RADIO SHOW: ROCKIN w/SCOTT SHANNON 8/31/85 TINA TURNER,STING,BILLY OCEAN,PRINCE

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    Hello Again, friends of great music!   

 This show, for all you vinyl lovers, and there are a bunch out there judging by the number of you that have responded to my rare and old vinyl radio shows, is a rare vinyl that you will not find on eBay ever.

  It is called ROCKIN AMERICA COUNTDOWN WITH SCOTT SHANNON  and aired WEEKLY on the WESTWOOD ONE RADIO NETWORK.

THIS SHOW AIRED ON 8/31/85 AND WAS SHOW #85-35

AS AN EXTRA, IT COMES IN ITS ORIGINAL MAILING BOX WHICH MAKES IT EVEN RARER.  ALL THE WESTWOOD ONE MEMOS ARE INCLUDED THAT ARE IN THE BOX

It aired the top 20 rock songs of the week with artist features along with rare interviews each hour.

It is one of the rarest countdown series that you will ever find.  This is only one of five or six that I have and they have been in my personal collection for years and years.  It is time to share these rare and special shows with my collector friends.  

IT IS ON THREE LPs

   THIS SPECIAL HAS  BEEN PLAYED ONLY ON ITS NETWORK AIR DATE.  

  You will receive all 3 lps, IN MINT NEW CONDITION, along with all the cue sheets as pictured in excellent condition.  

SHOW CONTENTS IN THEIR ENTIRELY CAN BE SEEN ON THE CUE SHEET PICTURES. 

 The music and presentation is outstanding.  SCOTT SHANNON is known for his music expertise even today after all these years and is one of the biggest names in music.    

 Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Scott Shannon grew up an Army brat in Indianapolis, Indiana. He began his radio career during his own Army stint at WFBS/1450 AM in Spring Lake, North Carolina (later WFBX). From there he moved to WCLS/1580 AM in Columbus, Georgia. After leaving the army, Shannon worked full-time in radio at WABB in Mobile, Alabama, where he acquired the name Super Shan. After a brief stint at WMPS in Memphis he moved to Nashville, where he was the evening disc jockey at WMAK/1300 AM, later becoming that station's program director. While at WMAK,interactions and an interview between Shannon and Neil Young were recorded for Young's film Journey Through the Past 

From 1984, Shannon hosted Westwood One's weekly "Scott Shannon's Rockin' America: The Top 30 Countdown" on over 200 radio stations. This rapidly proved a popular show with its own countdown chart style and comic character element, known as "Mr. Leonard" (John Rio). The show used its own chart and was very close to the Radio & Records Magazine CHR Top 30 chart, albeit from 2 weeks before the broadcast weekend. The final show to air using its own compiled chart was for the weekend of 28–30 August 1987 which was very similar to the R&R chart published in the issue dated 14 August 1987. Beginning with the broadcast of 4–6 September 1987 the countdown switched from its own compiled countdown to the R&R CHR Top 30 chart, however, it used the chart from 2 weeks earlier, thus for this broadcast, the R&R chart used was that published in the issue dated 21 August 1987. This continued into 1990.

There is incertitude whether the show again moved away from using the R&R chart during mid-1990. At that time, the show was renamed from "Scott Shannon's Rockin' America: The Top 30 Countdown" to "The All Request Top 30 Countdown" and was based on requests from all around the world and Radio & Records Magazine, suggesting it was now using a combination of both ratings methods.

In March 1992, Shannon left Westwood One (1976–2011) Radio Networks which effectively brought an end to the show. Shannon, went on to start a new show named "Scott Shannon's Battle of the Hits," produced by Cutler Productions and aired over the July 4th weekend in 1992. The show was aimed to bring new life into the Top 40 countdown format which had been struggling right along with the Top 40 format   

     You will love this show and it belongs in your collection.    

       Remember, when you buy this show, not only will you own the tunes but also interspersed between songs is fascinating commentary on the artists and songs.  

  Also, keep in mind that this and all  shows are not just about the music - the music can be found anywhere.  It is the mixture of great music and great announcing that makes it so entertaining. 

 As well, it is a piece of radio history.  You just aren't going to find these shows anymore.  Think of what they will be worth in a few years!  (IF you wanted to sell.)  I am selling to share with other music lovers what I was able to get at a reasonable price  

There are likely only a few left anywhere as many if not most airing stations just threw them away after airing because they could never be aired again due to the commercial content which was time directed and the lack of storage space at most radio stations.  (Believe me, I know!  I work at one!)

As always, buy as many as you want and pay one flat shipping charge of $2.99.  For my International friends, pay shipping for your first item and all other ship for no extra charge except for multi lp shows which ship for only an additional $8 for each show.

  Good Luck and God Bless You.