"PAMS Radio Jingles" "PAMS Series 29 Go Go" "KXOK 630 AM St. Louis, MO."
"Series 29: "Go Go" Released 1965
A follow-up to Series 27, this package features the all male group with high soprano along with fast-paced vocal backgrounds. The lyrics reflect the "au go go" craze which swept Europe and America."
http://pams.com/cuts-29.html
This is a rather unusual version of PAMS Series 29, as recorded for St. Louis radio station KXOK; PAMS founder, Bill Meeks made these comments concerning Series 27, "The Jet Set":
"Created in 1964 this package featured four voices, all male. While this may at first seem trivial, it is not. These jingles were written specifically for male voices. They have been copied and redone over the years frequently with female singers. According to Bill Meeks, this greatly diminishes their impact."
I thought about these comments, and I understand what he meant. The same, no doubt, applied to the way Series 29 and 30 were created- one for male voices, the other for female voices. So I can only guess that the program director at KXOK specifically requested that their Series 29 jingles be recorded, not with the customary male vocals, but PAMS' mixed-vocal group, males and females. Does the change in vocal arrangements hurt the jingles? I don't think it necessarily does, but then again, it really does sound a bit odd- as if there's something missing here.
Actually, there is something missing here and that has to do with many of the music tracks here missing the overdubbed elements that are heard with the finished package. A lot of the female "oobie-doobies" are missing as well as Gleni Tai's high soprano parts. In some ways, we're hearing a sort of what-may-have-been version of Series 29; what if the writers/arrangers had decided to produce this package as heard here, with a male/female vocal group- a more standard PAMS jingle package? I'm glad they decided to go with the more powerful all-male vocals with the ladies adding their subtle contributions to the music tracks.
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