Final Countdown Classics

OK…here is side 2 of more obscure prank calls. The tape starts off with a brief snippet of a trumpet player telling Buddy Rich to go to hell right on the bandstand. This leads into a classic confrontation between two 7-11 employees (one real and one not so real). The rest of the tape contains the hijinx of the one and only Marky St. James, a Sunset Strip hair band vocalist who calls unsuspecting musicians that have placed ads in local music rags. Too much!

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Hello everyone. It’s obviously been WAY too long since I’ve posted anything up here. After months of procrastination, I’ve decided to work up the courage to re-enter the insect laden, cobweb encrusted storage shed that houses most of the old Final Countdown tapes. I hope you folks realize the health hazards I am risking to bring you the best (and worst) of mid-80’s independent HC/Metal radio. So - to tide you over while I undertake this new expedition into the unknown, I’ve decided to post a couple of episodes featuring my favorite prank calls of the last 20 years. Although great in their own right, there are no Jerky Boys or Tube Bar bits here. Instead, you get to hear the saga of little Chun Nguyen, a Cambodian refugee whose sponsors are desperately (and hilariously) trying to place into a home in Garden Grove. As a bonus, you also get the ‘Alpha Beta Secret Admirer’ bit. More stuff on Part 2. Tons of thanks to Elise Thompson for turning me on to this tape many years ago! Hope you dig it…

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