Our thanks to REELRADIO contributors Rob Frankel, Peter Kanze and Stormy Hunter! They all contributed to these exhibits.

TOP STREAM 64Kbps (10KHz) Al Brady, WOR-FM New York, NY May 30, 1969 Pt.1 (55:14) . . . kicking off the All Time Top Three Hundred! . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky] Al Brady Law Al Brady (aka Al Brady Law) died of a brain tumor on July 30, 2012 in a New Hampshire nursing home. He was 67. His long radio career blossomed in New York at WOR-FM in 1969, and over the years he appeared on, programmed or consulted a multitude of radio stations, including WXLO-FM (99-X), WABC, WNBC and WYNY-FM in New York, WWDJ in New Jersey, WUBE in Cincinnati, WBZ in Boston and KABC in Los Angeles. He was a precision and sometimes controversial manager, drawing disdain from some and praise from others. On Memorial Day, May 30, 1969, he was filling in for regular Tony Taylor on The Big Town Sound. His Memorial Day show is now a tribute to his talent. This is a three-part presentation. In Part One, we hear the All Time Top 300 from hits #300 though 285. These recordings are cursed with some nasty splatter (on high frequencies), but are accurate enough to reveal the rather sad condition of some of the WOR-FM vinyl.

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TOP STREAM 64Kbps (10KHz) Al Brady, WOR-FM New York, NY May 30, 1969 Pt.2 (57:59) . . . Shake, Rattle and Roll! . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky] Our Al Brady Triple Play continues with the countdown of the WOR-FM All-Time Top 300 with hits number 284 through 269. The very bright sounds of grinding glass are more of the splatter I wrote about, above. It's been said that all effective radio programmers needed the experience of being a DJ, first. It's obvious that Al Brady Law had mastered the basics in 1969.

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TOP STREAM 64Kbps (10KHz) Al Brady, WOR-FM New York, NY May 30, 1969 Pt.3 (01:17:42) This Exhibit 'SCOPED (28:48) . . . You're listening to the greatest of the great . . . [Description by Uncle Ricky] Al Brady wraps his portion of the WOR-FM All-Time Top 300 with hits number 268 through 249. Sad to say we don't have the entire countdown, and I don't know that it exists. And by the way, it's not that the actual chart is of interest - it's the presentation of that chart that is fascinating. What is really surprising here are the number of live reads required to "fill in" for veteran Tony Taylor. Al was a very accomplished and promising 24-year-old in 1969. This was First-Class, Union-Waged Big Time Big Town radio. He had "made it". In Part 3, Dave Spencer is featured with a ten-minute PM drive newscast, which is why this part includes a 'scoped version. The newscast is loaded with Events Of The Day that may not have seemed important then, but we are so much smarter now, aren't we?

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