Cruisin' 1962

V/A - cruisin' 1967 LP - 1970 Increase Records INCM 2007

'Do you remember Rock'n'Roll Radio' did the Ramones ask. Well, with a record out of the Cruisin' series how could you forget about it. There were 15 LPs released covering the years from 1955 up to 1969. All of those have a live radio show cut into the grooves. Including commercials, jingles and the DJ talking. I love it.

My 4th one out of the series. 1955, 1957, 1959 and now 1962. It should have been the 1961 version to keep with the flow but what the heck. It seems '62 was a good year too. I even got me a first press. Increase Records Re-issued all of their original releases a few years later in revised editions with slightly different tracklists. Which means I'll probably end up with 30 of those LPs at some point.
This baby is 44 years old.

Rock 'n' Roll radio

Same day. Same city. Same store. Totally different record.

V/A - cruisin' 1957 LP - 1983 Increase Records INCM 2002

This is the 3rd record of what is a perfect compilation series that I own now. I think the first one I picked up was 1959. Then it was 1955 and now I scored right inbetween the two. All of those records feature sets by radio dh's from the mid 50s on through to the late 60s. Including all the original jingles and ads perfectly capturing the mood of the time. A truly historic record of the year each instalment represents.

Discogs lists two different pressings. The first one from 1970 and another one from 1986. My copy is from 1983 though and has a slightly different track list to either of those listed on Discogs. Seems that with every pressing they used a different day's recording. Interesting. I'll most definitely keep my radar tuned in on these.