Saturday at 10 am with Stephen Spicer

Stephen Spicer

Stephen Spicer was fortunate to grow up in a house full of sound systems and music. The lounge room never looked complete without the presence of a substantial pair of loudspeakers.

He built his first amplifier at the age of 14. So a technical education was a certainty, completing an honours degree in Electrical Engineering at Monash University in 1980.

He worked for twenty five years at Telecom Research Laboratories, and a further fifteen years for Telstra Corporation Ltd., in the field of internet video delivery platforms.

But his true love has always been music and high fidelity sound reproduction.

The Radio Eastern Radiogram – In Action!

Here is the Radio Eastern Radiogram, playing an RCA 45 from 1965. The artist is Colin Buckley, an immigrant to Australia in the late 1940’s, and who made a number of singles for RCA, and also appeared on The Go! Show on Melbourne’s ATV-O. This single here was recorded at AWA recording studios, Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia.

The Radiogram is made by Pope Electronics, in Sydney Australia. It is a Model 7707, “New Michigan” radiogram, and was purchased from “The Myer Emporium” in Melbourne, costing 260 Pounds in 1962 (the equivalent cost today exceeds $5000).

Above: Putting show to-air requires a lot of paper, and notes!
Just one sheet of twelve in this case!

Mod – Mary Quant – Petula Clark
…… and Recording Studios:

Here is something random……”These are a few of my favourite things…….” with a back-announce at the end, during a Saturday Sounds Show.
…….a mix of Mod culture, ……..mid-60’s Music, ……and vintage music-making Technology.