Instrumental Invasion, 4/19/23 April 20, 2023

The April 19 Instrumental Invasion on WCWP was another 4-2 recording with four segments recorded on February 25 and two (plus pickups) the next day, on the 26th.

The playlist was created on February 11, but tweaked on the 13th when I inadvertently put a 1998 song in the first 1985-97 segment. That song will be part of next week’s show. Annotations started on February 14, but weren’t completed until the 22nd. The talk break script was drafted on the 21st and 24th.

There were three retreads, all from 2020:

• David Benoit‘s cover of “Eye of the Tiger” dates back to May 20, but I had more background information on the original this time. I also referenced my WGBB past, since I was introduced to the song in the mid ’90s by Halftime Howie on his high school sports-centered radio show, and I was his lead-in late in The Instrumental Invasion‘s run. When I promoted the show on Facebook yesterday, David complimented me for playing this song. “Wow that’s a real oldie! Going back to the AVI days!” After I said I’d digitized it from a Waves of Raves cassette, he added “very cool!” I told him “I appreciate that.”
• Jeff Lorber‘s cover of “Ain’t Nobody” was recycled from October 7, with more background info.
• “Unified” by Brian Simpson and Steve Oliver was first played 156 weeks ago (another of those) – April 22. Once again, I referenced the home remodeling contractor‘s harmonious jingle. I thought about playing the jingle, going so far as clipping from a commercial on Unified’s YouTube channel. Fearing legal action, I held back. After all, WCWP staff were recently warned against references to Michael Buffer’s iconic (but trademarked) catchphrase.

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And why not post the Unified jingle?