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Lot #7401
Punk Rock: Original KSAN Reel-to-Reel Tape of 'The Outcastes' - Featuring The Ramones, AC/DC, and Roky Erickson

Estimate: $400+

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Description

Original 10.5˝ reel-to-reel tape containing a master recording of ‘The Outcastes,’ America's first regularly scheduled punk rock radio show, which ran on KSAN-FM in San Francisco from 1976 to 1978. The reel contains a collection of station IDs and segments recorded by various artists, including AC/DC, the Ramones, Crime, The Nuns, Dead Boys, Roky Erickson, Billy Idol, and others, as detailed on the affixed track listing labels. Additional notes reference interviews, music cuts, and “Outcasts outtakes from syndication pilot.” Includes its original strange box, which is annotated on the spine, “206, Outcastes Trax Norman Master.” In fine condition.

From the archives of Norman Davis, the co-host of the pioneering punk radio show The Outcastes on KSAN-FM in San Francisco, America's first regularly scheduled punk rock radio show, which ran from 1976 to 1978. For nearly two years, The Outcastes went live every Friday night from 2 to 4 a.m. (Saturday morning) and featured some of punk’s biggest early stars, including Devo, The Cramps, Roky Erickson, The Nuns, The Dead Boys, Iggy Pop, and the Sex Pistols. He interviewed Paul Cook and Steve Jones on January 13, 1978, a day before the band’s final concert at the Winterland. The interview was notorious for its airing of unedited expletives used by Cook and Jones, profanity that could have potentially cost the radio station its license.

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