At the risk of seem like a gushing idiot, I wish to compliment you over the depth of your 2SM webpage and the achievement of your job.
Hi Debbie read about your Focus on the 2SM archives outstanding function, an incredible interest. I like your website I expended a certain amount of time aspect tracked into Henry’s Gallery, a number of my favorite rock shots are in there….
That's so wonderful!! We had the very best time; we needed to lie to our mom and dad about staying at Every single others properties & caught the educate from the night time before & slept over the methods around evening.
Macca And that i were being Great mates And that i went with him on the vast majority of OB's. I used to be within the harbour in the course of the Jumbo stunt. Also around the Bridge when we compensated the toll and plenty of Other individuals.
Anyway, congrats with a top-notch work -- I really hope it evokes Many others to record their own personal recollections of their very own favourite stations across the state. It has undoubtedly prompted me for getting stuck into ending a feature for Milesago about the first year of Double Jay!
We were quite mindful of 2SM's huge audience at the time, as I used to be in my late teens all my mates listened to 2SM,the Photograph with Every person to the wharf was taken all around April 1979,they ferried every one of the staff members to your wharf in Mosman, it was to the launch of the ''we enjoy you Sydney" marketing campaign, which was dropped a few months afterwards when Ron E Sparx took about as application supervisor.
Thankyou, thankyou...what a great Web-site! These types of Reminiscences!...those have been the days. 2SM was The one thing that retained us likely and gave us a little bit of freedom. I listened to 2SM all night time , each night time and every other time I could get absent with it.
I had been brought up on 2SM which in part is accountable for my job option because it have been.. I grew to become a musician, a guitarist and composer... but many the music from that time Appears dated to me now.
PS I also remember the hilarious election nite commentaries they utilized to do - utilizing sound bites of present music to deliver up politicians.... Would really like to hear these things once more.
In any case I believed I might Allow you to know that I acquired a real Excitement from studying your web site (and I have never even browse all of it however) And that i just thought which i quite possibly went towards the absolutely free Jon English concert as I do keep in mind observing him for the Hordern.
Fall me a line -- I'll be undertaking a few x a few hour shows with the BBC out of Sydney and Perth in Jan-Feb and it would be great to speak with you.
I in no way truly went to any on the cost-free concerts (I now want I'd) I Nearly went into the concert with the decade but I didn’t but I'm able to’t remember why now, once again I want I had.
I share your thoughts any time you discuss about the demise of 2SM. Its a disgrace that it's now become a "hub" for region station programming. Intellect you, I have experienced a few close friends who have managed to acquire their foot in the door of comercial radio due to the new 2SM, 3 of these continue to get the job done there these days.
FF to 1983. I had seen Dire Straits here for the Horden Pavlova, taken some pics, and even though I'd choose to get em signed. I rang Seven's studios in Epping, received set by means of to Donny, and he gave me the telephone number from the band's manager, and questioned me to mail his regards (weren't things so much less sophisticated then?