Welcome to the new 2021 edition of the OFFSHORE ECHO'S COLLECTION of Compact Discs, DVD's and Books of interest to offshore and free radio enthusiast All prices include postage and packing within the European Community - valid up till 31-3-2021 OFFSHORE ECHO’S MAGAZINE Covering Offshore Radio News for more than 4 Decades The Worlds only magazine solely devoted to Offshore Radio News and Nostalgia. Offshore Echo’s magazine is published four times a year, and every issue covers offshore radio and news from around the world, personality interviews, features, as well as many exclusive photogra- phs, all in a glossy A5 format magazine, with full colour covers. Single copies cost £12.00/12.00€ each or subscribe (four issues) for £38.00 (UK) or 40€ (Europe) and get access to special offers reserved to OEM members. the creation of Radio Northsea International. false starts, Radio 270 made it onto the offshore DVDs/BLURAY Duration: 88 minutes. airwaves in June 1966. This documentary con- THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS REVISITED DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) tains much previously unseen rare colour foot- NEW SERIES Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) age of life aboard Radio 270, as well as interview clips, air-checks, and other audio visual material. THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED NEW THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED NEW DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) VOLUME 16-- RADIO CAROLINE STORY - THE RNI BOX-SET Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) DUTCH YEARS (1968-1974) This box set comprises Offshore Radio Years Caroline’s ships being seized seized in 1968, Re-visited Volumes 13, 14 & 15, as well as a THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED to Caroline’s brief return in 1970. Caroline TV Bonus MP3 audio disc of rare Radio Northsea VOLUME 9 -- RADIO SCOTLAND didn’t manage to get off the ground, but Radio International recordings. Tommy Shields dream was to have a radio station Caroline, returned at the end of 1972, with DVD: £75.50 (subscribers: £59.99) solely for Scotland. He achieved that when Radio their ship anchored off the Dutch coast. There Bluray: £86.50 (Subscribers: £74.99) Scotland came on the air on New Years day 1966. was drama, with Mutiny, Storms and Masts The station was a great success, but problems falling down, and the Dutch government ban- THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED with reception meant the radio ship had to move ning the radio stations broadcasting from off VOLUME 12 -- RADIO HAURAKI from one side of Scotland to the other, and when their coast. Radio Caroline continued, moving With radio in New Zealand controlled by the the ship was found to be within UK territorial wa- to the English coast. Duration: 104 minutes. state, a group of young people decided to fol- ters, it had to move back again. The dream was low the example of offshore radio in Europe, achieved, but at great cost, and Radio Scotland DVD double layer: £28.50 (subscribers: £22.99) to break the state broadcasting monopoly. closed with heavy losses. Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) There were many highs and lows in the story, DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) NEW including the loss of their first ship in a storm, Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED and the sad loss of one of their deejays in the VOLUME 15 -- RADIO NORTHSEA 1973-1981 final days. However, they eventually achieved THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED Radio Northsea International helped promote their goal to obtain a land-based broadcasting VOLUME 8 -- RADIO LONDON Dutch artists to a European audience. With the license. Radio London was undoubtedly the most suc- passing of the Dutch MOA, RNIs closed and the DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) cessful of the 1960’s offshore radio stations. By Mebo was sold to the Libyan government. Du- Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) taking a popular American Top 40 radio format, ration: 90 minutes. and adapting it for a UK audience, Big L quickly DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED challenged the other offshore stations, and was Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) VOLUME 11 -- RADIO ENGLAND soon eating into their audience. Duration: 135 NEW After being involved with setting up the success- mins. THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED ful Radio London Don Pierson decided to start DVD Double layer: £28.50 (subscribers: £22.99) VOLUME 14 -- RADIO NORTHSEA 1971-1972 not one , but two radio station from a ship. Top Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) This documentary looks at Radio Northsea In- 40 pop station Swinging Radio England, and Easy ternational’s surprise return in 1971, the Mebo listening Britain Radio were the result. They were THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED II fire bombed by a competitor, an attempted not as successful as hoped, and Radio England VOLUME 7 - RADIO INVICTA-KING-390/RADIO hijacking, and allegations of the Mebo being a was replaced by Dutch language Radio Dolfijn, ESSEX/BBMS-RADIO TOWER spy ship. Duration: 72 minutes. which then became Radio 227, while Britain be- Fort based Radio 390 played music from the DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) came Radio 355. wartime era and ballad singers from the 50’s. Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) DVD double layer: £28.50 (subscribers: £22.99) On Sunk Head fort, Radio Tower, had big plans to Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) launch a TV station. Tower Television never got THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED NEW off the ground, and Radio Tower itself struggled. VOLUME 13 -- RADIO NORTHSEA 1970 THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED Radio Essex was perhaps the first 24 hour music Radio Northsea International was the most VOLUME 10 -- RADIO 270 station. After it closed, owner Roy Bates moved colourful, dramatic, influential, and well Scarborough businessman Don Robinson, decid- to another fort, which was well outside British equipped of all of the offshore radio stations. ed that Yorkshire needed its own radio station, territorial waters, and set up the Principality of This documentary looks at the first year in the and found a willing partner in Wilf Proudfoot, Sealand. life of RNI, as well as the aborted attempt to who wanted to promote his chain of supermar- DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) create a German offshore station, which led to kets. A suitable ship was found, and after a few Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) 1 THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED European radio was strictly state controlled covers the raid and its after effects, the final- off VOLUME 6 -RADIO & TV NOORDZEE until a group of Danish businessmen set up shore broadcast and the search for a 3rd world A group of Dutch businessmen decided to start, Radio Mercur on a ship in international waters, licence. This DVD concludes Caroline free radio not only a radio station but a TV station as well. and outside government control. The station years with the Ross Revenge taken into Dover An artificial island was constructed, becoming was quickly followed by Radio Syd. It was the and the control of the British authorities. known as the REM island, housing Radio and TV start of a broadcasting revolution that spread DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Noordzee. The Dutch public loved it, but their through Europe and around the world over the government hated it passing a new law to scup- following years. THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 15 - per it. The REM island was boarded, and the TV DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) RADIO CAROLINE - THE 80s PART 3 and radio station forcibly taken off the air. Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) Following storms in 1987, Caroline’s 300 foot an- DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) tenna mast was weakened and came crashing Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS - down. With her usual tenacity, Caroline was soon Original Series back on air with a temporary mast , and a long pe- THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED riod of mast building began. Easter 1989 saw Radio VOLUME 5 - RADIO SUTCH & CITY THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 20 - Caroline celebrate her 25th birthday. The British Shortly after Radio Caroline started, pop singer THE COMMUNICATOR/NANNELL/ARUTZ 2000 and Dutch authorities didn’t join the celebrations, Screaming Lord Sutch, climbed aboard the The Communicator was home to Laser 558 & as they were planning much darker deeds. abandoned Shivering Sands wartime fort. Radio Laser Hot Hits. Following their demise, the ship DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Sutch was the first of the fort based stations, moved to Portugal for re-fitting, and a planned later becoming Radio City, when Sutch sold out return to Europe. The Nannell was to have THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 14 - to his manager Reg Calvert. 80 minutes housed Stereo Hits 576, broadcasting in AM ste- RADIO CAROLINE - THE 80s PART 2 DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) reo in a major marketing deal for Japanese AM Caroline being joined by Laser 558, led to an Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) stereo radio sets. Arutz 2000 started with a der- offshore radio revival, that quickly captured a elict lightship in a Portsmouth scrapyard, then huge audience. UK commercial radio was los- THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED towed to a position off the Israeli coast, where ing listeners and pressured the government to VOLUME 4 - RADIO CAROLINE - The Sixties it began broadcasting religious programmes. take action, leading to Laser being forced off The story of Radio Atlanta, Caroline North and DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) the air. The next move by the UK, was to extend South and how they changed British broadcast- their territorial waters from 3 miles to 12 miles, ing history and led the pop music revolution of THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 19 - meaning that Caroline’s ship had to move fur- the 1960’s. Featuring two and a half hours of RADIO MONIQUE RADIO558/819 ther out to sea, to a less sheltered position. audio-visual material, with comments from Al- The story of the Dutch stations operating from DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) lan Crawford, Ronan O’Rahilly, disc jockeys Tom the Ross Revenge. The popular Radio Monique, Lodge, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Graham Radio 819 and Radio 558. Their popularity THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 13 - Webb and others. 147 minutes. wasn’t shared by the Dutch authorities, who RADIO CAROLINE - THE 80s PART 1 DVD double layer: £28.50 (subscribers: £22.99) were soon planning to get them off the air, cul- When Caroline’s ship Mi Amigo sank in March Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) minating in a raid in August 1989. 1980, many people thought it was the end of DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) the station. But before long a new ship had THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED been purchased and was being fitted out in VOLUME 3 - RADIO VERONICA THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 18 - Spain. Radio Caroline’s new ship started broad- Seeing the success of the Scandinavian offshore LASER HOT HITS casting in August 1983, and her return was radio stations, a group of Dutch radio set deal- Laser 558’s radioship was puchased at auction worldwide news. ers decided that an offshore station of their after it had been forced off the air by the Brit- DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) own would be a good way to boost sales. Radio ish authorities. Laser Hot Hits suffered a series Veronica was born and soon went on to become of mast collapses and being off air led to a loss THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 12 - a great success. Covering the complete story of advertising revenue. The MV Communicator RADIO PARADIJS - GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY from the inception, until the closure in 1974, ended up back in the UK port of Harwich, just a - ODELIA and RADIO BROD with much new audio visual material over more year after she was previously there. Looking at some of the short lived offshore sta- than 90 minutes. DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) tions, as well as some that never made it. The DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Dutch Radio Paradijs from the Magda Maria, Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 17 - the much publicised radio ship for China God- LASER 558 dess of Democracy, from the Mediterranean THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED Starting as Laser 730 with an unsuccessful bal- Odelia TV and the EU funded Radio Brod, that VOLUME 2 - RADIO NORD &- RADIO UILEN- loon antenna, the station then, with a conven- broadcast during the Yugoslavia conflict. SPIEGEL tional antenna system became Laser 558, and DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Inspired by the success of Denmark’s Radio an almost overnight success as “all Music radio” Mercur, Swedish entrepreneur Jack Kotschack hit the European airwaves. The UK commercial THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 11 - set up Radio Nord – with some help from the radio stations were outraged, as was the gov- THE VOICE OF PEACE USA and radio network owner Gordon McLen- ernment who eventually forced Laser 558 off Peace campaigner Abie Nathan, had the idea don. It was a similar, although smaller scale sto- the air – but not before Laser had forced change of setting up a radio station to bring peace to ry in Belgium, when Georges de Caluwe started in UK radio. the MIddle East. The Voice of Peace broadcast Radio Uilenspiegel, continuing a radio venture DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) for just over twenty years from “somewhere in he’d begun some years earlier. the Mediterranean”. When an historic peace ac- DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 16 - cord was signed between Palestine and Israel, Bluray: £31.50 (Subscribers: £27.99) RADIO CAROLINE - THE 80s PART 4 Abie Nathan felt that he had at last achieved his Things were just looking brighter for Caroline, aims, and closed the Voice of Peace, scuppering THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS RE-VISITED when along came the unexpected – a raid by the former radio ship. VOLUME 1 - RADIO MERCUR &- RADIO SYD the Dutch and British authorities. This episode DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) 2 - Offshore Echos THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 10 - Jones, who later became better known as David well as featuring footage, jingles, tunes and off- RADIO MI AMIGO RETURNS - RADIO Bowie. Woolf also worked on Britain Radio and air recordings of the VOP. DELMARE Radio 390. Luc Dunne, chef on board Radio City DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Belgian Businessman Sylvain Tack saw that hav- recalled his days on the Tower of Power. 2 hours RADIO CAROLINE IN CALAIS ing his own radio station, would be an ideal - bi language presentation. Shortly after Radio Caroline’s ship Ross- Re way of promoting his products. After renting DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) venge ran aground and was salvaged from the time from Radio Caroline, Mi Amigo decided Goodwin Sands, Offshore Echo’s / France Radio to purchase their own ship , but less than three EURORADIO 2006 Club arranged for some free airtime on Calais months later it ran aground during storms. Ra- The annual Offshore Echo’s / France Radio based Radio 6. Caroline deejays travelled over dio Delmare didn’t have the financial backing, club event held in Calais France featuring spe- once a month and presented a special Caroline but did have its share of technical problems, cial guests: Peter Philips well known on 80’s programme. When this DVD was filmed in July losing its first ship during storms. Another ship Caroline, where his educated and BBC sounding 1991, Chris Frisco, Neil Gates and Jerry Wright was found and the station returned, but after a voice earned him the nickname of World Ser- were presenting. The Radio 6 broadcasts were mutiny by the crew, the ship was taken into port vice;. Dave Rogers who broadcast on RNI and one of the few places that Caroline could be and impounded. later went on to join Radio Atlantis, and Kevin heard on a regular basis, and allowed Caroline DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Turner whose long and varied radio career, has to have a voice and keep her name in the pub- included 80’s Caroline, as well as Radio Sov- lic eye. THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 9 - ereign in the UK & Italy and Irish commercial RADIO CAROLINE - THE 70s Part 2. radio. DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Following the Dutch MOA in 1974, Caroline DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) RADIO MI AMIGO REUNION moved back to the English coast. When the ra- 2004 was a year of a number of Offshore radio dioship drifted into UK waters, she was boarded EURORADIOs 1990-1991 anniversaries, including the 30th anniversary of by officials, and taken off the air. She was soon Offshore Echo’s annual event was held at the the start of Radio Mi Amigo. Deejays Norbert, back and defiantly fought the law through the 555 Club in Calais, in 1990 with guests Dave Will van der Steen, Peter Van Dam and Bert Ben- 1970’s, but in the end it was Mother Nature Asher, Caroline Martin, Tom Anderson, Nigel nett were invited to Calais, for a reunion and for that finished the Mi Amigo. In March 1980, Na- Harris and Mike Dundee. The club hosted a a chance to recall the Mi Amigo days. The memo- ture did what the government couldn’t, and the special Caroline party that night presented ries – and the beers – flowed, and were captured Mi Amigo finally sank. by Tom Anderson. Euroradio 1991 included for this commemorative DVD. DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) guests Andy Bradgate, Tony Kirk, Jerry Wright, DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Chris Frisco and Mike Dundee from Radio RONAN O’RAHILLY - THE VIDEO THE OFFSHORE RADIO YEARS VOLUME 7 - Caroline. Both events are now featured on From Offshore Echo’s, a sixty minute video fea- RADIO FREE AMERICA - CAPITAL RADIO - this DVD. turing Radio Caroline’s founder Ronan O’Rahilly RADIO ATLANTIS DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) talking about the stations history, in Spring When the Reverend Carl McIntire’s radio sta- 1989. The video also includes exclusive footage tions were closed down by the American au- OTHER DVDs thorities, he took to the sea with Radio Free professionally shot on board the Ross Revenge America. Capital Radio saw itself above other at that time as well as archive material. RADIO ATLANTIS PHOTO SHOW DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) offshore stations, and promoting itself with the Radio Atlantis started out by hiring airtime from slogan that broadcasting is a profession for Gen- Radio Caroline, before the wealthy Belgian owner tlemen. Radio Atlantis at first hired airtime from decided to purchase his own ship. As well as a CD-DVD AUDIO DOCUMENTARY Caroline, but soon purchased her own ship. The Flemish service, Atlantis had an English service. MP3/AUDIO - DVDs/CDs/ deejays and jingles, managed to bring the spirit Programmed by Steve England, this had some in- and fun to offshore radio. spired and fun programming which brought back SPEND A DAY SERIES DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) some of the spirit of the 60’s offshore stations. This photoshow disc features photographs from EURORADIO DVDs SPEND A DAY WITH... LASER HOT HITS MP3 Steve England’s collection, with an explanation DVD and commentary by Steve. Following the demise of Laser 558, their EURORADIO 2010 DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) ship was purchased at auction by a radio Guests included Peter Chicago, who spoke enthusiast, and before long, the MV Com- about his period with the MV Mi Amigo and RADIO CAROLINE 30th BIRTHDAY Whilst Caroline was no longer operating offshore municator was back at sea, broadcasting as the radioship’s various masts; Dutch DJ Dick Laser Hot Hits. Laser Hot Hits had plenty Verheul who was on the Mi Amigo and later on at Easter 1994, the former radioship Ross Revenge Radio Monique, Ian Damon from Radio London, was being used to present a special broadcast of enthusiasm and some excellent produc- Ray Anderson who bought the Communicator from Essex based Breeze AM. A commemorative tion work, but advertising sales were poor, and saw the ships return as Laser Hot Hit.s at event was also being held in Clacton over the and several aerial mast collapses led to the end of 1986. Also attending were Caroline weekend, featuring many Caroline presenters and the new station being short lived. BONUS 70’s DJ’s Martin Fisher and Mark Lawrence. the Fortunes, headed the evening entertainment. For OEM subscribers: The final Brandy Lee Running time 90 minutes This DVD features the Breeze broadcast from the show from 20th April 1987 from 6.00 till DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) Ross Revenge, and includes the Fortunes singing 10.00 BST. Caroline and other hits. £21.99 (subscribers: £19.99) EURORADIO 2007 DVD: £26.50 (subscribers: £22.99) SPEND A DAY WITH... RADIO CAROLINE MP3 Euroradio 2007 guests were Radio Caroline’s THE VOICE OF PEACE REUNION DVD 1960’s engineer Carl Thompson who introduced The 2006 Radioday held in Amsterdam, saw a Wake up at six in the morning with Stuart Rus- an audio-visual presentation. Dave McKay- re number of former Voice of Peace deejays re- sell on Radio Caroline on 192 metres from 10th membered life aboard the Laissez Faire. Before united for the first time for many years. This August 1976, and listen throughout the day joining Radio City, Woolf Byrne was a member DVD includes high quality professional video until 17.40. Features Stuart Russell, Steve Kent, of the Mannish Boys - whose lead singer Davie footage taken by Arbel Eshet, from Israeli TV, as Brian Richards and Samantha. 3 £21.99 (subscribers: £19.99) Caroline was on low power, with a temporary SPEND A DAY WITH... RADIO MI AMIGO aerial strung between the funnel and front mast SPECIAL CD / DVD SETS MP3 DVD ! Recorded in Calais so quality is probably the Wake up at six in the morning with Frank van best that was possible. Bonus of the Top 50 of ATLANTIS HERE, THERE, ON THE AIR, der Mast on Radio Mi Amigo from 10th Au- 1987, on New years eve between 12.00-16.10. EVERYWHERE gust 1976, and listen throughout the day until £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Radio Atlantis began by hiring airtime from 17.40. Features Frank van der Mast, Stan Haag, Radio Caroline, and later acquired her own ship Michelle, Bart van Leeuwen, Joop Verhoof and LASER 558 CHRISTMAS 1984 MP3 the Jeannine. Whilst only on the air for just over Peter van Dam. audio DVD a year, Atlantis is fondly remembered, for its All Europe radio, and never more than a minute £21.99 (subscribers: £19.99) clever use of production and jingles. The English from Christmas with Ric Harris, Charlie Wolf, service in particular, re-created some of the fun SPEND A DAY WITH RADIO CAROLINE & MI Tommy Rivers and Holly Michaels on a Laser and excitement of the British 60’s offshore sta- AMIGO MP3 DVD 558 Christmas day 1984. Almost the complete tions. Over 3 CD’s and a DVD, this set features Both of the above on one disc. £28.99 day, with more than 13 hours of recordings. highlights and jingles from Radio Atlantis. SPEND A DAY WITH RNI - NEW YEAR 1974 £21.99 (subs: £19.99) £33.99 (subs: £30.99) MP3 DVD LASER ALL EUROPE RADIO A complete unedited day of Radio Northsea BRITAIN RADIO CHRISTMAS 66 Double audio CD Featuring Phil Martin and Ted Delaney on Laser 558’s arrival led to a revival of interest in International, with programming from both offshore radio in the mid-1980’s Shops, cafés, the English and Dutch services, recorded from Christmas day 1966. Also Britain Radio with Roger Day and Graham Gill, and as an extra bo- building sites and car radios were all tuned to La- the FM output. This recording runs for over ser in London and the south of England. Action by 24 hours, taking in both the Dutch and English nus Britain Radio jingles and promos. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) the UK government eventually forced Laser 558 services through the end of 1973, and into New off the air. A return as Laser Hot Hits, suffered a Year 1st January 1974. Includes four page photo CAROLINE CHRISTMAS ‘66 MP3 CD series of mast collapses, with loss of advertising booklet. revenue, and the end of Laser. This 3 MP3 CD sets . : . The Caroline Christmas party 1966 with the Bat- £21 99 (subscribers £19 99) man Christmas caper, and deejays Mike Ahern and highlights Laser 558 & Laser Hot Hits and includes SPEND ANOTHER DAY WITH RNI MP3 DVD Dave Lee Travis. More than 4 hours of recordings. a bonus DVD with the Laser 558 promo video. : . A complete unedited 8 hours programming of £21.99 (subs: £19.99) £33.99 (subs £30 99) the Dutch service, recorded from the FM out- SMOOTH SAILING - The Highly Successful put and 4 hours of the English service. The re- IT’S CHRISTMAS 1967 WITH RADIO CAROLINE Sound of WONDERFUL RADIO LONDON cording starts, in Dutch, at 10.00 CET on May NORTH MP3 DVD Using a proven American Top 40 format adapt- 1st 1974 up to 18.00, followed by the English Radio Caroline North Christmas 1967 with the ed for a British audience, Radio London was the service at 20.00 till 24.00. Freddie Beare show, followed by Martin Kayne, most successful of the 1960’s offshore stations, £21.99 (subscribers: £19.99) and then the Motown show. Recording of with both audience and in financial return for around 5 hours. its investors. This 3 CD set highlights Big L and THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS SERIES £21.99 (subs: £19.99) includes bonus DVD with the Radio London film. From 1986 till 1990, Offshore Echo’s produced RADIO CAROLINE XMAS 1973 Double audio CD £33.99 (subs: £30.99) a series of cassettes featuring highlights of the Christmas 1973 and Mi Amigo test pro- RNI - THE SOUND OF YOUNG EUROPE Offshore radio stations of the moment. These grammes. Andy Archer relaying some of RNI, Radio Northsea International had more than have now been re-mastered and are available funny comments promotions for the Year of the it’s fair share of drama, being jammed by the on MP3 CD. All are complete with a four page Toad and more. British government, a firebomb attack and index booklet. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) an attempted hijacking. The station, with it’s THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 1-5 multi coloured radioship was also influential in THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 6-10 CAROLINE CHRISTMAS ’84 MP3 CD introducing Dutch bands to a wider European THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 11-15 Featuring a tour of the ship with Keith King, audience. This CD set of highlights and jingles, THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 16-20 Dave Richards, Tony James and the rest of the includes a bonus DVD with the RNI film – The THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 21-25 crew. Bonus track with the Xmas rapping song Show must go on. THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 26-30 & Christmas extravaganza party with Bruce Pur- £33.99 (subs: £30.99) THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 31-35 dey and Dave Richards. More than 4 hours of THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 36-40 recordings. FINAL DAYS & FINAL HOURS THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 41-45 £21.99 (subs: £19.99) THE OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS VOLUMES 46-49 RADIO ATLANTIS FINAL DAY MP3 DVD NEW £21.99 each. (subscribers: £19.99) IT’S CHRISTMAS 1974 WITH RADIO MI AMIGO The last 12 hours of Radio Atlantis International MP3 DVD service, from 07.00 to close down at 19.00 BEST OF OFFSHORE AIRCHECKS Audio CD Radio Mi Amigo 1974 - their first ‘illegal’ Christ- on this MP3 audio DVD. Most of the recordings During offshore radio’s 80’s heyday, Offshore mas, following the passing of the Dutch MOA were made in Knokke-Heist in Belgium, less Echo’s were taping Caroline, Monique & Laser and 7 hours of the 24-12-1974 + Bonus: extracts than 20 kms from the ship. 24 hours a day. Some of these tapes formed the of Caroline Christmas evening with Tony Allan. The deejay line-up for the final 12 hours, was: Offshore Aircheck series. This CD features high- £21.99 (subs: £19.99) John Harding, Dave Rogers, Debbie England, lights from the series. IT’S CHRISTMAS 1975 WITH RADIO MI AMIGO Dave Owens, Derek Jones, Steve England, and £15.99 MP3 DVD Andy Anderson. CHRISTMAS ON OFFSHORE RADIO SERIES Radio Mi Amigo Christmas day 1975, with Mi- £21.99 (subs: £19.99) chelle, Stan Haag and Joop Verhoof. Boxing Day CAROLINE 558 CHRISTMAS 1987 MP3 audio with Joop Verhoof, Michelle, Bert Bennett and RNI – THE FINAL 24 HRS MP3 DVD NEW DVD Peter van Dam. Around 9 hours of programming. The complete recordings of RNI’s final 24 hours, Christmas day 1987 from 11.00-15.50, when £21.99 (subs: £19.99) from 20.00 on 30th August 1974 through to 4 - Offshore Echos 20.00 the following day – 31st August, on this lar “sweet music” format, but was fairly short RADIO NORTHSEA FINAL DUTCH PRO- MP3 audio DVD. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) lived, as with the MOA approaching and ship GRAMME Audio CD hire contract due, it was announced that the The Sound of Young Europe, RNI brought mu- RNI FINAL WORLD SERVICE MP3 DVD NEW station would close at midnight on 5th August sic from a number of European countries to a The complete recordings of RNI’s final World 1967. This recording of the final programme is Europe wide audience. This FM recording is of service 1974-08-31: 10.00-12.00 AJ Beirens, complete and unedited, covering the final two the final 80 minutes of the Dutch language pro- 12.00-13.00 Peter and Werner Hartwig, 13.00- hours plus, ending at 00.17.on 6th August 1967. gramme on 30th August 1974. £15.99 . : . 15.00 Pierre Deseyn, 15.00-17.00 Peter and £21 99 (subs £19 99) RADIO SCOTLAND FINAL HOUR Audio CD Werner Hartwig Northsea Auf Wiedersehn, RNI - THE 1ST CLOSEDOWN Double Audio CD A truly Scottish radio station was Scots busi- 17.00-18.00 Pierre Deseyn Northsea Au Revoir The final two hours, on 24 September 1970, with nessman Tommy Shields dream, however the 18.00-19.00 AJ Beirens Northsea Goodbye. Andy Archer and Alan West. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) British Marine Offences Act, saw Radio Scotland Bonus: Final 18.00-19.00 AJ Beirens - studio re- close on 14th August 1967. £15.99 cording. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) FINAL HOURS AUDIO CDS RADIO VERONICA FINAL HOUR Audio CD RADIO CAROLINE FINAL DAY MP3 DVD When the focus of offshore radio moved to the RADIO ATLANTIS Audio CD Dutch coast, the veteran Radio Veronica was November 1990 saw the final broadcast from Broadcasting in both Flemish & English, the Radio Caroline as an offshore station. No one joined by a number of other ships, which forced latter service picked up something of the atmo- the government to pass their own Marine Of- knew at the time that this would be the last sphere of the 60’s offshore stations. This record- time that Caroline was to be heard as a truly fences Act. This station closed on 31st August ing is from the final hour of the Atlantis’s English 1974. £15.99 free station. The complete final day with Paul service on 31st August 1974. £15.99 Deckland, Alex Rogers, Caroline Martin, Rico and Neil Gates was exclusively recorded by Off- RADIO CAROLINE FINAL HOUR Audio CD RADIO CAROLINE shore Echo’s. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) No one knew that when Neil Gates closed for the night in the early hours of 5 November CAROLINE 21st BIRTHDAY MP3 DVD NEW 1990, that this would be the last time that Radio Radio Caroline celebrated her 21st birthday LASER 558 FINAL DAY MP3 DVD Caroline would be heard as a free radio station, on Easter Sunday 7th April 1985. This MP3 Laser 558’s unplanned demise on 6th Novem- broadcasting from international waters. £15.99 audio DVD of re-mastered recordings has the ber 1985 took most people by surprise, and RADIO CITY FINAL HOUR Audio CD complete 24 hours with deejays Johnny Lewis, most of it went unrecorded. Thanks to Offshore Susan Charles, Fiona Jeffries, Nick Richards, Jay Echo’s, who were recording all of the output of Based on the wartime fort Shivering Sands, City saw much drama, including in an armed take- Jackson, Simon Barrett and Chris Pearson. Many the offshore stations of the time, you can now airchecks from previous years were played, hear this historic recording, of the complete over of the fort that led to owner Reg Calvert being shot dead. Radio City lost their case, and along with the DJ’s Top 200 LP’s. final day from five in the morning, until the BONUS FOR OEM SUBSCRIBERS The “real” 21st abrupt close at 12.22. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) the station closed at midnight on 9th February 1967. £15.99 birthday, on 28th March 1985. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) RADIO LONDON FINAL DAY MP3 DVD RADIO HAURAKI FINAL HOUR Audio CD The complete final day– Monday 14th August New Zealands Radio Hauraki came on the air in 1967, includes the end of John Peel show, Chuck RADIO CAROLINE - FREE RADIO FINAL DAYS-2 November 1966. Owner David Gapes had con- MP3 DVD Blair breakfast show, Peter Drummond morning tinually applied for a broadcasting licence, and show, the sponsored Juicy Fruit chewing gum No one knew that Radio Caroline’s final days when this was eventually granted, the offshore as a free radio station were soon about to end. show, Ed Stewart’s afternoon show and the fi- Radio Hauraki closed on 1st June 1970. £15.99 nal hour of Big L. Extra Bonus - the final hour From Caroline’s final week of broadcasting from - studio. Complete with a 4 page colour photo- LASER 558 FINAL HOUR Audio CD the high seas, this new MP3 DVD has over 42 booklet. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Laser 558’s unplanned demise on 6th Novem- hours of programming from 27th, 28 & 29th Oc- ber 1985 took most people by surprise and few tober 1990 taken from OEM’s tapes log. RADIO MI AMIGO FINAL DAY MP3 DVD recorded it. Thanks to Offshore Echos you can £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Friday October 20th 1978, Mi Amigo DJ Marc Ja- now hear that historic recording. £15.99 cobs announced, at the end of the Ton Schipper RADIO CAROLINE - FREE RADIO FINAL DAYS-1 programme, that the station was leaving the air. RADIO LONDON FINAL HOUR Audio CD Probably the most successful of the 60’s off- MP3 DVD This was the last time Radio Mi Amigo would Featuring 22 hours of broadcasts from Radio be heard from the MV Mi Amigo. Staton owner shore radio stations, London used an anglicised version of American Top 40 radio. The final hour Caroline final week in November 1990. Sylvain Tack, under pressure from the Spanish £21.99 (subs: £19.99) authorities, had decided to give up. Four and a with its drop-ins from stars of the day, was aired on14th August 1967. £15.99 half hours recording. Bonus for OEM subscrib- RIDERS OF THE STORM MP3 DVD ers Radio Caroline coded messages same eve- RADIO MI AMIGO FINAL HOUR Audio CD The 15th October 1987 and BBC TV weather fore- ning 20-10-1978 plus Mi Amigo distress Traffic The final hour of Radio Mi Amigo from the MV caster Michael Fish predicted that there would be - 19-1-1979. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Mi Amigo on 20th October 1978. Actually this CD storms the next day, “but no hurricane”. How wrong lasts for 75 minutes, and includes part of live pro- he was… Friday 16th October saw a devastating RADIO 270 – THE FINAL PROGRAMME mp3 CD grammes, and then the final Ton Schipper pro- hurricane sweeping across Southern England, and Radio 270 joined the “pirate” airwaves, to serve gramme – his last from Playa de Aro – although Europe. Radio Caroline and Radio Monique both the UK midlands. The passing of the British he didn’t know it would also be the last from stayed on the air. Complete programmes from both Marine Offences Act, saw the station close on Radio Mi Amigo from the MV Mi Amigo. £15.99 stations between 7.00am and 9.20 am. £15.99 14th August 1967. This re-mastered recording RNI FINAL HOUR Audio CD RADIO CAROLINE 1988 LAST DAYTIME SER- of the final programme runs for 3 hours, and is The Sound of Young Europe, RNI brought mu- VICE MP3 DVD complete and unedited. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) sic from a number of European countries to a On July 9th 1988 Radio Caroline had to vacate RADIO 355 – THE FINAL PROGRAMME MP3 Europe wide audience. This recording is of the her daytime broadcasts in order to make room DVD final English programme on 30th August 1974. for the Dutch station Radio 558, while antenna Radio 355 followed Britain Radio, with a simi- £15.99 work was going on. The complete last daytime 5 from Caroline on 8 July 1988 and the takeover Complete with 8 page booklet listing the entire RADIO CAROLINE/RADIO MI AMIGO - 14-8- by Radio 558 the following day, includes their Top 500. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) 1977 MP3 CD first hour. THE ROSS REVENGE ADRIFT MP3 CD 14 August 1977 Radio Caroline and Radio Mi BONUS for OEM Subscribers – The complete Friday 31st January 1986, and Caroline deejay Amigo celebrate 10 years of MOA in a joint pro- first day of Radio 558. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Andy Johnson announces “It wasn’t me knock- gramme which include a ‘live’ link with Flash- RADIO CAROLINE - NOVEMBER 1975 MP3 ing the records… it was the sea, the whole ship back 67 convention in London with Robbie Dale. DVD just leapt out the ocean and went for a brisk fly £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Friday October 20th 1978, Mi Amigo DJ Marc round the Knock Deep, before landing again”. RADIO CAROLINE - THE COMPLETE AMERICAN Jacobs announced, at the end of the Ton Schip- The Ross Revenge was adrift, and these record- HOT 100 MP3 CD per programme, that the station was leaving ings recall those dramatic events, with extracts Caroline South Int. The complete American Hot the air. Nobody then knew this would be the from Radio Caroline, as well as a special pro- 100 Show presented by Bud Ballou - early 1968. last time Radio Mi Amigo would be heard from gramme broadcast on Radio Monique a few £21.99 (subs: £19.99) the MV Mi Amigo. There was more than just days later. £21.99 (subs: £19.99 RADIO CAROLINE RAIDED MP3 DVD a technical problem, and as well Sylvain Tack, RADIO CAROLINE 23rd BIRTHDAY MP3 DVD Mp3 recordings 18-8-1989 06.30am till 21.30 under pressure from the Spanish authorities, Mark Matthews with Caroline’s 23rd birthday pm and 19-8-1989 07.30 am till about 13.10 pm decided to give up. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) party on 28th March 1987. Five hours of pro- - include the raid. Also Radio 819 complete Final SPEND AN EVENING WITH RADIO CAROLINE gramming from 21.00GMT until 02.00, including Day. Bonus: Radio Caroline returns 1-10-1989. mp3 DVD by popular demand from the mess room, some £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Last 30 minutes of Radio Mi Amigo program out-takes of commercials and promotions that and start of Radio Caroline broadcasts for 23 hadn’t quite worked out. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) LASER 558 & HOT HITS September 1978 from 6 pm BST till close at 1 RADIO CAROLINE 25th BIRTHDAY MP3 DVD- am BST. Over seven and half hours of excellent Caroline’s Silver Jubilee Easter weekend 1989, LASER 558 1st BIRTHDAY - MP3 DVD quality programming, recorded in Benfleet Es- with programme highlights, the Top 1001, the Now re-released as an MP3 DVD with more than sex. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Olau Ferry passing, the deejay’s special shows 15 hours of listening. Hear Charlie Wolf destroy and more. Plus airchecks from other radio sta- Radio One, rebroadcast of the first day’s trans- CAROLINE INTO ILLEGALITY mp3 CD mission, Bob Hope looking for Brooke Shields, When the British Government passed the Ma- tions that produced special programmes about Caroline’s birthday, Simon Dee on Radio 2, Dennis Thatcher ‘expected shortly’ and more rine Broadcasting Offences Act, all of the UK from 24th May 1985. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) offshore radio stations closed down. All that is Johnny Walker & Tommy Vance on GLR, John apart from Radio Caroline, that vowed to fight Lewis & Roger Day on Invicta. Includes 4 page EUROSIEGE ’85 MP3 DVD on, moving offices to Amsterdam, and taking in- booklet. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Charlie Wolf’s Eurosiege reports quickly be- ternational – rather than UK advertising. Caroline RADIO CAROLINE HALLOWEEN 1990 Audio CD came essential listening for every Laser fan. South - midnight on 14th August 1967, disc jock- Radio Caroline with an airchecked recording Now you can hear Charlie at his best, live from eys Johnnie Walker and Robbie Dale announced featuring DJs Rico, Neil Gates, Alex Rodgers & the poop deck of the Communicator reporting that they were entering a new era, as Radio Caro- Caroline Martin on Halloween day - 31 October on the progress of Eurosiege during August and line continued . 2-hours. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) 1990. Hear Caroline in one of her final offshore September 1985. Now updated with new mate- rial. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) CAROLINE SAILS TO THE ISLE OF MAN MP3 CD radio days. £15.99 Following Caroline and Atlanta’s merger, the THE ROSS REVENGE ARCHIVES VOL. 1 Audio CD LASER 558 MP3 DVD Fredericia sailed to a new position off the Isle of A compact disc full of Caroline promos, jin- The return of Craig Novack plus Jonell, Tommy Man, broadcasting as she went. and signed on gles and commercials, all in studio quality. Rivers and Chris Carson in September 1985- as Radio Caroline North. Tom Lodge describes Includes Caroline 558, Caroline Bell, Imagi- around 10 hours of programming. the ships voyage around the coast, and Jerry nation, Overdrive, Weather and Viewpoint, £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Leighton is on Caroline. There’s also a bonus of as well as adverts from Arabian Sands, Spin LASER 558 – The Final Sixties Sunday MP3 Simon Dee extracts. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) magazine, Expo 86, Top Deck holidays, Lotto DVD RADIO CAROLINE - The Final programme on 649, Superior Leisurewear, Seagull Sales and The final Sixties Sunday featuring Craig No- 259m Double CD others. £15.99 vak, John Leeds and Jeff Davis and more than A Double CD Featuring Mark Lawrence and THE ROSS REVENGE ARCHIVES VOL. 2 Audio CD 8 hours of programming. Includes a four page James Ross, including a tour of the Mi Amigo and A collection of Caroline promos, jingles and photofolder. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) the final broadcast on 259m on 3rd March 1977. commercials, all in studio quality. Jingles and LASER HOT HITS - 23 March 1987 MP3 CD £21.99 (subs: £19.99) promo’s including Loving Awareness, Caroline Three hours with John Anthony/Jim Perry and... Ma- THE WOLFMAN JACK CAROLINE TAPES - Audio CD 319, Rockin Europe,as well as adverts from balyne... March 23rd 1987. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) When the return of Radio Caroline was an- Caroline T-shirts, Singapore Airlines, Bose loud- speakers and others. £15.99 LASER HOT HITS AIRCHECKS Audio CD nounced in 1981, legendary American deejay During offshore radio’s 80’s heyday, Offshore Wolfman Jack was to open the station. Later RADIO CAROLINE – OFFSHORE ECHO’S PRES- Echos were recording Laser Hot Hits 24 hours a programmes were to be on tape, and Wolf- ENTS Audio CD day. This CD features some of the highlights of man pre-recorded a number of shows at a Paris A re-mastered version of the first ever LP pro- the station, including the early tests, generator studio. This disc presents an edited selection of duced by Offshore Echo’s – now a collectors problems, the official opening, tongue twisting some of those shows, which due to start up de- item. The Radio Caroline story is narrated in and much more. £15.99 lays were never aired. £15.99 French by Georges Cany, and covers the period RADIO CAROLINE TOP 500 EASTER1984 MP3 DVD from 1964 to 1977. £15.99 RADIO MI AMIGO To celebrate her 20th birthday, Radio Caroline RADIO CAROLINE - THE TRUE STORY Audio CD aired their Top 500 records over the Easter The story of Caroline up to 1974. A classic LP RADIO MI AMIGO – April fools Day 1976 1984 weekend. This recording runs for around reissued on CD to commemorate the 25th an- MP3 DVD 35 hours and features the entire five hundred niversary and complete with a new introduction A complete days broadcasting from Radio Mi records, plus the Easter 1984 celebrations. by Norman Barrington. £15.99 Amigo, from 6 am to 7pm, plus the start of Ra- 6 - Offshore Echos dio Caroline in the evening, for April 1st 1976. CAROLINE FROM THE MEBO II - ALAN WEST RADIO SCOTLAND The opening day Audio CD Radio Mi Amigo’s April Fools Day joke was to Audio CD The Opening day on 1st January 1966 including broadcast the whole day under the name Radio The Alan West Programme on 19th June 1970, ‘Welcome to Radio Scotland’ and Ceilidh Pro- Veronica. Complete with a 4 page photo book- the day after the British general election. An FM gramme with David Kinnaird.£15.99 let. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) recording, so does not suffer from jamming. £15.99 A SOUND MEMORIAL TO RADIO SCOTLAND TRIBUTE TO RADIO MI AMIGO Part 2 MP3 DVD CAROLINE FROM THE MEBO II - LARRY TRE- Audio CD Featuring 8 hours of studio recordings including MAINE Audio CD The very rare Radio Scotland LP has been re- the first 2 hours official opening on 1-1-1974, The Larry Tremaine Programme on 19th June mastered and transferred to CD. Station owner Bert Bennett Show, Joop Verhoof Show hosted 1970, the day after the British general election. Tommy Shields introduces the album, which by Will van de Steen, De Norbert Show, Paul An FM recording, so does not suffer from jam- includes extracts to deejay shows, including a Severs Request Show, Nederlandse Top 15 Nor- ming. £15.99 young Tony Alan, and Jack McLaughlin’s Ceilidh bert, Met Peter Gaat Het Beter - Peter Van Dam programme. Relive a piece of Scottish history 2-9-1974. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) RADIO NORTHSEA INTERNATIONAL - ROGER from 242. £15.99 DAY Audio CD TRIBUTE TO RADIO MI AMIGO Part 1 MP3 The Roger Day Show recorded in June 1970. An RADIO VERONICA – The Early years 1960 – DVD FM recording, so does not suffer from jamming. 1965 MP3 CD Featuring 10 hours of studio recordings with £15.99 An MP3 CD featuring programme extracts from Norbert, Peter van Dam, Michelle, the final Bart the first five years of the Dutch offshore station. van Leeuwen show, the final broadcast on 259 OTHER OFFSHORE RADIO Includes the opening programme in April 1960, and more. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) CNBC, Vrienden van Veronica, Coffee time with RADIO ATLANTIS - The Flemish masters MP3 Tineke, Muziek Express with Bob & Brenda, First RADIO NORTHSEA INTERNATIONAL DVD Veronica Top 40 and New Year 1965. Directly copied from the original studio master £21.99 (subs: £19.99) RNI FIRST TEST IN GERMAN - Volume 1 tapes, with Tony Houston, Joop Verhoef and HISTORY OF OFFSHORE RADIO Double Audio CD Audio CD Gerard van der Zee, from late 1973/early 1974. France Radio Club present a double CD, nar- Testing with an FM broadcast in German from More than 10 hours of recrodings. rated in French by Xavier DeFrance, looking at the very beginning – late January or early Feb- £21.99 (subs: £19.99) the offshore radio adventure. With recordings ruary 1970. £15.99 THE STORY OF RADIO ATLANTIS Audio CD out of the Offshore Echo’s archives, from Radio Mercur to Laser Hot Hits, and including Radio RNI FIRST TEST IN GERMAN - Volume 2 The popular station from the 70’s that captured the mood and excitement of the previous off- Delmare, London and the legendary Radio Car- Audio CD oline. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) A second volume of German FM tests from the shore era. Features interviews with the English beginning of RNI, in late January or early Febru- and Flemish deejays, plus station owner Adri- OFFSHORE RADIO RARITIES Volume 1 Audio CD ary 1970. £15.99 aan van Landschoot. The original LP has been A collection of rare and unusual offshore radio remastered and expanded, to include addition- recordings from the Offshore Echo’s archives, RNI ON FIRE MP3 DVD al airchecks and jingles. £15.99 including RNI goes DX programmes, the FRC vis- The dramatic, un-edited, Mayday calls from it the Mebo, Graham Gill interview, RNI bomb the Mebo II, on fire following a bomb attack, RADIO ATLANTIS - Last Flemish service MP3 CD Radio Atlantis final 30 mins of the Flemish ser- attack news reports and more on this MP3 disc. plus news reports from 208, BBC and Europe 1, £15.99 plus RNI’s return on the air the same evening. vice and then take over by the English service There’s also RNI’s news reports the following with live on deck broadcasts. Around 180 mins THE OFFSHORE RADIO DECADES VOL 1 – THE day and later A.J Beirens report in NSGDX. In- of recordings. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) SIXTIES Double Audio CD cludes 8 page booklet. DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL 2 - 1966 Audio CD The beginning of Offshore radio from Radio Mercur £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Join Bob Stewart on Radio Caroline North in this in 1958, and the Scandinavian stations, through the recreated radio show, and hear Tom Lodge talk Dutch Radio Veronica, and on to the British offshore RNI RETURNS MP3 DVD to the Beatles in a 20 minute interview, never radio revolution that formed the musical - back On 21st February 1971, Radio Northsea Interna- before aired. £15.99 ground of the Swingin’ 60’s. This collection includes tional returned after several months off the air. some famous recordings, as well as many rare items This recording features around 9 hours of FM THE RADIO FORTS Double Audio CD from the archives. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) quality recordings from 1400-2300, including the The story of the fort based radio stations Sutch, City, THE OFFSHORE RADIO DECADES VOL 1 – THE opening hour, the Top 50 show with Tony Allen, Tower, Invicta, KING, 390, Essex and BBMS with con- SEVENTIES Double Audio CD the Alan West show and the Stevie Merike show. tent expanded from the original LP to include new The early 1970’s saw something of an offshore Includes a 4 page booklet. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) interviews and airchecks. Double CD, complete with radio revival, and much drama, especially with photobooklet. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) 7 DAYS IN JUNE MP3 CD Radio Northsea’s multi coloured radioship, that Summer 1970 and RNI was being jammed by THE RADIO ENGLAND STORY – 40th anniver- was jammed, bombed and almost hijacked. The the UK Government. In the week before the sary edition Double Audio CD later 70’s was a much darker period – Radio Car- British general election, RNI changed its name The story of Radio England and the stations oline was under government surveillance, was to Caroline and campaigned against Harold aboard the Laissez with interviews, jingles and boarded, and its deejays arrested and fined. Wilson’s Labour party, and for the Conservative airchecks. The CD also includes the stories of £21.99 (subs: £19.99) Britain Radio, Radio’s Dolfijn, 227 & 355 and is party. More than 3 hours of recordings. THE OFFSHORE RADIO DECADES VOL 1 – THE : . complete with an 8 page photobooklet. £21.99 £21.99 (subs £19 99) : . EIGHTIES Double Audio CD (subs £19 99) Offshore radio caught the public imagination CAROLINE FROM THE MEBO II - MARK WEST- RADIO LONDON FINAL FAB 40 Show Double again in the 1980’s. Radio Caroline had returned LEY Audio CD Audio CD with a new ship with a 300 foot antenna mast, The Mark Wesley Programme on 18th June 1970, Summer ‘67 and the Final Fab Forty on Big L. and was soon joined by the US programmed the day of the British general election. An FM re- This double CD set features Tommy Vance on Laser 558,that quickly became hugely popular cording, so does not suffer from jamming. £15.99 Radio London. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) through Europe. While it all lasted offshore ra- 7 dio reigned again. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) years painstaking research by the author, Keith THE BEST OF OFFSHORE ECHO’S COMMERCIALS AND JINGLES FROM THE 60’s Skues. This hardback book is illustrated with nearly A collection of the best interviews from early Double Audio CD 300 black and white photographs of the ships, DJs, editions of OEM featuring Ronan O’Rahilly, Ed A collection of jingles and commercials as heard and artists UK £28.00 EUROPE £33.00 Moreno, Robbie Dale, Ted Allbeury, Screaming on the 1960’s offshore radio stations. £21.99 THE RADIO CAROLINE PHOTOBOOK Lord Sutch, Adriaan van Landschoot, Roy & Joan (subs: £19.99) An all colour eighty six page collection of photo- Bates and the Laserettes (Chris Carson, Erin Kel- ly and Liz West). £10.00 COMMERCIALS AND JINGLES FROM THE 70’s graphs from the Offshore Echo’s archives, docu- Double Audio CD menting Radio Caroline’s offshore radio history TELEVISION MAIL - Commercial Radio 1964 - 1968 More commercials and jingles as heard on the from Easter 1964, through five ships, until her final RADIO NEWS & TIME AND TIDE 1970’s Dutch & English offshore radio stations. demise in 1990. £34.99 The broadcasting trade paper “Television Mail” £21.99 (subs: £19.99) started reporting on the new offshore stations THE RADIO HAURAKI FILES from Easter 1964. These reproductions of news Hauraki was inspired by the European 60’s offshore reports form a rich source of contemporary news COMMERCIALS AND JINGLES FROM THE 80’s stations, and similarly made a huge impact. This Double Audio CD book of pictures, documents and letters gives a fas- about the golden era of offshore radio. A jingles and commercial collection, as heard on cinating insight to those memorable times. £24.99 Between January & March 1967, the London the 1980’s Dutch & English offshore radio sta- Weekly Advertiser carried a four page supple- tions. £21.99 THE LONDON LETTERS ment – Radio News. Nowadays extremely rare. From the Offshore Echo’s archives, a collection of When the London Weekly Advertiser dropped VARIOUS RADIO letters, memo’s and documents from Radio Lon- their Radio News supplement, Time and Tide don, giving a valuable insight into the operation magazine, picked this up. THE LATE GREAT 208 MP3 DVD-03 and running of Big L. £34.99 Offshore Echo’s present a facsimile of these pages, On ecah DVD - round 37 hours of programmes RADIO NORMANDY giving a rare insight into offshore radio’s heyday. from Radio Luxembourg on 208 metres, from One of the pioneers of commercial radio in Europe, SPECIAL OFFER Radio News + Time & Tide + 1970-1971-1972. Radio Normandie broadcast from 1926 until 1939. Television Mail for £34.99 Recovered from the archives of the late Andre This 12 page souvenir photo booklet shows the sta- Blondeau, these recording have been remas- tion, studios and transmitters. £12.99 OFFSHORE ECHO’S MAGAZINE 200 tered into MP3 format. The 200th edition is completely devoted to Radio THE LATE GREAT 208 MP3 VOLUMES 1, 2 and 3 COLOUR TRIBUTE BOOKLET ON RADIO NORMANDIE Caroline figurehead Ronan O’Rahilly, with tributes (each DVD: £16.99 - subs £13.99) A 28 page colour booklet in French with lots of and anecdotes from family, friends and colleagues, photos on the famous pre-war time commercial of the man who changed the face of radio in Eu- RADIO GERONIMO Audio CD radio station Radio Normandy. Available in limited rope, over 60 pages. Includes numerous pictures, Good quality off air recordings of this legendary stock. £10.99 news reports and interviews with Ronan. radio station. Extracts from 1-8-1970 and 2-8- RADIO NORTHSEA 99 £12.00 (limited stock) 1970. 80 mins. £15.99 A photobook of the Summer 1999 RSL revival of Ra- RADIO RADIO LUXEMBOURG THE FINAL dio Northsea, with pictures of the ship, studios, and POSTERS/ BADGES PROGRAMMES MP3 DVD deejays including Paul Graham and Dave Rogers. In the 1950’s, there were few places to listen to £18.99 RADIO CAROLINE POSTER The MV Mi Amigo pictured in the late 70’s. A pop music. One was the Station of the Stars - 208 REM ISLAND PHOTOBOOK Volume 1 - Radio Luxembourg. The stations heydays were full colour 700 mm high x 490 mm wide poster Over 70 pages of previously unpublished colour is sent in card mailing tube, by registered post, before the offshore stations arrived and a short and black and white photographs from the offshore revival during the 1970’s. Luxembourg struggled to avoid damage. TV station. The transmitters, the staff, cameras, the (Special offer: 2 copies for the price of one) £37.00 on until the final 208 broadcast was aired on 30 police raiding party, as well as press cuttings and December 1991. English programmes continued documents. £26.99 RADIO CAROLINE BADGES on the Astra satellite, but this only lasted a year, 2 x Original Pin badges featuring Radio Caro- finally closing on 31 December 1992. This disc REM ISLAND PHOTOBOOK Volume 2 line’s ship Ross Revenge, with late 80’s twin features the final 208 and Astra programmes Another volume of exclusive and previously unpub- towers. Only a few left. £16.99 from Radio Luxembourg. £21.99 (subs: £19.99) lished photographs from the artificial island. More on the TV station, press cuttings, documents and POSTCARDS/PHOTOS BOOKS - POSTERS - BADGES - colour pictures of the 2001 reunion of REM staff at POSTCARDS Calais. £26.99 ORIGINAL LASER 558 Colour Postcards THE VOICE OF PEACE PHOTOBOOK 5 Laser 558 postcards (limited stock) Price £8.50 BOOKS A revised and updated edition of the Voice of RADIO CAROLINE Colour PHOTOGRAPHS POP WENT THE PIRATES – UPDATED EDITION Peace photobook that looks back at the station 10 Postcard size of Ross Revenge: £12.50 A comprehensive account from the earliest pi- that broadcast from “somewhere in the Mediterra- rate radio stations in the 1930s up to the end nean” and includes numerous colour photos of the RADIO CAROLINE Colour Postcards of the offshore radio era, is the product of 45 ship, deejays and more. 82 pages. £34.99 20 Caroline Postcards: £12.5 PAYMENT METHODS By CREDIT CARDS AND DEBIT CARDS for payment by secure server using Paypal. 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