Most people who use to listen to the 60's pirates remember these ads immediately as they were sung. So the message from years ago still works decades later.Todays radio ad industry have not got a clue, nobody remembers them.
This is great. Bringing it all back ... Oh gosh, the Sunsilk ad ! I was waiting for : "oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Inecto" .... & "Strike up a Richmond, strike it rich" .... "Tipped Weights, for the Player's taste" .... & the wonderful "You're never alone with a Strand" with the haunting harmonica tune.
Beautiful, creative, positive themes from a vanished age... gentle consumerism, mixed gender harmonic unison...'Consulate' theme by Johnny Johnston even sold on a 45...
Does anyone remember the badly timed and unfortunately named AYDS weight loss chocolates from the 80’s... it seemed weird even before the horrible connotations set it.. it always stuck in my mind
This programming was copied exactly from the USA's thousands of commercial radio stations, with commercials and identification jingles. This must have seemed incredibly lively and exciting in comparison to the government-regulated BBC.
It did, the BBC was and still is a dinosaur of a broadcaster, the Pirates were a breath of fresh air for me and every other teenager in the UK and some of Europe at the age of 12 when they came on air. Radio Caroline was the first and she still on the air today after 59 years, next March sees the old girl turning 60, she's legal now but still has the ship the beautiful Ross Revenge.
Most people who use to listen to the 60's pirates remember these ads immediately as they were sung. So the message from years ago still works decades later.Todays radio ad industry have not got a clue, nobody remembers them.
They certainly knew how to make commercials in those days. The boring patronsing commercials made for radio these days cant compare
This is great. Bringing it all back ... Oh gosh, the Sunsilk ad !
I was waiting for : "oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Inecto" .... & "Strike up a Richmond, strike it rich" .... "Tipped Weights, for the Player's taste" .... & the wonderful "You're never alone with a Strand" with the haunting harmonica tune.
who could forget the Heinz ad music? :)
and the corny DD tune....
Thank you..Love it, I remember it so well and now we have crap on the radio with no entertaiment value,Heart FM Wallpaper radio.
Oh the memories, takes you back.
Oh those old ads - Awesome !
Beautiful, creative, positive themes from a vanished age... gentle consumerism, mixed gender harmonic unison...'Consulate' theme by Johnny Johnston even sold on a 45...
A Double Diamond works wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny Pearson wrote the music for the Sunsilk Shampoo ad...it was used also for the theme tune of the Rediffusion TV series "The Rat Catchers".
These are two completely different pieces of music!
i too used to be a 48m band pirate - about 10 years back ..
my word..amazing
Does anyone remember the badly timed and unfortunately named AYDS weight loss chocolates from the 80’s... it seemed weird even before the horrible connotations set it.. it always stuck in my mind
my mum had them
What about "Lucozade Aids Recovery"?
AYDS were actually put on the market in the USA starting in the 1960s.
I remember the Unzip a Banana ad!
yes. my grandad use to look after the transmiters. im a pirate on the 48 meter band.
I remember 'Unzip a banana' because my mum would sing it round the house!
Takes you back!;o)
Ever Ready Batteries is familiar - 'for longer longer life!'
I also remember Ever Ready 'for longer longer life'!
SWEET WOW AWESOME!!!
This programming was copied exactly from the USA's thousands of commercial radio stations, with commercials and identification jingles. This must have seemed incredibly lively and exciting in comparison to the government-regulated BBC.
It did, the BBC was and still is a dinosaur of a broadcaster, the Pirates were a breath of fresh air for me and every other teenager in the UK and some of Europe at the age of 12 when they came on air. Radio Caroline was the first and she still on the air today after 59 years, next March sees the old girl turning 60, she's legal now but still has the ship the beautiful Ross Revenge.
lol dats nice