WFIL Pop Explosion Volume 2 Outtakes

Back in 1967, Lost Nite Records released WFIL Pop Explosion Volume 2, with 22 of the then current hits. Here's a look at the cover.

Thanks to former WFIL jock Dennis John Cahill, we have some outtake shots from the cover photo session. These are on large format slides, and there's a bit of liquid damage, but gaze on these for the first time ever! Click the images for even larger versions.

It's overnite jock Dave Parks in the cool convertible.

This is a variation of the shot that was on the back of the album. From the top, Jay Cook, Dave Parks, Long John Wade, George Michaels, Chuck Browing, and Jim Nettleton.

 

And one last shot of George Michaels.

And thanks again to Dennis John Cahill for sharing this piece of radio history.

WFIL Philadelphia Survey September 25, 1967

Back with another WFIL survey with music genres across the board, along with the usual heavy dose of Philly music. Click to enlarge and enjoy!

WFIL Philadelphia Survey Jan 22 9168

Another survey from Famous 56 WFIL Philadelphia, this one from early 1968. American pop is making a comeback, there are only five British invasion songs on this survey. Local groups still make the chart like Barbara Mason and the Soul Survivors. And don't forget to order your Long John Wade niteshirt on the back!

WFIL Philadelphia Survey August 14 1967

1967 was a great year for music and WFIL had every style. Pop, Soul, Rock, British, and the awesome local acts like Billy Harner, the Kit Kats and Bunny Sigler. "Frightened Little Girl" by the July Four is a classic folk rock song, and Dean Martin even sneaks into the playlist. Click to enlarge and enjoy.

WFIL Philadelphia Survey Aug 28 1967

Another jammin' survey from Famous 56, at the height of the 60s music explosion. Click to enlarge, or right click and open in new window for the largest versions.

 

WFIL Philadelphia Survey May 27 1968

Another classic WFIL survey, click to enlarge.

WRCP Philadelphia Surveys September 25 & October 2, 1967

More from Philadelphia's Country Giant of the 60s, WRCP. Click to enlarge.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey from November 20, 1967

Another classic survey from WIBG Philadelphia. This one features Billy Joel's group The Hassles at #77, The Kit-Kats at #44, and Thorinsheild(?) at #79. Click to enlarge. Also note #9 is Victor Lundberg's "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son", and #86 is, "A Letter To Dad", from Every Fathers Teenage Son. Cheaper than stamps, I guess. Wait, weren't stamps 3 cents?

WFIL Philadelphia Survey May 13 1968

Another WFIL survey from May 1968. Click to enlarge.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey July 31 1967

 

WFIL Philadelphia Survey April 29 1968

Here's another WFIL Philadelphia survey from early 1968, just before the psychedelic makeover. Click to enlarge, and notice local favorites the Kit-Kats performing all around the area for Gimbels Department Store, and the Sands Of Time for Wanamakers Department Store.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey November 06 1967

This survey may contain the peak number of genres ever played on one station. The late 60s saw the coexistence of rock, pop, soul, surf, british, classic pop, jazz, and local rock on surveys from  around the country. WIBG's Top 99 had room for Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Dusty Springfield, Joe Tex, Cher, Keith, Beach Boys, and Ramsey Lewis and Hugh Masakela, and on the air as well. It was truly a melting pot of music that doesn't exist today. Click to enlarge.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey July 03 1968

Another WIBG survey from 1968. They only list 30 songs, but local favorites like Cliff Nobles and the Fantastic Johnny C are still charting, along with Barbara Greene. Click to enlarge.

WFIL Philadelphia Survey August 7 1967

WFIL had the playlist down to 56 songs in 1967, but they still have lots of room for the local acts the Kit Kats, Bunny Sigler, Chuck Wood, and the Soul Survivors. DJ Jerry Blavat had his own TV show, the subject of a post to come. Click to enlarge as always.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey March 25 1963

Another Top 99 survey from Wibbage. Note Don L. Brink on the bottom, soon to be known as Scotty Brink. Study the groups in the survey carefully, in less than a year the Beatles would arrive and many of these groups would never chart again.

Click to enlarge, thanks to Scotty for the scan.

 

WFIL Philadelphia Survey April 22 1968

WIBG Philadelphia Survey September 25 1967

Another WIBG survey from just after the Summer Of Love. I really like the Clairol ad. "The Girl From Uncurl". Get it? Click to enlarge.

WFIL Philadelphia Survey April 10 1967

WRCP Philadelphia Battle of the Giants Survey June 1968

Here's WRCP in Philadelphia's Top 200 songs of all time as of June 1968. This one is too big to do an audio version, so click to enlarge and study.

WIBG Philadelphia Survey September 11 1967

Another great survey from WIBG. Notice the wide variety of artists in the Top 99. Local group the Kit Kats are at #44 and #80 with their name spell backward.
Click to enlarge, audio version is here.