Shorty and Flash along with my wife sherry's feet at the Jeff James Happy Home!
In this section of my page is just a big HELLO and just some fun schtuff i want to share with ya.    First off welcome to Y103.9 a station i am proud to be associated with since day number 1 !     You can join me weekdays from 10am till 3pm and of course on saturday nights with the largest party in the fox valley.  Feel free to stop by my page often as i like to update with new pictures often !    As usual thou let's start off with a couple great 45's from the collection.  YES back before all the digital he ho there was the cool records with the awesome label art and with 45's - - the company sleeves or picture sleeves if that particular record came with one .   Here are a few goodies - some hits you might remember and come on,  gotta love the eye candy labels and sleeves !

one of my favorite picture sleeves - love the faces on the black background and of course the label design from chicago's Vee Jay records

stevie wonders first record on tamla from 1963

remember the instrumental KEEM O SABE by the electric indian - with the original juke box strip to boot !

growing up in the 1970's - one of the places i would buy my 45's from was the ZAYRE store over on cumberland just south of irving park rd - about 5 miles from the home in Schiller Park . . . would love to find an original photo of that store but this other location will have to do - - - loved the big red neon letters


more 1970's memories in the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ THE 70'S SECTION !

On this page a little farther down i have the following sections that i have a BIG BIG part in . . . . .

            ****   class reunion cafeteria
       **** saturday night live @ the 70's

Feel free to scroll down to those sections for more pictures and info !    Outside of the station i have been trying to get some inside project done in the house.   In the living room i finished one wall with a floor to ceiling built in that houses my wifes vases and of course the tv !


now it's more work in progress on the opposite living room wall as we place in the middle box that will soon house some special lighting fixtures and other cool stuff !

 the above picture was from a few weeks ago with the project in the begining stage - now here it is in the FINISHED STAGE !!!   WOO HOO !   Love stained glass - so with the vintage pieces we have they now have a home all lit up.   on the top shelve you will see 6 glass insulators that i have been collecting for over 20 years - love glass and these babies go back to the 1900's

 
And when i am not at cutting wood  you can catch me spinning the 45's - YES actual records at a couple of the local CLASSIC CAR SHOW CRUISE NIGHTS! 


  THURDAY NIGHTS     GARY LANG IN MCHENRY from 6pm till 8:30
   FRIDAY NIGHTS    DOWNTOWN RICHMOND  from 6:30 till 8:30
    ******last one for Richmond is THIS friday - hope to see ya out there !!

These are every Thursday and Friday nights thru August !   Kick off your weekends in style with outside rock and roll - food - friends and of course the killer cars...........as a matter of fact here are some pics of the latest show from McHenrys Gary Langs show on Route 31 on Thursday evenings





love the blue lights on this baby !    love the cars but i am also a truckin man !!


and son of a gunn - a freakin VEGA !!!!    My first car was a 73 till it dies than i upgraded to a 77 . . . wish i still had it and as clean as this one that showed up at the cruise night on thursday  - - awesome !!


and some of this last weeks pictures from the RICHMOND SHOW on Friday evenings




and always room for a vintage tractor !




I play the BEST VARIETY of rock and roll of ANY car show !    So feel free to come one of these nights - request a favorite tune or one you have not heard in years !!


how about some bubble gum rock like from the way wicked out KASENETZ KATZ SUPER CIRKUS group on buddah records from 1969 !


here is one of my favorites by the FIREBALLS - come on react from 1968 !

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In American football, the Heidi Game (often also called "The Heidi Bowl"), refers to a famous American Football League (AFL) game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, played on November 17, 1968 in Oakland, California. This game is memorable largely as the result of a decision by the NBC television network to terminate the broadcast with 65 seconds left to play in the game in favor of broadcasting a pre-scheduled airing of Heidi, a new made-for-TV version of the classic children's story.

With the Jets leading 32-29 with only 65 seconds left in the game, NBC programmers, eager to maintain their evening schedule, switched off the ostensibly-decided game. However, the Raiders came back and scored 14 points, winning 43-32. Because of NBC's decision, fans outside of the Pacific Time Zone were unable to see Oakland's comeback live. The complaints to the network indicated a new height of popularity for the game in the United States.

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      SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ THE 70'S

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Welcome to the largest party in the Fox Valley at 7p.m. sharp on Saturday nights ! This is the ONE AND ONLY show that plays your requests for 5 full hours from my massive 45rpm library !  


FROM BUBBLEGUM POP - like the PARTRIDGE FAMILY


TO SERIOUS ROCK AND ROLL - like ELTON JOHN


This is the show were you and I get together with the lava light - disco ball and the pizza with the green olives and play your requests.    Above is just a small portion of my record library that i borrow from to play on the air.   If you have a request that maybe i don't have which is very possible - you can be guaranteed i will track that 45 down as i only believe in giving you the original song from it's original source - no downloads or mp3's here!    However since we are back in the 1970's you might here a song or two from the jeff james reel to reel collection also.


SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ THE 70'S also has many surprises for you every Saturday night that includes the following groovy features:

8:30 >>> MIND BLOWING TWIN SPIN
9:30 >>> CHEEZY SONG OF THE NIGHT
10:30 >>>  WAY BACK DEEP TRACK

Below are some of the songs we have featured on the past parties concerning the above features.

>>>>>> MIND BLOWING TWIN SPIN 
         love is alive / phantom writer - gary wright
                   juniors farm / magneto and titanuim man - wings
                    never had a dream / as - stevie wonder
                     for the love of $$ / time to get down - o'jays
                     spiders and snakes / my girl bill - jim stafford
                    strange magic / daybreaker - elo
                    love you save / sugar daddy - jackson 5
                    my maria / the river of love - b.w. stevenson
                    wonderful / joy - isaac hayes
                    give it to me / hold your lovin - j geils band


>>>>>> CHEEZY SONG OF THE NIGHT
                     
                     puff of smoke - polly brown
                      my ding a ling - chuck berry
                     tangerine - salsoul orchestra
                     shaving cream - benny bell
                     you don't bring me flowers - babs streisand + neil diamond
                     god, love and rock and roll - teegarden + van winkle
                     long ago and far away - james taylor
                     voulez-vou - abba
                     one tin soldier - coven
                     dead skunky - loudon wainwright III
                     1900 yesterday - liz damon

>>>>>> WAY BACK DEEP TRACK
        theme from charlies angles - henry mancini
                 swing your daddy - jim gilstrap
                 whole lotta love - ike and tina turner
                 emma - hot chocolate
                  friends - johnny whitaker
                 one day at a time - elton john
                  mandolay - la flavour
                  small beginnings - flash
                  neanderthal man - hotlegs
                  rock around the clock - bill haley
                  i love you fall all seasons - fuzz
      
lets do a little swingin down memory lane - music is one aspect of the show but as a child of the 70's growing up in chicagoland - how about these mind blowing memories!   Remeber driving down the kennedy expressway with the big red neon lips !   Remember the Channel 7 news team ?
     


And of course in the LAVA LIGHT GROOVY KICK BACK MIND BLOWING Y103.9 STUDIO on Saturday nights - you just got to have the DECOR . . . . oh heck yeah, LUCITE FLOWERS MAN !  my mom had a bunch of these in the 70's,  heck even today you can find them at the homestead and now in the studio !
 


and thought i would give you a small view of the lava light love lounge or otherwise known as the studio that pumps the party on saturday nights!    Yep the lava light from the early 70's - the tv lamps and gotta have the candles, for that explains why the main studio lights are OFF !       AAANNNDDD let's not forget about the lovely person that takes your requests regarding our 70'S NIGHT OUT - - - -- TINA !!


Since i am still in mourning of losing my PET ROCK to a virus - we welcome the new addition to the family - - still cant explain the black and blue bruise he got - - kids will be kids !


REMEMBER THIS WACKY PACK CARD FROM THE 1970'S ?

GOTTA LOVE WACKY PACKS - fun stickers that came with the hardest gum you ever bit into but as kids we didn't care.  

And do you remember the staple cheapo albums of the 70's brought to you by K-TEL as seen on TV !


so how did you spend your summer days back in the 1970's . . for me it was a trip to the GOLF MILL in Niles,  back of course in the days of the actual working mill and fountains - god i miss that eye candy !!


  I've come a long way from my 70's home in SCHILLER PARK and really get a kick out of the groove today but it is still great to go swingin down memory lane !     Still love the home town with the trains at the SOO LINE rail yard - planes from next door at O'HARE and just the general sounds of the city.  As a matter of fact this picture taken just down the street from where i grew up on Montrose Ave.

Email me at jjames@y1039.com