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    My collection consists primarily of American Top 40 shows, which are listed on a separate set of pages.  I also have a handful of Casey's Top 40, Casey's Top 20 Adult Contemporary, Dick Clark's National Music Surveys, Top 40 Satellite Survey with Dan Ingram, and Rick Dees Top 40 shows, plus a couple of one-offs, and these are all listed below.

 

Click here for my AT 40 collection.

 

    Before you request a trade with me or purchase from me, please read the following.  I am often asked about the quality and/or source of these recordings.  For the most part, the answer to these questions are...it varies, and...I do not know.  They are acquired in trade.  They could be copies of original station records or CDs, they could be such copies that are several generations old, or they could have been originally recorded directly from a radio or receiver either by direct line-in or even by holding a microphone up to a speaker for all I know. 

    Please note that some of my shows were originally acquired ON TAPE and subsequently digitized to store on CD and/or on hard disk.  The acquisition could have been as long ago as the early 1990s when I first started this hobby.  (I have not kept a record of when I acquired everything in my collection.)  Thus, the quality of any show originally on tape is very likely to not be perfect because of the inherent limitations of recording to analog tape, especially if the recording is several generations old and REALLY especially if the original recording was made off the radio as opposed to from the original albums or CDs.  There could be crackles, hisses, volume level changes, occasional skips in the recording as a tape side was changed, and so forth.  I've done some clean-up of these shows during the process of transfer to digital format, and the shows ARE listenable, in my opinion, or I wouldn't list them.  But they're, as a rule, NOT going to be perfect.  I've indicated the shows that I originally acquired on tape.

    A few, which are noted, were recorded by me directly from original ABC Watermark vinyl or CD, and these are of very good quality.  Most other shows were acquired on CD in digital format.  Generally, these shows are also of very good quality, and I assume they were at one point originally recorded from the original CD or vinyl directly to CD and never went through an analog phase in the subsequent copying and re-copying processes.  But I don't know this for sure for any of them.  As I said, though, these are generally of very good quality, and I think most people would find them quite acceptable to listen to.

    Any show you get from me will arrive on CDs, two or three depending on the show's length, which I show, in minutes, in the second-last column.

    If all of the above is acceptable to you, I welcome your inquiry, and let's do some trading!

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In the charts and tables below, the most recent additions are shown in a contrasting color.

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Casey's Top 40 Countdowns

 

Show Date

Comment

 Length (min) Location
       
1/21/89 First Casey's Top 40 show. 194 CD192-194/HD2
2/5/89   198 CD1365/HD2
5/13/89   197 CD195-197/HD2
6/17/89   194 CD198-200/HD2
9/9/89 Mark Elliot guest hosts. 195 CD201-203/HD2
10/7/89   194 CD204-206/HD2
11/26/89 Special Thanksgiving show.  Top 40 Acts of the 80s. 191 CD207-209/HD2
12/23/89 Top 40 Number 1 Hits of the '80s.  CT 40 special show. 217 CD1532-1534/HD2
12/30/89 Top 40 of 1989. 195 CD1483-1485/HD2
       
1/13/90   194 CD210-212/HD2
3/17/90 Top 40 Movie Hits of the '80s.  CT 40 special show. 221 CD1535-1537/HD2
5/26/90 Top 40 Dance Hits of the '80s.  CT 40 special show. 221 CD1544-1550/HD2
7/7/90 Top 40 Summer Hits of the '80s.  CT 40 special show. 219 CD1538-1540/HD2
9/1/90 Top 40 British Hits of the '80s.  CT 40 special show. 221 CD1544-1546/HD2
11/24/90 Special Thanksgiving show.  Top 40 Million Sellers of the 80s. 196 CD213-216/HD2
12/22 & 29/90 Top 100 of 1990.  Originally acquired on tape and digitized by me. 365 1059-1062/CD248-253/HD2
       
1/19/91   190 CD217-219/HD2
12/21 & 28/91 Top 100 of 1991. 433 CD1553-1558/HD2
       
12/19 & 26/92 Top 100 of 1992. 442 CD1504-1509/HD2
       
10/9/93 Originally acquired on tape and digitized by me.. 190 656-658/CD254-256/HD2
12/25/93 & 1/1/94 Top 100 of 1993. 507 CD1510-1517/HD2
       
12/24 & 31/94 Top 100 of 1994.  Recorded off of VOA (Voice of America) Europe. 447 CD1758/HD2
       
12/23 & 30/95 Top 100 of 1995. 501 CD1518-1525/HD2
       
4/20/96 Originally acquired on tape and digitized by me. 190 V133/CD242-CD244/HD2
12/21 & 28/96 Top 100 of 1996. 440 CD1526-1531/HD2
       
2/15/97 Originally acquired on tape and digitized by me. 191 V133/CD245-CD247/HD2
12/27/97 & 1/3/98 Top 100 of 1997.  Originally acquired on tape and digitized by me.. 428 V134/CD226-CD241/HD2
       
2/21/98 Last CT 40 show to feature Casey Kasem as host, but Casey makes no mention of it, and this is not the last CT 40 show.  That would come on 3/21/98, and guest hosts filled in for the last few shows. 249 CD1547-1552/HD2

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Dick Clarks' National Music Survey
Airdate Length (min) Location
12/11/82 158 HD
3/19/83 129 CD1365/HD
12/22/84 146 HD

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Top 40 Satellite Survey with Dan Ingram
Airdate Length (min) Location
11/30/84 157 CD1496-1497/HD
6/14/85 148 CD1498-1499/HD
9/7/85 146 845-847/HD
10/12/85 148 848-850/HD
3/22/86 150 851-853/HD
3/29/86 150 854-856/HD
5/24/86 149 857-859/HD
7/12/86 148 860-862/HD

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Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40
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Comment

 Length (min) Location
       
3/24/84   190 CD1203-1206/HD
8/31/84   207 649-651/CD267-271/HD
9/28/84   207 651-653/CD263-266/HD
       
7/12/85   190 CD117--1173/HD
       
1/16/88 Top 40 Remakes of the 1980s.  Special Show. 185 CD1754/HD2
       
8/11/91 Top 40 Hottest Hits of Summer.  Special Show. 216 CD1754/HD2
12/28/91 & 1/4/92 Top 91 of 1991. 432 CD1752/HD2
       
12/23 & 30/95 Hot AC Top 95 of 1995. 433 CD1751/HD2
       
4/21/96   216 V132/CD260-262/HD
       
12/18 & 25/99 "Millenium Countdown."  Top 80 of the 1990s. 433 CD1753/HD2
       
12/25/02 Christmas Special. 212 CD1755/HD2
       
12/20 &27/03 Top 100 of 2003. 385 CD1750/HD2
       
12/24 & 31/05 Top 100 of 2005. 442 CD1638-1645/HD2
       
12/23 & 30/06 Top 100 of 2006. 441 CD1645-1653/HD2
       
7/21/& 28/07 Top 88 of the Century.  Special Show. 440 CD1654-1661/HD2
12/22 & 29/07 Top 100 of 2007 440 CD1622-1669/HD2
       
12/20 & 12/27/08 Top 100 of 2008. 432 CD1573-1580/HD2
       
1/3/09 Biggest #1 Hits of the Past Four Years (2005-2008).  Special Show. 199 CD1749/HD2

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Other Countdowns.  Latest additions show in blue.

  1. Casey's Countdown Top 70 Adult Contemporary Songs of 1992.  (405 minutes, CD1582-1587/HD2)

  2. Casey's Countdown Top 70 Adult Contemporary Songs of 1993.  (399 minutes, CD1588-1593/HD2)

  3. Casey's Top 25 Adult Contemporary Songs for May 14, 1994.  (144 minutes, CD1392-1394HD2)

  4. Casey's Hot 20 Top 35 of 1994.  (201 minutes, CD1594-1596/HD2)

  5. Casey's Hot 20 Top 35 of the 1990s So Far.  From December 23, 1995.  (198 minutes, CD1769/HD2)

  6. Casey's Hot 20 Top 35 of 1995.  From December 30, 1995.  (199 minutes, CD1769/HD2)

  7. Casey's Hot 20 Top 60 of 1996.  (394 minutes, CD1597-1602/HD2)

  8. Casey's Hot 20 Top 60 of 1997.  (396 minutes, CD1603-1608/HD2)

  9. Casey's Countdown for September 27, 1997.  Top 20 Adult Contemporary songs.  (140 minutes, CD272-CD274/HD)

  10. Casey's Countdown for October 10, 1997.  Top 20 Adult Contemporary songs.  (142 minutes, CD275-CD277/HD)

  11. American Top 10 Top 60 Christmas Songs from 2006.  (CD1704-1709/HD2)

  12. American Top 10 Top 30 of 2004.  December 25, 2004.  (166 minutes, CD1768/HD2)

  13. American Top 10 Top 30 of 2005.  December 31, 2005.  (179 minutes, CD1757/HD2)

  14. American Top 10 Top 30 of 2006.  (CD1710-1712/HD2)

  15. American Top 10 Top 30 of 2007.  (CD1713-1715/HD2)

  16. American Top 10 Top 30 of 2008.  (CD1716-1718/HD2)

  17. American Top 20 Top 60 of 1998.  (404 minutes, CD1609-1614/HD2)

  18. American Top 20 Top 30 of the 1990's.  (197 minutes, CD1615-1617/HD2)

  19. American Top 20 for June 6, 2000.  (170 minutes, CD304-306/HD)

  20. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2000.  (397 minutes, CD1618-1623/HD2)

  21. American Top 20 Top 30 Christmas Songs Special from December 2001.  (139 minutes/CD292-294)

  22. American Top 20 Top 60 of 1998.  (394 minutes, CD1771/HD2)

  23. American Top 20 AC Top 30 of 1999.  (197 minutes, CD1772/HD2)

  24. American Top 20 AC Top 30 of the 1990s. From January 1, 2000.  (201 minutes, CD1772/HD2)

  25. American Top 20 AC Top 60 of 2000.  (406 minutes, CD1773/HD2)

  26. American Top 20 AC Top 30 Christmas Songs.  From December 15, 2001.  (165 minutes, CD1774/HD2)

  27. American Top 20 AC Top 60 of 2001.  (335 minutes, CD1774/HD2)

  28. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2001.  (400 minutes, CD1624-1629/HD2)

  29. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2002.  (396 minutes, CD1630-1635/HD2)

  30. American Top 20 AC Top 30 Christmas Songs.  From December 20, 2003.  (165 minutes, CD1775/HD2)

  31. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2003.  (335 minutes, CD1719-1724/HD2)

  32. American Top 20 AC Top 30 of 2003.  (166 minutes, CD1775/HD2)

  33. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2004.  (335 minutes, CD1768/HD2)

  34. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2005.  (304 minutes, CD1725-1728/HD2)

  35. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2006.  (336 minutes, CD1729-1734/HD2)

  36. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2007.  (335 minutes, CD1735-1740/HD2)

  37. American Top 20 Top 60 of 2008.  (336 minutes, CD1741-1746/HD2)

  38. American Top 20 AC Top 30 of 2002.  (200 minutes, CD1551-1552/CD1757/HD2)

  39. American Top 20 Top 30 Christmas Songs, from November 29, 2003.  (152 minutes, CD1636-1637/HD2)

  40. American Top 40 Hot AC Top 40 of 2004 with Ryan Seacrest.  January 1, 2005.  (182 minutes, CD1756/HD2)

  41. American Top 40 Hot AC Top 40 of 2007 with Ryan Seacrest.  December 29, 2007.  (223 minutes, CD1755/HD2)

 

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Other Countdowns

  1. Adam Curry's Top 30 Hit List for July 2, 1994.  Elvis Durant substitutes for Mr. Curry.  (164 minutes, CD226-228/HD)

  2. Fox All-Access Countdown for September 9, 2002.  With Chris Leary.  Top 15 songs.   (100 minutes, CD229-230)

  3. Top 60 of the 1960s with Pete Fornitale.  From July 4, 1987.  (CD1670-1675/HD2)

  4. Top 60 of the 1960s with Pete Fornitale.  From July 4, 1989.  (CD1676-1681/HD2)