IN THE ZONE - Fiona Apple / Ben Harper
Show #97-47 for broadcast the week of November 17, 1997
Fiona Apple recorded at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA ("Los Angeles") on Friday, December 13, 1996.
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Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals recorded at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA on July 28, 1997.
01 NO ARTIST - 45 Seconds of Audience
02 Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
03 Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
04 Fiona Apple - First Taste
05 Commercial - 1-800 Collect (Chris Rock)
06 Commercial - Tom's of Maine Toothpaste
07 Commercial - Discover Card (JJ Jackson, John Lithgow)
08 Fiona Apple - Criminal
09 Fiona Apple - Never
10 Commercial - Kodak Film
11 Commercial - 1-800-Collect
12 Commercial - Plymouth-Chrysler
13 Commercial - Doors-Electra Promo
14 Ben Harper - Breakin' Down
15 Ben Harper - Glory & Consequences
16 Commercial - Reese's Nutrageous
17 Commercial - Visa
18 Commercial - 1-800 Collect
19 Commercial - E! Entertainment Promo
20 Ben Harper - Gold To Me
21 Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind
22 Commercial - Visa
23 Commercial - Tom's of Maine Toothpaste
24 Commercial - Kodak Film
25 Commercial - Doors Universal Video
26 Ben Harper - Ground On Down
27 Ben Harper - Faded
28 Commercial - 1-800 Collect (Chris Rock)
29 Commercial - Reese's Nutrageous
30 Commercial - Discover Card (JJ Jackson, John Lithgow)
31 Ben Harper - Sexual Healing
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I wish I had a modern voice.
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I've never digitized a Westwood One "In The Zone" show before, and this is the only one I own. I'm ignorant, so take all that follows as tentative and in need of confirmation.
I see "In The Zone" shows from 1996 into 2001. It's not clear if all of the shows were "live" concerts. They differed from other Westwood One concert shows in they didn't have a host, but included a script for the local disc jockey. The start of the live shows opens with a 45 second "bed" of audience noise for the disc jockey to speak over. Audience noise is as boring as it gets when it goes on for almost a minute, so you'd better rehearse the script I've included for your convenience.
It's been a while since SilentWay and I yapped about the Fabulous Fiona Apple. The last time was a KFOG broadcast I posted back in 2021. Ms. Apple opens the show here, but only gets two-thirds of the first CD. Ben Harper receives the remainder, and for my money, I want more Apple and less Harper. Her 1996 debut album was a year and a half old and there was no sophomore release until 1999, and Harper had three releases behind him...so I get it.
My usual style on a 90's CD show is keep the announcers, drop the commercials, but I was struck by the number of defunct dinosaur ads. 1-800-Collect? What's a collect call, grandpa? This is like listening to an old blues song about gossips on your "party line." Kodak film? A Doors VHS tape? Plymouth? This stuff is as old as a diplodocus.
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Early photo of Jim Morrison and the Doors, taken with Kodak film.
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You get 300 dpi scans of the CD discs, the cue sheets, the script, plus newspaper listings confirming the dates I've supplied above. All commercials tracked so you can drop 'em if you don't want 'em.