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2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
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  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
  • 2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
2-track Various Artists – CHR Secondary Gold (1970s Radio Hits) – Jay Stevens & Associates – 7.5 IPS Reel
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Description

Syndicated CHR “Secondary Gold” programming reel from Jay Stevens & Associates, used for radio playback in the mid-1970s. This 7½ ips, 2-track reel contains 29 Adult Contemporary and pop-gold titles from artists like Three Dog Night, Aretha Franklin, CCR, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and The Doors. A working program reel originally intended for on-air rotation, not a commercial release.
Details

Ttitle: Broadcast Programming Reel: CHR Secondary Gold-Reel 3A (Tape 324)

Radio Station:

Artists:

  • Jim Croce
  • The Beatles
  • The Temptations
  • The Doors

Year of Release:

Country: United States

Genre:

  • Pop
  • Soul
  • Rock

Reel: 7 1/2 IPS 10 Inch Tape, 2 Track Tape
Track List

1. One — Three Dog Night
2. It’s a Miracle — Barry Manilow
3. Spanish Harlem — Aretha Franklin
4. Time in a Bottle — Jim Croce
5. She’s a Woman — The Beatles
6. Crimson and Clover — Tommy James
7. Chevy Van — Sammy Johns
8. Have You Ever Seen the Rain — Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Monday Monday — The Mamas & The Papas
10. The Beat Goes On — Sonny & Cher
11. I’ll Take You There — The Staple Singers
12. She’s Always a Woman — Billy Joel
13. Somethin’s Burnin’ — Kenny Rogers
14. Natural High — Bloodstone
15. I Was Made to Love Her — Stevie Wonder
16. Teach Your Children — Crosby, Stills & Nash
17. Mother and Child Reunion — Paul Simon
18. I Wish It Would Rain — The Temptations
19. There Is a Mountain — Donovan
20. P.S. I Love You — The Beatles
21. Convoy — C.W. McCall
22. My Love — Paul McCartney
23. Hungry — Paul Revere & The Raiders
24. Summer in the City — The Lovin’ Spoonful
25.Abraham, Martin and John — Dion
26. Riders on the Storm — The Doors
27. Shannon — Henry Gross
28. I Gotcha — Joe Tex
29. The Last Song — Edward Bear
Tape Review

CHR Secondary Gold captures a snapshot of American pop and rock radio in the early to mid 1970s, roughly circa 1973 to 1976, when FM and AM playlists leaned heavily on proven crossover hits. The selection spans soft rock, folk-pop, soul, country-pop, and classic rock, reflecting the era’s wide-open radio format where genres blended freely.

Standout tracks and artists include Jim Croce (Time in a Bottle), The Beatles (P.S. I Love You), Stevie Wonder (I Was Made to Love Her), Billy Joel (She’s Always a Woman), Crosby, Stills & Nash (Teach Your Children), The Doors (Riders on the Storm), and Creedence Clearwater Revival (Have You Ever Seen the Rain). Soul and R&B are represented by Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Joe Tex, and Bloodstone, while pop and country crossover favorites from Kenny Rogers, C.W. McCall, Paul McCartney, and Edward Bear round out the program.

Taken together, this reel plays like a yearbook of radio staples from a defining period in popular music, built around instantly recognizable songs, strong songwriting, and timeless performances curated exactly as audiences would have heard them over the airwaves.
About Broadcast Tapes


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