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I just got a WCFL LP "Double Gold Album"
(no jacket) including 15 songs of the 50s-60s,
from Wooly Bully and Duke of Earl and
Johnny B. Goode to Hair. No date.

It also says "Post Records. More to come."

Any idea of when it was produced or what
it's worth?

How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
remember DXing it as a teenager.)

73s from 954

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> I just got a WCFL LP "Double Gold Album"
> (no jacket) including 15 songs of the 50s-60s,
> from Wooly Bully and Duke of Earl and
> Johnny B. Goode to Hair. No date.
>
> It also says "Post Records. More to come."
>
> Any idea of when it was produced or what
> it's worth?
>
> How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> remember DXing it as a teenager.)
>
> 73s from 954
>
I got 2 of those at the Goodwill about 5 years ago. I was wondering myself.<P ID="signature">______________

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Re: WCFL ended on........

> > How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> > remember DXing it as a teenager.)
> >
> > 73s from 954

03-15-1976, 5PM, put an end to WCFL AM1000.

2nd to last song was American Pie by Don McLean and final song was Life Is A Rock by Reunion.

Parting jock was SuperJock Larry Lujack. (Ironically, he was held over for 6 months on the Beautiful music format until he jumped over to WLS-am).

At 7PM, after 2 hours of "ocean waves" sound effects, Beautiful Music made its ill-fated debut.

Roll over to www.reelradio.com and do a search for WCFL, and you can hear WCFL's end (and Larry's final "Address to the Nation from the Voice of Labor" speech. Also available is a short clip of him announcing the following day on the new format.<P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

With a reminder to all those new Beautiful Music listeners that the Kiss concert would still be held!<P ID="signature">______________
Have a Happy New Year!
http://www.thebig8.net/have_a_happy_new_year_with_cklw.mp3</P>
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

> > > How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> > > remember DXing it as a teenager.)
> > >
> > > 73s from 954
>
> 03-15-1976, 5PM, put an end to WCFL AM1000.

Now WYTZ, let's not mislead the kids. WCFL AM 1000 existed through the mid 1980's! Just with different formats. Who here remembers Fred Winston on mornings there???
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

> With a reminder to all those new Beautiful Music listeners
> that the Kiss concert would still be held!
>

ROTFLMAO!

Very true gr8oldies! Keep collecting those wrappers!

=)<P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

> > > > How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> > > > remember DXing it as a teenager.)
> > > >
> > > > 73s from 954
> >
> > 03-15-1976, 5PM, put an end to WCFL AM1000.
>
> Now WYTZ, let's not mislead the kids. WCFL AM 1000 existed
> through the mid 1980's! Just with different formats. Who
> here remembers Fred Winston on mornings there???
>

LOL

Yes very true, but, The original CHR WCFL was what I was refering to.

For the record, Fred sounds great on any station. Remember when he did mornings on WPNT! Good stuff.

Now back to WCFL, we could technically say it lived through the late 80's on WLUW 88.7 on Sunday nights, and part of the early 90's too, as it moved West to Morris, on 104.7, until it redeemed itself from Rock n Roll. =)

But never as good as the first time, eh?<P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

> LOL
>
> Yes very true, but, The original CHR WCFL was what I was
> refering to.
>
> For the record, Fred sounds great on any station. Remember
> when he did mornings on WPNT! Good stuff.
>
> Now back to WCFL, we could technically say it lived through
> the late 80's on WLUW 88.7 on Sunday nights, and part of the
> early 90's too, as it moved West to Morris, on 104.7, until
> it redeemed itself from Rock n Roll. =)
>
> But never as good as the first time, eh?
>
Indeed. In my humble opinion, WCFL, Big 10 Radio was the best
Top 40 station ever heard in Chicago. The years were approximately
1966-1975. The best air personalities, an expansive playlist, and
creative production. WCFL also had a fully staffed news department
and was at the forefront of the burgeoning civil rights movement
with reporters like Jeff Kamen and Carol Simpson.

The jocks? So many great names....Jim Runyon, Dick Williamson,
Joel Sebastian, Ron Britain (King Bee), Barney Pip, Larry
Lujack, Jim Stagg. In the 70s, WCFL was home to Big Ron O`Brien,
Larry O`Brien, Dick Sainte & Doug Dahlgren, and the mysterious
Dr. Brock. The sad part of that list is how many of those jocks
are deceased.

Let`s not forget `CFL`s continuing series, The Adventures of
Chickenman, with the legendary Dick Orkin in the title role.
 
WCFL

> Indeed. In my humble opinion, WCFL, Big 10 Radio was the
> best
> Top 40 station ever heard in Chicago. The years were
> approximately
> 1966-1975.

Well, that answers the other thing I was wondering about.

I didn't remember it as top 40.
But it had to be '65 or '66 when I DXed it.

No one knows about the LP, huh?

73s from 954<P ID="signature">______________
Prairie Home Companion Coming To Miami in Feb! South Florida Radio Pages (since 1995)</P>
 
Re: WCFL

>
> No one knows about the LP, huh?
>

No idea on worth of the LP, but, I imagine that there are loyal fans that will buy it as a collectible, just like music surveys are collected.

WCFL would release those albums like WLS did. <P ID="signature">______________

"Z"
Music Coordinator/Technical Support</P>
 
Re: WCFL

> >
> > No one knows about the LP, huh?
> >
>
> No idea on worth of the LP, but, I imagine that there are
> loyal fans that will buy it as a collectible, just like
> music surveys are collected.
>
> WCFL would release those albums like WLS did.

I have a vague memory of the album. I`m sure it`s worth quite a
lot for collectors.

If I remember correctly, the Big 10 souvenir album had a recording
of Take Me Back by the Chicago band The Flock. The song was mastered
in mono so someone at the record label decided to electronically
rechannel it into something resembling stereo and it`s remarkably bad.
Luckily, WDRV`s musicologist Bob Stroud has finally rectified that
error and, for the first time ever, he offers a pristine mono mix
of that song on his new CD, Rock`n`Roll Roots, vol. 7. Stroud`s CD
is going fast, there are only a few copies left at area Borders`
and off the station`s website.
 
> I just got a WCFL LP "Double Gold Album"
> (no jacket) including 15 songs of the 50s-60s,
> from Wooly Bully and Duke of Earl and
> Johnny B. Goode to Hair. No date.
>
> It also says "Post Records. More to come."
>
> Any idea of when it was produced or what
> it's worth?

...Post Records was one of two outfits of the '60s that put together compilation albums and sold them via mail order and custom arrangements with numerous Top 40 radio stations around the country. (Take 6 Records was the other.) The same album you have was probably licensed territorially to at least a dozen other stations around the country, who in turn would sell the things at area department stores and mail-order through their local offices. Over the years I've come across Post Records LPs licensed to WIBG Philadelphia, KRLA Pasadena, WMPS Memphis, WOKY Milwaukee and WYNE Appleton/Green Bay as well as the WCFL album you mention. On average, the Take 6 albums were better done than the Post Records ones, as Take 6 often used stereo masters and Post invariably used overmodulated mono masters. They appear to have gone out of business around the time Ronco and K-Tel started mass marketing their LPs through TV ads...

> How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> remember DXing it as a teenager.)

...their Top 40 format died on The Ides of March, 1976. The station itself gave up the WCFL call sign circa '86...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
WCFL "Double Gold Album" LP -- Thank you for all the info!

> I just got a WCFL LP "Double Gold Album"
> (no jacket) including 15 songs of the 50s-60s,
> from Wooly Bully and Duke of Earl and
> Johnny B. Goode to Hair. No date.

Thank you everyone for the great answers.

This was my first appearance on the
Chicago board, but I remember DXing
WCFL and WLS in the mid-60s -- from
WKBW-land. (I've been in FL since then.)

I'm in no hurry to sell the WCFL LP.
Someday!

BTW -- If you plan a Fla. Vacation,
please check out the South Florida
Radio Pages first.

http://www.univox.com/radio
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Re: WCFL

>> No one knows about the LP, huh?
>
> 73s from 954
>
I have the LP,(with the cover) but it's been awhile since I've really paid attention to it. I will dig it out of the collection at home and get more info for you later, unless someone beats me to it. (I also have Post records from WFIL, another 'CFL single disc, a WRKO double from the Dale Dorman days and a -WOR-FM collection.)<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by uh_clem on 02/01/06 12:19 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: WCFL

> >> No one knows about the LP, huh?
> >
> > 73s from 954
> >
> I have the LP,(with the cover) but it's been awhile since
> I've really paid attention to it. I will dig it out of the
> collection at home and get more info for you later, unless
> someone beats me to it. (I also have Post records from WIBG,
> another 'CFL single disc and a WRKO double from the Gary
> Gears days)

Thanks Clem ... not urgent, just curious.

Lotta good songs on that LP.

I'm curious about the date, but they generall never put dates
on LPs, unless a special event.

73s from 954<P ID="signature">______________
Prairie Home Companion Coming To Miami in Feb! South Florida Radio Pages (since 1995)</P>
 
Re: WCFL ended on........

> > > > How long has WCFL been gone anyway? (I
> > > > remember DXing it as a teenager.)
> > > >
> > > > 73s from 954
> >
> > 03-15-1976, 5PM, put an end to WCFL AM1000.
>
> Now WYTZ, let's not mislead the kids. WCFL AM 1000 existed
> through the mid 1980's! Just with different formats. Who
> here remembers Fred Winston on mornings there???
>
To be exact:

1976-77--Easy Listening
By 1978, the format had modulated into AC, where it stayed until 1979 and Mutual's takeover.
1979-80--"Lifestyle Radio"/news-talk
Late 1980-82--AC with Winston in mornings
1982-83--Full service MOR (!) with Bob and Betty Sanders and Bill Berg
Mutual sold the station to Scott Ginsberg and then...
1984-87--CCM until Ginsberg and Heftel merged to form what would become Evergreen, the calls fiipped to WLUP-AM, Steve and Garry moved over from the FM and "hot talk" was born in Chicago
 
Re: WCFL the album release

>.
>
> Lotta good songs on that LP.
>
> I'm curious about the date, but they generall never put
> dates
> on LPs, unless a special event.
>
> 73s from 954
>
I'm thinking the release was in 1971 maybe '72. The latest hit on the album is Tighter and Tighter from Alive and Kicking (summer 1970.) Don't think they would have been able to release with current hits. My favorite is the extended version of The In Crowd by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. (I haven't found it on CD yet.)

Jocks with pictures are inside:
Clark Webber 6-10A Monday - Saturday
Robert E. Lee 10-A-1P Monday - Friday, 10A-2P Saturday
Dick Biondi 1-4P Monday - Friday, 3-7P Sunday
Gary Gears 4-7P Monday - Friday, 2-6P Saturday
Larry O'Brien 7-10P Monday - Friday, 6-10P Saturday, 7-10P Sunday
Ron Britain 10P - 1A Monday - Saturday
Bob Dearborn 1 -6A Tuesday - Sunday
Paul Christy 11A - 3P Sunday, 5 - 6 A Monday


<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by uh_clem on 02/01/06 12:20 AM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: WCFL the album release

> I'm thinking the release was in 1971 maybe '72. The latest
> hit on the album is Tighter and Tighter from Alive and
> Kicking (summer 1970.) Don't think they would have been able
> to release with current hits. My favorite is the extended
> version of The In Crowd by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. (I
> haven't found it on CD yet.)

Thanks!

Here's the funny part:

When I discovered it (in some old records I was given),
I only played one side.

So I just looked at it to see if I had the same versiom
you had. Yes.

Would you believe, I never even HEARD of Tighter and
Tighter? (I basically stipped listening to rock & roll
in '65.) So I just put it on the old Victrola (kidding)
and Hair just finished. Therefore just a few songs to
go 'til I hear it.

Tick tick tick...

OK, I think I've heard it before, but didn't know
the name.

73s from 954, listening to a blast from the past!<P ID="signature">______________
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Do you know what WCHL Stands For?

Well, I haven't listened to that LP since then.

Thanks, everyone, for your input.

But...

Do you know what the historic WCFL call letters stand for?

Chicago Federation of Labor!

Check this out....
What Do Call Letters Stand For? (NEW!)
http://www.cafepress.com/oldstations

73s from 954
 
The legal ID was followed by "The Voice of Labor"....even in the top 40 heyday. If memory serves, when the attempt was made to re-create the station at 104.7fm out of Morris, IL, they also included "The Voice of Labor" with the ID....which was pretty ridiculous!
 
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