (cut off toward end)
The Lucy Show – Remain
Cowboy Mouth – Long Hot Ride
REM – Welcome to the Occupation
The Grapes of Wrath – O’ Lucky Man

Dj break/commercials

• Kemp Mill Records “But honey-what about my needs -CD sale!”
• Weasel promoting Tracey Chapman on Electra
• Kemp Mill Records – ...No need to decide between a BMW or having kids…w/CD prices this low
• Live recording with Danny Gatton at the Birchmere promotion.
• Honda of Annapolis "Showroom renovation sale"
• Awesome Concert Calendar with Meg from Saturday June 11, 1988
• Incredible venues and bands (Need to listen!)
• @7:20 PETA (First ever animal rights music concert" - What a lineup! Were you there? 

Donovan - Tangarine Puppet (Supergirl)

ENJOY! Please leave comments on what you liked - your 'HFS stories, etc.

102.3 WHFS signing off on 07-14-1983

Here's the last 18 minutes of WHFS signing off from 102.3 on Cordell Ave in Bethesda. All the dj's are there to celebrate not the end, but the beginning of the next phase.

Does anyone know the last song played? The Velvet Underground's "If you close the door"

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The last 18 minutes of WHFS 102.3 signing off on 07-14-1983

Please leave some comments here - Oh, I have Weasel's last hours as well, stay tuned.

Classic WHFS when it was 102.3 on Cordell Ave in Bethesda

Because of the new found interest thanks to a post by Mike Yellin on the Facebook group "You know you grew up in Rockville, Maryland if you..." I have started updating my WHFS blog again and this time adding more streaming audio so you can listen and enjoy the tunes and dj's right from the site.

WHFS with dj Weasel at the helm this 20th day of April in the year 1983.

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This recording is part of the collection brought to us from Camarillo Brillo and includes  Albert Lee, Dave Edminds, Micky Jump, Rick Nelson, Kirsty McColl, Leroi Brothers, Joe Ely, Joe King Carossco, Big Bopper, Dire Straights. Click, close your eyes and go back to a time and place where anything could be played and was.

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Just as always, please post some comments.

Saved the best for last!

Attention - false report of last tape found! The Fat Lady has now sung! And the best seemed to have been left for last! What a tape from 102.3; great songs and great DJ music recaps. Tape 1 side A is from late 1982 and includes XTC, Lina Lovich, U2, The Fixx, Garland Jeffreys, Iggy Pop, B-52's, X, The Kinks and English Beat. This is an afternoon drive time set according to the DJ, the time was after 3PM. Tape 1 side A


Crazy to think we are ending this 14 tape set with tape 1; how unconventional can we get? Well, since we are talking WHFS- it's fitting, eh?

Welcome to Tape 1 Side B -

Friday - Christmas Eve 1982, just before 5PM. The Roxy Music, The Reindeers, Elvis Costello after hard cut we get Sarah on Saturday - Susie and the Banshees, The Undertones, Jaleeb then a great music recap leads to The English Beat, Psychedelic Furs, and XTC to fade.

Now, closing sentiments please.

Get yur tape 18 side B here...get yur tape 18 side B here

So jugdish was going through his Jeff collection inventory and determined he was missing Tape 18 Side B...he was right. I checked and never had even recorded it onto my drive.

The tape starts off a little slow for me but picks up as it goes along. Some rare not often recordings are on this tape - Susan spins.

Look here

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment - thanks, now officially the Jeff Collection is complete!

Let's guess the playlist!

Let's play "Let's guess the playlist!"

In my busy life, our four month old baby, work, photography, trips to Disney, etc. I've decided to not hold back these tapes just b/c I don't have time to listen to them and writeup a playlist. From the looks of the thread on the other post while I was in Disney, you all seem to have fun naming the songs and providing that information to others. These tapes were maybe a year or two before my main listening years, although I was def listening in 82-83, just not paying as much attention in the years post high school '83 -'89.

Here is tape 9 both sides A and B. I haven't listened to these since I ripped them and I probably didn't listen to the whole tape.

Let's get some feedback on these tapes.

What's behind curtain # 9A?

What's behind curtain # 9B?

As always, please come back and leave comments.

Aetp 11 Eisd A - Onyje!

Aetp 11 Eisd A - Late March, 1983

Here's a link to an article coming out this Sunday in the Washington Post about the history of the 930 club - You'll see the connection when you here one of the commercials on the tape - that's how I also determined the date of the tape.

Aetp 11 Eisd A Onyje!
Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow
Music recap by Milo (Some great songs recaped but not on tape).
The Clash - Police and Thieves
The tape at this point, about 10 minutes in, takes a noise level dive and lasts for about 15 minutes. It picks up fine after and the rest of the tape is good).
I'm getting help from the owner of these tapes -Thanks Jeff for the music recap!
1.The AuPairs- Shakedown
2. Rank and File- Amanda Ruth
3. The Individuals-My Three Sons
4. The Softboys-Sandra's having her brain out
5. The Doors-Cars Hiss By My Window
6. The Fall-Repetition
7. The Dream Syndicate-That's what you always say
8. The Velvet Monkeys-Evelyn Marble
9. Lydia Lunch- 3X3

Would love to have this on tape - Milo was saying how they are going to play a tape of a naration of Something Wicked this Way Comes by Orsen Welles later that night at 11:30 PM.


Ptae 11 Dise B I epho uyo ikel ti!
Psychedelic Furs - Into like a Train
Bob "Here" recapping - Sounds like an awesome set recapped but not on tape - listen for it).

Sorry for the scrambled words - just a little loopy tonight.

As always, please come back and leave comments.

Welcome Peggy!

Peggy from my high school posted the new 94.7 'HFS site on Facebook then headed here to check out my blog. Cool.

So, for Peggy, I thought I would add a 99.1 tape next.

99.1 Tape 18 side A - Get it here!
I'm listening to this tape now and it's got more hiss than I like but when I reduce it, the audio level suffers. There is a classic concert calendar as read by Sarah.

Does anyone know the time frame when Mark and Diane were Djs at the same time Sarah was?



Don't forget- if you download, leave a comment and after listening to it a review of the tape would be great as well.

WHFS - Tape 3 side A & B

Here's another tape from probably around 1985 or so. A good solid tape with what seems typical 'HFS from around this time.

So, with some of the Christmas songs included we can pin this down to most likely a couple weeks into December at least.

I took some guesses as who was singing the particular songs since no station breaks were available on the tape. Perhaps Geoff can shed some light on these recordings.

Tape 3 - side A

Somebody help me - The Everly Brothers

Feel a Whole Lot Better when you're Gone - The Byrds

I've been lonely too long - The Rascals

I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Peace Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello & the Attractions

Christmas at Kmart - Root Boy Slim

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

Dancing in the Dark - Kim Wilde

Hey Now (Girls just Wanna have Fun) - Cyndi Lauper

Brand New Lover

Hey Mae - Shakin Stevens

It's odd no station breaks but maybe there are "pause" breaks and I can't tell.

So, side B has no station breaks either that I can tell - download and be surprised.

Get side (A) here and (B) here

Both tapes are approx. 105MB, 46 minutes and MP3@320kb

Please - if you download, leave a comment and after listening to it a review of the tape would be great as well. Don't forget to head over to my WHFS great music forums

Damian singing the blues

Blues Blues Blues.

Included in this post are A and B side of Damian spinning some serious blues. Without station breaks it's tough to know the names of the songs or artist. Some of what's on these tapes are:

The Blind Dog Blues Band from Parkville, MD playing When I'm Gone
Johnny Adams singing Life is a Struggle
John Prine and a whole lot of friends playing I Just Want to be with You
Marcia Ball singing Gator Rhythms

In between the above and after are a whole lotta blues.

Check them both out here and here

Both tapes are approx. 105MB, 45 minutes and MP3@320kb

Please - if you download, leave a comment and a review of the tape would be great as well. Don't forget to head over to my WHFS great music forums

Live from The Lizard Lounge - A side of Tape 1 -

Just finished the second side (A side) of the 1st of ten tapes from Geoff. Nice tape with three, that's three three song sets from Echo & The Bunnymen, Jane's Addiction and The Smithereens. All this during a Station Renovation Weekend live from The Lizard Lounge. The tape starts with a U2 song and ends with almost two from Public Image Ltd including "Rise".

Scattered within these sets is a Dr. Katherine Cruel M.D. skit along with the first 10 callers get a pass to the Gross National Product's Scandal Tour.

So, can anyone date this tape? One clue, when the DJ was talking about what seemed to be mild blackmail, she talked about sending a tape to America's Funniest Videos rather than posting them online.

The three song sets include: Echo & The Bunnymen's Lips Like Sugar, Bed Bugs and Ballyhoo, Never Stop; Jane's Addiction's Stomp, Jane Says and Ben Caught Steelin'; The Smithereens’ Behind the Wall of Sleep, Yesterdays Girl, Only a Memory.

Get it here

Tape is 104MB, 46 minutes and a MP3@320kb

Please - if you download, leave a comment and a review of the tape would be great as well. Don't forget to head over to my WHFS great music forums

More WHFS airchecks

Here we have some airchecks complete with commercials and the WHFS Concert Calendar. I'd say my favorite thing about these tapes are the commercials, then the DJ's and then the awesome Concert Calendar's.

Don't forget to make your way over to my WHFS forum - http://whfscoolmusic.simpleforums.net (So sad this went away)

Bob "Here" recaps some songs then throws it to Meg for a Concert Calender after a few cool commercials.




DJ Mark B with a short music recap before handing it off the Janet and the Concert Calendar-





Damian music recap - Hitchcock and U2 

WHFS airchecks

To me, the best part of WHFS classic recordings are the DJ airchecks. The music is cool and it's cool to hear it as it was played 20 plus years ago - but I love the airchecks.

I'm going through my recordings and parsing out the airchecks with commercials for all to listen to on my blog without having to download anything - enjoy and please leave a comment.

Don't forget to make your way over to my WHFS forum - http://whfscoolmusic.simpleforums.net (Simpleforums was bought some time ago and I lost my forum and all the posts).

Hear Mark B recap

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Hear Janet recap plus a classic Posers of Georgetown commercial

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Listen to Neci recap the Featured artist of the day -

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Weasel's Frantic Friday March 17th 1989

On April 1st 1989 I moved to Florida and have been here since. The fact that this tape was recorded just two weeks before leaving, I can tell I was gearing up for no WHFS or that type of music in the retirement capital of the U.S.

March 17th 1989
The tape starts off early in Crazy by Icehouse.

*Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – My Bag *(Not on Tape – Just recapped by Weasel)
*Mark Almond – The Stars We Are *(Not on Tape – Just recapped by Weasel)
Icehouse – Crazy

Weasel recap a Frantic Friday on St. Patrick’s Day – tails off
The Wonder Stuff - Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More
That Petrol Emotion – Big Decision
Weasel recap
Peter Gabriel – Shock the Monkey

Classic Weasel recap
Commercials
United Bedrooms, Penguin Feather, Sunshine House,

Weasel Playing the Rock & Roll…
Erasure – Victim of Love
Escape Club – Walking through Walls
Billy Idol – Eyes without a Face

Weasel recap …1:53 it’s Frantic Friday
Commercials
Car Stereo Systems, Island Dreams Surf Shop
Weasel Intro
Enya – Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)
Shana Lang – Drive Baby Drive
Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky (Did Weasel say Doctor Olivetics?)

Weasal recap.1.mp3

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WHFS with Tom T. with Archive Concert series

DJ – Tom T.
WHFS airing of Elvis Costello and the Attractions Live at the Warner Theatre Spring of 1978!
Approx. 17 minutes of Elvis C.

Living Colour – Talking about a Revolution live from TT the Bear’s in Boston
Sugarcubes – Motor Crash
Jesus and Mary Chain – Side Walking
Jimmy Hendrix – Foxy Lady
Lovely - Crash
Midnight Oil – Beds are Burning - 12 inch mix

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