Johnnie Walker Show Radio Caroline 1968

Record intro's and outro's with Johnnie Walker voice overs. Studio quality audio recording from 1968.
Johnnie Walker has done more for radio than anyone else in the UK. Rock on Johnnie. Radio Caroline, Radio London, Radio England, Radio Mi Amigo, Radio Invicta, Radio North Sea International,Britain Radio,RadioSutch, Radio 390,Radio Veronica,Radio Luxembourg,Radio Atlanta,Radio City and many more of the pirates that ruled the waves, the continent and the Thames estuary forts. All have added something to the history of British and European Radio Broadcasting. Not all good but Caroline stands out as the best and most influential station ever.

[@Counselor77]

I wish radio stations like this still existed. This is when radio was fun. I'm so glad that I lived during this era.

[@marisemarisemarise]

As I see we are few with The Past. (460 individuals in a whole world ). desintegrated eliminated zombiemattered NoWherePeople

[@lionelvillard6299]

...OK...RADIO CAROLINE-MI AMIGO..toujours NUMBER ONE..!!! .

[@HansGeersing]

Radio Monique still is

[@Mike1960s-teenager]

Johnie Walker, sixties music and Radio Caroline jingles - pure heaven

[@john111257]

@dhd1100 mr walker..a wonderful tradition.johnnie is a true radio legend...CAROLINE 4 EVA

[@kleister123456]

@steve edwards... Is there a way of me getting hold of this recording including the music? Would love to play this through some of my vintage equipment :-) thanks in advance

[@mkbuddy]

Is this the bloke from radio 2

[@Dea1104]

@manalive45 thanks alot *smack* :-)

[@minidave54]

the days of great radio better than all the crap stations we have today how I miss the pirates

[@manchild3479]

nothing will ever be as good as caroline or london stations.

[@firefighterno1]

he is still the best dj on radio 2 Johnnie Walker is a legend!

[@pamelamckoy7618]

oh my stars how many nights staying awake and listening to Johnnie, he introduced me to Otis Redding, he was amazing loved pirate radio. what a great time it was...thank u johnnie

[@monksie2169]

Had a dig at Tony Blackburn's Radio 1 breakfast show: "They've all gone to be d, and what have they got to offer at 7am? A dog and Jimmy Young singing The Man From Laramie"... it could only be Tony and Arnold he's talking about. Funny thing is, They'll soon be working within a couple of hours each Sunday on Radio 2 as the Golden Hour follows Johnnie's Sounds of the 70s, due to a schedule reorganisation caused by blind panic in the face of Boom Radio's success. Poacher turns gamekeeper, eh Johnnie? 😀

[@Bulletguy07]

Agree...JW and Fluff Freeman absolutely brilliant DJ's. Johnnies voice is instantly recognisable and thank God we didn't lose him. I was listening to his Drivetime show on R2 when he told listeners he was going off the air for a while to undergo treatment for Non-Hodgkins lympoma.....exactly the same thing my Dad died from.

[@grahamandrewsharpe1941]

Will there ever be a DJ called Jack Daniels? As you may know, both Johnnie Walker and Jack Daniels are popular brands of whisk(e)y

[@hullian1113]

Why is the quality so insanely good? Are you sure this is 1968?

[@wardis8303]

The best radio station ever, even by today’s standards, I loved that era

[@sparkybluefox]

THIS was kick ass pirate radio! Back in the day when music ment something more than just jinking around.....

[@edgarpauli9988]

The One and Only. Some of the new DJs want to be like J.W, but he is THE UNIQUE

[@michaelcorke2992]

All the DJs, 60s bands and radio listeners owe all to Ronan O'Rahilly the founder of Radio Caroline. Thank you for the sounds and the memories Ronan, hope you get better soon.

[@TheDavidjoy]

This was such a great special time and I was there. Amazing. What memories of that period I have. Thank you Caroline and all your DJ's for making the sixties special. Never to be repeated. It was original and fun, now all the music stations sound the same.

[@Bulletguy07]

Excellent compilation well put together. Pirate Radio played a massive part in changing the face of popular music on radio forever.......yet very little is credited to it. Obviously still a thorn in the side of authority! JW always been my favourite DJ.......rock on Johnnie!

[@johnedwards8896]

This was when top 40 was great and the played what we wanted to hear in Britain and the U.S. now some limp sick determines the crap we hear now That's why I don't listen now.

[@atlantic1952]

The good old days have come and they have gone..my God we need them back! Thanks for reminding us how good it all was back then.

[@rosieb5446]

goosebumps with nostalgia! wonderful JW

[@dragon5937]

Brilliant days of music when everyone listened to those pirate ship stations when DJ's were fun and worth listening to

[@Mike1960s-teenager]

Johnie Walker, sixties music and Radio Caroline jingles - pure heaven

[@john111257]

sir johnnie walker, a legend

[@Mike1960s-teenager]

Johnnie Walker, the King and the voice of Bob Stewart on the jingles - pure magic!!!

[@ThePurpleman21]

god i wish i was alive back then! these guys had actual music! so much beauty!

[@robbosrambles5166]

If it were not for this station there would be no Radio One, no BBC local radio and no commercial stations. Caroline we salute you!

[@regorskraps]

Great to hear JW again. Big thank you to JW you are the person who influenced my musical taste more than anybody else. I owe you one

[@schnellguy]

Used to listen to Radio Caroline and "Johnnie Walker" in Augsburg,Germany when i was in the US ARMY in 64/67 (had excess to a Grundig radio with short wave band)

[@mickronson8039]

it would never have sounded this clear! You would have to be constantly on the tuning dial to dial-out the phase and modulation and interference|! But that's what pocket radios were for!

[@terrysrealgold]

Where on earth did you get such a high quality recording? However you got it, we are glad you did! Wow

[@lochavich97]

Yep - the very best DJ ever from Caroline in the mid sixties and my bedsit days in SE London, through Radio 1 and the 70's and still rocking now - met this guy when I was on "Pop the Question" '76 - amazing and just the best voice and music ever. Total respect for JW. We love you you Johnnie. Suexx

[@phillipparfitt3973]

I realise now I have been listening to Johnnie Walker for almost half a century, like his namesake whisky he is still going strong!!

[@djb4069]

Johnny my heart goes out to you what's going on in your life now .2024❤

[@MikeL-hd6sh]

Pirate radio was the best. Heartbroken when the government banned it

[@martynkorol5322]

The government ruin most things for their own reasons which we never seem to be able to question or change... ?!

[@cliffordwalton4131]

I was posted to shoeburyness about 68,and loved listening to Caroline,Come back,Days of Pearly spencer and other brilliant songs were played all day.

[@wagbelt4050]

J.W an absolute legend still going strong on radio 2 sunday afternoons.

[@MegaTbird78]

Thanks so much alfasdelpi...the greatest DJ of all time! So clear and loud too. So many happy memories of Caroline and Johnnie Walker in the days of my youth. How I wish I had tapes and more tapes of Johnnie Walker!! I am so happy to have lived through those happy times when people and the world in general was a happier and more peaceful place. And Caroline and all her DJ's were a big part of it! Question alfasdelpi how can I get more of these broadcasts? are they on a CD ?..regards Barrie

[@TheSuffolknomad]

Now that Caroline is to make a return to AM broadcasting in 2017 maybe we can again hear 'proper' radio. Come on Johnnie, come back and show everybody how great radio can be compared to the rubbish we have these days.

[@john111257]

good old days ...JW the best ever dj..WE MISS THE GREAT DAYS

[@jpmalton1950]

pirate ships Caroline and London the heart of the 60s before coming ashore to start radio 1 thanks for the memory

[@peca263]

they didn't come ashore - london shut down and caroline continued offshore until 1990 with some breaks . radio 1 was a poor imitation by the bbc

[@gilly4881]

@@peca263 Radio 1 had needle time too. Off at 7pm - at the same time Luxy208 was on full live.

[@nigelhead-jenner1981]

Just been on the Ross Revenge off West Mersea for a Tour of the Caroline Radio Station - Absolutely brilliant. I felt I had gone back in time to when the world was a better place. Keep it up Radio Caroline 😀

[@alanhill5756]

Them were the days, they were my days.

[@andyr1313]

Johnny came to San Francisco around 1977 or so and did some fill-in work at KSAN. He had so many great stories about the pirate ship days, and of course lots of great music...

[@johnrogers5652]

Great inspiration for many. Thanks Johnny.

[@stevenkegg5064]

The greatest dj on the greatest station

[@johnc2893]

pirate ship radio caroline radio show

[@barriewilson6529]

What happy memories this all too short recording of an actual show from Johnnie Walker brings to me and countless others who remember fondly those happy times listening under the covers on a tranny. If you ever read these messages Johnnie allow me to say you were a large part of my teenage years growing up in Manchester. My wife and I followed you to BBC but it was never quite the same as imagining you on RC north taping pennies to the record player arm during storms to prevent the needle jumping. When you and your family drove across the USA my family and I had just emigrated to Vancouver...so we didn't feel too sad missing you on the BBC (though we did and do still miss you and RC) .. God bless you Johnnie, always to be in our hearts....Barrie in Spain

[@robinparker3540]

This is NOT an actual show. It is a recreation done in the 1990s.

[@jamesrachael]

JW is just the best DJ in any medium-should still be on daily!!!!

[@bollyboggins]

ahhh! the memories... feel young again... what a tonic

[@johnc2893]

radio at its best caroline 1968

[@Counselor77]

Download the Radio Caroline phone app. It's almost like going back in time. Golden Oldies Rock !

[@mole433]

Is the full version of this avalable anywere? would love to have it, makes you realise how much radio has changed (for the worst!)

[@paulrendle3950]

At 14 years old,the best radio station ever.All the best music of the day. Where all todays top DJs started. Tony Blackburn,the great Johnnie Walker. like all good music still both still Such great memories

[@toothpickjohnny5244]

Love it ,,,always Johnnie ok go back to Lux

[@BazandDeeOostende]

still sounds good after all these years!

[@dhd1100]

This is how radio should sound, way better than what we have now; and Johnnie Walker, the greatest of them all, with us down all these years. Why is he tucked away on a Sunday afternoon?

[@brian5014]

radio caroline was the best station of the time blew bbc radio away

[@michaellooker5606]

Have just reached the age of 65 and the music and JW sounds as good today as they did then !!! and my radio played only pirate stations then !!!! many of the bands are still around playing at the solid 60s show

[@GrahamSimons]

If he's not in there already, he should be inducted into the Rock 'n Roll - or preferably SOUL - hall of fame!

[@simoncebu]

Still sounds great all these years later. Actually I never met him but I did know his mother, Mary. Johnny(Peter Dingley) is my 2nd cousin.

[@jn7812]

Perfect cuing intros from the expert.

[@ian70spaul]

Listening To Johnny Walker whos brilliant any way,love his Sunday afternoon 70s show, but what a great selection of music i have just heard, J W makes any record sound better! Keep Rocking Ian Smith

[@wagbelt]

johnnie still sounds as good today on radio 2..

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Also today!

[@alfrednoakes8113]

Sir Johnnie Walker, the big time talker.............The Best!!!!!!!

[@allgram]

aw man, what can you say about this. the man who changed radio for me, absolutely fantastic, great, lovely to hear things like this again, allgram.

[@Petertronic]

@TheDavidjoy Know what you mean. Stations like Heart are a joke, it's like groundhog day, every day they play the same old stale songs, such a terrible waste of bandwidth.

[@richardanderson5424]

David MacWilliams sang “The Days Of Pearly Spencer” down a phone to get the electronic-ish voice.

[@LEBILLsuperbill]

mon époque FORMIDABLE qui ma donner envie de faire de la sono (comme DJ !!)

[@jimpage5551]

Bring em back , cool selection. J. W rocks.

[@berryvandemast]

tjonge tjonge, GEWOON kei goed en Verkerkes genieten !!!!!!

[@mikeberger1688]

Hardly sounds like a 1968 recording unless it's a well kept master. Please inform. Is this authentic 1968?

[@duncanandrews1940]

Just brilliant! And he still is............

[@stevebaker9709]

Caroline. Is back now on am 648m for ever

[@kolbenschieber]

..but only with one kilowatt of transmission power. So we cannot receive it in all Western Europe like it used to be in those beautiful days... :-(

[@mw01908]

This is a recreation off a CD that was done in 2000 by JW NOT the 1968 studio recording

[@john111257]

proper radio..proper dj..big respects to mr walker

[@rogernorman2621]

I used to help keep Caroline going by supplying essentials and servicing their dinghy and outboard risking 2 years imprisonment brought about by the Labour Government and pratt tony wedgewood ben

[@robinparker3540]

Just to be clear - this in not an actual recording of a show from 1968. It is in fact a recreation done in the Frinton studios of Ray Anderson (East Anglian Productions) some time in the 1990s, I think, and it was later sold as a CD.

[@terrygee210]

Spot on. I used to own that CD. I think Johnnie Walker was one DJ of a series.

[@djk3520]

@@terrygee210 I ordered it,you had to pay in advance for it then it turned up quite a long time after,think they were funding the production before they did it,was meant to be a series but think the Johnnie Walker one was the only one that got recorded

[@robinparker3540]

Spot on, djk.

[@robinparker3540]

You are right, Terry Gee. I don't think any further ones in the series were ever made. Possibly one about Caroline North was, with a Beatles interview (which was not very interesting). I think I have seen or got that one somewhere!

[@shirleydunn8050]

How come I can remember every word of the jingles, but can’t remember what I did last week? Great compilation.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Unlike these days,these 60's guys didn't need another dope in the studio to give credence to "jokes" or dopey presentation,while still being highly overpaid.They managed to do it by themselves and still sound entertaining.

[@marisemarisemarise]

Yep! I`ve been listening to these throughout all these RC and RTL years. I`ve been a disc jockey after then because of them. Was at the our studio when the Lucky Luxie was switched out off the satelite... But the beat goes on.

[@terryhosker1298]

The brilliant jonnie walker loved his jingles

[@dragon5937]

Great to hear the jingles again, great times in music

[@stuartbrixton6260]

From the days when djs knew their craft,unlike the crap presenters we are forced to listen to today. They know p... all about pop music.

[@stevebaker9709]

Oh the records and the DJs so wonderful such great times .we had the very best radio in the world and the labour government killed it .oh how I wish I had gone out there to work on Caroline .if I could have that time over I would be there like a shot .Caroline is now a legal station based on land its good to have it back but its lost its magic

[@daraorourke5798]

Not long before they shut down in March 68?

[@rinktinkpoo]

This is not from 1968. A reproduction made in the 90's

[@stuartbrixton6260]

If I remember correctly did Johnny walker start or end his show with percy sledge warm and tender love?

[@geraldwalsh6489]

This sig tune was also used on Johnnies show on bbc radio 5

[@tonyscott395]

Johnnie Walker, simply the Best!!!

[@MRDJKSOULMAN59]

Some of these clips are segments from a cd which Johnnie Walker specially recorded to recreate how it was in the old days of Caroline .The cd was called 'Don't Touch That Dial 1.and was meant to be a series featuring other dj's too,but these never materialised,I remembering paying upfront for the cd,and then it took many months for it to arrive. The cd was recorded for Jumbo in 1994 .(TJCLCD 1968A) Produced by East Anglian Productions.

[@SouthWestSeaDog]

Great DJ not such as nice guy in real life, sadly

[@leemendham4788]

The fact that this is in stereo leads me to conclude that it is NOT an original recording but a Cruisin' style recreation.

[@robinparker3540]

Yes it is a recreation done in the 1990s at the Frinton studios of Ray Anderson and later sold as a CD.

[@franceshumphrey8664]

And we got BBC radio 1 and its still crap.

[@michaelcorke8586]

Great time the 1960s

[@Sheffield_Steve]

I'm so envious I wasn't alive when great radio existed!! It's about time Radio Caroline was finally available Nationwide on either DAB+ or AM, in recognition of the part they played in breaking the BBC monopoly and bringing free, commercial radio to the UK! #nationalradiocaroline

[@thbe51]

This is not an authentic show from the Mi Amigo. It's a recreation made in 1994. Available on Jumbo records TJLCD1968A

[@colinmackay5883]

Great memories, thanks. I was a Radio London fan, until they gave in to the government's Marine Offences Act and shut down on 14 August 1967, and from then on I switched to Caroline and Johnnie Walker. He helped me through those difficult teenage years. Good wishes to you Johnnie, wherever you are now.

[@DSVOP]

@simoncebu Johnnie is really into family and he is a lovely guy. You should contact him at the BBC, I'm sure he would love to meet you. He has his book out too, try and get a copy. I actually have a pair of Western boots that Johnnie could not live with, so, he passed them on to me.

[@bolloxinator]

It seems like since those days there've been no changes for the better, only the worse, I mean in general. I first heard Radio Caroline when I was about 7, on a little pocket radio I got for Christmas, about '68. I remember my parents' worry about me listening to 'those pirates', it was illegal! Didn't stop me or anyone else, did it? Later came RNI. These stations had it all. Best music, best DJs, and the damn fun of it all.

[@DavidKnibb]

Memories of when DJ's could play whatever they liked. If their tastes were bad, they didn't last - the way it should be now, instead of playing the same old rubbish day after day. Long live Radio Warrington!