SPOILER ALERT!!!!

DID YOU KNOW THAT ROBERT W. MORGAN WAS ONE OF ROCK'S GREATEST AND MOST LEGENDARY DJ'S AND WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE 'BOSS RADIO' SOUND IN THE 60's?

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE 'BOSS RADIO' WITH ROBERT W. MORGAN, WHO ALONG WITH FELLOW BOSS JOCK 'THE REAL' DON STEELE  WERE THE TOP STUDENTS OF THE GENRE AND WHO TOOK THEIR RADIO STATIONS TO THE TOP OF THE NIELSEN RATINGS WHEREVER THEY WERE LOCATED.

AHOY MATEYS

ARE YOU READY??

LET ME HEAR IT!!

ARE YOU READY TO SET SAIL ON THE GOOD SHIP SS KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES, FOR A VOYAGE CHARTING THE BEST OF VINYL AND CD RADIO SHOWS?

RADIO SHOWS FOR LOVERS OF GREAT ROCK MUSIC OR GREAT COUNTRY MUSIC FROM THE 50's INTO THE 2000's.... WEEKLY COUNTDOWN SHOWS FEATURING YOUR FAVORITE ACTS BOTH ROCK OR COUNTRY.....TRIBUTE SHOWS FEATURING ONE ACT OR ARTIST......LIVE COUNTRY OR ROCK LIVE CONCERTS....FOLK MUSIC SHOWS.....BIG BAND ERA SHOWS...INTERNATIONAL SHOWS....GOSPEL AND INSPIRATIONAL RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING....RARE INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS, MANY OF WHOM ARE NO LONGER WITH US... GREAT COMEDY SHOWS AND MORE?

FEATURING ROCK'S  AND COUNTRY'S MOST POPULAR DJ's....

WHEN DJ'S WERE ALLOWED TO BE DJ'S AND NOT JUST ROBOTS PLAYING 'MOST MUSIC' AND READING CANNED LINES, AND WHEN SHOWS HAD SPECIAL RARE INTERVIEWS AND OFTEN FASCINATING THEMES, AND NOT JUST THE SAME TOP 20 SONGS EVERY HOUR, OVER AND OVER

AND,EACH SHOW IS SUPER RARE, UNLIKE COMMERCIALLY RELEASED LPs OR CDs RELEASED IN THE THOUSANDS, HUNDRED THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS...

AND HOW DO YOU DEFINE RARENESS??

THERE WERE NO MORE THAN 175 LPS OR CDS PRESSED FOR EACH RADIO SHOW.  THIS REPRESENTED THE TOP 175 RADIO MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY AND ONLY ONE STATION IN EACH MARKET COULD AIR THE SHOW.  

STATIONS IN MARKETS BELOW THE TOP 175 (THERE ARE 306 MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES) HAD TO TAKE THE SATELLITE FEED OF THE SHOW FROM THE SYNDICATOR OF THE SERIES)

AND, DUE TO CONTRACTUAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS, EACH RADIO STATION WAS ALLOWED TO AIR EACH SHOW EXACTLY ONCE AND NO MORE.  

SO, MOST RADIO STATIONS JUST DESTROYED THEM AFTER AIRING SINCE THEY WERE USELESS TO THE STATION AFTER AIRING.  THERE IS NO TELLING HOW MANY OF EACH SHOW SURVIVED.  WHO KNOWS - THIS COULD BE THE ONLY ONE.

SO, WELCOME AGAIN 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

BOYS AND GIRLS

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA (BACK TO OUR THEME) AS WAS SAID BY WALTER WINCHELL AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF HIS DAILY NEWSCASTS

OK, A SMALL DIVERSION, WHO WAS WALTER WINCHELL?  (I WAS A TEACHER SO I AM ALWAYS AT MY JOB!!!)

AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA  (CREDIT TO WALTER WINCHELL IF YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHO HE IS...SADLY, I DO!  IT WAS HIS BEGINNING OF EVERY ONE OF HIS NIGHTLY NEWS SHOWS BACK IN THE DAY...WAY BACK IN THE DAY!!!)

Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 - February 20, 1972) was a syndicated American newspaper columnist and radio news commentator Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national prominence in the 1930s with the Hurst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy  staccato news briefs, jokes, and jazz age slang. Biographer Neal Gabler  claimed that his popularity and influence "turned journalism into a form of entertainment"

SO ONCE AGAIN,MATES AND MATEYS, YOU'RE SAILING ON THE SS KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES, ONE OF EBAY'S PREMIERE BUYERS AND SELLERS OF PRISTINE RARE RADIO SHOWS OF ALL GENRES ALONG WITH OTHER GREAT VINTAGE AMERICANA THAT COLLECTORS ALL OVER THE WORLD TREASURE.

KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES SELLS TO ALMOST EVERY COUNTRY IN THE FREE WORLD FROM AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN TO ENGLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, FRANCE, ITALY AND GERMANY, AND FROM BRAZIL TO CHILE.

PLEASE  NOTE FELLOW COLLECTOR FRIENDS THAT WHEN YOU BUY FIVE OR MORE ITEMS FROM MY STORE AT ONE TIME THAT EBAY WILL IMMEDIATELY DISCOUNT YOUR INVOICE BY 20%  IT IS THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR MY FELLOW COLLECTORS WHO LOOK FOR GREAT DEALS AS MUCH AS I DO!   

PLUS LOOK FOR EBAY COMPUTER GENERATED BONUS 15% OFF DISCOUNTS THAT WILL APPEAR AT UNEXPECTED MOMENTS (HINT - IF YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE BUT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO GET IT, LEAVE IT IN YOUR CART FOR AWHILE AND THE EBAY SYSTEM MAY PICK IT UP AND MAY SEND YOU A DISCOUNT COUPON)

OR DON'T WAIT, JUST SHOOT ME AN OFFER EVEN IF IT A SHOW WHERE MAKE AN OFFER IS NOT ENABLED.

AND IF YOU COMBINE THE ABOVE WITH SOME SELECTIONS FROM KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES WEEKLY HALF PRICE AND REDUCED PRICE SPECIALS, YOU WILL SAVE EVEN MORE....MUCH MORE!!  JUST CLICK ON THE TAB ON KEITH'S HOME PAGE TO SEE ALL THE VARIED OFFERINGS TO WHICH MORE ARE ADDED ALMOST DAILY.

KEITH'S KOLLECTABLES PRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL 'PUBLIC SERVICE' RADIO SHOWS THAT EVER AIRED

ROBERT W. MORGAN FOR TODAY'S ARMY

THIS IS ONE OF THE COOLEST SOFT ROCK SHOWS EVER TO AIR ON RADIO, EVEN IT BEING DESIGNED FOR RADIO STATIONS TO USE AS A PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THEIR LICENCE OBLIGATION TO AIR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE SO CALLED 'PUBLIC SERVICE' PRESENTATIONS EACH WEEK.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE US MILITARY, WHICH SPONSORED MANY OF THESE SERIES REALIZED THAT TO GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS, THE HAD TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT THAT ATTRACTED LISTENERS.  SO, THEY HIRED THE BEST DJ'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PRESENT THE SERIES AND ITS ULTIMATE MESSAGE.  THUS YOU HAVE THE ROBERT W. MORGAN, ALISON STEELE, KENNY ROGERS, WOLFMAN JACK, 'MARVELOUS' MARV BROOKS, AND MORE HOSTING MUSIC SHOWS WITH MUSIC ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE GENRES AND AUDIENCES.

THE GREAT PART FOR LISTENERS IS THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY GET GREAT MUSIC PRESENTED BY GREAT DISC JOCKEYS WITH NO MULTI MINUTE COMMERCIAL INTERRUPTIONS ASIDE FROM THE HOST'S SHORT THEMED SNIPPETS DURING THE SHOW

SADLY IN 1975, THE MILITARY ARMED SERVICES DECIDED THAT THE EXPENSE IN PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING THESE SHOWS WHERE THEY AIRED IN RADIO STATION DOWN TIME LIKE SUNDAYS,  AND HAD LOWER RATINGS THAT OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF WHEN THEY WERE AIRED, THAT THEIR ADVERTISING DOLLARS WOULD BE BETTER SPENT BY BUYING ADVERTISING ON REGULARLY SYNDICATED COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS LIKE CASEY KASEM, DICK CLARK, BOB KINGSLEY, DICK BARTLEY, CROOK AND CHASE, AND OTHERS, AND THE MILITARY SHOWS WERE DISCONTINUED.

 LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SHOW AND THEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS, KEEP READING AND I WILL GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT FOR YOU.

This show is relatively rare considering it being a public service program because of its popularity and thus its demand by collectors.

ROBERT W. MORGAN FOR TODAY'S ARMY was a 30 minute weekly show.  It was sent to subscribing radio stations monthly in a beautiful tri fold album containing two lps.  Each of the four sides of the two lps contained one week's 30 minute show.  The contents of each of the four shows was printed on the inside of the tri fold album.

And, unlike most other syndicated shows, Robert W. Morgan often chose lesser known tunes from the artists he chose for each show which was a big turn on for his audience.

Robert W. Morgan's start toward fame began on April 27, 1965 when his career and that of "The Real" Don Steele and programmer Ron Jacobs would gain superstar status almost overnight when they joined the staff of KHJ in Los Angeles. Programming genius Bill Drake along with a staff of talented DJs called "Boss Jocks" had transformed a sleepy giant into the city's most dominant radio station. It was here that Morgan enjoyed his greatest on-air success as one of the original "Boss Jocks" on 93/KHJ which dominated the radio market from 1965 to 1973. Morgan's signature slogans, "Good Morgan Boss Angeles!" and "Arise and Morganize" would become familiar to his devoted morning drive time audience until the end of his career. It was also Morgan that voiced many of the "Boss Radio/93 KHJ station promos and imagery. It was also during this time that Morgan co-produced and narrated the 48-hour History of Rock and Roll in 1969, a definitive on-air encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. It was the first-ever "rock-umentary" aired worldwide as a definitive history of the Rock & Roll genre—a "rockumentary," as producers Drake and  Gene Chenault would call it—that would stretch from the early 1950s to 1989.

This show aired weekly, a different show for each week of December, 1975

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

  SO WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT RADIO SHOWS? 

 LET ME TELL YOU BUT FIRST....

Allow me tell you my own personal story of discovering the wonder of radio shows.

  I discovered radio shows quite by accident while reading one of my favorite (long since departed) magazines called "Discoveries" (It was later bought by the same company that publishes "Goldmine" which I personally always considered a lesser publication, but that is another story.

  This was before ebay became the driving force in radio show sales (and everything else) in the later 1990's.

 I was especially attracted in "Discoveries" to a two page (or more) spread in each issue by a guy called "The Old Hippie". 

 Let me tell you, the Old Hippie had it all.  He was a real pioneer.  Way before anyone knew what radio shows even were let alone that they could be bought as rarities; The Old Hippie had the market cornered.

Most shows that he advertised were way beyond my budget but I drooled over those pages every issue and once in awhile I could afford one or two. 

 Now, I have attempted in my own humble way to take on the mantle of "The Old Hippie".  I have listed over 11,000 unique radio shows of all genres for you all to drool over, and most at prices, hopefully, that collectors can better afford!  I want to make available to collectors what I could not afford and especially in these days of higher prices and lesser availability.

Radio shows are harder and harder to find in quantity and the prices for the ones still out there just go higher and higher as they disappear from the market.  However, because of my large presence on eBay, I am often contacted with selling offers, some of which I take advantage of and some I have to pass on because of the prices. I have found that by buying in bulk, even when many or most of the shows are lesser known but still amazing shows, I can offer the best prices on all titles.

  NOW, EXACTLY 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 mornings, afternoons or evenings or less often during overnight segments and weekdays.

  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 download, they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj comments which were very entertaining. 

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

 Some collect commercials  

They were first distributed on reel to reel tape or 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 only through digital download

These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them. If they do later sell, it is to make a huge profit since prices go up all the time.

 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  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 have decreased.

  And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of over fifteen thousand unique 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 music radio. 

 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, like this special show,  much less.  Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!  Welcome to the Club!

Also, keep in mind that this and all radio shows are not just about the music - the music for the most part 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.  

   As always, I charge only shipping on the first show you buy for U.S. buyers so the more you buy the more you save in shipping charges.  And for my international friends, shipping is exclusively handled by the eBay International Shipping Program. 

So, let's sail together on the 'SS Keith's Kollectables' and sail into parts unknown seeking the best radio shows that ever aired that you can treasure forever.

It's pure gold, Mateys!!!

 Good Luck and God Bless You.