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Sunday, October 30, 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis / NBC Country Sessions Week #107 April 1.2.3 (1983)

Jerry Lee Lewis 
Country Sessions Week #107 April 1.2.3. 1983
No venue is mentioned, but at the start of "Don't Be Cruel," Lewis says it's "an honor to be here in Illinois...."

01 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Promo
02 Technical - 1 khz tone
03 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Intro
04 Jerry Lee Lewis - Rocking My Life Away
05 Morrie Trumble - Country
Sessions Week #107 Break
06 Commercial - Dodge Trucks
07 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Segment Intro
08 Jerry Lee Lewis - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
09 Jerry Lee Lewis - Tennessee Saturday Night
10 Jerry Lee Lewis - Georgia On My Mind
11 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Break
12 Commercial - Dodge Trucks
13 Jerry Lee Lewis - Intro Current Single Come As You Were
14 Jerry Lee Lewis - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
15 Jerry Lee Lewis - You Win Again
16 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Break
17 Commercial - International Harvester
18 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Segment Intro
19 Jerry Lee Lewis - What'd I Say
20 Jerry Lee Lewis - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
21 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Break
22 Commercial - International Harvester
23 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Segment Intro
24 Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More To Love Than This
25 Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Be Cruel
26 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Break
27 Commercial - International Harvester
28 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Segment Intro
29 Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential
30 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
31 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Break
32 Commercial - International Harvester
33 Morrie Trumble - Country Sessions Week #107 Segment Intro
34 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On>Meat Man >You Can Have Her>Outro

Host:  Morrie Trumble

Here's what the groovy run-out grooves are saying:
CS 108 A
CS 108 B

What you get:  flac files of .wavs, digitized October 2022.  The full show, as presented on the syndicated LP, 300 dpi scans of the cue sheet and both disc labels.

NBC’s “Country Sessions” 
This syndicated radio show ran weekly between 1981 and 1983 (and maybe into 1984), featuring current country artists recorded live in front of an audience. The shows sometimes included released studio tracks mixed in with the live songs. A few shows are “tribute” shows to a specific artist using previously released studio tracks. The shows were a single LP, with about 51 or 52 minutes of content, and included national commercials.  The cue sheet indicated the radio station could insert local spots to bring the show up to a one hour format.  

The records carry the label “This record must be destroyed after broadcast.” The Jerry Lee Lewis show says the program was carried by 235 Radio Stations (as of April, 1983).
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Jerry Lee Lewis was, as his 2009 album title proclaimed, "the last man standing" out of the initial rush of 1950's rock n' rollers.  If you were placing a "Dead Pool" bet back in 1960, Jerry Lee Lewis would not have been the guy you picked to survive another six decades. But survive he did, getting through the scandal of his bigamous marriage to his 13 year old child bride by becoming a country & western singer.

The rock & roll, though, never fully dropped out of his act, and his shows usually concluded with "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."
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The commercials on this are different from the usual beer, soft drinks, and automobiles, and clearly target a rural and working class audience.  While the Dodge trucks spot could have run on a New York City radio station, the International Harvester ads for tractors and big rig cabovers wouldn't have reached their target audience.


10 comments:

  1. Thanks draftervoi, appreciated, love me some Jerry Lee country style

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  2. Thanks ! This is a beautiful gift !!!!

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  3. Dear Swappers & LittleJack,
    I've got FOUR more Jerry Lee Lewis "Live From Gilley's" syndicated radio shows (live concerts) that will be appearing here at some point, so keep your eyes on the Voodoo Wagon!

    Yours Truly,

    DRaftervoi

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  4. Thanks draftervoi! I drop by daily (for coffee and a read) so won't miss out. Fanxt!

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  5. Thank you my man this will be tonight's listening pleasure at high volume! I have you're encoding of Jerry Lee Lewis Live From Gilley's / Westwood One Presents #86-13, a great show! I was going to post it myself but knowing you're getting ready to I will post something different. Thanks for this one again I cant wait to listen to it Jerry Lee always takes me back to my Mom playing his music (and all the Golden Greats of Rock) on a piece of furniture bigger than a couch she called a stereo while she cleaned the house and I did homework.
    JustDave

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  6. Hey, Dave! No, go ahead and post it now! I've got a TON of backlog that I digitized last summer and there's no way I can get back to the Jerry Lee Lewis for several months...so you shouldn't wait!! :)

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  7. Thanks! The link is dead. Possible reup?

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  8. Hi, Anonymous... I will do something even better. I've been working on a Jerry Lee Lewis post that combines this with a couple of the Live From Gilley's shows; I'll get that up by the 4th.

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  9. Hi, Anonymous....link has been refreshed.

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