MARION MONTGOMERY - MAYBE IN THE MORNING (1972) RADIO LUXEMBOURG 208m 1440kh FINAL SONG PLAYED

THIS CLEAR CD QUALITY VERSION NEVER SEEN ON KZbin BEFORE 15 JUNE 2013

[@CGFILM]

Quoting Mike Hollis from the final show, the intro of this song always bring tears in my eyes: "10 and a half years ago, i didn't dream i could be here to carry out the final words on the closedown of the worlds biggest and most famous commercial radio station. I'm both honored and sad to a fun farewell and goodbye, after over 59 years of broadcasting. So on behalf of the present Luxy team, and all the past presenters and staff, this is Mike Hollis saying thank you, and may Radio Luxembourg live on forever, in your fondest memories......"

[@rettfralevra1914]

I had night shift at the hospital and listened allways to Radi Luxembourg, and got allmost shocked and sad when I heard at the end of the nights program that this was the end of the world most famous radio statin, it should start up again today, it would be grand sucsess, It could be radio and tv at the same time everry night, I would love to be involved in in ig, God bless

[@OldRockMan58]

Boy this one takes me back. When I was working nights in the early 1970s, this was always the last thing Luxembourg used to play before it closed down for the night, about 3am. That last hour of broadcasting was about the only time you could hear the station reasonably well! Ah happy days!

[@antonellosantoru1525]

Bring back Radio Luxembourg !!! .......................with nostalgia, Ciao from Sardinia.

[@None12445]

Antonello Santoru United DJ’s have almost all the old DJ’s from Radio Luxemburg 🤩 www.uniteddj.com/

[@blackp00lfan]

@@None12445 It's just not the same though.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

If only time could stand still on your chosen evening in the 70s /80s (or whenever) between 7pm and 3am on the Great 208. Never it's kind again.

[@IainLucey1972]

Never forgotten, had a bad "miss you luxy" moment today, had to watch everything on youtube to do with Luxy, great dj's, still a hole in my original transistor radio, bless u and all who sailed in u :)

[@davefarrell3058]

God ! This Takes me back to Radio Luxemburg closedown in the 70s and 80s . Loved this tune then , the still do!,Sunnys version is good, dont know why but the Marion Montgomery is so special .Fond memories as I listen with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat .

[@blackp00lfan]

Same here, but I'm sure it was Sunny's version and not this? I used to do nights every 6th week at RAF St Mawgan on the Nimrod Line and heard this so many times. Hearing it takes me right back to that time.

[@peterturley8846]

"THE GREAT 208 - GONE, BUT NEVER, EVER FORGOTTEN". X.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

Never ever!

[@richards6332]

My late father loved Marian Montgomery. I must say, now I am 54, he was right - beautiful voice.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

If only time could stand still on your chosen evening in the 70s /80s (or whenever) between 7pm and 3am on the Great 208. Never it's kind again.

[@smogmonster1876]

This is by far the best version imho. The Sunny Leslie version is painful. I recorded the final 5 hours of Radio Luxembourg on the 30th Of December 1992 and this version was the final song. There was a long pause at the end and then the German service kicked in. I was actually a little emotional because all my life I’d listened to Radio Luxembourg. It had always fascinated me that it was coming from a foreign country and all of a sudden it was finished. To this day I’ve never found anything quite like Radio Luxembourg. I guess I never will. Thank you Luxembourg for many happy years listening.

[@ASgfjyhgyi]

Yes, after the last chords was a few moments of RADIO LUXEMBOURG silence. And after that "Achtung, Achtung!!!!! Waffen SS sprahe!!!!.... " I hate Germans!

[@blackp00lfan]

I disagree, Sunny's is to me the best version and the real one they used to play before close down.

[@Tripp1993]

That must have been giving a really sad ambiance. With the last three songs being Steve Conway's *_"At the End of the Day,"_* Neil Sedaka's *_"Our Last Song Together,"_* and finally, *_"Maybe the Morning"_* by Marion Montgomery, it gives the right feel of saying goodbye to an era in British radio. And British television was facing a huge upheaval at the time, with four ITV regional television stations coming to an end. They were Thames Television, Television South West, Television South, and TV-am closing the next night, New Year's Eve 1992. An era of regionalism for TV coming to an end, with corporate consolidation for British TV coming with Carlton in the 1990s and early-2000s. It's the same feel. Just my honest opinion.

[@smogmonster1876]

Tripp1993 Indeed Tripp1993. You’re right. There was TV-am closing, Thames, TVS and TSW. Also Oracle teletext service too. It wasn’t a good move on the ITCs part to award Carlton TV the London weekday licence. Losing Thames TV dint benefit ITV. London would soon lose another icon in the form of the original LBC. It’s licence was awarded to London News Radio in 1993 to commence in the October of 1994. So unsuccessful was that brand that the company relaunched LBC 2 years after taking over from the original LBC. Going back to Radio Luxembourg tho, I still think it could have an audience even on medium wave, just like Radio Caroline in the South East of England has on 648kHz. I wonder if Radio Caroline will seek permission to use either 1053 and 1089 (TalkSport) or 1215 (Absolute) when they vacate medium wave to give Radio Caroline full nationwide coverage on AM?

[@rolandpratt403]

I prefer Sunny

[@nanabaahronamen]

such an intoxicating sound ... summed up my day or early morning after listening to 208 on 49 meter band

[@SPHau]

Whatever about both versions of the song the bass , drums , strings , brass and overall production of this cut by Marion Montgomery are simply wonderful

[@L-AstridsArt]

THANK YOU FOR THIS... I have been listening from 1971 to after 1973 nearly every night...I let the radio run on low volume and often woke up when this song was playing..... I still have a recording from the 208 wave from my cassette digitized on my computer.... This sounds SOOOOOO different!! 😄

[@Tripp1993]

_"Well, that's how the Luxy legends used to do it._ _This is for real._ _Ten and a half years ago, I didn't dream I could be here to carry out the final words on the closedown of the world's biggest and most famous commercial radio station._ _I'm both honored and saddened to say a fond farewell and goodbye after over 59 years of broadcasting._ _So, on behalf of the present Luxy team and all the past presenters and staff, this is Mike Hollis saying thank you, and may Radio Luxembourg live on forever in your fondest memories."_ - Mike Hollis, closing down Radio Luxembourg, 11:56 PM GMT, 30 December 1992

[@ASgfjyhgyi]

And after that coming germans and destroy it.

[@Tripp1993]

@@ASgfjyhgyi I'm sorry about this, but I thought that I could use this quote to remember the final moments of Radio Luxembourg. I thought it was a nice touch. It was just one of those times of upheavals in any field. 1992 was a very strange upheaval year because of British television's transition, the sincere services at the time closed down forever, replaced by consolidated ones, and Radio Luxembourg's conclusion. I hope this wasn't out of context, though.

[@ASgfjyhgyi]

@@Tripp1993 After the last cords its must be silence at least five or ten minutes. ...

[@Tripp1993]

@@ASgfjyhgyi Only a few seconds. Plus, if you wondered what the final speech and song mean, in my honest opinion, this song has a quite melancholy feeling and an "end of an era" feeling. In the case of the last week of 1992, I think this song's context here means that even though the European radio station was no more, the memories of the happiness they felt listening to them will remain in their hearts and minds forever, hence the final speech and the final performance of this classic. It meant they were concluding an era for so many Europeans and Britons. They had grown up listening to this station from their childhoods to their adulthood. They had listened to it's programming. In a nutshell: this was their farewell song.

[@blackp00lfan]

@@Tripp1993 It means as much to me as hearing the old Pirate Radio ship Radio London closing down on the afternoon of August 14th 1967, playing out with A Day In The Life by The Beatles. How poignant? I'll never forget.

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

My close down memory was of the mid 80s with Bob Stewart and a 208 jingle. But this from 10 years earlier would be just cool and fine. Ah! 208 the Great and much missed.

[@rafaelgutierrez9374]

Amazing years. I need a time machine

[@g4obb]

Sunnys version was defo used in the 1970's

[@rolandpratt403]

It was the Sunny version that closed down Radio Luxembourg every night

[@IainLucey1972]

THE FINAL RECORD PLAYED ON RADIO LUXEMBOURG 30 DECEMBER 1992

[@tomrogerlilleby320]

I believe the correct title is : "Maybe The Morning" And it's Sunny Leslie's version I remember the best.

[@blackp00lfan]

Same here, I'm certain it was that version they played just before close down and not Marion's.

[@buhdahto]

I love Sunny's version much more than Marion's.

[@parreraz]

To all of you whom say Sunny's version was the last song played on RL,compare the recordings of the last minutes to both versions and you will hear that this was the correct version🙂

[@L-AstridsArt]

You're correct. I recorded the last RL song on my cassette back then. Still have it, digitized on the computer. It is this above version. See my link above in my comment.

[@rolandpratt403]

So why did they play Sunny's version every night but this version on the last day?!

[@DONALLHAPPYMURRAY]

I guess I had to grow up after this. But never did. Lead Kindly Light - bring back them pirates!

[@kjellskeie4752]

- Whatever you imply - it was the Sunny Leslie's magnificent version, taken from her album, that was played, every night on Radio Lux. just before 3 A.M. from April 1974 - to early 1980's !!

[@simonmarner8079]

You are correct. It was Sunny's version that I recognized on hearing it again, not this one. You might argue that Ms Montgomery was the better singer but this is not the recording that was played on 208 in the seventies.

[@mikeonlinebaby]

I think you will find the very final song was by Sunny, same song but wrong artist, they used to close down with that every night.

[@blackp00lfan]

Just as I remember too.

[@user-jv3im3nd6v]

Song den meine Freunde hören sollen wenn ich gehen muß

[@buhdahto]

I wish Sunny would release her version on CD. She sang this song so much better than Marion.

[@kayleesnoble]

W is a great time to update and

[@kayleesnoble]

Ww and the only follow up is this and then we will be able to remove the first

[@kayleesnoble]

Rc Rc the best for

[@lassepran570]

This is not the song. Sunny Lesley was it.

[@IainLucey1972]

Lasse Pran sunny s version was used in the 1970s....this version was chosen to be used after the 70s up till the end by the radio Luxembourg management.

[@luxyaltz219]

IainLucey1972 This is the version I remember most to .

[@kilbraur]

+IainLucey1972 Marion Montgomery's version was used in the 1960s and 1970s. It was then used again on this occasion in 1992en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Montgomery

[@HyoomanBean]

Lasse Pran Thanks, you've solved the mystery! Now to find a copy of the Sunny Lesley version 👍

[@blackp00lfan]

@@kilbraur just because Wikipedia says it doesn't make it correct. I'm 100% that Sunny's was the version that was played in the 1970s.