WHFS & other great music

Weasel running down local concerts at Richie Coliseum and The Bayou

2011-08-11T12:56:00.002-04:00

April 20, 1983

Wow, great Penguin Feather commercial and concert update from Weasel (Not the concert calendar).

Penguin Feather commercial

At the Richie Coliseum
U2
Dave Edmonds

Tickets available at Commander Salamander

At The Bayou
Gary US Bonds
The Blasters
and more...

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Weasel running down local concerts

102.3 WHFS signing off on 07-14-1983

2011-08-10T19:30:00.005-04:00

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

2011-08-09T18:22:00.006-04:00

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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The year was 1987 and these were the tunes

2011-06-04T16:02:00.003-04:00

As perfectly written by Lefty - I thought why retype when I can use my new magic wand that my wife gave me for my birthday. She's glad to see I'm using it for something.

The year was 1987 and these were the tunes Side B

The year was 1987 and these were the tunes Side A

Let's get some comments going on this tape - download and let us know what you think.

WHFS Party Weekend 1990 style and more...

2011-06-04T00:24:00.005-04:00

First of the Lefty collection - Thanks Lefty for the run down of songs and description of what we have here.

Track 5 (1990) - 7:06
Wild Weekend by The Rockin' Rebels
Until the Weekend by Nick Lowe
Party Weekend by Joe King Carrasco

From Weasel's 1990 afternoon show. This is great since I had already moved to FL when this aired. This is a variation of the Freaky Friday set with the 1963 version of "Wild Weekend" rather than the more common NRBQ version we heard so ofter in earlier years.

Party Weekend 1990 style

Track 1(1983) - 4:28
"Bob's Theme"
Bob used to play these two songs to start his early morning show: a Zydeco song followed by a somewhat Hawaiian-themed acoustic number.

"Lefty" says "I don't know the artists or titles, but would love to find out some day". Well Lefty, hopefully the knowledgeable music heads here on this site can help out.

"Bob's Theme"

Track 2 (1983) - 4:22
Take a walk on the Kosher side by Gefilte Joe and the Fish
Joe Lewis school of Elocution by the Rhino Brothers

This short set is followed up by Weasel

Two odd songs

Please please please, leave comments and thank Lefty for keeping WHFS alive!

More than a year later...

2011-06-03T23:50:00.000-04:00

...I have received more WHFS goodies - thanks "Lefty", you know who you are. These were sent to me already dubbed onto CD so I ripped them to the computer today, the day I got them and now will start the posting process.

"Lefty" has done a super job documenting the songs and artists along with the DJ spinning the tunes. Let's give it up for "Lefty" as he's put a lot of work into these few tapes as well as documenting the entire Jeff M collection - stay tuned for that.

Of the two CD's I received today, one is labeled 1987 and the other is 1983 - 1990 odds. The latter contains about 15 minutes of 5 short sets including 7 minutes of Party Weekend while the 1987 CD includes two sides, one 31:28 and the other a solid 43:50 minutes featuring 12 songs from Billy Bragg, the Bo Deans to The Smiths and Violet Femmes. This is going in my car tomorrow without a doubt!

Check out the next post for the first of this set- Party Weekend from 1990.

Enjoy!!!!

WKDU Philadelphia

2010-09-05T22:56:00.000-04:00

So, it seems those in Philly had WKDU in the 70s & 80's just as those of us in the DC area had WHFS. I had never heard of this station but from listening to the only tape sent I like what I heard. There's no DJ's on this upload, and as Jeff said, who would have known years later it would have cool to have the DJs, but the music speaks to their non-conformance to pop-top 40 stations.

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKDU

WKDU is an award winning non-commercial college radio station located in Philadelphia, USA, broadcasting on 91.7 FM. It is owned and operated by Drexel University students, with several Drexel alumni among its on-air staff. It is the only free-format non-commercial FM station in Philadelphia.

WKDU's musical format is free-form, meaning that playlists are dictated solely by the taste of the on-air DJs. On an average day, one might hear punk, electronica, indie rock, acid jazz, J-pop or metal.

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Jeff comes through with one more tape!

2010-08-28T18:11:00.000-04:00

Jeff! Thanks! I got the tape and have already uploaded side A, the WHFS side. What a great tape! Damian recaping, a few cool commericals and great songs.

The second side of the tape is WKDU from Philadelphia - nice tape as well, just music. Will upload later tonight or tomorrow.

I'm heading out now to celebrate my wife Nancy's birthday - going to Carraba's Itailian Grill.

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Saved the best for last!

2010-08-06T21:46:00.008-04:00

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.

Lost Jeff Tape found!

2010-08-06T15:02:00.004-04:00

Headline news reports that a lost Jeff collection tape has been found and recently uploaded to the Internet via naplesgc.blogspot.com. This recent finding was actually just reported on but turns out was discovered and uploaded to a anti-room at megaupload.com back on July 22 of 2010. This 94.5 MB file is sure to stir some buzz in the WHFS world. This tape is part of a 14 tape find by Jeff of No. VA and processed and uploaded by Naplesgc - owner and operator of other rare WHFS recordings that reside online at naplesgc.blogspot.com. This tape, which is actually the "B" side of Tape 4 was a "cast off" tape since side A was a non-WHFS recording of a Roxy Music's Manifesto album, according to Naplesgc back when all the tapes were being processed, recorded, converted and uploaded earlier in the year.

The timing of this upload stems in part to the King Daddy of rare music memorabilia, Camarillo Brillo bringing attention to Naplesgc that Tape 6 side B was hanging up at 38% download and he desperately wanted to hear the rest of the Milo Tape 6 set...or as CB said "I really need to hear the 2nd half of Milo's show...

Thanks!!!!"

So, without further ado, get Tape 4 side B here.

Get bonus tape of Roxy Music - Tape 4 side A here.

I guess this means the Fat Lady has sung!

Please leave your precious comments below.

And then there was none...

2010-06-17T18:57:00.002-04:00

Thanks for the analysis Jugdish it was determined that Tape 7 side B of the Jeff Collection had also not been uploaded. I looked on Megaupload and it had no downloads, so...here it is.

And now there are none...until more are unearthed.

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

2010-06-17T11:22:00.003-04:00

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.

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

And the winner is...

2010-06-16T23:55:00.004-04:00

Now that I'm done with the Jeff collection, I've thrown in some of my old tapes that were rejected for some reason when I went through all my tapes over the past two years. I believe I just wanted only full tapes and what I've found now are all mixed up tapes so I thought I'd pull some clips from them and on this particular one, I found a David and David contest winner, Kip Baker of Silver Spring. I hope you don't mind Kip having your name on my blog, let me know if it's a problem.

So, here's the clip to listen to - at 1:58 starts the announcement of Kip Baker winning the contest. Anyone have an idea of the year?

3 months later - almost to the day

2010-06-13T23:17:00.008-04:00

...and the chapter ends as it began, with hope, anticipation, joy, memories and any other adjective you and think of to insert personally. On March 12, 2010 I received 14 WHFS tapes from Jeff in Va. Since that time, I have a friend in Jeff and the world has 28 sides of incredible historic memories from the one and only, WHFS. It seems longer than 90 + days ago that I received the package I was waiting for; it took Jeff some time to find a box large enough for the 14 tapes plus I think a trip to South America was planned. So, as you all were waiting for the tapes to be uploaded, for awhile, I was waiting for them to be delivered.

Let's all take this time to thank Jeff for saving these tapes all these years, trusting an Internet shadow with his possession. I am proud to have served him well, as well as hopefully doing justice to the recordings, now safe and sound on the Internet. As you may have recently been made aware of over at Camarillo Brillo; links, websites, subscriptions, servers, etc. are all fallible; so while you can, download, download and download. The more these recordings are preserved on hard drives, iPods, iPads, CDs, flash drives, DVDs, etc. the better we will be and the history of WHFS can be restored and replayed for generations to come.

Okay, a bit deep for some recordings off the radio, but hey, that's why we are here.

Enjoy the last of the Jeff M collection here (Tape 6 side A) and here (Tape 6 Side B) Tape six side b has a new link as of 08.06.10

As always, please return here to leave comments.

Signing off for now...but not for good.

Totally 80's

2010-06-13T16:52:00.006-04:00

Managed to talk my wife into stopping at the local Goodwill after a very nice lunch at Rib City. She took a siesta with the little one in the car while I went and rummaged. I have a moratorium on buying and because of that was not about to venture into the car with bag full of albums, books, cassettes, etc. So, if I can find time in the next couple of days to make my way back there, I will have to remember where I hid a few treasures. One, was a homemade tape labeled Totally 80's - I was like, I need to have this. So, lets hope the still sealed Anthrax State of Euphoria with the hologram, Naked Eyes and Figures on a Beach albums will still be under the shelving where I hid them when I go back. I should have bought the Totally 80's for the buck as wifey is not so concerned with the money spent as much as the room this stuff takes up. I have a storage full plus a garage full of "stuff" that she wants something done with. For another day...

Speaking of Totally 80's - Here are tapes 15 and 16 - vintage 80's WHFS

1. WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 15 Side A

2. WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 15 Side B

3. WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 16 Side A

4. WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 16 Side B

These tapes have a file name that includes "102.3" in them but according to the writing on the tape, are from 99.1. (I cut and pasted without looking until after the fact - it's all good though).

Go to this post for a little information on these four tapes -

As always, come back for comments and reviews

Shhhh...I'm quietly uploading tapes

2010-06-13T13:59:00.007-04:00

So, with the next few posts, the Jeff collection of 14 WHFS tapes from pre-1985 will be done. All tapes have been ingested, uploaded and awaiting reviews after being downloaded. Once this project is complete, I'll be seeking other vintage WHFS tapes to be sent my way.

Thanks to all who have helped identify the songs on these tapes, teamwork is an awesome thing.

To get the WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 17 Side A, go here (Fixed -Thanks Jugdish).

To get the WHFS Jeff Collection Tape 17 Side B, go here

Some of these tapes file name has 102.3 in them but may be 99.1, as in tape 17 is 99.1.

Three more tapes to add. I will say, these four tapes burned this weekend were very enjoyable, had lots of DJ's recapping the music and may have been overall my favorite four. Some are WHFS from 99.1, maybe that's why.

Always, please leave your comments. Off to Rib City in Naples.

Let's guess the playlist!

2010-05-14T11:00:00.004-04:00

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.

Supposed to be cleaning gararge..

2010-04-17T11:44:00.002-04:00

So, it's Saturday and since I had a "guys" weekend last week; MMA fight party Friday night, golfing Saturday and Sunday a 2 1/2 hour drive to St. Pete for the Festival of Speed, this weekend was for my wife. Well, I'll get to it, but while she's out getting her haircut, I'm listening to the Jeff Collection Tape 10 Side A. =-) We do have an elliptical exercise bike in our foyer in a box that needs assembling...this post may be quick without music recap. You'll know if this post ends abruptly that she's home.

Tape 10 Side A
This tape has some nice music recaps with track information plus concert information. These DJ's were masterful, not just vinyl spinners. Always great to hear who's in town. Can someone tell the date again by hearing the concert information? Wow, Martha and the Muffins at the Georgetown Penguin Feather in person. I wish I went to more of these types of in person showings. So, Martha and Simple Minds in concert at the Ontario this Monday night.

Hey, finally Weasel on a Jeff tape. He's only reading a WHFS poster ad, but hey, it's Weasel!

Tape 10 Side B

Aetp 11 Eisd A - Onyje!

2010-04-16T00:44:00.007-04:00

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.

"B" sides always get a bad rap...

2010-04-15T06:06:00.011-04:00

Remember on those 45's where the side B might as well have not even been there? Or, at least that what's was thought, being that the main cut on side "A"was what was being promoted by the record label. I'd love to hear a compilation of just "B" sides some day and see if it was truly only about promotion or if the "B" side songs are really just that bad, or, should I say, just not as good as side A. So, a simple search on my premise has returned just that compilation. (Seems as though this compilation is of more recent mostly 90's and 00's "B" sides). Can anyone name some "B" sides that turned out to be hits? Maybe just a "B" side you liked?

Any comments on "B" side successes? The Wiki take on "B" sides -

I'll start first, Side B of the Jeff Collection, Tape 12!

Proudly get Side B of Tape 12 here and enjoy!

July 4th, 1983 (Does anyone remember what they were doing on July 4th 1983?)
Here Today- Whistle in the Yard (Loved this song way back then and still today!)
UPI News (Great to hear the old news and eerie to hear how similar to today.)
Depeche Mode - Tora Tora Tora
New Order - Age of Consent
Flag of Convenience - Life on the Telephone
Tears for Fears - Change
DJ music recap

Thanks Jeff for the rest of these artists and song titles!
Pete Shelley - If You Ask Me (I won't say no)
Pete Shelley - Millions of People (no one like you)
David Bowie - Richochet
Nona Hendryx - Transformation
????

As always, please come back and leave comments.

P.S. Please don't get used to these early morning postings. I am seriously not a morning person but since my 16 year old dog Winston with stage 4 renal failure feels the need to go out then eat his first meal of the day at 5AM, so here I am. I'm glad I have something to do though. Today I'm finishing up earlier so I can now get some more shut eye b/4 work.

Early morning mixup

2010-04-14T05:52:00.004-04:00

Thanks It's Uncle Jim and Jugdish for figuring out that the Tape 7 Side A with NR was actually Tape 5 Side B. Now to hunt for the B side of Tape 7! So - b/c of the mix up and the great comments yesterday, I decided to stay up this morning with my dog after his early morning let out and feeding and upload another tape, at least one side - I think (I know) I found a great one. Anything starting out with a two song set from New Order has to be a great tape.

Jeff - these tapes date to the beginning of me really listening to WHFS and having an understanding what I was listening to. Thanks buddy for sharing!

For those of you like me with "the 80's" running through there veins, check out this site - http://www.inthe80s.com/

Tape probably from June 1983
So, here we have Jeff collection Tape 12 Side A - perhaps one of my favorites as I listen more carfully when I post, rather than when I rip - many times I leave the tape deck and the computer to do it's thing and come back later to edit the tape on the computer.

Jeff Collection Tape 12 Side A
Starts off in the middle of Temptation

New Order - Temptation
New Order - Blue Monday
This tape has the first known "pause bump" I've heard on the Jeff Collection tapes.
It's not bad but it cuts into a "Rock against Reagan" tour commercial. Hey Jeff - did you realize back then you were taking a stand against those against Reagan by pausing the tape? Ha! It goes into Ring of Fire by Wall of Voodoo and continues with an awesome WHFS set - so, not so bad.
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
Rubber Rodeo - Slipping Away
Fun Boy Three - Murder She Said
XTC - Sergeant Rock (Is going to help me)
Made for TV - So Afraid of the Russians
OMD - This is Helena
Susan recapping the music
"The National Aquarium - Come touch us now" (listen close to her quick one syllable comment after reading this commercial)
DAF - (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft)
New Order - Age of Consent

Come back for side B tomorrow

As always, please come back and leave comments.

More from Jeff collection

2010-04-11T22:50:00.015-04:00

On this tape, Tape 7 side A, I used a noise reduction feature on my audio edit software and while it did a great job reducing the typical hiss and pops found on these older recordings, it also lowered the audio level quite a bit.

When I have time, I'll go back and see if there are other level adjustments to bring up the volume without distortion.

I particularly like both these recordings - I believe all will enjoy them; they are must downloads.

Tape 7 Side A without Noise Reduction

Flipper - Life (The only thing worth living for)

Joy Division - Dead Souls

Wire - Blessed State

The Stranglers - Vietnamerica

Music recap - (Is this Dave or Dj Milo?)

Bill Nelson - A Private View

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Iconic Storage

The Specials - Ghost Town

Jacob Miller - Once Upon a Time

Augustus Pablo - Herbal Weed Dub

Creation Rebel - Rebel Party

Turns out REM was to be in the studio for an interview and they were late. Anyone remember this interview or perhaps when they would have been in concert around this time?

Tape 7 Side A with Noise Reduction (Thanks Uncle Jim & Jugdish for figuring this out- this tape is Tape 5 Side B from the Early Morning Upload).

Okay, turns out the download with Noise Reduction on it is actually another tape which I'll have to investigate - so, download both. I'll tell you, this tape is also great and actually very clean audio.

Tracks -

Gang of Four - Damaged Goods

Family Fodder - Symbols (From the album Monkey Banana Kitchen)

Orchestre Rouge - Red Orange and Blue

The Clash - Straight to Hell

Music Recap by Sarah

The Suburbs - Flag of Convenience

The Suburbs - Waiting

DEVO - Out of Sync

Pete Shelly - Telephone Operator

Bill Nelson - UHF

Peter Gabriel - Perspective

Don't forget to download both of these are they are different recordings. Please post your feelings on if you like with NR or not. If the audio level is okay - I may add the NR to other tapes. (Turns out everyone likes the NR off and I agree).

As always, please come back and leave comments.

Welcome Peggy!

2010-04-11T00:02:00.008-04:00

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.

Early morning upload

2010-04-10T06:28:00.005-04:00

Hope this morning tape upload greets some of you like the overnight snow in MD did when we were young. Expecting school and getting sometimes only a dusting but knowing school would be delayed or cancelled b/c of those few impassable roads in the rural parts of the county. Never understood why they just couldn't go school by school or maybe even city by city rather than county by county. Man, sitting there waiting for your county to be called out on radio, "Howard, Prince Georges, Montgomery...". MONTGOMERY!!! NO SCHOOL!!" What to do now is the question...Not enough snow to go sledding. Football? Yeah, that's always fun. But Mom usually would say great day to get some chores done around the house. Really, the best thing about those snow days where being able to go back to sleep for a while longer. Then to have a nice long hot breakfast, one you are not scarfing down as you hear echoing off the walls "You're going to miss the bus!!!"

Ahhhh....relax, go back to a time when your day was derailed in a good way because of some snow.

I believe WHFS also did school closing announcements. Did anyone listen to 'HFS in high school?

Early morning upload Tape 5 side A
Echo and the Bunnyman - Higher Hell
The Mothman - One more Weapon
Toylets - It's like a daydream exploding again
A great weather report with gusting winds - check it out
Tape continues on with some great music

More from Tape 5 side B
Enjoy!

The first of the Jeff_M collection is served

2010-04-07T00:38:00.014-04:00

Thanks Jeff for these tapes and the great friendship we developed - You are a Great American! Thanks for taking us all back to a time where emotion and mood dictated what was played and how long a set was and not corporate greed and playlists.

This tape has both long set music recaps - I love the DJ's and the commercials!

Tape 13 side A - get it here Milo
Fade in
Suicide - Keep your Dreams (It's actually Dream Baby Dream - Milo said the wrong song!)
Eric Random - Fade Out
Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the heels of Love
Pyrolator -
Milo music run down
Flipper - Life
Kemp Mill Records -Weasel reading "cutout records as low as 2 for .99"
The Ex Tra's - Haven't been Funked Enough
Holger Czukay - Cool in the Pool
Fellfarben -
Half Japanease - Thing with a Hook
The Big Boys - Hollywood Swingin'

Tape 13 side B - get it here
Milo at the helm -
U2 – Out of Control
Sport of Kings – This City in Darkness
Dance Society – These Frayed Edge
The Method Actors – Commotion
Bananarama – Dub Wanna

Wax Museum concert announcment
UB40, Men Without Hats, Eurythmics, King Sunny Ade

Commercial
Weasel reading “For a Rockin’ good time, come to the Psychedely”
Featuring "Tru Fax and the Insaniacs with Jay Cee and the Trouble Boys"

Siouxsie and the Banshees -
Continues with some Techno and Techno Funk

Both tapes are approx. 100MB, 45 minutes and MP3@320kb

More to come - All the copied tapes, 14 45 minute sets are all now uploaded and will be posted over the next week. I'll start on the final six tapes soon.

As always, please leave a comment and pass this site along to your buddies.

14 new WHFS tapes arrived!

2010-03-12T00:16:00.002-05:00

Thanks to Jeff M. from No. VA for shipping his prized possessions. Jeff found my WHFS & other great music blog about a month ago and we have had great dialog via email since. The tapes arrived this week and now I'm setting my sites to this weekend when I can start dubbing the tapes then starting the uploading process.

I've listened to one already tonight while doing other online work and I can tell from this first tape we are all in for a treat. The first tape had Sarah at the helm with some great sets including I would say a rare U.S. radio play of Men Without Hats Safety Dance in what sounded like German.

For all you 102.3 heads the count is 9 102.3 to 5 99.1 tapes. The tapes are all Memorex MRX1 tapes, a mainstay in the 80s.

So, keep checking back over the next few weeks for the Jeff M. collection.

Naplesgc

Solid 99.1 WHFS tape

2009-10-21T00:13:00.003-04:00

Gooff Tape 4 Side A
Some static is present at times on this tape.

Starts off with -
Little Feat - Dixie chicken and tripe face boogie from Waiting for Columbus
Katrina and the Waves – Mexico

Music recap with Bob “Here”

Classic Kemp Mill Records commercials – “Both Rockville locations…$4.99!”
WHFS summer t-shirt ($10)

Love Shack – The Knitters
Carl Perkins – Matchbox
Stray Cats – Did Dirty Doggy
Robert Gordon - Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
Beat Farmers – Reason to Believe
Lonnie Mack – If You Wanna Know

Music recap with Bob “Here”
A commercial promotion for John Prine with Seldom Scene at Wolftrap.

Billy Bragg – It Says Here
Guitar instrumental - Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix?)

Tape is approx. 105MB, 46 minutes and MP3@320kb

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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 (This forum has been removed b/c the simpleforums.net went bye bye. =-( Stayed tuned for another forum site)

Beach music meets Jazz Fusion

2009-10-09T22:24:00.006-04:00

Summer of 1985 - Geoff Tape #4 Side B

This tape has a rare yet classic :25 seconds of silence when maybe a song ended earlier than Bob thought? Bob “Here” improvises then hurries through the previous songs to make up for the lost time.

Commercial – “Some like it hot……one of todays hot new bands - Power Station”

Up next a 5 song beach music set -

I Hate the Beach Boys - The Bobs
Promise Land - Chuck Berry
Fun Fun Fun - The Beach Boys
Splashback! - Jon & The Nightriders
Twistin’ By The Pool - Dire Straits (One of my favorites during the summers in Ocean City)

From beach music to 10 minutes of Jazz fusion ending with The Police and Sting
Blaze - Steve Kuhn
Driven to Tears - The Police

Look here for Tape 4 side B

Tape is 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

WHFS - Tape 3 side A & B

2009-10-09T08:24:00.021-04:00

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

2009-10-07T23:41:00.004-04:00

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 -

2009-10-06T23:46:00.011-04:00

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.

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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

1st of 10 tape set

2009-10-06T08:45:00.011-04:00

It's Uncle Jim that helped make this upload happen - thanks for giving me a kick. I have my recording area set up again and will start adding the 10 tape set send to me from Geoff in No. Va back in the summer. Thanks again Geoff for the tapes.

Some of what's on this tape
(A kick butt instramental)
Peter Gabriel -
New Order - Confusion
Devo - Gut Fellin'
Iggy Pop -Popping for Joy
INC Magazine
WHFS t-shirt ($8 check)
Ken on for Bob...Sarah will be in at 10..."
Jonathan Richmond
and more!

The tape is 105 MB, 46 minutes and MP3@320kb

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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

10 new classic WHFS tapes just arrived!

2009-06-16T12:07:00.003-04:00

My first venture into receiving tapes from others that recorded WHFS back in the day. Thanks to Geoff in VA for sending along what he had from what appears to be the late 70's to early 80's. So far I've listened to two tapes, one with no air-checks and the other with Damian spinning an awesome blues set. Once I'm back from vacation I'll start the process of converting the tapes, looking for air-checks, loading clips as well as some whole tapes.

I'm now putting a call to all that have vintage recordings of WHFS to contact me so we can start a dialog to get me the tapes for inclusion on the site. Contact at naplesgc@gmail.com or leave a comment - that works too.

More WHFS airchecks

2009-01-21T01:19:00.008-05:00

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

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

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

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Damian music recap - Hitchcock and U2

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WHFS airchecks

2009-01-18T21:39:00.042-05:00

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 Throbbing Thursday clip

2008-12-03T16:46:00.013-05:00

Classic 1987 Weasel recap with a few commercials

Weasel Throbing Th...

1 minute 42 sec.

Please leave a comment here as well as making it over to my WHFS forum

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Weasel's Frantic Friday March 17th 1989

2008-07-26T12:02:00.013-04:00

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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WRVU - 91 Rock student radio at Vanderbilt U.

2008-07-17T00:24:00.006-04:00

This is my first post of promised recordings of WRVU from when I lived in Murfreesboro, TN in 1986/87. I'm digging through some tapes and adding new features to this blog - stay tuned. Let me know if you have any stories from WRVU, 91 Rock.

And as always, please leave a comment.

WRVU - 91 Rock student radio at Vanderbilt U.

WRVU

WHFS with Tom T. with Archive Concert series

2008-07-12T22:29:00.006-04:00

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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Rock Over London with Graham Dee (Early 1987)

2008-07-10T00:44:00.009-04:00

Rock Over London with Graham Dee (Early 1987)

This tape starts with Graham leading into another Rock Over London with the show highlights then announcing the first song of the night - "…and with lead guitar from Peter Frampton and a mid song rap with Mickey Rourke, it’s David Bowie”

David Bowie – Shinning Star
Depeche Mode – Strange Love
The Silencers – Painted Moon

Graham Dee music recap

Paul McCartney - Live at Wembley

Joe Jackson interview with Paul Sexton

The Railway Children – Another Town
Jethro Tull – Locomotive Breath (can you hear the album pops? – 1987).
(I just got completely dismayed when the tape cut to a synthpop song. I was so totally ready to hear some Locomotive Breath – sorry all) Oh by the way, the song that cut in is Enola Gay by OMD.

WHFS pick up

SSQ - Playback
Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
Wall of Voodoo – Empty Room
Oakview Treatment Center commercial

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Randy Newman –

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Punk Rock tape - side b

2008-07-09T00:47:00.000-04:00

On Jan. 6th I uploaded only my second recording on this blog, side A of a tape I labeled Punk Rock. Well, I see I never uploaded Side B. If it weren't for having already loaded these on my computer, I wouldn't be posting anything since I'm dismantled my setup and my tapes are all buried upstairs. Now I know why I didn't upload the tape after recording it to the computer. The first 8 minutes had a Baltimore Orioles game plus the song I'll tumble for you and a Pat Benatar tune. I've edited it today and will upload the remaining WHFS part of the tape.

The Jam - David Watts
The Romantics - Got Me where you want me
J. Giles Band - Gonna find me a New Love
The James Montgomery Band - School in' them Dice
Sting - TUTTI FRUTTI

Classic Weasel music recap.

The rest of the tape has no station breaks, not sure if their are tape cuts or not. I'm sure you'll enjoy. There is one DJ that comes on toward the end of the tape and says "Good Morning Lost & Found from the Saints their second album Eternally Yours on Sire Records" - I don't recognize the voice.

Unknown DJ - The S...

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Please leave your comments as that's what makes all this worth it.

1975 live interview with Lowell George & Linda Ronstadt

2008-06-30T23:22:00.006-04:00

I've looked online for this and only came upon one site that had the complete interview like this. I believe this was released as a DJ copy from WHFS and not a commercial release. I've had this for a few years now and believe I downloaded it from a P2P site.

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If anyone has any more information on this recording, please leave a comment.

Enjoy!

WHFS mid 80's?

2008-06-28T13:06:00.009-04:00

Tape starts off with King Crimson’s Elephant Talk
*Elvis Costello – Pump it Up
*The Comateens– Get off my case
*Godly and Cream – Joeys Camel
King Crimson - Elephant Talk
Kraftwork - Pocket Calculator
The Tom Tom Club - Wording Rappinghood
*Not on tape

Janet Recap of songs played
Classic commercial:
Posers of Georgetown -34th & M St commercial with a Billy Idol listening party

Tape cut
The Zombies - It’s the Time of the Season
Two unknown songs –

Tape cut
- My Heartbeats

Lyrics of another unknown song –

A helpful friend oh what a friend
I look at him with thanks
He reaches deep into his coat
What has he in his hand?

Bumpbump
The doorbells rings
And I don’t know
Who outside may be
A high heeled shoe
A naked lady
Does she come to me

Bumpbump
Here they go again
It’s a heartbeat…

A satellite was out of sight
Radioactive though,
Quite alright when it was high
But now it’s very low

If anyone knows the group that sang the Bumpbump song, please leave a comment. Can anyone date this recording? I’m thinking around 1983-84. 06.30.08 - Thanks to 6for2 to letting providing the information on the above song. It's from the same band that did Da Da Da... Trio and Error. Thanks again.

This tape I’d say wasn’t uploaded after recording it to the computer because of the quality and being all cut up on the second half of the tape. I think it’s worth it for the Billy Idol listening party spot along with the first three songs make a cool set.

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Party Weekend Tape!

2008-06-28T03:20:00.009-04:00

Surprise Surprise - I found a tape I had recorded onto my computer in January but never uploaded it. I know what happened is I never finished writing the description then must have forgot about it and moved to another recording.

Enjoy!

Labor Day – 198?
Party Weekend on Tape!

The tape starts off with:
Rolling Stones - Dancin’ in the Street
Unknown band - Do you wanna Dance?
Prince - Delirious

Party Weekend music!
Joe King and the Crowns - It’s a Party, Party Party Weekend.
…Three dedications to Tim Deegan, not one, not two but three…

Anyone know Tim Deegan from Annapolis? Well, thanks to the Internet – maybe this is Tim Deegan www.livestrong.com/profile/tdeegan. If anyone wants to send him this way I’m sure he’ll get a kick of hearing Weasel play a Party Weekend dedication to him.

Here I went again with the pause button - I cut Weasel off soon after Party Weekend.
We pick up a week later on Throbbing Thursday –

The Stranglers – Skin Deep
Meat Puppets – Up on the Sun
The Doors - Mine Eyes Have Seen You
Haircut 100 – Love plus One
Midnight Oil - Minutes to Midnight
7 before 2 O’clock, It’s Throbbing Thursday

Coors Light commercial

Weasel playing some Rock ‘n Roll…

Listen to Weasel banter with himself talking about joining him and Damien at Jack’s Corn Beef with Beyond Words. Need to listen to this! What was Weasel doing in that parking lot?

Hall & Oates - Live at the Apollo Theater – Every Time You Go Away
Station break –

English Beat – I Confess
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (tailing to the end)

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Hope you enjoyed this special bonus recording of WHFS and Weasel – Please leave your generous comments. I stayed up until 3:30 just for you WHFS and Weasel fans.

It's been a while...

2008-06-22T20:22:00.008-04:00

...since my last post. I have been busy plus my tapes are somewhat buried in a room full of, well, lot's of stuff and my USB cassette deck is not connected since moving my computer downstairs. It's funny, everyday I go into my sock drawer, I have to move my somewhat faded WHFS t-shirt out of the way. I don't wear it, so why is it in my sock drawer? I have so much stuff I had no where else to put it. Well, that's not entirely true, but the fact that it's there and I haven't moved it is what's funny.

For this reason, I think of WHFS everyday!

I'm going to move part of the "Why this blog" in this post since I have a feeling this post is going to be here for a while.

...It's named Naplesgc because I didn't quite understand how the blog name worked. I since found out but Naplesgc.blogspot.com is here to stay.

I started this blog to upload some 1980's cassette tapes I have of WHFS, 99.1 on the radio dial, Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington. If you are a fan of the 80's, and I'm not talking the 80's pop alternative, but truly awesome music from Rock-a-Billy, folk, classic oldies, modern alternative, some punk, simply, songs not heard on other radio stations, stay tuned. Be sure to click the link of my online friend wvkayaker for truly awesome rare recordings of WHFS and other music. It may take me a while to upload what I have, but I'll do what I can.

How do I have these tapes? I grew up in Rockville, MD and I'd say listened to WHFS from 1980-1989. In my circle of friends, I was one of the first to listen to alternative music and stayed away from the rap music that was being played loud on many car stereos back in 1983-85. I have these tapes and my records from the day to prove it. (Continue reading in the left column under "Why this blog"...)

I still make it over to another WHFS site, Camarillo Brillo (http://incaroads-wvkayaker.blogspot.com/)and download what looks interesting. Check it out yourself.

I would like to say the two months it took to create this WHFS blog and the interaction via comments with the WHFS fans has made all this worth the time. Long live WHFS - scroll down and check out my recordings and hope you enjoy them as much as I have listening to them over the years. Please leave a comment saying hello.

Hello Janet - Thank you for stopping by

2008-03-18T22:34:00.003-04:00

Thanks to a timely link to my WHFS blog posted on the Mobtown Shank site (www.mobtownshank.com) by Scott Huffins (www.atommicbooks.com), we've been honored by Janet Little herself.

The tapes found on this blog have survived 4 moves in 18 years and many long years cooped up in a dark closet, seemingly all but lost. Once found, while making room no doubt for the most recent addition to my odd collection of "anything", I started saving them to my computer; then forgot about them for two years or so. Thanks to Camarillo Brillo (http://incaroads-wvkayaker.blogspot.com/) for giving me the push I needed to start posting what I had.

Now a visit from Janet! What could be better? Well, just the fact that I have helped some re-live fond memories of an era past, an era that held the beginning of many futures - it's satisfaction enough.

After doing an online search, Janet Little has some awesome photography and is duly talented. Check out her site - http://www.janetlittle.com/.

Janet, I am an amateur photographer and in looking at your site, you have moved me. Artistically masterful. Thank you for making a profound impact on my life, again.

Naplesgc (Formally of Rockville, MD)

Comments from http://naplesgc.blogspot.com/2008/03/whfs-janet-on-radio.html
WVKayaker said...
Janet always put on a great show!
Looking forward to hearing a WAVA tape or two...Keep up the good work!

March 11, 2008 3:53 PM
jlittle said...
Hey, this is Janet! There was a link to the "HFS Nostalgia" blog on the Mobtown Shank and I had to check it out. I'm downloading shows now, this is too funny! I only have a couple of tapes from HFS and I have no idea what kind of shape they're in since I don't have a working cassette player.

Thanks for making this available. I can only hope I'm not too embarrassed by what I sounded like all those years ago! :-D

March 15, 2008 10:49 AM
WVKayaker said...
Wow...you sound great Janet!!! Sharing 'HFS tapes just keeps getting better and better!
Come visit

March 15, 2008 11:51 AM
Naplesgc said...
Hey Janet - you are great on this tape! Let us know what you think - 20 years later.

If you haven't found your way over, go to http://incaroads-wvkayaker.blogspot.com/, you have to for some incredible recordings of vintage 'HFS.

Thanks so much for stopping by and come back again!

March 16, 2008 9:49 AM

WHFS Saturday Oct 1st 1988

2008-03-06T23:06:00.011-05:00

What's on the tape:
Mark B starts off with the Alphaville recap-
Forever Young - Alphaville
Concert Calendar
Again, another incredible Concert Calendar. Does anyone else just love to listen to these historical references of the great shows and venues that once were?

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...Dave's out and Janet's up next
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Young Manhood - Wild Swans (One of my favs from my younger days)
That's what I like about you - The Romantics
...Good Morning it's 10 minutes past 10:00...I'm Janet bringing you the music...
Cut edit (another day I'm sure)
I'll let the tape play for itself, you won't be disappointed.
I will tell you that there's a little Richard Pryor on the tape and guess what, someone got busted for a dolla and fifty cents worth of cocaine. Get ready to LAUGH =-)

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WHFS - Janet on the radio

2008-03-06T22:54:00.009-05:00

I looked through my download history and noticed this had not been downloaded yet. I'm not sure if I uploaded it and forgot to post it or it's burried and everyone missed it. Either way, instead of looking through my posts, I thought I would post it anyway. Plus, I get rid of the Super Bowl blog that was sitting on top for a month. Sorry about that.

I've been busy, traveling, etc. plus started my http://carson5th.blogspot.com blog. After this Saturday, I'll have been to 4 car shows with the 5th scheduled for the end of March in Tampa. It's also Spring in FL, well, I mean Spring Training and that means going to my share of games as well. This year I have tickets to four at the City of Palms park in Ft. Myers. Been to one so far.

WHFS - Janet on the radio
Janet spinning 1988
Screaming Tribesman - Igloo
Misfit Toys – Tell me why
Shana Lang – Soviet Snow
Monsoon - Ever so lonely

Janet recap
Two commercial

Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
David Bowie – Fame
Jerry Harrison – Rev it up

Janet recap
Two commercials
Coors Draft
Honda of Annapolis
PSA – Montgomery County hotline

Captain Sensible – Say What ?
Ian Dury & The Blockheads -Hit me with you rhythm stick
Frank Zappa – Dental Floss (Part of before tape ends)

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Wow, what a game! Giants Win 17-14

2008-02-04T00:50:00.000-05:00

As you might imagine, I'm a Redskin fan, so, who was I rooting for? I would have loved to see history, but, I really just don't like Tom Brady and do like Eli and the Manning family. The Giants defense won this game shutting down the Patriots when it was the Giants offense making mistakes that almost cost them the game. What a great last drive to win the game! How did Eli escape the rush and how did 85 catch that ball?

Well, I'm sitting here listening to another HFS tape I found. This afternoon I was clearing a closet to make room for the Christmas villages (yes, those are just coming down) and found a box full of tapes. Now, this is not a house that I lived in for the past 30 years, no, I've moved all my tapes and albums from MD to FL then moved three times while in FL. So, it's not like I found some old box, but I did think I was down to what I had already unearthed. Looks like this box included some Orioles, WHFS, DC101, Rock Over London, store bought cassettes and some sales tapes from when I worked at Sears in Montgomery Village. Anyway, the find was only about 3-4 usable tapes.

As I said, I'm listening to a few of them now and will see what I have then start recording. Here's a sneak peak - Commander Coty, Dave Edmunds, The Leroy Brothers The Nighthawks, Switchblade and Music View Minute with Kraftwork. Can someone tell me when they aired the segment Music View Minute?

Another start of a work week. It comes so quick. I'm traveling Wednesday- Friday on business so there will probably be no uploads until next weekend. =-( Hope all had a great weekend.

WHFS Jan 20, 1987 with JB

2008-02-02T14:19:00.002-05:00

WHFS
Date: 1-20-1987
DJ – JB
320kb
46 min

Playlist
The Romantics – What I Like About You
Minimal Contact - Immigrant Song
Dreams so Real - Drifting Away
Big Audio Dynamite - Hollywood Blvd

The Stranglers – To Precious
XTC- Census Working Overtime
Captain Sensible – More Snakes than Ladders
Thomas Dolby – Europa and the Pirate Twins

Concert & Entertainment Calendar

Ups & downs- In the Shadows (One of my favs)
Die Pretty – Round in Round
Cowboy Mouth – Hurricane (One of my favs)
The Connells – Darker Days

JB recapping the music just played.

Well, here I go with the pause button again. I wasn’t much for The Greaseman (DC101) but on this day for some reason I recorded a short Greaseman segment which then leads to an almost complete long play recording of LA Women by The Doors. Tape ends.

Enjoy and please let me know what you think!

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Who’s ready for more Tom T w/the Dance-Fix-Mix?

2008-02-01T23:43:00.002-05:00

Trying to mix things up adding another one of Tom T’s masterpiece performances from 1987.

What do we have this time? Let’s take a look –

The tape starts with a little over 7-minutes of Contender by Heaven 17 then we take off for a 10-minute jam with The Blow Monkeys. Tom spins It Doesn’t Have to Dub That Way and It Doesn’t Have to be This Way, both 12” mixes - “Blow Monkeys all the way”.

Song break as only Tom T can deliver it – you’ll have to download to hear it. Includes 10 year high school reunion spot for 1977 graduates of Old Mill Senior High.

Since Tom T’s Dance-Fix-Mix was just that, dance music, he only recapped every 15-20 minutes it seems except for a couple station breaks but no song titles or group names. You’ll just have to take my word and Tom T’s reputation that the rest of this tape simply jams.

Enjoy!

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1987 Thanksgiving Day with Weasel uninterrupted

2008-01-29T00:13:00.002-05:00

1987 Thanksgiving Day with Weasel uninterrupted

This tape has almost 13 songs with Royal Court tailing at the end. One of my most complete recordings with four awesome breaks by Weasel. What was I doing recording WHFS on Thanksgiving Day in 1987? Let's see, I was 22 and living at home. I can hear my Mom now "IT'S DINNER TIME, GLENN". Well, I bet she was a bit more polite on T-Day then normal days.
Enjoy!

U2 – Sweetest thing
The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)
Weasel recap
Pete Wiley – It’s sinful
Paul Carrack - Every time you walk into the room
The Smithereens – Strangers when we meet
Metal as Anything - Live it up
The Kane Gang – Motortown
It’s 1:35 on Throbbing Thursday
Weasel playing some Rock & Roll
(It’s those bodacious) BoDeans – Only Love
The Beatles – Every little thing
Squeeze – Tough Love
Elvis Costello – New Amsterdam
More from Weasel
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
99.1 WHFS (gotta hear this music recap!)
Royal Court of China - It's all changed

Weasel Throbing Th...

Enjoy and please let me know what you think!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AFL7P0OQ

3 song Elvis Cover set

2008-01-25T00:22:00.001-05:00

Original recording date - Summer of 1988
Dj - Mark B
Run Time - 45 min approx.
Bit Rate - 320kb
File Size - 106 Mb

This tape starts with Ranking Roger and Talking Heads then a slight fizzle cut takes it to a 17 minute uninterrupted 5 song set. Mark B describes his unintentional Elvis cover set with FYC, DEVO and Marshall Crenshaw.

Ranking Roger - So Excited
Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers
fizzle cut
Fine Young Cannibals -Suspicious Minds
DEVO - Don’t be Cruel
Marshall Crenshaw - Elvis’ little Sister (live performance from King Biscuit Flower hour)
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning
The Dancing Hoods - Idiot Kiss
Mark B recapping songs
Melissa Etheridge song cut off

Hard cut into:
Martini Ranch (Cindy Wilson from B52s) -World without Walls
I’ll let the rest run without commentary.

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

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N3LXWXAL

More from WHFS w/awesome Concert Calendar

2008-01-24T16:52:00.001-05:00

Original recording date - Saturday June 11, 1988
Dj -Bob
Run Time - 45 min approx.
Bit Rate - 320kb
File Size - 100 Mb

Lloyd Cole - My Bag
Way of the West - See you Shake
B-52s - Strobe Light
DEVO - Got Feelin’
Stranglers – Tank

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.
Awesome Concert Calendar with Meg! Incredible venues and bands.

Donovan - Tangarine Puppet (Supergirl)

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

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RQDCL3KA

More WHFS w/Neci doing the spinning

2008-01-20T01:20:00.002-05:00

1/20/2008
WHFS 99.1 Tape 5
Tape title: WHFS 99.1
Date: Late 80s?
DJ/Show: Neci
Length: 46:45
Bit Rate: 320
File size: 107MB
File ext: MP3

Neci 1:30 AM on a Wednesday morning
Nice recording without interuption. The Tim Camp song, Superhero (I think) is great to hear. Tim is AKA Bootcamp, Slim Chance, Slim man and is alive and well over at MySpace.

Icehouse – Icehouse
Modern English – Life in the Gladhouse
Boom Crash Opera– Gap that Opened
Song introduced by Barry Andrews of Shriekback
Shriekback– Intoxication
Peter Murphy – Dragnet Drag
Timbuk 3 – Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection
Oingo Boingo – Ain’t this the life
INXS – I Send the Message

Neci recapping songs played

Featured Artist – Local artists
Tim Camp – Superhero

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T7DH5QI7

Spin Radio concert - Fine Young Cannibals

2008-01-12T14:08:00.001-05:00

1987

Spin Radio Concert
Live from the Ritz in NY are Fine Young Cannibals
Lead singer Roland Gift is interviewed in between songs.
29:57 concert end

Rock Over London
Fine Young Cannibals - Can’t help falling in love (remix)

A little Susan from WHFS near end of tape
Kemp Mill cut out sale – CDs from .99 to $4.99 (Commercial)
Penguin Feather Compact disc sale – That’s all all all compact discs… (Commercial)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2BC5142E

30-minutes of Susan spun tunes - WHFS 1987

2008-01-10T19:27:00.000-05:00

Date: 1987
Tape title: WHFS 1987
DJ/Show: Susan
Length: 30:00
Bit Rate: 160 kbps
File size: 800,000 KB
File ext: .MPG

More from WHFS 1987. In this 30-minute recording Susan talks about John Hughes movies after playing Flesh For Lulu's "I go Crazy" from the Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack. This recording has music on each end of one break from Susan in the middle providing what songs just played.

What you'll find on this recording:
XTC - Earn Enough for You
Flesh For Lulu - I go Crazy
Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie - The Rattler
The Men they Couldn't hang - Goldstrike/Goldrush
The Smiths - Ask

Station break - Susan

Dream Syndicate - Drinking Problem
And more!

Notes: May need Media Player Classic to play recording

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P2A99EGB

A Solid recording of After Hours w/Tom T. on WHFS

2008-01-09T22:37:00.000-05:00

Date: Dec 11th 1986
Tape title: WHFS with Tom T.
DJ/Show: After Hours with Tom T
Length: 46:00
Bit Rate: 160
File size: 1.4 MB opened - 108,086 zipped
File ext: .MPG
Notes: May need Media Player Classic to play recording

This is a solid recording of After Hours with Tom T. No cuts, continuous 46:00 minutes of the best mix dance songs.

At 5:27 listen to the song block played by Tom T. While some of the music is not on the recording, the name of the bands and song titles are incredible, as well as the delivery by Tom T!

This tape gets better with a continuous 27 minute four song mix block.
Peter Gabriel - Big Time - (12” Dance Mix)
Bill Nelson - Because of You - (Pop Stand Remix)
The Lover Speaks - Every Lover Sign - (Extended Version)
Two Minds Crack - One Sky above Us - (Debut Album)

James Brown - You know He knows what to do
James Brown - Goliath -(12” House Message Mix)

Concert and Entertainment Calendar read by Susan
Thursday Dec. 11, 1986

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8NM00ALM

WHFS Feb 15th 1989 w/Concert Calendar

2008-01-07T23:43:00.000-05:00

Here’s an awesome recording with Dave Issing in for Bob along with the Concert Calendar.

Wow, the names of some of those bands and the venues they played in. I generally went to the Merrriweather Post Pavillion and the Cap Center but on occasion made it to 9:30 Club and other intimate shows.

Dave Issing in for Bob
7PM Feb 15 1989
28:56
Zip File .MPG
160 kbps

Artist and Song
Shona Laing - Drive baby drive
U2 - I Will Follow
Ongo Bongo - Not my Slave (Live)
English Beat - Come Again
Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender
A-Ha - Sun Always Shines on TV

Commercials
Car Stereo Systems
The Might be Giants live at Kemp Mills Records “You saw them on Letterman” spot
“Have you heard the News?” Slickie Boys at the Roxie spot

Concert Calendar brought to you by Myer-Emco

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E4R5PM0C

Interview w/Simon & Nick from Duran Duran Dec '84

2008-01-07T00:22:00.001-05:00

First 8 minutes 22 seconds of recording is:
'The Source' syndicated radio show airs across US, featuring tracks from 'Arena', the US premiere of 'Do They Know It's Christmas', Rona Elliot interviewing Simon and Nick from Abbey Road studios in London, and fans' questions being answered.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9GC932XN

If I find the other part of the interview, I'll post it.

Other artists on recording
Yes
Billy Idol
U2

32 minutes
256 kbps

WHFS 1984 with DJ Damian

2008-01-06T02:43:00.000-05:00

WHFS:
This tape is probably from 1984 since Damian plays two songs from the Streets of Fire soundtrack which came out in the summer of '84. Plus, the Rockville Kemp Mill just opened. Some of the songs Damian says he just played are not on the tape near the beginning. I think I liked hitting the pause button when I didn’t like a song, Sorry. It’s still great hearing Damian DJ.

There are some great commercials as well, Career Connections, Pants Corral, and an awesome one from Kemp Mill Records. This recording was originally recorded on a non-high bias tape, so the quality is not great. Plus, with no digital tuner, fading and static are present.

Tape title: Punk Rock (Back then, that’s what I thought it was)
What’s on it: Damain from what appears to be 1984
42.77 MB
46 minutes run time (approx)
128 kbps
DJ - Damian
Some of what’s on this recording-
Beatles – I am the Walrus
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
The Alarm – Howling Wind (Wasteland)
The Del Lords – Mercenary
Tom Robinson – Murder at the end of the day
Tom Robinson – Prism
Dan Hartman – I can dream about you
Lots of commercials
More from the Streets of Fire soundtrack
Ry Cooder - HOLD THAT SNAKE

Link to download this recording:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YK7ZOZXY

My first WHFS upload - Mark B

2008-01-06T00:07:00.000-05:00

WHFS
Dj - Mark B – WHFS
Date - Jan 1987 Approx 6:15PM to 7:00 PM
About 7 minutes of music prior to Killing Joke.
Killing Joke – Sanity
The request show phone not working -
Bob Geldof – Love Like a Rocket
The Cutting Crew – Don’t Look Back
77’s – The Lust the Flesh the Eyes and the Pride of Love
U2 – Still Haven’t Found what I’ve Looking For

Mark B recaps songs and reads ads
Tape continues with…
Ellen Foley – What's a Matter Baby?
Ian Hunter - Just another Night
David Bowie – Day in Day Out

Next song over 3 minutes
Don’t know the song but here are some lyrics…please help
Hard piano- drums and horns to start
The sixties, there was acid… the love was intense
The seventies I spent drinking…I can’t remember them
Now it’s the eighties…I’ve moved into space
I’ve been searching high and low drinking from the fountain of youth
Gotta have something more
My fingers are electric…
My round eyes filled with light
New darkness surround me
As the cold moon shatters the night
And so on…

Link to first WHFS upload - Jan 1987 DJ MarkB

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LJ7E7V00

Check out more WHFS tapes and the blog that got me started on this only two days ago. http://incaroads-wvkayaker.blogspot.com/2008/01/whfs-1023-fm-weasel-02-18-1983-600-900.html