A gift from Ernie90125 to fellow Fleets members - please enjoy !

[ernie90125]

Hi all,

I posted these a while ago for people to download. Recently we've been going through changing times, with hurt and upset, as we move towards hopefully a more peaceful future.

As part of the healing process, I'd like to make a gift to my fellow TOS fans, and Fleets members to enjoy and hopefully bring a smile to people's faces.

Two MP3 Audio files to download, kindly hosted by Don(Titon).

http://www.colonialfleets.com/first_spot.mp3

http://www.colonialfleets.com/second_spot.mp3

(the old links in the previous thread about this are dead)


Please enjoy them........

Ernie90125

[ernie90125]

Here is the original backstory to this record and how I got these, rescued from the old thread :

A while ago I was searching for something interesting to buy on ebay, when I came across a old USAF Radio Station 7 inch single. I couldn't figure out why it had Battlestar Galactica in the title ? So I took a look....

It turned out that it was a promo-only single, intended to broadcast recruitment adverts about why people should join the USAF. Two of the spots on the record where of Lorne Greene being interviewed in character as Commander Adama, onboard the Battlestar Galactica !

To find this was quite a rarity, as these records, and the many others like them arriving at a radio station each week, would usually be smashed up after use. Many were required to be destroyed or returned - and often were.

I bid on the record and was winning on the item until, at the last second and I was outbid by a sniper. Don't you just hate it when someone does that...to use a wonderfully British phrase...It's just not cricket !

I decided that it was an important item, and I'd already had the thought that I would like to share it with my friends on Fleets, so I e-mailed the buyer and asked if it were possible he might be kind enough to make me a copy ?

Against all odd I would have thought, and with a bit of a risk that I might get reported to ebay if he took offense, I was very relieved to hear back from a nice person who would see what he could do when it arrived.

He hooked a record player up to his computer, and made a stab at converting the two tracks to two MP3s, then was kind enough, (leaving just enough time for me to worry that they weren't coming) to send them to me.

I would like to present them here as a gift to my fellow Colonial Fleets members. I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoy posting here !

[gmd3d]

sweet . thanks for sharing them.. It was great the fella help you as he did ..

[Sept17th]

My understanding is a young Russell Sanders heard the second spot and went right to his local Air Force recruiter. He was only 14 at the time and needed a waiver signed by his mother but that was no problem soon he was off to San Antonio. He did a lot of extra pushups at basic training every time he asked where the battlestar was.

[ernie90125]

A few new members mau have joined since I posted this.........so I thought I'd *bump* it again......

[Darrell Lawrence]

Good idea :)

...hmmm I seem to recall asking you (or perhaps someone else that had the files?) about hosting them. Those links should still be good as well

(BTW, check your PM's)

[ernie90125]

We've had a lot of new members since this thread was last active....I've check the downloads and they still work, so anyone who hasn't enjoyed them - please do !

[Darrell Lawrence]

Indeed enjoy them!

Both of my children joined the AF days apart from each other. After telling me they were joining, I played those MP3's for them, They got a kick out of it :D

[TwoBrainedCylon]

My understanding is a young Russell Sanders heard the second spot and went right to his local Air Force recruiter. He was only 14 at the time and needed a waiver signed by his mother but that was no problem soon he was off to San Antonio. He did a lot of extra pushups at basic training every time he asked where the battlestar was.

You are a twisted man!

The truth is I joined the Air Force because I grew up in a Navy town.

The spots were a nice thing. It made me smile and made the day a bit brighter, and I thank you for that.

The man definitely had class.


Sandy

[Galactifan]

I never heard those spots before. Thank for posting them. Very cool!

[oldwardaggit]

It's a reminder to just how big Galactica was and still is. :)

OWD