Aloha! The Mindwrecker here, today in my real child-friendly identity of Uncle Drew, with some live-on-the-air audio verite` damage.
In 1982, cassette decks were my main musical instruments. I taped anything and everything and edited and looped it, to use on my radio show and in my band. These two files are from a cassette of an afternoon children's program going out live on KZSC, Santa Cruz, circa 1982. I don't know who the children were (now 27 years older) on the show that day (or the name of the program), it was merely more raw fodder for audio collage work.
The first MP3: You're a Little Kid With a Big Heart, starts abruptly in mid-story (but near the top, though), as that's where I tuned in and started rolling, just so you know the file isn't screwy.
The second, and much shorter clip, Frog Song, is notorious for my having used a loop derived from it in my audio arsenal for YEARS while I was playing in the band Big City Orchestra; it became an infamous 'signature' sound and has never been heard in its 'raw' original form.
The MP3s: You're a Little Girl With a Big Heart Frog Song
Great post. It reminds me of other great, great, radio programs that were on that station over the years.
Posted by: HowdyDodad | February 28, 2009 at 04:30 PM
What was the loop?
Posted by: Michael Munro | February 28, 2009 at 06:58 PM
In answer to "What was the loop" (which would be a good vocal sample line by itself), the thing came to be called 'crickety crick' and was 'retired' upon it's release as one of the first sound FX in the long-running Sound FX Library series, Volume One, track 13. By that time it had maddened many an audience.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | February 28, 2009 at 09:37 PM
According to http://www.the-breaks.com, it's from a track called "Ashley's Roachclip" by Soul Searchers. Apparently, it's been sampled by everybody—I think I was thinking of "Come Undone". Anyway, I wouldn't have found it without the Milli Vanilli reference, so thanks for that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9mjGHnClNc
Posted by: Michael Munro | March 01, 2009 at 06:36 AM
Huh-? Now I AM confused! Apparently we are talking about a totally different 'loop', as I sure haven't sampled the Soul Searchers or Milli V. Interesting crossed-circuit, here. Maybe the little girls on the show were doing an a capella rendition of a wicked break in 1982 on the radio. And then they grew up to be the Yeastie Girls or something. Now I begin to see it. Michael you're freaking me out.
Posted by: Mindwrecker | March 01, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Great post.
Posted by: Samner | July 04, 2009 at 09:59 AM