SOME NEW ADDS FOR 4/5

Here are some recent adds on The Retro Attic, your home for the best, worst, and some underappreciated platters of the 60's and 70's(along with dashes of 50's and early 80's hits):

Top 40:

1. The Main Ingredient - Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - '74
2. Moon Martin - Rolene - '79
3. The Human Beinz - Nobody But Me - '67(in stereo)
4. Blue Swede - Never My Love - '74
5. Magic Lanterns - Shame, Shame - '68(in mono)
6. Stallion - Old Fashioned Boy(You're The One) - '77
7. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell - '79(only 3 1/2 minutes, not 8!)
8. Black Oak Arkansas - Jim Dandy - '73

Bottom 45's/Overseas Hits:

9. Smubbs - It Can't Be Too Late - '68
10. Zoot - The Freak - '71
11. John Culliton Mahoney - The Ballad Of Evel Knievel - '74
12. The Hands Of Time - Got To Get You Into My Life - '66
13. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Diddy Wah Diddy - '66
14. Al De Lory - Song From M*A*S*H* - '70
15. Bro Smith - Bigfoot - '76

Tune in at http://retroatticrareoldiesradio.com and chat with us while you're listening! Tuesdays are always "Request your favorite 70's top 40 hit!"

THE RETRO ATTIC IN APRIL/FUTURE FEATURED ARTISTS OF THE MONTH

Our Featured Artist Of The Month will be taking a break during April. I have some vacation time coming, and I need to take a little breather and explore some future career options. I also want to mainly focus during April on creating a few Mixcloud shows.

Here are the upcoming Featured Artists Of The Month for the rest of the spring and summer:

May - Earth, Wind And Fire
June - The Monkees(to celebrate "Good Times," their first new album in 20 years...and more than likely, their last!)
July - Electric Light Orchestra
August - Todd Rundgren(including Nazz, Runt and Utopia)
September - Eric Clapton(including Cream, Derek/Dominos, etc.)

I also threw in some new adds today, such as Bloodrock, Consumer Rapport, Small Faces, Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band, Bobby Vinton, etc.

Visit The Retro Attic at http://retroatticrareoldiesradio.com and let's talk about oldies in the chat room!

"RETRO ATTIC COVERS HOUR" AIRS TODAY!

Join us today at 1 PM eastern for The Retro Attic Covers Hour, a collection of classic and obscure cover tunes from the 60's, 70's and early 80's! This special came about per the suggestion of one of our VIP members. If you would like to become a VIP member and request a 1 hour theme of your own, then please contact DJ Gilbert Matthews through the chat room at http://retroatticrareoldiesradio.com and he will tell you how.

The Retro Attic can also be found on Tunein.com, Nobex Radio, ITunes Radio in their Golden Oldies category, Reciva Radio, etc. We also have a Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/retroatticrareoldiesradio.

The next special in the pipeline(another VIP member's request) will be an album rock showcase of the late 60's and early 70's. You might say this will be a salute to the old underground FM days! Each track's length will range from 5 to 12 minutes.

In the meantime, give us a listen if you like a cool variety of 60's and 70's top 40 and bottom 45's with an occasional dash of late 50's and early 80's. We will admit to having some of those "burned out oldies," but we take pride in our "wow" selections and fulfilling every challenging request! We hope to see you soon!

NEW ADDS FOR 3/2

I haven't done one of these for a while, but it will start becoming a regular occurrence again...here are some new top 40 adds and a new bottom 45 add starting today on The Retro Attic!

1. B.J. Thomas - Most Of All - '70(Request)
2. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Take It Like A Man - '76
3. Eric Clapton - Willie And The Hand Jive - '74
4. Sugarloaf - Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - '74
5. James Darren - Her Royal Majesty - '62
6. Robert John - Sad Eyes - '79
7. Sly And The Family Stone - Stand! - '69
8. Gonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet - '79
9. The Grass Roots - Heaven Knows - '69
10. David & Jonathan - Michelle - '66
11. The Peppermint Trolley Company - Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind - '68
12. Tommy Roe - Come On - '64(also added in Dizzy from '69)
13. The Critters - Don't Let The Rain Fall Down On Me - '67
14. Blue Haze - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - '72

Join our Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/retroatticrareoldiesradio and make a note of our daily request themes. You can tune into the station at http://retroatticrareoldiesradio.com where you can participate in our chat room and make a request! Petula Clark is our Featured Artist Of The Month(once an hour, every hour, round every corner!).

PATREON PLEDGE PAGE

I have set up a pledge page for The Retro Attic and Awfully Awesome 80's at http://patreon.com/gilmatthews. Feel free to give it a look and if you believe in my vision of deep, unique playlists and programming, then please help keep us afloat.

FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RETRO ATTIC

The poll results in my Facebook group(http://facebook.com/groups/retroatticrareoldiesradio) have been interesting so far, and I think I know how I'm going to proceed with The Retro Attic and the two other streams I have possession of(1 is on Shoutcast and I'm paying for it - the other is on Icecast and I got it for free, complete with tons of storage!). Here goes:

1. The Retro Attic will stay primarily focused on the 60's and 70's. There will be no 50's or 80's weekend specials; however, there is an interest in having some 50's and 80's tunes back in the rotation. I think this is doable. The late 50's had sounds that carried over into the early 60's, right up through '63(Sam Cooke, Dion, Jackie Wilson, general doo wop, crooner material, etc.). The late 70's brought us some westcoast/adult contemporary/album oriented rock acts with sounds that continued into the early 80's, up until MTV made its first full impact in '83. 80's new wave acts and 80's metal bands wouldn't be a good fit on The Retro Attic, but the softer sounds should be acceptable.

2. I am all for doing weekend specials, but I think everyone will be happier if the specials stick with the station's overall theme. Dave Oplinger will be sending me some suggestions and Joe Marshall would like to see a non top 10 disco/dance show. I think other things such as a 60's garage rock showcase or a soul/country chart countdown from years past could also be fun.

3. I could do a "No Repeat Monday" and still include bottom 45's and tracks from the Featured Artist Of The Month. I'll try it sometime in March and see what the reception is. It will take a while before I could add any other "no repeat" days; my playlists still need a lot of work, there are many key hits I haven't included yet, etc.

4. Right now the ratio of 70's tunes to 60's tunes in the rotation is almost 2:1. I know that the 70's are going to be more familiar to people, but I should do better with the 60's. If I got the percentages to 55/45 with the 70's being the majority, would that be satisfactory to everyone?

5. If I was to feature more bottom 45's, then I think they would serve their purpose better on the weekends. During the weekdays, I get listeners who are at work, and I think they prefer hearing more of the top 40 material. Any additional bottom 45's during the weekdays could alienate some of these listeners.

6. As some of you know, I'm an 80's MTVaholic and a huge fan of traditional hard rock/heavy metal/AOR. I think that I have something to offer in these areas, so I will get those two streams that I mentioned in the first paragraph developed. The Shoutcast one will be a definitive guide to the 80's, featuring just about any band that charted on Billboard and/or got some MTV exposure. The Icecast one will be an all-rock channel featuring classics and obscurities from the late 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and bands of today with obvious nostalgic leanings. This covers classic rock, melodic rock, traditional heavy metal, westcoast AOR, and power pop...there will be no grunge, death metal, hardcore punk, or bizarre alternative rock featured. Both of these stations will be launched once I have at least 500 songs in each station's database; this way I shouldn't get complaints right away about hearing the same songs over and over again. I'll handle the initial licensing startup costs and hopefully these formats will gain supporters!

I know this is a lot to take in, but hopefully it shows that I care about my listeners. The floor is now yours!

"MALTED MEMORIES" AIRS TONIGHT!

Join us at 7 PM eastern tonight for Malted Memories, an hour with 23 top 40 hits from the 50's(some of them are definitely lost) and a bottom 45 from 1958 that peaked at #80! A 3 song tribute to "The Day The Music Died" will also be included.

Get your 50's fix every Friday night by tuning in at http://retroatticrareoldiesradio.com. The Retro Attic can also be found on Tunein.com, Radio Tuna, Itunes Radio in their "Golden Oldies" category, Nobex Radio, and most major internet radio directories.