| A Brief History Of The Organization |
| In June 1979 I was bored one day and started using a tape recorder to record the soundtracks to television shows. Then I got the idea to take them, add my own theme music to the beginning and end of the recording, and make a completely different audio radio show out of it. |
| I gave it the name "The Tape & Record Show", and thus, a homemade empire was born! The Tape & Record Show premiered on Thursday, June 28,1979. The format was simple, just television show soundtracks and various music and comedy albums. The organization expanded a bit in 1982. My old friend, Randy Haney, who was impersonating Elvis Presley YEARS before he died, joined the organization, and did the FIRST show that wasn't exclusively soundtracks or records. The show was Randy Haney's "Life Of Elvis", in which he sang along with Elvis Presley recordings. Shortly after, Matt Morehead(Randy's stepbrother) joined as an occassional player. Also in 1982, saw the inclusion of James Stricklin(who premired "The James Stricklin Song Mirage" & "The James Stricklin Happy Hour". The "Song Mirage" was just James acting as DJ and playing his favorite records, later co-hosted by Albert Sims. The "Happy Hour" was a series of occassional one hour specials featuring virtually everyone in the group at times improvising comedy skits and performing music. Jerry Sanders also joined in 1982, premiering "Jerry Sanders Hit Parade", which was formatted the same as the "Song Mirage", but instead of concentrating on rock, like James' show, Jerry concentrated on R & B and rap. Michelle Haney also was an occassional player in the TRSE group, appearing in various shows over the years, but never starting her own series. |
| More growth happened in 1985, when Paul Morrison joined and started "Paul's Country Corral". Same basic format as the "Hit Parade" and the "Song Mirage", but better insights by Paul into the history of the songs and the performers. Record store owner Dennis Goodwin also joined in 1985, with "Orbit's Independent Sampler", in which he concentrated on playing just independent record label music. The name was later changed to "The Independent Sampler" when his store "Orbit Records" closed its doors in 1987. |
| Randy Haney's "Life Of Elvis" , Promotional Ad. Circa 1982 (Click image to enlarge) |
| As the years passed, people got married, divorced(James married Michelle in 1983,and divorced a few years later), moved away, or their jobs gave them less time to participate, the organization slowly started fading away. The last "Tape & Record Show", the one that started it all, was broadcast Friday,February 1992, after 485 episodes.That isn't counting hundreds more hours of the other series mentioned above. |
| James Stricklin , Jerry Sanders Circa 1983 (Click image to enlarge) |
| Notable one-time specials over the years were "TRS On Location at Skatetown"(1982)- our first live remote, "King Jam In The Age Of Jam On It In The Jam on Newcleus"(1984)- Randy departed Elvis and sang along with the likes of Ray Parker Jr. and Prince, and "An Evening With Paul Morrison" (1986)- in which Paul played his acoustic guitar and sang country songs. |
| "Jerry Sanders' Hit Parade" Circa 1983 (Click image to enlarge) |
| Maybe one day, Tape & Record Show Enterprises will be back...who knows? |
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| ALBERT'S PLACE "Tape & Record Show Enterprises" |
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