I would mail over 165 [eventually] advance playsts to record companies, promotion men, and a about a half-dozne state wide radio stations. This was because the change to Go Mag made it virtually impossilbe to mail copies of Go to them becauuse of cost and size - since GO was a tabloid sized paper and about 16 pages long.
By the time the last of this series is posted - you will be able to see EVERY record ever played regularly on WLOF with less that 2 dozen, and morst probably less than a dozen reecords that may have been accidentally left off. There is no way to check on this, but even a dozen may be too large of a number.
A Brief explantation of the advance sheets
Billvoard magzine article on WLOF's LONG playlists
Issue #1 - Early March 1967 - also asks companies to send vinyl and not polystyrene
Issue #2 - March 14, 1967. Annoucning the debut of my newpaper column. Requsts for LPs
Issue #3 - March 21, 1967 - SRDS now shows Orlando with 400,000_ population
Issue #4 - March 28, 1967 - I filmed (16mm) commercials for air, got man advance acetates in mail
Issue #5 - April 4, 1967 - My weird 'picks of the week', bad service to stores, and breaking out a country record
Issue $6 - April 11, 1967 - Rascals play in Orladno and record goes to #1 request. Jonathan King calls from England
Issue #7 - April 18, 1967 - Four promo ment visit at once - and Psycho is big NUMBER ONE in Orlando
Issue #8 - April 25, 1967 - Off record comment by FCC and McLendon on Beatles record lyrics
Issue #9 - May 2, 1967 - Bob Seeger comes by - I'm the first outside of the band to hear "Heavy Music"
Issue #10 - May 9, 1967 - Snoopy producer move to Decca - waiting for latest ratrings hoping the lead goes from 15%
Issue #11 - May 16, 1967 - Rarings out - we lead by 30% figures to come soon - - Precious Memories is a hit
Issue #12 - May 22, 1967 - Rascals hottest group in Orladno - Hardly-Wortht Players is a hit
Issue #13 - May 30, 1967 - Try It by Standesl JUMPS to #1 - More productes call than promo men
Issue #14 - June 6, 1967 - Pick is Rubber Band by David Bowie - years before the world knew him.
Issue #15 - June 13, 1967 - WLOF Standells show was great - Jefferons Airplane Whtie Rabbit selling well
Issue #16 - Jun3 16, 1967 - Step Out Of Your Mind - American Breed - #1
Issue $17 - June 27, 1967 - Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison - NUMBER #1 - Pictures of Lily - WHO - selling well
Issue #18 - July 3, 1967 - Rascal flip side "It's Love" getting more requests
Issue #19 - July 11, 1967 - Whiter Shae Of Pale is #1 - Jimi Henrix "Wind Cries Mary" getting requests
Issue #20 - July 17, 1967 - Ode To Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry starting to get sales - Playlist rotation changed
Issue #21 - July 24, 1967 - "Heavy Music" by Bob Seeger is pick of the week - Dirty Water back again 1.5 years later
Issue #22 - July 31, 1967 - A Colubmia convention - playlist at about 65 - still plaing Janis Ian's "Society's Child"
Issue #23, - August 7, 1967. "Strange Brew" - Cearm - pick of week. Borwn Eyed Girl breaking nationally 4 months later
Issue #24 - August 14, 1967 - "Wind Cries Mary" - Jimi Hendrix suprise at #NUMBER ONE - Hendrix LP back-ordered
Issue #25 - August 22, 1967 - Hendris sill #1 - No room for long records ANY time of day - even overnight
Issuet #26 - August 29,1967 - Heavy Music is at #6 - Ode to Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry - #2
Issue #27 - Septermber 6, 1967 - Seegre breaking nationwide 6 weeks after we played it - Boceuphus was a secret
Issue #28 - Septermber 11, 1967 - "The Letter" Box Tops - #1 - comments on record promotion
Issue #29 - September 19, 1967 - Cream "Strange Brew" is #3 - 2 of 6 advance acetates were bent
Issue #30 - September 26, 1967 - Creams' 'Spoonful' - parts 1 & 2 as extra - records coming out of Florida
Issue #31 - October 2, 1967 - Itchycoo Park - Small Faces - extra - months ahead of the rest of the country
Issue #32 - October 9, 1967 - Off to Nashville for vacation and music conference
Issue #33 - October 30, 1967 - Itchcook Park #1 - back from vacation 4 hours ago
Issue #34 - Novmeber 7, 1967 - NOMINATED FOR GAVING MAN OF THE YEAR SECONDARY MARKET
Issue #35 - November 15, 1967 - On day shift first time in 5 years - 50% ahead of 2nd plact station - B.Vinton #1
Issue # 36 - November 20, 1967 - heard first 3 tracks of Dylan's new album in Nashville studio - interesting comment
Issue #37 - November 27, 1967 - Monkees "Daydream Believer" #1 - Mark Lindsay (of P.Revere) wins callin conest
Issue #38 - December 4, 1967 - "Massachusetts" Bee Gees - #1 - Ravi Shankar pick album of the week!!!
Issue #39 - December 11, 1967 - "Woman Woman" Union Gap #1 - comments on record distribution to Orlando
Issue #40 - December 18, 1967 - Melani'e's "Beautiful People" is great record & pick of the week
Issue #41 - December 17, 1967 - Includes top 95 for 1967 - "Snoopy's Christmas" #1