tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post4812390441454482314..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Music 'Til DawnJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61420492494096082152024-02-10T14:16:16.153-06:002024-02-10T14:16:16.153-06:00That's right, the different versions were all ...That's right, the different versions were all locally produced with the name and the American Airlines sponsorship all they had in common. I didn't know that when I wrote the original post and thought the Tony Garrett version on KRLD was what the whole country heard.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip on that recording. It's available on CD and also on YouTube. I'll give it a listen.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-20121162399704521942024-02-10T12:56:39.154-06:002024-02-10T12:56:39.154-06:00Since Ken Ackerman was a Sacramento native and was...Since Ken Ackerman was a Sacramento native and was almost assuredly broadcasting from a San Francisco location, I can only assume that 'Music 'Til Dawn', although 'syndicated' with American Airlines sponsorship, the various effusions of the program were all locally produced. <br /><br />Ackerman himself may have selected the Rakhmaninov movement for the theme of the program which was broadcast in the Bay Area. <br /><br />(BTW, if you seek a recording of this entire work, the one to get--as judged by many 'in the know'--is the one by Andre Previn and the London Symphony on EMI. The recording dates from the mid-1970s and was re-released in 1999 in a presumably budget edition.)Ed Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104499297130934913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-74057506337731625992024-02-10T11:56:30.913-06:002024-02-10T11:56:30.913-06:00Thanks for those memories, Ed. That's a differ...Thanks for those memories, Ed. That's a different theme song from the one on the KRLD version I'm familiar with. I'll have to look it up and have a listen.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-18517782206050268112024-02-10T10:55:07.682-06:002024-02-10T10:55:07.682-06:00I often would listen on KGO in San Francisco when ...I often would listen on KGO in San Francisco when driving home to Berkeley late at night after social engagements during my grad-school years. They started in 1968. Ken Ackerman was the host in those years. (He died in 2017 at the ripe age of 95.)<br /><br />https://bayarearadio.org/ken-ackerman-original-radio-legend<br /><br />The 'theme' song was the Adagio movement from Rakhmaninov's Second Symphony. A few years ago I heard this entire work in a concert by the St Petersburg Philharmonic in the glorious concert hall in St Petersburg. When the slow movement arrived, my eyes got misty as I remembered Music 'Til Dawn from more than 50 years earlier.Ed Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104499297130934913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-88264512216894298362023-11-11T08:34:26.607-06:002023-11-11T08:34:26.607-06:00Thanks for your comment. I always listened on a ch...Thanks for your comment. I always listened on a cheap little transistor radio. Somehow the music sounded better on it, though.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-17109572670982518262023-11-10T16:46:52.977-06:002023-11-10T16:46:52.977-06:00I loved this program and listened to it nightly. I...I loved this program and listened to it nightly. It was on KGO San Francisco and that was over 100 miles from where I lived in Salinas so I had to play with the radio antenna until it came in clearly. I loved the theme and the music it played. I listened to pop all day so it was a pleasant break. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5582088814117113652022-08-23T23:41:36.382-05:002022-08-23T23:41:36.382-05:00I listened to it every night while reading in bed....I listened to it every night while reading in bed. The local station was kcbs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065804528079164314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-4950451898327958562015-10-06T12:06:01.315-05:002015-10-06T12:06:01.315-05:00I also listened to "Music Till Dawn" thr...I also listened to "Music Till Dawn" throughout my junior high and high school years. KRLD, 1080, Dallas, with Tony Garrett. As has already been noted, the lead-in local program was "Music for Night People," which I also enjoyed.<br /><br />KNX in Los Angeles was nearby at 1070. Since I was about 200 miles west of KRLD, the signal was adequate, but not overpowering, and KNX often bled in with similar music. I had to tune my AM radio carefully to get just one, but sometimes, at 5:30, as KRLD was winding down, I could tune back every so slightly, and get two more hours when the ionosphere was just right.<br /><br />I wish someone had recorded a whole night of Tony Garrett's "Music Till Dawn" so I could re-live it one more time.BParsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119937473472868131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-62643687281506539252015-09-07T19:34:50.528-05:002015-09-07T19:34:50.528-05:00Does anyone know the themesong for the Musin in th...Does anyone know the themesong for the Musin in the Night program? I have a friend that listened to it and is wanting to hear it again!<br />Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425782069296675244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-83269153381285350972014-12-12T00:23:04.233-06:002014-12-12T00:23:04.233-06:00Oh wow! Does this bring back memories from the 195...Oh wow! Does this bring back memories from the 1950s-60s! Thanks so much for posting. I listened to MTD every night from a small town in Canada (near Ottawa)....all night quite often, mainly from WBBM Chicago with Jay Andres and, when the WBBM signal occasionally faded, with Bob Hall on WCBS, Chicago. I went into radio myself in the early '60s and once managed a classical station, but spent most of my career in radio and print news. I learned more than anyone will ever know about music and about radio from these terrific broadcasters.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613360827552377028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-8901988266801724312013-03-07T10:02:42.823-06:002013-03-07T10:02:42.823-06:00Todd,
Many thanks for those links. I added the cli...Todd,<br />Many thanks for those links. I added the clip of the theme to the post.<br /><br />Randy,<br />I'm afraid I have no clue what A.F.R.I.C.A. stood for. I'm sure I thought it was really cool in 1966, though. As I recall, the plot had Tarzan getting involved in some espionage case more or less as an innocent bystander, rather than actually working for the organization.<br /><br />Bill (and Todd again),<br />I vaguely remember "Music for Night People". I think it was a local show on KRLD. Ran from 8:00 to 11:00 or something like that. Right before "Music 'Til Dawn" came on, KRLD ran the half-hour religious program "The World Tomorrow", hosted by Garner Ted Armstrong. I'd hear the last minute or two of it when I'd turn on the radio to listen to "Music 'Til Dawn".James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-19464459718459423522013-03-07T09:49:57.521-06:002013-03-07T09:49:57.521-06:00It seems a natural title, Bill...but I don't s...It seems a natural title, Bill...but I don't see anything national, at least, although there is no lack of albums, including mid-'60s anthologies of orchestral music, with that title...those last might well be related...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25859892357882525182013-03-07T07:12:04.173-06:002013-03-07T07:12:04.173-06:00Wasn't there a show on a just before "Mus...Wasn't there a show on a just before "Music Till Dawn" called "Music for Night People"? I remember listening to that one.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67224231089023806722013-03-07T03:34:03.338-06:002013-03-07T03:34:03.338-06:00Oh, and we've all done that likely. Before I g...Oh, and we've all done that likely. Before I got a typewriter, I scribbled on lined note paper with pencil. I have two first drafts, at least I think they're still buried somewhere in some boxes in the house, U.N.C.L.E. novels.<br /><br />Talking about bad. Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-29810172171132125062013-03-07T03:30:58.102-06:002013-03-07T03:30:58.102-06:00I don't know, The Man From A.F.R.I.C.A., a mor...I don't know, The Man From A.F.R.I.C.A., a more professionally written one these days, might make for interesting reading. At least knowing what the letters were short for anyway. Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67627596143167831542013-03-07T02:53:58.344-06:002013-03-07T02:53:58.344-06:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWe2MY5BvWY
for th...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWe2MY5BvWY<br /><br />for the opening theme... "Thats All"<br /><br />http://www.speakingofradio.com/interviews/andres-jay-personality/<br /><br />for one of the hosts, Jay Andres...<br /><br /><br />Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com