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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Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:30 pm

here are 2 for me.. early FM ones....




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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:07 pm

Roberta Gillingham all I want is my baby definitely reminds me 1985?

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Phoenix » Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:34 pm

Mary Jane girls

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:24 pm

Melissa Morgan Fools paradise 1986 on TKO LWR and Fame FM circa 1986

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by reverend » Fri Dec 10, 2021 1:22 pm



Listening to Point Blank (when it was on 108) on a Saturday night before heading out...
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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:38 pm

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Listening to Point Blank (when it was on 108) on a Saturday night before heading out...
I didn't think you would be able to pick up pointblank 108 as far away as where you are doing your reception reports from unless you used to live in West London pointblank was never very strong on 108

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by teckniqs » Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:34 am

famefm wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:38 pm I didn't think you would be able to pick up pointblank 108 as far away as where you are doing your reception reports from unless you used to live in West London pointblank was never very strong on 108
I could pick them up occasionally in Andover, West Hampshire around 2001/02/03, when it came from Langley.

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Sat Dec 11, 2021 3:42 am

That's quite impressive it certainly wasn't very powerful in the early days I used to go to Oxford quite often then and it was always blasted out by something on 107.9 the station that is called Jack FM 2 now

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by MiXiN » Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:18 am



Makes me feel like dropping a Mitsubishi again even though I'm no young pup.

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Effemm » Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:38 pm



This was around 1984 & Paul Dodds Electro Show on a Saturday night on JFM in Stereo blasted out on a portable cassette recorder !

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:42 pm

JFM was gone by about January 10th 1985 unlike Horizon and Solar it was a terminal studio raid and they never had a proper close down like the other 2 did in September that year

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by reverend » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:04 am

famefm wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:38 pmI didn't think you would be able to pick up pointblank 108 as far away as where you are doing your reception reports from unless you used to live in West London pointblank was never very strong on 108
I used to live in West London at the time!
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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by famefm » Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:18 pm

I see that makes sense

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by FMEnjoyer » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:46 pm

I am not sure if I am getting mixed up and this was a bit commercial for pirate but a few might have played it



This must have been played enough



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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by cheese ranger » Sun Dec 19, 2021 2:34 pm

One of the first tracks I heard on pirate radio


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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by whitenoisedb » Mon Dec 20, 2021 9:40 pm

Seems like I’m a little younger than the rest of you on this thread. This was one of my first tracks heard on Don FM that I can remember

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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Effemm » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:53 pm

FMEnjoyer wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:46 pm I am not sure if I am getting mixed up and this was a bit commercial for pirate but a few might have played it
Yep... Princess was power played on many at the time, also sang live at a few all daters too. Great voice 👍🏻


This must have been played enough



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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Effemm » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:56 pm

:tup
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Re: Tunes that remind you of pirate radio

Post by Effemm » Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:57 pm

Effemm wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:56 pm
Effemm wrote: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:53 pm
FMEnjoyer wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:46 pm I am not sure if I am getting mixed up and this was a bit commercial for pirate but a few might have played it

Yep... Princess was power played on many at the time, also sang live at a few all dayers too. Great voice 👍🏻



This must have been played enough

Loose Ends took it to another level. Them n The Cool Notes who made many many pirate jingles started out as pirate material that went on to bigger things ie the top 40 charts



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