Yesterday's radio commercials and related jingles are disposable flotsam and jetsam. Often rescued from the dumpster and tape eraser, here's where they live to celebrate another day, and give us a peek into the pop culture of the past. All material has been sourced from tapes or vinyl discs (records) used on the air at radio stations or dubs of said tapes, transferred for pristine quality when possible.
Another randomly picked LP from the pepper/tanner collection of albums I received awhile back. Some of this stuff is in such great shape I wonder if it was ever used. It really follows the belief of the jetsam, to help preserve the material that would have been lost and live for another day, or use.
With this bunch in particular, you can really let the imagination run wild, as some of these jingles can be uset up to be taken out of context. "Hey Pretty Girl" and "We Do" in particular stick out as a couple, that, well, have "possibilities depending on how creative you are, but hey, if you just like jingles, you'll enjoy them too.
As previous posts have done, side 1 and side 2 of the album are separate mp3's with each side's jingles. See the label scans for details.
Who would have thought when the soft drink was first sold at a pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 for 5 cents a glass that it would literally go on to take over the world for a century and a quarter so far? Makes you wonder what John Pemberton thought about the mixture back then.
For more details there is their WIKIPEDIA PAGE and for some info on their 125th celebratiions go HERE
Few products have stood the test of time in some many countries as Coca Cola.
Here at the jetsam, we cannot let this milestone be ignored. In the collection are various Coca Cola Jingles and commericals, from the mid 80s through to the 90s.In an exhibit in the early days of the blog we had some examples of the "New Coke" advertising in 1985 and the backlash that resulted in creating "coke classic". That page is HERE for your reference. The "New Coke" was eventually considered a failure, and disappeared at least here in canada, and "Coke Classic" eventually, once again, became "Coke".
But here, are some lesser known jingles and advertisting from the late 1980s, primarily from Canada, as...well, I am in Canada. I have also included though a US based 60 sec jingle that Whitney Houston (when she still cared about her career) sang for Coke in 1988 sourced off a network radio show program LP's. I'll let the titles and audio speak for themselves from this point.
Happy Birthday Coca Cola.
From March 1985,
Produced by Mccann Erickson Ltd.
:30 sec Full Sing "MOR-Piano" # 84-82-30
I lost count how many "Off the Jack" jingle posts I've done. It's partial laziness, but it's at that point of do we really care? There's going to be more coming as I have my cool LP's from the Pepper Tanner library to play with.
WOW GEE...and it's "just in time for the holiday" don't ya hate that phrase being used for Christmas? It always works itself in some advertising around Christmas time. It's like nothing was planned out for you. It was just a coincidence. Yeah Right.
Well....just in time for the Easter weekend....as it took me a whole 1/2 hr to dig these out and transfer and upload them for you, because I didn't really plan much of anything in this case (yes, see, there are coincidences after all!) here are 3 Easter "off the racks" for you. As we figure, most of this library is mid-late 1960s into the early 70s...so they are delightfully dated.
Sometimes material of the past really stands the test of time and sounds as fresh as it did when it was created new, years even decades previous.
And then again, there's stuff that sounds as dated as a 70s wah wah pedal or 80s synthesized drums. You dig it out now and then maybe chuckle a little bit, then put it on the shelf again for when you feel nostalgic and maybe time for another chuckle and a WTF I can't believe someone produced this s*** moment.
Wanna guess which catagory this month's exhibit belongs?
Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Tony Orlando and Dawn was a Monster # 1 hit from 1974. According to Wikipedia "sold 3 million records in three weeks" and was "the sign a released convict requested from his wife or lover to indicate that she would welcome him home. He would be able to see it from the bus driving by their house, and would stay on the bus in the absence of the ribbon."
You can see where the song ends can't ya? Even if you never heard it before...yes, 100 yellow ribbons are on the tree and so the song ends on a happy note.
How this emotion translates to selling Dodge Trucks and Cars is something I could ponder for eternity. The only answer I can come up with is someone thought it would be cute to redo a popular song as a jingle for Dodge. Geesh, couldn't pick something more upbeat and happy? If anyone is familiar with the song and it's meaning, it just...well, sounds bad, back then, and 37 years later this month.
Still, it's these little "gems of corporate embarrasement" we like to pride ourselves in digging out now and then here at the jetsam. This is for everyone who wants a bit of a chuckle in your otherwise cloudy day. Pop these mp3's into the ipod and grin from ear to ear thinking that modern day advertising isn't as bad as this.
Enjoy!
NOTE: The quality on these jingles is below what we usually post here, the source material is to blame, a dub of a dub and possibly more generations down. As displayed on the pic of the tape box, it isn't a dub right from the agency. It looks like one station typed the label for a dub for another station, which is often standard practice until tape usage stopped some 10 years ago.
I've broken the reel into 2 files of 6-:60 sec spots each for easier downloading. please see the tape box pic above for detailed cut listing.
In Canada,currently for a limited time, we have have the Shamrock Shake back at Mcdonalds. It's part of the restaurant's pop culture for decades. According to Wikipedia, it was first introduced in 1970. Here's the LINK if you want to know more.
From a buy of commericals on ebay some years ago, here's 2 spots from a 1978 US radio campaign for the Shamrock Shake. 1-60 sec and 1-30 sec national spot promoting that rather grossly looking green milkshake, which I have to say certainly tastes better then it looks.
After I had a taste of the Flu for the past couple of weeks, we get back on track here on the jetsam with some no doubt rare Mcdonald's Jingles from 1990, back when Tony Bennett was in a career renaissance...and sang for the fast food chain. Country singer Kathy Mattea covered the country version and Angela Bofill did things for the R&B market. All full sings here. There's one called "Doctor" that really doesn't fall under any music genre...it's just..well....wacky. In any event, enjoy.
Here's another LP from the Pepper Tanner Library, and part of a collection of Library LP's I received in Fall 2010.
I grabbed this disc more of a random selection then anything else, but it certainly leans toward what the title of this exhibit is.
We go from Farm Machinery, to dry cleaning storage to mobile homes (I was told once on the TV Series WKRP that god hates mobile homes because tornados always hit them first, so I wouldn't recommend them as living quarters) to apartments (there's an idea) to air conditioning. All in this delightfully pleasant sound that was common in the 60s.
I've made two files, one for side 1, one for side two, to make it easier to post.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!
As a valentines day bonus, I am posting 3 jingles together in one file from various discs within the pepper library...AT ABSOLUTELY NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU!!!
No operators are standing by....just download and enjoy!
