KOME: The LBJ Years Vol.1

The radio station KOME-FM was located in San Jose, California, and during the hey-day of rock was one of the top radio stations in the US, better even than stations in Los Angeles and New York according to many of its listeners. One of its more infamous station call-signs was “K-O-M-E … all over your radio!!”

Occasionally the station would have a theme-weekend, playing music exclusively of a certain kind over a Saturday and a Sunday. This recording is from one such weekend in May 1979, dubbed “The LBJ Years.” The only music played this particular weekend were songs released during the term of President Johnson, from 1963 through early 1969. This is, in my view, the peak period of so-called classic rock music.

This particular weekend, I had my reel-to-reel deck running almost continuously, recording everything during the hours I was home and awake. I then cherry-picked the tracks I liked, edited out commercials and the like, and transferred them to my other reel deck. The end result was about 6 hours of live radio DJ-mixed prime rock.

Most of the top hits of the day are included, plus others I don't see often on modern compilations, such as Naz's Under The Ice, Spirit's Fresh Garbage, or Count Five's Psychotic Reaction. And just to spice things up, Bela Lugosi in Frankenstein, Foghorn Leghorn, plus some other interesting interludes!!

I just got my reel deck out of storage and working, and if there is interest I will be happy to share future volumes as I transfer my tapes to computer. I'll upload them in CD-sized chunks.

This is Volume 1. The download consists of a single mp3 file with songs selected and mixed by the DJ in the order of the DJ's choosing. If someone wants to write a cue file, I'm sure many will appreciate it.

Song list: KOME - The LBJ Years (May 1979) - Vol.1 (72 minutes)

01 Doors - Touch Me
02 Jeff Beck - Beck's Bolero
03 Robert Kline - Where You Can Get Every Record Ever Recorded (comedy)
04 Naz - Under The Ice
05 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
06 Who - Happy Jack
-- DJ Announcement --
07 Beatles - Good Morning
-- DJ Announcement --
08 Jefferson Airplane - We Can Be Together
09 Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
10 Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow
-- DJ Announcement --
11 Mitch Rider & The Detroit Wheels - Devil With The Blue Dress On
12 Spencer Davis - Gimme' Some Lovin'
13 Yardbirds - Heart Full of Stones
14 Who - Pinball Wizard
15 Seeds - Pushin' Too Hard
16 Buffalo Springfield - Rock & Roll Woman
17 Animals - Listen My Friends
18 Cream - I'm So Glad
19 Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
20 Traffic - Paper Sun
21 Herman's Hermits - What Do You Do When The Cow Goes Dry?
21 Zombies - She's Not There
22 Rolling Stones - Gimme' Shelter