Howdy, everyone,
Thanks for the great response to this new site - glad to know so many of you came over from WFMU to have a look.
And as promised, I plan to offer up what readers/listeners ask for, if I have it. The very first request was for more ads, and I dug out a tape featuring a dozen ads which I'm fairly certain are from 1973, based on the presence of a Rodney Allen Rippy ad for Jack in the Box and an ad for something called "Help Fruit Drink". This tape came housed in a nondescript white box, so instead of reproducing that, here's a picture of Rodney Allen Rippy:
There is no indication on the box of who was behind these ads, but this was clearly a demonstration tape - the ads nearly run non-stop, one into the other, with no splicing or editing. These are all complete ads, except for # 9, which is a music bed without voice-over. Here, without further ado, are the twelve commercials:
Download: 1.) McDonald's
Play:
Download: 2.) State Farm
Play:
Download: 3.) Mutual of Omaha
Play:
Download: 4.) Jack in the Box
Play:
Download: 5.) HFC
Play:
Download: 6.) Franco American
Play:
Download: 7.) Pennington's Bread
Play:
Download: 8.) Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill Wine
Play:
Download: 9.) Music Bed
Play:
Download: 10.) Help Fruit Drink
Play:
Download: 11.) McDonalds II
Play:
Download: 12.) Stridex
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Loved your posts on WFMU, I'll sadly miss that blog, many recordings ended up sampled in my music, the files on this post I can't download with a right click on a Mac. Keep up the excellent work, will be a regular visitor here.
ReplyDeleteGetting an error message (private files) when trying to load these tracks onto my PC. And, when trying to listen to them, the audio will not play. Looking forward to future posts!
ReplyDeleteAlso cannot access the files. Looking forward to hearing them!
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No go bro... Files are marked "PRIVATE". Players don't function either..........
ReplyDeleteWorks great now, cheers!
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You might recognize the singer (and likely composer) of #12 Stridex as a young Barry Manilow.
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Thanks, Bob! I always love to hear the great old ads from your vast collection. Good luck on the new blog!
ReplyDeleteI suspect given the time period and the accounts, that Bell Records (or a subsidiary therein) were the ones behind this. Manilow was working for them at the time and they did promos for almost all of the companies on this tape. I suspect most of the jingles were composed by Manilow, who around that time put out his first hit records through Bell.
ReplyDeleteI suspect these are from Kevin Gavin Ltd. a NYC based jingle house. Gavin wrote the McDonald's jingle and worked with Manilow on the Stridex jingle.
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ReplyDeleteI love ads and industrial/corporate promos and jingles. Thanks, Bob!!
Oh no! Looks like I'm a little late to the party, but do the download links expire? I can listen but not download. Thanks for all you do in any case!
ReplyDeleteThe Stridex commercial is burned into my childhood memories. Thanks for posting it.
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