WABC Rewound!

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updated for 2013

Not old enough to remember it all? Wish you'd been around in the day?
Here's your chance to hear how it was!

You're bound to hear a Beatle tune or two, some with the original Paul!

And you may hear the famous scenario when there were thousands of Beatles fans
outside their NYC hotel, which just so happens to be included in this awesome video,
in case you don't want to wait:

NY Radio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjvIIMd0xQ



WABC Rewound is this weekend: Saturday, Sunday and Monday!
rewoundradio.com/ <--- click on link to hear it

www.musicradio77.com/
"WABC Rewound Is Coming!

The Tradition Continues!

Rewound Radio will once again host "WABC Rewound" over the three day Memorial Day Weekend.
You'll hear original shows from your favorite Musicradio WABC DJ's all weekend with the music and commercials included!

These are the airchecks collected and restored for WABC itself when it was airing "Rewound" over Memorial Days 1999-2009.
We have the originals (not recorded from the air) and have removed all the breaks today's WABC had inserted.
Plus, we've added addition shows that have been contributed to Musicradio77.com.
There are over 100 airchecks!

It's almost like having Musicradio WABC back on the air for three full days!

Set your computer, smart phone or Internet radio to RewoundRadio.com all weekend long (May 25th - May 27th)."

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They're playing the tape they got of the White Album flown overnight from England before it had been released in the US.
They thought the title of the album was "Happiness Is A Warm Gun".
Interesting: some of the mixes aren't the same as what we know of it, but it's about 99% the same. A mono mix.

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I missed the happiness is a warm gun mix. Anything stickout?

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ummm let me rephrase... any particular differences in the lyrics that jumped out ?

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Not that I noticed. Some of the harmonies seem more clearly delineated (oddly enough),
and Mother Nature's Son had a slightly longer melodical ending, I think.
I'll listen to it again later in the week. (I'm taping the show right now.) I'll tell you if I find anything of note.

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May 26, 2008 15:58:23 GMT -5 B said:

They're playing the tape they got of the White Album flown
overnight from England before it had been released in the US.
They thought the title of the album was "Happiness Is A Warm Gun".

Here's the actual November 1968 broadcast of that, and I was listening at the time!
The first hearing in the US of the White Album, to the best of my knowledge.

WABC-FM 95.5 New York - Bob Lewis (Beatles White Album Underground Copy) -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKIYDqdr0E


See opening post for details on this year's WABC Rewound, and how to listen.

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Bob Lewis was one of the WABC DJs, and his show was identified by a jingle based on the song

Babalu's Wedding Day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR0NqnDYtCI


The jingle went:
♫ Bob Lew-
Bob Lew lew lew
Bob Lew-
Bob Lew lew lew
Bob Lew-
Bob Lew lew lew
The big Bob Lewis Show♫

But who was "Babalu"?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalu_(song)
"Babalu is the title of a Cuban song, written by Margarita Lecuona, the cousin of
composers Ernestina and Ernesto Lecuona. The song title is either a reference to
the Santería deity Babalu Aye or to Babalawo, the title of a Santería priest and diviner.

In the song's lyrics, the singer wonders aloud what to do with a statue of Babalú Ayé,
now that a Santería rite had been invoked by others. He suggests that seventeen
candles be lit up, in the shape of a cross, and that a cigar and aguardiente
be brought to him, as to pay homage to the deity. He then requests good luck,
love from his beloved woman, and safety and protection to both.

The song was first published in the United States in 1939 by Peer International.
The first publication with an English translation (by Sydney King Russell) was in 1941.

Babalu was the signature song of the fictitious television character Ricky Ricardo,
played by Desi Arnaz in the television comedy series I Love Lucy, though it was
already an established musical number for Arnaz in the 1940s as evidenced in
the 1946 film short Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra. By the time Arnaz had adopted
the song, it had become a Latin American music standard, associated mainly
with Cuban singer Miguelito Valdés, who recorded one of its many versions.
Arnaz made the song a rather popular cultural reference in the United States...."

Desi Arnaz - Babalu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OukLUt1c_ls


aka "Bee Bop - A -Lu- La" ?

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Just a reminder:[/color]

Starts tomorrow!

at a theater near you!

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OMG has this been a hoot! And it has never sounded better!
So many ROFL moments:
Dan Ingram introducing "My Maria" as "Diarrhea", and Charlie Greier
- after a lengthy commercial for Mexana soothing foot-cream lotion - saying,
"OK, now that your feet are all soothed, let's do some stomping with 'The Bristol Stomp'!"
Loving every minute of it, but I'm feeling a mad compulsion to get a tan, clear my zits and buy clothes and furniture!

Here's the link:
rewoundradio.com/
WABC Rewound is this weekend: Saturday, Sunday and Monday!

;D

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last chance to hear it this year: Today and today only!

If you grew up in this era, you will be energized - trust me.