This is a tape Len Groat made for friends in 1987 to demonstrate the new Trent 8  "Sitting in the shade" Alfasound package. Some cuts were inspired by JAM originals. The package featured two Dallas vocalists Mike Collier and Jackie Dickson, plus three English singers.  The travel news cut always reminded me of Stingray but was actually a pastiche of Lulu's Theme by Johnny Harris,  which Len had used for many years. Bodacious, dudes!

Trent 8 demo

Pirate Fm Song

Pirate Song - No Vocal

In 1979, TM Productions (Dallas) sold a package of radio jingles to KYGO-FM, Denver.  The station opted for the "L.A. vocals" by the Ron Hicklin Singers.  The jingles came from TM's "Winning Score" and "Fusion" packages.
Since I was then living in L.A., TM asked me to record and mix the jingles, along with Program Director John Driscoll.  It was October 10, 1979.  We did the vocals at Bell Sound Studios (Dick Hart engineered), then had to leave with the master 24-tk because the session ran long and Orson Welles had the studio booked after us,  (Sadly, we didn't get to meet him.)
We went to Crimson Sound, where I mixed the package, then to the Village Recorder for editing.  
Here's the package, which I dubbed to CD years later.  It's in stereo, and the track list is on my Facebook page. 
Hope you enjoy it!
(The pic here is me at the TM Studio A board, with Ken Justiss over my shoulder showing me where to spill the Diet Dr. Pepper...!)

Trent 8 demo

Colin N Ridley

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