Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Discuss & sharing nostalgia relating from the pirate stations of the 60s up to modern day inactive stations.
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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Thu May 05, 2022 11:51 am

Interesting Joy radio that freq rings a bell.. do you have any info were they from SE London by any chance using low power?

edit ... amazing !!! It is the lost station I was wondering about for years thanks for reminding me. I allways remember the slightly odd frequency.

http://www.joyradio.co.uk/about.html

I think I phoned them once and they said they were using about 5W and a ground plane antenna around New Cross area and the details check out. They seemed like a friendly bunch of people running that. Always nice to recall the past and be reminded. They got out really well for the power.

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:42 pm

Imagine kicking back and chillin with a cuppa on a Sunday afternoon this tune could be on the radio......






There was a type of housey cross over rave type tune with a soulful thing going on as well.. this is a goody.. late 80's and early 90's was a hotbed of great burgeoning electronic music in many styles... your soul boy could be a raver and your rare groover a house person and your happy hardcore raver could like something else.... so much good music to discover and a dial rammed from 87.5 to 108 full of interesting music. Tune ID request >> ? wahimbaaaaa wabimbaaaa un wa yoooooyyyyy wahimbaaaaaaaah wahimbaaaaah like an african chant with a melody... bassline was...... de dade deda de deda de

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Thu Oct 06, 2022 9:56 pm

Found it ! wahimbaaaaaaaah wahimbaaaaah


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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:51 pm

classic sprang to mind... roses are red.. violets are...


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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Up_North_Radio » Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:16 pm

Two classic well loved in the Scottish pirate scene.
Predominantly stations here play, Happy Hardcore, Oldskool, Bounce and Makina.




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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Mersey100 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:27 pm

Call me old fashion, but this must be the most iconic free radio sound.

If you ain't had an rf burn then your not running enough power.

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Mersey100 » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:34 pm

Around the Merseyside area in the 70's 80's we had the top of the hour tunes by

Atlantis by the Shadows (Merseyland Alternative)
Elenore by The Turtles (Radio Elenore)
Jackie Blue by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (Radio Jackie North)
If you ain't had an rf burn then your not running enough power.

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Albert H » Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:13 pm

Growing up in the Netherlands....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzIPQn_z4zg brings back memories of Mi Amigo and Atlantis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho_Od3o9OLg&t=11s
brings back fond memories of a couple of on-shore stations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaQWOne1sfo&t=18s - the number of times we "filled" up to the hour with this....
"Why is my rig humming?"
"Because it doesn't know the words!"
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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by yellowbeard » Wed Jun 21, 2023 8:09 pm

Maclean & Maclean - Dolly Parton's tits

Used to play this between two other songs and not mention it.

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