PLEASE  NOTE FELLOW COLLECTOR FRIENDS THAT WHEN YOU BUY FIVE OR MORE ITEMS FROM MY STORE AT ONE TIME THAT EBAY WILL IMMEDIATELY DISCOUNT YOUR INVOICE BY 20%  IT IS THE LEAST I CAN DO FOR MY FELLOW COLLECTORS WHO LOOK FOR GREAT DEALS AS MUCH AS I DO!   THANK YOU!

AND IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THE BEST OF BLUES AND ROCK SHOWS, PLEASE READ ON!

I WILL FIRST TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SPECIAL SHOW AND THEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS, READ ON FOR A BRIEF EXPLANATION AND HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT RADIO SHOWS MYSELF OVER 30 YEARS AGO. 

THE HOUSE OF BLUES HOUR is a weekly ONE hour ONE CD show in immaculate  condition looking like it was never played before and in fact it was probably played the day it aired and that's it. 

It often comes with a companion BLUES BREAKS CD containing five daily mini shows for radio stations to use during their regular week.  If the BLUES BREAKS cd is included, it will be pictured in the listing along with its cue sheet

 Now, as to the show itself. Each show has a featured artist or theme and is hosted by legendary actor and blues expert Dan Akroyd, a charter member of the famous 'infamous' Blues Brothers.  He will lead you through an hour of the best blues and rock music of all time.  The show featured the kinds of blues that the Blues Brothers excelled in - blues with a rock touch although you will hear plenty of traditional blues as well.  It is an exciting hour with interviews and great music! 

        It is an hour of high energy blues and rock and you will love it.   You will learn a lot about music through this great show and the mix of music is terrific.      

  The show aired weekly on the CBS RADIO NETWORKS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE SHOW AND LATER ON THE UNITED STATIONS RADIO NETWORK. 

 The cue sheet comes with the show and is in very good condition sometimes with notes from the board op who played the show made as the show progressed through its weekly hour.  

    The CD the show comes on is beautifully decorated with  graphic art of the show logo across the top as you can see in the listing.  It is one of the most beautiful radio shows that you will see. 

 It features music from the top blues and rock artists of all time in an entertaining and fascinating format always with a special theme or featured artist. 

This show was broadcast on FEBRUARY 5, 1995 and was show #95-74

IT INCLUDES THE WEEK'S MINI SHOW BLUES BREAKS WITH UNIQUE ARTIST INTERVIEWS AND SONGS.

SO HERE ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RADIO SHOWS: 

 WHAT IS A RADIO SHOW? 

 WHY COLLECT THEM? 

 WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? 

Well, those are good questions, especially if you have never known of them. 

First allow me tell you my own personal story of discovering the wonder of radio shows.

  I discovered radio shows quite by accident while reading one of my favorite (long since departed) magazines called "Discoveries" (It was later bought by the same company that publishes "Goldmine" which I personally always considered a lesser publication, but that is another story.

  This was before ebay became the driving force in radio show sales (and everything else) in the later 1990's.

 I was especially attracted in "Discoveries" to a two page (or more) spread in each issue by a guy called "The Old Hippie". 

 Let me tell you, the Old Hippie had it all.  He was a real pioneer.  Way before anyone knew what radio shows even were let alone that they could be bought as rarities, he had the market cornered.

Most shows that he advertised were way beyond my budget but I drooled over those pages every issue and once in awhile I could afford one or two. 

 Now, I have attempted in my own humble way to take on the mantle of "The Old Hippie".  I have listed over 10,000 unique radio shows of all genres for you all to drool over, and most at prices, hopefully, that collectors can better afford!  I want to make available to collectors what I could not afford and especially in these days of higher prices and lesser availability.

Radio shows are harder and harder to find in quantity and the prices for the ones still out there just go higher and higher as they disappear from the market.  However, because of my large presence on eBay, I am always being contacted with selling offers, some of which I take advantage of and some I have to pass on depending whether or not we could agree on prices and probably more importantly, how far in debt I am from previous purchases! I have found that by buying in bulk, even when many or most of the shows are lesser known but still amazing shows, I can offer you the best prices on all titles.

And, even though I price all my shows so that I make very little on each sale, most of which I use to buy more shows to make available to you and to add to my personal collection, if you find the price too high, let me know and we can likely work out something you can afford.  I want everyone to be able to have what they want for their collection.

 So, again, what is a radio show?  

 Radio Shows are syndicated productions by one of several large and small distributors who supply broadcast product to radio stations normally during weekends when the usual air personalities have a break.  Many air on Saturday or Sunday evenings or during overnight segments.  They often feature some of the best known voices for their genre from across the country thus the Dick Clark's and Casey Kasem's and Rick Dees and Dick Bartley and so many others. 

 People collect them for various reasons.  

Some just collect the series because they like it and want them all.

  Some collect their favorite artists or genre of music.  Rather than an album by the artist or a compilation downloaded or streamed,  they have a unique presentation of their favorite artist or music not available anywhere else and always with dj presentations which were very entertaining.

  Some collect interviews with their favorite artists as most shows had interview segments. 

Some collect commercials especially old car commercials but certainly not limited to only those.  Believe me, when you hear some of the commercials that you have not heard in 30 years, even they bring back fond memories.

AND, these shows are in limited quantity. 

 They were pressed just for syndicated stations in the United States.  Some of the more popular shows may have as many as a few hundred of each week's show that survived but think about it.  A few hundred for some 200 million Americans and millions of overseas collectors who look for unique presentations of their favorite artists or form of music is about as rare as rare can be. 

And, many stations just threw them away after airing since they could never be aired again due to the time limiting commercial content and given the limited storage space at most radio stations.  Believe me, I know!  I work at one.

 SO they are increasingly hard to find. 

 They were first distributed on reel to reel tape if the show goes back that far into the 60's, then later on lp, later on CD and even later (after 2000 for most shows) on CDR.

  Now they are no longer available at all to collectors since they are distributed by digital download. 

These shows become rarer and rarer every day because the people who buy them hold on to them and the people who sell them, like me, are running out of them.   Happily I am well enough known that radio stations and those who have accumulated large collections contact me when they are ready to sell.

The shows that you get now and hold on to will never decrease in value and only increase.  

I have prided myself since the start to provide the best and fairest cost with a no holds barred guarantee that you will be happy or I refund your money. 

 I sell them for near what I bought them for.  I give volume discounts and discount postage always.  As the postal service increases their rates, my shipping rates over the years has decreased. 

And, I have one of the biggest radio show libraries in the world consisting of way over fifteen thousand shows, so many that I don't even know all that I have and am sometimes amazed when I go to look for one show and find another that I did not realize I had.

  Finally, it is Americana at its best.  Whether the show be from the 60's or 2000's, rock, countdown, oldies, country, classical, religious, jazz or big band, it is unique and home grown.

 And you just can't find them anywhere. 

 Even record stores that still exist will rarely have any.   Radio shows are wonderful representations of the real golden age of radio at least music wise. 

 And every  one you buy is an original, not a copy, not a remake - all are limited editions in the hundreds at most and most much less. Once you get hooked, like me, it is a love affair for life!