Wonderful Radio London theme - "Big Lil" ("Sonowaltz")

From the Austin, Texas, P.A.M.S. jingle company, the official title of the MUSIC component of this track is "Sonowaltz" - and not a lot of people know that! If this brings back memories - you are a Child Of The Sixties - like me! See also: "Kenny Everett and Keith Skues wind up a news-reader" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi82bXs06NE&feature=channel - also on this channel. For more time-travel, check out http://dexterbalonious.wordpress.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Wonderful
• Radio
• London
• Big
• Lil
• Sonowaltz
• free
• radio
• pirate
• PAMS

[mick4178]

I'm 63 now. When I was 14, I lived in Wales, and used to hook up my transistor radio to the TV ariel to try and pick up 'Big L'. Radio London was a huge part of my growing up. In 1970, at 22yo, I emigrated to Australia, where 'pop' radio was legal, but will never forget the great memories of.....Wonderful.....Radio....­.London......

[morpheusatloppers]

@mick4178 - I was lucky - I lived in East Anglia - walking distance from the ship (had I had the ability to walk on water!)

[moonraker185]

the pirate ships were great, all we had was light program, home service and third from the bbc. these were before there time, fantastic times. Big L was best

[morpheusatloppers]

@moonraker185 - TRUE!

[flammasherman]

Probably my favourite piece of music from the 60's the most evocative of themes,celebrating 3 years of great music from Pirate Radio ' Big-L'.I think when I come to meet my maker,this is the music that will be playing when the curtains are drawn !.Thanks for uploading this.

[morpheusatloppers]

My pleasure - I LOVE it!

Incidentally, I'm sorry for the delay in "approving" your comment and replying - but I was SHUT OUT of my channel for two weeks, courtesy of YouTube's arbitrary and unfair "strikes" system (don't ASK!).

[jravincent]

Wonderful stuff....a huge bakelite radio in my Norfolk bedroom...an aerial going onto the roof...breakfast with Tony Windsor ("TW" ; bit of a possihead but great)...the Kenny and Cash Combine...the Double D (Dave Dennis, who also cut a Christmas song called Oh yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus, as Neil Spence...I could go on....JV, London, England

[fleur2210]

Wonderful Big L.......what a station tune !!!!

[MrLakiel]

I've been searching for this and another "nameless" organ radio jingle for the past 45 years!! Station WKLO-AM in Louisville used this when they needed to fill time before the hourly news updates. I am so PSYCHED to have actually found it!

[bigtone1348]

Love that Jimmy Smith style hammond

[flammasherman]

@jravincent Yes indeed JV, wonderful stuff, those jingles and ' American ' presentation ,Tony Windsor's ' TW' - "Hu-Lo " and " Kenny & Cash - On London ",Ed ' Stewpot ' Stewart, " Hullo Myrtle - Hello Dear ", the double ' D ' at midday, Paul Kaye with his ' posh ' voice reading the news at ' the bottom of the hour -Paul Kaye reporting ".Those fantastic PAMS jingles every minute !Neally 3 years of joy giving us ' the soundtrack to our lives ' !.

[muscleco]

WoW! Don't that bring it all back! I used to have this on a Big L 45, lent to me by Fred Hasler of the NCRM, (National Commercial Radio Movement) but it got lost. I feel guilty to this day that I never gave it him back!

[fairalbion]

If they ever did another Austin Powers movie, this would work well over the opening credits.

[Floppyblondehair]

OMG such happy memories !!

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