Hits From LM Radio – new 2CD set from PT Music

Disc 1

1. Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
2. Me And You And A Dog Named Boo – Lobo
3. My Baby Loves Lovin’ – White Plains
4. Jam Up And Jelly Tight – Tommy Roe
5. There’s A Kind Of Hush – Hermans Hermits
6. Jingle Jangle – The Archies
7. Telstar – The Tornados
8. I Just Can’t Help Believing – BJ Thomas
9. Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
10. Son Of My Father – Chicory Tip
11. Rock Your Baby – George McCrae
12. Pied Piper – Crispian St. Peters
13. Doctor’s Orders – Carol Douglas
14. Sunshine Superman – Donovan
15. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse
16. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted – Jimmy Ruffin
17. Make Me An Island – Joe Dolan
18. Games People Play – Joe South
19. Indian Reservation – Paul Revere & The Raiders
20. Warm & Tender Love – Percy Sledge
21. Feel Like A Woman – The Troggs
22. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (live) – Marvin Gaye

Disc 2

1. Hitchin’ A Ride – Vanity Fare
2. Come And Get It – Badfinger
3. Band Of Gold – Freda Payne
4. Reflections Of My Life – The Marmalade
5. Tears Of A Clown – The Miracles
6. Yellow River – Christie
7. If I Had A Hammer – Trini Lopez
8. Beautiful Sunday – Daniel Boone
9. I’m Telling You Now – Freddie & The Dreamers
10. Fery Cross The Mersey – Gerry & The Pacemaker
11. Just Like Eddie – Heinz
12. Judy In Disguise – John Fred & The Playboys
13. Arizona – Mark Lindsay
14. Windy – The Association
15. Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys
16. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart – The Trammps
17. In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry
18. He’s So Fine – The Chiffons
19. The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace
20. Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots
21. Save The Last Dance For Me – The Drifters
22. Moody River – Pat Boone
23. Nice To Be With You – Gallery

Do you remember a time in South Africa when there was no TV and no internet? Hard to believe that there ever was such a time, and that listening to the radio was actually one of the best ways to discover the latest and greatest music. The DJ’s cared about the music and they even had theme tunes. Springbok Radio was OK, but the station that teenagers really embraced with enthusiasm was LM Radio, based out of Lourenco Marques in neighbouring Mozambique.

LM Radio was privately owned and operated, and served a vast audience of young people by transmitting pop and rock music which was not heard on the state-controlled SABC stations. The music was everything and DJs like David Gresham, Darryl Jooste, Long John Berks, Peter De Nobrega (and many, many more), were real personalities who played music that they really liked and the fans appreciated it.

The radio station in Lourenco Marques first started broadcasting in the 1930s, but it was in the late 1950s that it underwent a major format change to cater for the younger generation.

The LMRadio.org website says it best; “LM Radio, as it was popularly known, was renowned for its Top Twenty chart show, the LM Hit Parade, and played a major role in promoting South African artists and their music.”

In 1975 LM Radio became Radio 5, and then 5FM, but the spark of independence was no longer there and whole generations have grown up in South Africa without hearing music radio at its best.

This CD will go a long way in helping you to remember when radio was a way of life and a place for really great music.

Sleeve notes by Brian Currin, July 2009

Released by PT Music, September 2009

Available to download at RhythmMusicStore.com