ZOO Tapes discovered
Posted by: Billy W on 5/3/2024 12:42 AM
Some of you might have heard that a large box of ZOO reel to reel tapes were found at a garage sale recently. Knowing the historical significance, the finder let us Zoofreaks in a FB group know about it. They had found 16 large 10.5 inch reels labeled Production Masters, mostly labeled, some didn't have boxes or labels at all. I explained what they had and they graciously made these tapes available all of us here. Of the 16 tapes, two were not Zoo, two were Zoo produced programs (Zoo Guitar Show with John Rody (undated) & Zoo Weekend Magazine 10/10/81). The last 12 look to be all Production Masters. By rough estimation, we are looking at a treasure trove of over 600 Zoo produced spots.
There are spots for Soundtown, Sneaky Petes, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde's, I Gotcha, Sound Climax, Sound Warehouse, Starving Artist, Peaches, Custom HiFi, Green Valley, Texas Electric Ballroom, Travis Street Electric Company, Mother Blues, Strawberry Fields, Fannie Anns, Barnaby's, Mr. B's Rec Center, Disc Records, Spencer's Corner, Binary Star, Fantasia, Sears, Modern Fireworks, Henry's Jean Scene, Skeffingtons, Arnold & Morgan, Texas Hot Rod, Old Circle Theatre, LP Goodbuy, Up Your Alley, Stash Box and including concert spots for all the large venues.
Voiced by early Zoo personalities such as Ira Lipson, Ken Rundell, Jon Dillon, Michael Brown, Mark Addy, Mark Christopher, Mike Taylor, Charlie Kendall, Mike Hedges, Dave Lee Austin, Beverly Beesley, Steve Sutton and John Wells.
Wildcard has 10 spots so far, from 1977 and they can already be heard here. So buckle up, there's more to come!
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