De hoogste nieuwe binnenkomer deze week is Het soldaatje van de Zangeres zonder naam. Die liefhebbers zullen nog vele Top 50’s van dit nummer kunnen genieten. De laagste nieuwe binnenkomer is ‘t prachtige Superstar van de Carpenters op nummer 47. Rod McKuen verstoot Peret van de 1ste plaats deze week met Soldiers who want to be heroes. Twee mooie treiterschijven deze week, met name die van Aretha Franklin. De kanskaart van Peter Holland is Wedding song van Paul Stookey. Paul is de Paul uit Peter, Paul and Mary. Deze solo-plaat mag er zeker zijn, een prachtig nummer!

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1                          Uur 2                          Uur 3

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 50 werd uitgezonden en daaronder een paar scans uit de MP van Oktober 1971.

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The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this period

 

Thursday 30 September 1971

Dave Rogers goes off on shore leave and Crispian St John returns. This means that this evening’s programmes are:

18.00 Rob Eden

20.00 Mike Ross

22.00 Crispian St John

24.00 – 3.00 Paul May

Crispian St John includes recordings of Johnnie Walker on Radio Caroline on his programme. Crispian St John and Paul May read the news.

 

Friday 1 October 1971

The 31 metre shortwave transmitter goes off the air at 20.00 with the comment “Hopefully it will be back tomorrow”. Mike Ross presents the Skyline programme from 3.00 to 6.00 on Saturday morning and news is read by Crispian St John and Paul May.

 

Saturday 2 October 1971

This afternoon’s LP show is presented by Tony Berk as Peter Holland is on holiday. The 31 metre shortwave transmitter stays off the air all day. Crispian St John has made a new promo for the Dutch service Sunday programmes. The Sunday morning Skyline programmes are 3.00 to 5.00 Rob Eden and 5.00 to 7.00 Crispian St John. Crispian St John and Rob Eden are today’s newsreaders. A mobile discotheque in Belgium today features Ferry Maat and Dave Rogers.

 

Sunday 3 October 1971

Leo van der Goot presents this morning’s Kop Op programme. Joost de Draaier is back on his Sunday show at 11.00 following last week’s sitting in by Tony Berk. There are two mobile discotheques today – one in the afternoon featuring Joost Verhoeven and Tony Berk and one in the evening with Ferry Maat and Dave Rogers.  

This evening’s programmes are:

18.00 Rob Eden (In Concert featuring Yes and the Dave Clark Five)

19.00 Paul May (British Top 20)

21.00 Mike Ross (Hitback show)

22.00 Crispian St John

24.00 – 3.00 Paul May

Paul May says that the 31 metre shortwave transmitter has blown itself off the air but should be back on air in a few days’ time. News this evening is read by Crispian St John and Paul May.

 

Monday 4 October 1971

Leo van der Goot takes over presentation of Driemaster from Hans ten Hooge. The Dutch news has reports of espionage connected with RNI, although these are not repeated in the English news in the evening. RNI is off the air for part of the Mike Ross show, but returns at 21.45. Paul May has made a promo for the mobile discotheque in English. Tonight’s newsreaders are Crispian St John and Paul May.

 

Tuesday 5 October 1971

Again today there are references to the espionage story in De Telegraaf in the Dutch news, but it was not mentioned in the International service.

Crispian St John and Rob Eden appeal to David Hughes of Disc magazine to send them copies of the magazine. They say they already get Record Mirror.

News today is read by Paul May and Crispian St John.

 

Wednesday 6 October 1971

Hans ten Hooge goes off on shore leave and Nico Steenbergen returns to the Mebo 2. International service news is read by Paul May and Crispian St John and, onshore, a mobile discotheque today features Joost Verhoeven and Dave Rogers.

 

Thursday 7 October 1971

Paul May and Mike Ross go off on shore leave and Mark Stuart and Dave Rogers return. This alters the programme schedule to:

 18.00 Mark Stuart

 20.00 Rob Eden

 22.00 Crispian St John

 24.00 - 3.00 Dave Rogers

Crispian St John, Dave Rogers and Mark Stuart read the news.

During the station ID at 22.30, Crispian St John said "Broadcasting from the radioship Mebo 2, anchored off Frinton, Essex - oops, I'm giving away all the secrets this evening". Also there was a reference to the 49 metre band transmitter "going places", which was followed by a request for reception reports from people listening on that shortwave band between 6.00 and 9.00 in the morning.

 

Friday 8 October 1971

The Skyline show from 3.00 to 6.00 on Saturday morning is presented by Crispian St John, who also reads news, as does Dave Rogers and Mark Stuart.

 

Tonight's mobile discotheque features Tony Berk and Paul May.

 

New records played on RNI this week included:

Uitvoerende(n)

Titel

Glen Campbell

Last time I saw her

Bojoura

Once upon a time

Sweet

Alexander Graham Bell

Angier

Hey Lawdy Li

Partridge Family

I woke up in love this morning

Fanny

Charity Ball

D C Cameron

Act like a shotgun

Tom Jones

Resurrection Shuffle

Tiffany

One in a million

Lighthouse

One fine morning

De voorpagina van de Muziek Parade van Oktober 1971

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Demis Roussos kom je tegen op nummer 29 en op nummer 8

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Rare Earth stijgt deze week van 18 naar 17

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Onderaan de Top 50 een reklame voor Sjefke

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Ook de Sweet snabbelden wat bij met reklamewerk

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En tanden poetsen was met name voor de jeugd errug belangrijk

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