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Documentary LP's
THE STORY OF RADIO ATLANTIS Offshore Echo's OEF03 (F.1982) Produced by Chris Edwards and narrated by John Harding, the record features interviews with deejays and station owner Adriaan van Landschoot as well as airchecks and jingles from this short lived but influential station. The front cover features a black and white photo of the "Jeannine" and the back cover has a montage of photos of the deejays and the ship.
RADIO CAROLINE STORY Black & White Offshore Records OF-CA1 (NL.1973) A Lion Productions record narrated by Lion Keezer, Andy Archer and Alan Clarke. Offshore Records also produced a number of "bootleg" releases including "Going Home" a live double by Ten Years After and the "White Yes Album".
RADIO CAROLINE - TRUE
STORY UNTIL 1974 a) Record
Productions J.A.F. Bolland Jnr. RP74.10.30 (NL.1974), b) Lark Records INL2592
(NL.1975) The original release a) was only available by mail order, the
re-release b) was generally available and was manufactured by Inelco Nederland
bv. The story of the station until 1974 narrated by Brian Anderson, features
interviews station staff and airchecks from Radio Atlantis, Seagull, Mi Amigo,
the link up with Hilversum 3 plus commercials and promotions including a version
of Big 6 by Norman Barrington and Bob Noakes, that resulted in Norman being
fired. The cover has a colour photo of the ship off the Dutch coast, the back
cover has some black and white pictures and a list of all the deejays who worked
on the station between 1973 and 1974.
RADIO CAROLINE - THE OFFICIAL STORY Jumbo Records R102/103 Stereo (1975) A double album narrated by Tony Allan, with the stations history as approved by Radio Caroline. Features a colour cover with photo's of the Caroline ships, the inner covers feature black and white photo's of staff, ships and studios.
RADIO CAROLINE Offshore Echo's France FLP2 (1977) The history of Radio Caroline, with airchecks and programme extracts, linked by narration from Georges Cany in French. The front of the album sleeve features a line drawing of the MV Mi Amigo.
THE RADIO CAROLINE STORY 1964 - 1984 Jumbo Records R111 to R116 Stereo/ Mono (1984) A six album boxed set in a limited edition of 1000 copies. The box has a colour photo of the Ross Revenge on the cover, as well as a sticker giving the issue number, inside as well as the discs there is a black and white photo booklet. The six records provide a detailed history of the station from 1964 to 1984 with interviews, airchecks and jingles, forming the definitive story of Radio Caroline.
DE GESHIEDENIS VAN DE
ZEEZENDERS CNR 540.070
(NL.1977) From the Dutch TV programme "The Day the Music died", the
album features the stories of Radio's Mercur, Caroline, Atlanta, Noordzee, Mi
Amigo and others on side one, with the story of Radio Veronica on side two,
complete with jingles and airchecks. The cover features black and white pictures
of the Mi Amigo, Norderney and Mebo I & II.
FLASHBACK 67 Jumbo Records R109/110 (1977) Highlights from Britains first offshore radio convention held at the Centre Airport Hotel, London Heathrow airport on 13th & 14th August 1967. Introduced and narrated by Mark Roman on this double album.
THE RADIO FORTS Offshore Echo's OEF 02 (F.1979) A double album of the story of the Fort based radio stations with airchecks, interviews and jingles, produced and narrated by Chris Edwards. The cover features black and white photo's of the forts with a montage of photo's of station staff and the forts on the inner cover. Side one features Radio Sutch and City with Screaming Lord Sutch and Dorothy Calvert and deejays, Side two features Radio Invicta, KING and 390 with Ted Allbeury and presenters. Side three, produced and narrated by Bill Rollins features Radio Tower with station staff, Side four features Radio Essex, BBMS and the story of Sealand with Roy and Joan Bates and deejays.
THE RADIO GEMINI LP
Ra-Gem Productions Deroy 1064 (1974) Off air recordings featuring "the
sounds of offshore radio from 1964 to 1968, introduced by the Gemini DJ's".
Available only by mail order from the land-based pirate Radio Gemini.
THE HISTORY OF
OFFSHORE RADIO IBS Records, un-numbered. (NL.1970) The
very first record documentary on offshore radio subtitled with recordings from
offshore commercial radio stations 1958 -1970 and the story told by Paul Harris,
author of "When Pirates ruled the Waves". The record was produced in Holland,
Germany and Britain for distribution to members of the International
Broadcasters Society. The record was not originally intended for retail sale,
but was later available by mail from Paul Harris's Oxford Street, London office.
HISTORIE VAN DE MV MI AMIGO SMC 100.004 (NL.1980) The story told in Dutch by Marc Jacobs, with extracts from Radio's Nord, Atlanta, Caroline and many others. A total of 32 airchecks, jingles and brief narration. The front cover has one of the last black & white pictures of the "Mi Amigo", the back features three small pictures of the ship together with a brief history.
THE LASER 558 STORY Jumbo Records and Tapes R119/120 (1988) A double album from East Anglian Productions, narrated by Charlie Wolf, featuring airchecks and interviews from Laser's brief history. The gatefold cover with colour cover has an inner montage of black and white photo's of the deejays and the station.
RADIO LONDON Offshore Echo's OEF1 (F.1977) Narrated in French by Richard Adaridi and featuring airchecks and jingles, the record is complete with an insert sheet detailing the stations history.
HET RADIO MONIQUE ALBUM Ross Records RR17586 (NL.1986) Narrated in Dutch with airchecks and interviews, produced by Walter Simmons and Ron West, the record has a colour photo cover of the Ross Revenge.
RADIO NORDSEE INTERNATIONAL FROM JANUARY 1970 TILL APRIL 1973 Park NLBP 3032 (NL.1973) A chronological report, this double LP features many rare and brilliantly recorded jingles along with many poor quality recordings, linked by RNI deejays Mike Ross and Nico Steenbergen.
THE RADIO NORDSEE INTERNATIONAL STORY Jumbo Records & Tapes R104/105 Stereo (1976) A double album narrated by Andy Archer with interviews and airchecks from the stations history between 1970 and 1974.
PIRATE MEMORIES
Royal Records 750 103 (NL.1975) The record contains recordings of pirate radio
from 1960 to 1974 including "Way back home" sung by Graham Gill,
Gerard van Dam with a commercial for Jacq Vrolijk, Peter Chicago and a frequency
change on 30th December 1972, Tony Allen about the Caroline club, jingles,
Samantha Dubois, Atlantis, Speech of Adriaan van Landschoot, the end of Atlantis
and others.
RADIO SCOTLAND Scotia Records SCO242 (October 1967) Released shortly after the stations demise, featuring the deejays and the station owner Tommy Shields, showcasing artistes from the Scotia label, including the station theme "Black Bear". The front cover shows a sepia photo of Radio Scotlands ship "Comet".
SORRY VERONICA - 14 JAAR VERONICA HISTORIE VIP VPR 1491 (NL.1974) Documentary of Veronica's offshore history including the last day at sea. Produced by Rob Out, Adje Bouwman, Tom Collins and Lex Harding. Apart from a few minor variations the record is the same as the Veronica Gaat Door LP Volume 12, see below.
10 YEARS OF OFFSHORE RADIO Jumbo R100/101 (1974) A double album with airchecks from the Sixties offshore stations on record one. Record two features station jingles including the Radio London theme "Big Lil" and extracts from Radio Northsea International during 1970 to 1971. Although sub-titled Highlights of Offshore Radio 1964 to 1974, the material is taken from the period 1964 to 1971. The album was reissued in revised form to remove All Copyrights reserved material, the later issues carry a small sticker on the cover to this effect.
ANOTHER 10 YEARS OF OFFSHORE
RADIO Jumbo Records & Tapes R117/118, Double cassette C117/118 (1988). A double
album with airchecks and jingles ranging from the close of the Dutch stations in
1974 through to the raid on Radio Caroline in August 1989. The gatefold sleeve
features a montage of photo's of offshore radio. The records although dated 1988
were not available until Summer 1990.
VERONICA GAAT DOOR VOLUME 12
Omega International OM755.012 (NL.1975) The last record in a series of twelve
featuring Veronica radio shows such as Jukebox and Vader Abraham. Volume 12
"Veronica Documentaire" consists of extracts of Radio Veronica's 14
years at sea including the last day.
THE VOICE OF PEACE - THE EIGHTIES Galim Records TSI 5062. (June 1990) Airchecks, commercials and jingles merge to tell the story of the station, produced by Mike "Coconut" Kerslake, the record has a colour photo cover of the Peace ship and is complete with a four page insert with black and white photo's and track listing, as well as a certificate recording the issue number from the limited edition of 500 copies.
ZEEZENDERS 1978 - 1979 SMC 100.001. (NL.1980) An album featuring Radio's Delmare 192, Caroline 319 and Mi Amigo 272.
ZENDERS IN WOELIG WATER Elf Provincien ELF 95.09 (NL.1974) The soundtrack to the TROS TV programme of 31st August 1974, featuring the story of offshore radio from the Scandinavian era, until the close of the Dutch stations at the end of August 1974.
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