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Post by robert on Jul 5, 2009 9:05:21 GMT -5
Definitely Casey's the one and he's gonna always have my admiration, anyway I would suggest we should also thank to all the staff he's worked with because as he puts it 'success doesn't happen in the vacuum".
So let's thank a lot to people - and many of them his longtime friends - as Matt Wilson, Merril Shindler, Rob Durkee, Toby James Petty, late Bobbi Kaminski, as well as production engineers Ray Hernandez, Sal Cocio, Michael Cooper and please feel free to add all you can recall of.
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Post by robert on Jul 5, 2009 9:06:24 GMT -5
And of course executive producers like Lorre Crimi and Norm Pattiz...
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Post by Matt Cameron on Jul 5, 2009 9:23:21 GMT -5
Everybody that worked behind the scenes for Casey and all his shows deserve credit for helping turn out a quality product week in and week out. It's obvious to anyone that ever listened to Casey that he had a stellar team behind him. Sure, mistakes were made once in a while, but it was always about the music first, something that will be sorely missed now that Casey has retired.
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Post by Adam on Jul 5, 2009 10:49:31 GMT -5
Yes, thank you so much to everybody who worked behind the scenes on the show, you guys did a great job every week.
I know Sal and Toby currently work on AT40 every week, you think Lorre, Matt, Merril, Michael and/or Ray will join their staff?
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Post by robert on Jul 5, 2009 12:45:29 GMT -5
As long as I now unfortunately Matt and Merrill have left.
But anyway I can hardly imagine how they could identify themselves with what the current shows with Ryan are about - the shows are simply different.
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Post by jaxxalude on Jul 5, 2009 13:02:39 GMT -5
Without diminishing anyone else's contributions, let's give a big round of applause to Don Bustany. After all, he along with Casey had the idea to create AT40. And without an idea, nothing is created.
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Post by robert on Jul 5, 2009 13:23:59 GMT -5
I agree on that as well.
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Post by vto66 on Jul 7, 2009 0:18:24 GMT -5
Let's not forget Tom Rounds. I got a kick out of hearing his Donald Duck impression during the closing sequence of the 1976 year-end AT40 show when all the staff members introduced themselves.
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Post by mrjukebox on Jul 7, 2009 18:34:14 GMT -5
You've got to include Pete Battistini-He's mentioned each week on "AT40-The 70's" & "AT40-The 80's".
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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 8, 2009 19:52:10 GMT -5
You've got to include Pete Battistini-He's mentioned each week on "AT40-The 70's" & "AT40-The 80's". Mrjukebox, it's a nice thought to add my name but those previously mentioned are in the major league. And I never got there. I've shared with a few individuals how much I wish I could've worked for an AT40 radio station and, at the very least, engineered just one AT40 program. Those lucky enough to have experienced that side of radio -- especially when the show was on reels or LPs -- are more likely to be considered behind-the-scene members of the AT40 staff. Anybody remember Casey's story about the blind radio engineers who successfully got the show on the air every week? Countless radio station personnel -- from the GM, to the PD, to the weekend staff -- they're the ones to be recognized as a part of 'the team' that brought Casey to the airwaves. Although I was never a part of that group, they deserve to be thanked. |
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Post by Mike Schwartz on Jul 9, 2009 9:37:18 GMT -5
Mrjukebox, it's a nice thought to add my name but those previously mentioned are in the major league. And I never got there. I've shared with a few individuals how much I wish I could've worked for an AT40 radio station and, at the very least, engineered just one AT40 program. Those lucky enough to have experienced that side of radio -- especially when the show was on reels or LPs -- are more likely to be considered behind-the-scene members of the AT40 staff. Anybody remember Casey's story about the blind radio engineers who successfully got the show on the air every week? Countless radio station personnel -- from the GM, to the PD, to the weekend staff -- they're the ones to be recognized as a part of 'the team' that brought Casey to the airwaves. Although I was never a part of that group, they deserve to be thanked. Hey Pete, be careful what you wish for! If you read the post from Ted David on the NY Radio Message Board, you will see just how challenging it was to work the board during the early years of AT 40. www.musicradio77.com/wwwboard/messages/360294.html |
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Jul 9, 2009 16:02:38 GMT -5
There's three names I certainly want to add. Alan Kaltman (East Coast researcher and has been an invaluable resource for me for both AT40 and ACC. Alan conducted the majority of phone interviews that provided the material for Casey's stories. I bet I have 50 plus reel to reel tapes he sent me loaded with interviews with 200+ artists.), Ben Marichal - statistician extraordinaire! Ben has a lot still going on but likes his privacy. Lastly, Bill Hergonson. Bill was engineer #1 for AT40 and was there when it all began. Like Alan, Bill has provided me with so much insight on how the show was produced, what source material they used, etc. He still loves talking about the show and his role in it.
There's others I haven't had the chance to visit with and some that have passed on like Sandy Stuart Benjamin.
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Post by robert on Jul 10, 2009 8:40:07 GMT -5
There also late producer Nikki Wine.
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Post by redsox on Jul 10, 2009 14:48:13 GMT -5
I apologize for being off-topic but when did Nikki Wine pass away?
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Post by Mike Schwartz on Jul 10, 2009 18:04:07 GMT -5
I apologize for being off-topic but when did Nikki Wine pass away? Hi Redsox, Sadly Nikki passed away in the summer of 1995 at the age of 49. There are two required texts for this website, Pete Battistini's "AT 40 The Seventies" and Rob Durkee's The Countdown of the Century". This info came from the later book-page 265. |
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