The Heart Of Rock & Roll custom versions
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Topic: The Heart Of Rock & Roll custom versions
Posted By: hofflalu
Subject: The Heart Of Rock & Roll custom versions
Date Posted: 13 September 2023 at 2:43pm
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I recall hearing on the radio in the Milwaukee area in
1984 a version of "The Heart Of Rock & Roll" by Huey Lewis & The News where Lewis yells "Milwaukee" towards the end. That's essentially become my white whale radio version of a song -- since I now work on a classic hits station up in Eau Claire, WI, I'd play that version (he apparently also said "Minneapolis!" in that one) on the radio...if a copy still exists. I understand there were other custom versions, and I happened across a Canadian/international one that did make its way to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqlr2qoa5Uc - Heart Of Rock & Roll Alternate Versions Does anyone know if any other custom versions -- and, particularly, that "Milwaukee/Minneapolis" one -- are still around somewhere? |
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Posted By: C J Brown
Date Posted: 13 September 2023 at 3:55pm
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I would like any custom radio edits of Starship - We Built
The City..............if any still exist. |
Posted By: RichM921
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 4:16am
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I have the “Knoxville-Nashville, Tennessee” version on my YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/ZYVNHxQpwhs?si=4KaSfhn_Kltbl8ZO - Huey Lews and the News - Heart of Rock & Roll (Knoxville-Nashville, TN version) As for “We Built This City”, I have the four versions that were used on WCBS-FM in New York uploaded here. https://youtu.be/uS0S0ofoiIE - Starship - We Built This City (WCBS-FM New York Custom Versions) . I have a couple other local versions of the Starship song, but I haven’t posted them anywhere. |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 9:05am
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We did our own local version at K104 in Erie PA in 1985 but
unfortunately I don't own a copy nor know anyone from back then that does. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 9:06am
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Nevermind, I was thinking of We Built This City. Disregard,
lol. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 9:40am
Huey did one for Chicago (adding Kansas City as well)--WLS-AM/FM in Chicago played it to death. There's an aircheck of WLS floating around on Mixcloud that has it. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
hofflalu wrote:Posted By: hofflalu
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 5:36pm
I Googled "Mixcloud" for Milwaukee & Minneapolis stations after reading your post, and stumbled across -- on the Internet Archive -- a cassette tape recording of "Countdown '84" by WLOL in Minneapolis. Partway through segment 11, there was the "Minneapolis! Milwaukee!" version: http://archive.org/details/cftp-wlol-1984-12-31 - WLOL "Countdown '84" |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 8:29pm
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Digitized by our very own Ron G. Fun to hear that. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 14 September 2023 at 9:11pm
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Neat-o! I didn't realize that was on there! Thank you, Internet Archive! ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Bill Cahill
Date Posted: 15 September 2023 at 2:43am
| There was one made for "Syracuse-Albany" which was played on WTRY, but unfortunately I didn't save the tape. |
Posted By: 995wlol
Date Posted: 15 September 2023 at 11:03am
I used a web-based AI to try and remove the instrumental backing from this aircheck and mix it over a CD source. Turned out ok, but the resolution on the aircheck is so low that it's not a perfect re-creation. I'm optimistic that at the rate AI is improving, I'll someday be able to "upscale" the resolution on the radio source to create a near-perfect version for this and several other custom radio station versions. |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 17 September 2023 at 6:58pm
You guys ran a great station. What shift would I have heard you on? Any airchecks? ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: eriejwg
Date Posted: 19 September 2023 at 12:26pm
I did weekend overnights and some daytime fill in as "Jeff O'Brien" until February of 1985 when they moved me to full- time overnights from 1985-January, 1988. I have a couple of airchecks on a cassette somewhere, one from 1984 and one from 1986. Of course, no way to transfer it once I would find the tape. ------------- John Gallagher Erie, PA https://www.johngallagher.com" rel="nofollow - John Gallagher Wedding & Special Event Entertainment / Snapblast Photo Booth |