Episode 575: Transmusic Airwaves Fresh Air Special #1

Transmusic Airwaves

Today on Transmusic Airwaves, we jump into the wayback machine and begin a semi-regular feature focused on the Fresh Air Archives. The Archives are a project begun in 1998 to preserve and document a Progressive music program broadcast on WKSU-FM between 1971 and 1981. Paul used to talk about the program often as it was his first introduction to radio, and many of us here at Transmusic Airwaves had the same.

The Archives began as a simple preservation project for a few treasured off-air tapes but has since grown to hundreds of hours, all derived from tapes provided by listeners to the program. I was just contacted in early April by a listener, Brad (we have never met) who offered up his few recordings of the program broken into three segments. Of these three recordings, one could be dated to the April 12, 1980 first hour of Fresh Air, hosted by Carl Palmer (current supporting host here). The other two are just fragment recordings of the show, saved apparently because of the inter-mixing of multiple records played simultaneously live on the air.

(Set 1, unknown broadcast date and host)

The Far East Family Band - Tenkujin / Tenkujin (1977)

Schicke Führs & Fröhling – Wizzard / Sunburst (1977)

Throbbing Gristle - Dead On Arrival / D.o.A. The Third And Final Report (1978)

(Artist for this version unknown) - Mission Impossible Theme

John Cage – Variations IV Volume II / Part 1 (excerpt) (1969)

Edgar Broughton Band - American Boy Soldier / Wasa Wasa (1969)

(Set 2, April 12, 1980 Carl Palmer host)

Genesis - Duke - Duke's Travels (1980)

Johannes Och Huldran & Ralph Lundsten - Näcken Och Den Nedförda Jungfrun / Strömkarlen (1975)

Split Enz - Under The Wheel / Mental Notes (1975)

Split Enz - Amy (Darling) / Mental Notes (1975)

The Residents - The Festival of Death (end segment) / Eskimo (1979)

Orb (local Cleveland Band) - The Habitat / (unreleased, artist supplied tape for broadcast 1978)

Sounds of Halloween sound effects, used as a bridge, not announced)

Gong - Shamal – Shamal (1976)

Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger - Cosmic Messenger (1978)

Cristina - Is That All There Is? (single, 1980) (only used the open and repeated it 4 times, not announced!)

(Set 3, unknown broadcast date and host)

Faust - Untitled 3 / Faust Tapes (1973)

Faust - Untitled 4 / Faust Tapes (1973)

Faust - Dr. Schwitters #2 / Faust Tapes (1973)

Faust - Untitled 5 / Faust Tapes (1973)

Faust - Untitled 6 / Faust Tapes (1973)

Fripp & Eno - The Heavenly Music Corporation / Fripp & Eno (1973)

(mix with) The Beatles – Penny Lane (segment) / Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

(mix with) The Doors - The End (segment) / The Doors (1967)

(mix with) Hawkwind - Born To Go (segment) / Space Ritual (1973)

Fripp & Eno - Swastika Girls (segment) / Fripp & Eno (1973)

Ken Nordine - Down The Drain / Son Of Word Jazz (1958)

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