Happy US Thanksgiving by the way.
I cleaned out a lot of the readily available Christmas material already posted here in the Jetsam. It caused me to dig a bit deeper and a little stumbling on some tapes when I was looking for something else certainly helped also. It's the serendipitous voyage that it seems is my life now and then. Not always, because if it was, I'd probably have a few million bucks in the bank by now from lottery winnings, but enough to say...that's freaky!
While we mainly focus on national material here, Christmas gives me an opportunity to dip into my local/regional side of my collection from my area here in Atlantic Canada also know as "The Maritimes". You may not know the advertiser, but it's still a memorable christmas jingle created to show up on the air just in time for the holidays....imagine that! yeah...amazing how all this christmas stuff happens just in time for the holidays...like it's holiday magic or something.
That's a lead in to the first jingle, 20 years ago, from 1993. The local franchise of IGA came up with this jingle for their chain of stores called "Holiday Magic" featuring local musicians. It's a funky, upbeat original jingle that is also a full two minute song you ca mix in with the christmas traditional material you play every year.
Holiday Magic (1993) full two minute version
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Holiday Magic (1993) 60 second version with IGA mention.
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Next we have another regional business, Irving Oil. You can sort of argue that they are beyond a regional business I suppose, having expanded into the US state of Maine, but still a big part of the region, with service stations in all 3 martime provinces, home heating and a different division for forestry. It's a big company, with a nice message for the radio listeners 30 years ago this Christmas. This was a dub from a radio station from the company home town of Saint John, NB.
Irving Oil (Christmas) 1983 2, 60 second spots..jingle with announcer.
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Finally, let's dig out some vintage somewhat dated Christmas production music from the late 70s. As usual, I just transferred both sides of the vinyl LP, and let you cut it up. These discs suffer from abuse in a radio production studio, production does that, but still survive to see an appearance here. I've cleaned them up a bit, but still a bit of nose if you listen closely. It will saty up here until the ceast and desist copyright orders come in.
The Production Source Disc CL 17 (Commerical Length disc 17) (1979)
Side One
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Side Two
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More posts, time permitting next month, but at least we have a few.
I always look forward to finding something new on your blog. thanks.
ReplyDeleteAlways appreciate the christmas jingles. They help spice up my annual christmas comp for my friends and family. Thank You!
ReplyDeleteThat IGA Spot needs to go national. It would sound just as good next Christmas as it did then. Classy production, not too hard sell. What we need for that time of year.
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