He was a legendary. A big part of listening to top 40 radio in the summer & hearing his voice doing these commercials. Makes me feels like I'm a kid in the summer of 1975 again.
The first and other voice you hear in this clip with John Gabriel is my uncle Walt Peters. When we would see him at family events we would always ask him to say “Sunday at smokin’ US 30 drag strip” and “Sunday Sunday Sunday.” He got just as much of a kick out of saying it as we did listening. He was a radio engineer at WMAQ Chicago radio for many years, but had a great “DJ” voice, so he did some fun things like working with John Gabriel on these commercials, in addition to working behind the scene.
It thrilled me to work with Jan at the Demos at rte66 ,I was there when he received the World of Wheels award . The storys he told of Sanburg High school track meets ,His friend JimB and the car club "Harlem Globe Rodders " I will never forget .
See Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles in their blown fuel funny car! SUNDAY! See Ralph Nader in his five thousand horsepower lunatic Corvair! SUNDAYY! See Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick in his nitro burning Pontiac-powered Farmall! SUNDAYYY!
He pretty much did the ads for nearly all of the Chicago area raceways, if it wasn't him, it was an imitator, as he pretty much established the template for these type of spots. It was copied nationwide. US 30 raceway was in Hobart, Indiana.
Voice tracking is recording the spoken parts of a radio show ahead of time, what Jan did on these was to use a multi-track recorder with reverb, LOTS of reverb! :)
He was a legendary. A big part of listening to top 40 radio in the summer & hearing his voice doing these commercials. Makes me feels like I'm a kid in the summer of 1975 again.
"We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge!"
"If you miss this, you better be dead, or in jail! And if you're in jail, break out!"
Beeyooteefull! :D
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thanks Mr Gabriel i couldn't wait to see the drags at us 30 when I was a kid. rest in peace sir
That was the 1st sign of Spring, the drag race commercials came on again. Soon the other signs of Spring would appear, like robins etc.
Oh yeah! That radio ad was always awesome!
Joe Schmoe: Iconic too. The guitar in the background added to the commercial.
Thanks for posting , Brings back a lot of good memories.
The first and other voice you hear in this clip with John Gabriel is my uncle Walt Peters. When we would see him at family events we would always ask him to say “Sunday at smokin’ US 30 drag strip” and “Sunday Sunday Sunday.” He got just as much of a kick out of saying it as we did listening. He was a radio engineer at WMAQ Chicago radio for many years, but had a great “DJ” voice, so he did some fun things like working with John Gabriel on these commercials, in addition to working behind the scene.
I remember this bring back so many memories
It thrilled me to work with Jan at the Demos at rte66 ,I was there when he received the World of Wheels award . The storys he told of Sanburg High school track meets ,His friend JimB and the car club "Harlem Globe Rodders " I will never forget .
NEEDS MOAR REVERB
Another great CZECH from Chicago My grandmothers Sister married Joe Gabriel
OMG. I remember
Screamer commercials!! Remember them well.
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Thank You!
The hottest show on wheels wheels wheels!
Yes sir good days when you went to the drag strip not a dope house 😢
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!
Sunday Sunday Sunday echo echo reverb
Very cool
Needs more cowbell!
Door slammers stay home!
Atco raceway anybody?
I remember Atco because I lived in Lindenwold until I was 10 and moved to Chicago.
Yeah man! Ran there back in the late 80's
So bad ass
See Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles in their blown fuel funny car! SUNDAY!
See Ralph Nader in his five thousand horsepower lunatic Corvair! SUNDAYY!
See Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick in his nitro burning Pontiac-powered Farmall! SUNDAYYY!
Yeah but that's not the one from York us30 beautiful here again that must be Gary Indiana
He pretty much did the ads for nearly all of the Chicago area raceways, if it wasn't him, it was an imitator, as he pretty much established the template for these type of spots. It was copied nationwide. US 30 raceway was in Hobart, Indiana.
Very nice very nice historical
Sunday Hyundai!
Could this be an early form of voice tracking?
Voice tracking is recording the spoken parts of a radio show ahead of time, what Jan did on these was to use a multi-track recorder with reverb, LOTS of reverb! :)