Complete Offshore Pirate Radio Broadcasts Collection (4 Discs)

Synopsis

Genuine "Pirate Radio" airchecks broadcast to you through the sealanes of time from off the various coasts of Europe. Four-volume set - Over 363 hours packed into 705 MP3s on 4 DVDs. It may sound incredible to our modern ears, but there was a time, with its heyday in the late 1950s to 1960s, when the seas about Europe were speckled with converted mine-sweepers, liberty ships, fishing trawlers and even abandoned anti-aircraft installations that were topped with radio antennae and bore a bevy of true-believer deejays with the common mission of bringing to the peoples of Western Europe the music of the day’s youth, in exactly the same manner that the Voice of America was broadcasting to the peoples of Eastern Europe. At the time, even the liberal democracies of Europe had rigid playlists and content policies that prevented many of their listening audience, especially the kids amongst them, from hearing the music they wanted to hear or to hear it whenever they wanted. Starting variously around the Vik, and especially off the coast of Holland, where there were broadcasts emanating from houseboats with signals that sometimes covered only a single town or city, soon inspired enthusiasts and corporate ventures alike took to the seas to broadcast content that the red tape and institutional resistance of state sponsored ventures like the BBC wouldn’t permit, but which entrepeneurs whose commercial use of that content made a viable business venture out of it would.

Vol 1: "WONDERFUL RADIO LONDON" The U.K.'s most popular pirate radio station broadcasting offshore during the Swinging ‘60’s! Many recordings of John Peel’s ‘The Perfumed Garden’ are included, together with the station’s final broadcast.
Vol 2: VOLUME TWO: RADIO CAROLINE The first ff The U.K.'s Pirate Top 40 Stations playing favourite hits of the Swinging ‘60’s
Vol 3: RNI RADIO NORDSEE INTERNATIONAL The 1970-74 Pirate that defied jamming, hijacking & firebombing to give airplay to the music of the day
Vol 4:THE OTHER UK PIRATES Britain Radio/Radio 227/Radio 270/Radio 355/Radio 390/Radio Atlanta/Radio City/Radio Essex/Radio Hauraki/Radio Invicta/Radio Nord/Radio Scotland/Radio Sutch & Swinging Radio England - Over 90 Hours Packed Into 190 MP3s On 1 DVD! 20 Broadcasts & Jingles of Radio Britain; 1 of Radio 227; 8 of Radio 270; 9 of Radio 355; 43 of Radio 390, 2 of Radio Atlanta; 21 of Radio City; 1 of Radio Essex; 1 of Radio Hauraki; 1 of Radio Invicta; 1 of Radio Nord; 3 of Radio Scotland; 2 of Radio Sutch & 78 of Swinging Radio England

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Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2006

Subjects

Media studies; Music

Keywords

popular music; radio broadcasting; pirate radio; offshore broadcasting

Credits

Contributor

John Peel

Distribution Formats

Type

Audio

Format

DVD

Price

$35.95

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

363 hours

Year

2010

Distributor

Name

MediaOutlet.com

Email

service@prosperohouse.com

Web

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Address

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Notes

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