Radio Show:COUNTRY CROSSROADS #49-83 & 50/83 MARTY ROBINS & 75TH ANNIVERSARY 4-H

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HELLO FELLOW COLLECTORS AND WELCOME TO MY EBAY STORE.  HERE IS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU.  BUY ANY FIVE ITEMS AT ONE TIME FROM MY STORE AND YOU GET A SIXTH OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE ABSOLUTELY FREE.  JUST MESSAGE ME THROUGH THE EBAY MAIL SYSTEM WITH YOUR CHOICE OF FREE SHOW AND IT WILL BE ON ITS WAY TO YOU.  THIS SAVES YOU AT LEAST 20% ON YOUR TOTAL ORDER. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LISTING PICTURE IS GENERIC AND NOT THE ACTUAL SHOW YOU ARE CONSIDERING.  SINCE ALL RADIO SHOWS OF THE SAME TYPE LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL CUE SHEET LISTINGS, I PROVIDE ONE PICTURE AND LIST THE SHOW CONTENTS BELOW FOR YOU TO SEE.

 SO HERE IS THE BIG QUESTION:  

WHAT IS A RADIO SHOW?

  WHY COLLECT THEM? 

 WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?  

Well, those are good questions, especially if you have never known of them.

  Radio Shows are syndicated productions by one of several large and small distributors who supply broadcast product to radio stations normally during weekends when the usual air personalities have a break. 

 Many air on Saturday or Sunday evenings or during overnight segments.  They often feature some of the best known voices for their genre from across the country thus the Dick Clark's and Casey Kasem's and Rick Dees and Dick Bartley and so many others. 

 People collect them for various reasons. 

 Some just collect the series because they like it and want them all. 

 Some collect their favorite artists or genre of music.  Rather than an album by the artist or a compilation bought at Wal Mart or downloaded through iTunes or wherever, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj presentations which were very entertaining.

  Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments.  

Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those.

  AND, these shows are in limited quantity.

  They were pressed just for syndicated stations in the United States. 

 Many have just a few still in circulation.  Some of the more popular shows may have as many as a few hundred of each week's show that survived but think about it.  A few hundred for some 200 million Americans and millions of overseas collectors who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music is about as rare as rare can be.  

AND most stations just threw them away since they could never be aired again due to the time limited commercial content on the shows and the limited storage space available at most radio stations.  Believe me I know,  I work at one!  

That being said, they are increasingly hard to find. 

 They were first distributed on reel to reel tape if the show goes back that far into the 60's, then later on lp, later on CD and even later (after 2000 for most shows) on CDR. 

 Now they are not available at all to collectors since they are distributed by digital download much like you get your music from iTunes.

 These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them and the people who sell them, like me, are running out of them.  My best contact for these shows is out of shows so I am at the mercy of finding a good deal here and there but never from a regular source.  The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and only increase.  

 I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a no holds barred guarantee that you will be happy or I refund your money.

  I sell them for near what I bought them for.  I give volume discounts and discount postage always.  As the postal service increases their rates, my shipping rates over the years has decreased. 

 And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of over ten thousand shows, so many that I don't even know all that I have and am sometimes amazed when I go to look for one show and find another that I did not realize I had.

  Finally, it is Americana at its best. 

 Whether the show be from the 60's or 2000's, rock, countdown, oldies, country, classical, religious, jazz or big band, it is unique and home grown.  And you just can't find them anywhere.  Even record stores that still exist will rarely have any.  

 Radio shows are wonderful representations of the real golden age of radio at least music wise. 

 And every  one you buy is  an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions in the hundreds at most and most much less. 

   Picture yourself back in the  70's and 80's .  You were glued to your walkman  listening to the top 40 presented by your local radio station.  You had that thing glued to your ear or connected with the little earphone jack that immediately broke.  Your local dj was great.  He knew the music.  He had the gift of talking which rarely occurs anymore.  You loved the presentation of the music as much as the sounds.  You liked the station jingles. 

 And on weekends when the local dj's had off, you listened to either taped shows they did during the week to be played on the weekend or a syndicated radio show featuring one of the greats. 

 It was the golden age of country.  Music was king and the dj's were just as popular.  You can relive those days with a dynamite countdown series like this with one of radio's best and most enduring dj's.  

THIS SHOW IS ONE OF THE BEST COUNTRY ARTIST FEATURED SHOWS. EACH SHOW WAS HOSTED BY A COUNTRY GREAT WITH THEIR MUSIC, INTERVIEWS, AND OFTEN OTHER SONGS SELECTED BY THE HOSTS.

 It is called COUNTRY CROSSROADS  and aired on the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission Network. 

 It was an enormously popular show in its day.

  It was composed of two thirty minute shows and featured a top artist profile in each show 

There were no cue sheets with this show but the focus of the show was written on the sleeve of each show.    This show probably was played on the day it aired and not since, thirty three years later.  

    Each half hour  show contained tunes  featuring the artist profiled.  

  There were interviews with featured artists and an inspirational message where commercials on regular radio shows would air.

 It is an enthralling show that will captivate you.  You will be disappointed when it is over. 

  This show is # 49-83         and       #50-83   and featured      

ON SHOW #49-83        THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF 4-H AND TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD

ON SHOW #50-83       MARTY ROBBINS CO HOSTS WITH THE WHOLE SHOW DEVOTED TO HIM

          It is a great show and it belongs in your collection.    What a show!           It is a great variety of music along with interviews and fun facts.    How can you beat that!!!!!!   You will super great tunes and the best part is that you can hear them again and again, over and over,  whenever you want.      

    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 no commercials in this show but a few inspirational spots that you will find inspiring.       

 It is a great show and would be a valuable addition to your collection 

Good Luck and God Bless You.