Molly Hatchet
Studio Jam syndicated radio show
unknown venue and date
00 NO ARTIST - Four Test Tones (1000 Hz, 10,000 Hz, 100 Hz, 25 Hz)
01 Molly Hatchet - Bounty Hunter
02 Molly Hatchet - Let The Good Times Roll
03 Molly Hatchet - Gator Country
04 Molly Hatchet - 25 Hz Automation Tone
05 Molly Hatchet - The Creeper
06 Molly Hatchet - The Big Apple
07 Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See
08 Molly Hatchet - 25 Hz Automation Tone
09 Molly Hatchet - Long Tall Sally (sort of)
10 Molly Hatchet - Boogie No More
From the Sam Eliot's Mustache Collection
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The show is hosted by Kathy O'Conner, but she only appears on the 1st and 10th track for a quick hello and goodbye so I didn't break her out as a separate track.
We are missing the cue sheet, but a look at the cue for the REO Speedwagon Studio Jam show (October 1979), we find that the tones at the beginning are listed as
1000 hz tone (O-level vu meter)
10,000 hz tone (-5 vu level)
100 hz tone (O-level nu meter)
25 hz automation tone (-3 vu level)
The last one led me to ask our resident radio expert member of the Collective about the "automation tone." He says, "It seems a bit primitive now, but it was typically used to trigger elements at the automated radio station to fire off automatically, including starting commercials, playing local station IDs, etc!"
As it is almost inaudible - 25 hz is right on the edge of what we can hear, humans can hear down to about 20 hz - it's ridiculous to actually listen to these tracks. I've left the starting tones and the automation tones in the show just to document this as it was created. At one time I would have deleted 'em but these days I'm taking an archival approach, documenting as close to the source recording as possible. If the past was stupid, well, that's just the way it was. Feel free to delete 'em.
I've also included a print ad. The font used for the "STUDIO JAM" text is almost impossible for a Optical Character Reader to interpret. I did a search for ads, but didn't come up with any examples...but the font being difficult to read might be part of that.
Studio Jam was a syndicated radio show founded and produced by Charles K. "Chip" Altholz in Chicago. The show started out by showcasing in-studio performances usually recorded at Mantra Studios in Chicago and carried by WKQX-FM. A few years later they began to feature live performances recorded at various venues in Chicago, and then from other cities. This grew into the Studio Jam Radio Network, a 50-station radio network to produce and barter syndicated radio concerts in trade for airtime. They produced 24 in-studio live radio concerts featuring major rock stars for seventeen major record labels, including shows by David Bowie, The Police, Kenny Loggins, Styx, Triumph, Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, and Earth Wind & Fire. They co-produced the concerts with JAM Productions Ltd., and Robert Pittman (who later founded MTV).
I've never seen a list of these shows, so I've listed what I've discovered here. These are not all confirmed. Shows that were mentioned in a newspaper story may not have been recorded. Shows that were already recorded might not have been distributed. If you know anything about the Studio Jam shows, please leave a comment.
I've found print evidence that the following shows were broadcast:
1977
Atlantic Rhythm Section (WKQX-FM June 14, 1977)
Styx (July 15, 1977, officially released)
Kenny Loggins (WKQK recorded July 22 1977 for late August broadcast)
Outlaws (WKQX-FM November 16, 1977)
Cheap Trick (WKQX-FM December 20, 1977) (on Guitars101)
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This is a photocopy of a velox of a 2 column x 5 inch print ad. |
1978
"at the Studio Jam featuring Charlie…"
Journey (WKQX March 5, 1978) (this is on Guitars101)
1979
Steve Miller (announced late 1978)
Todd Rundgren (announced late 1978)
Peter Gabriel (announced late 1978)
Announced in the Atlanta Constitution May 11, 1979
Meatloaf
The Cars
Styx
Kansas
Bob Seger
Bad Company
Jefferson Starship
Ted Nugent
Cheap Trick
The Kinks
Yes
Eddie Money
Already recorded are: (and known broadcast dates) in Cashbox:
Journey (WMMS November 3, 1979)
Ian Hunter (WMMS July 12, 1979, source show in Chicago)
Tycoon (WMMS Sunday after 5/31)
Jay Ferguson (WMMS May 26, 1979)
Police (WMMS June 16, 1979)
Alice Cooper (WBCN Boston July 29, 1979)
Other "radio highlights" scheduled:
Graham Parker (WMMS June 10, 1979)
Greg Kihn (WMMS September 20, 1979)
Police (KZOK October 5, 1979)
New England (KZOK October 12, 1979)
Herman Brood (KZOK October 19, 1979)
Triumph (KZOK October 26, 1979)
Moon Martin (Oct. 28, 1979 WCCC-FM)
Journey (WMMS November 4, 1979) (Chicago show)
B-52s (WYSP Nov. 11 , 1979)
Joe Jackson (WMMS December 9, 1979)
Possible other shows (from Internet statements)
David Bowie
Doobie Brothers
Foreigner
Earth Wind & Fire
The Records