Welcome to Charis Music Group!
Charis Music Group welcomes you! First and foremost, we
are syndicated radio program junkies. We love everything
Watermark ever put out. Casey Kasem and Shadoe Stevens with
American Top 40, Don Bowman and Bob Kingsley with American
Country Countdown, Murray the K and Gary Owens with Soundtrack
of the 60's, Wink Martindale with the Elvis Presley Story
and specials such as Ringo Starr's Yellow Submarine, Mick
Fleetwood's Fab Fourth and the Robert W. Morgan specials.
Not to be outdone, Drake-Chenault was also a quality producer.
They produced Mark Elliott with the Weekly Top 30, Charlie
Van Dyke with the Weekly Music Magazine, the Elvis special
and of course Bill Drake with the History of Rock and Roll.
Unfortunately, many of these programs have never been heard
from again. The master tapes have been destroyed, forgotten
and simply lost. On the other hand, vinyl or reel to reel
copies do surface and when they do, they are treasured which
brings us to what we do.
What We Do
We strive to preserve and restore audio such as the programs
listed above. If you read the about
us page you will discover how our services are being
put to use. We have an extensive library and hope to assist
both radio and collectors. We use a very meticulous process
for restoring audio and hope to have some before and after
samples posted SOON.
Happy Anniversary American Top 40!!
Believe it or not, this past weekend marked the 38th anniversary
of American Top 40. This past year saw the steady and continued
growth of the Classic AT40 revival effort. Once again, AT40
shows from the 70s and 80's are now airing on international
stations. We have learned and evolved a lot during the past
two years thanks to the discriminating ears of the 'digital
age.' We'd be remiss at Charis Music Group if we didn't
recognize a handful of people who have been instrumental
in this process.
We especially thank collectors like Pete Battistini, JIm
Kiehle, Rob Pacheco, Ryan Karstens and David Turrill who
selflessly send anything we ask for to help in the remastering
process. After it leaves our hands, we want to recognize
the cleanup and additional restoration efforts provided
by the Premiere Radio staff of Michael Cooper (80's), Jimmy
Rash (70's) and Lorre Crimi (Casey's producer). It is a
team effort by all that is committed to bringing back the
memories you grew up listening to and hopefully sounded
better and brighter than ever before!
How You Can Help!
We are always looking to add to our collection and will
gladly buy or help you sell your American Top 40, Casey's
Top 40 or other radio collections. Just use the contact
links to let us know what you have! We are ESPECIALLY looking
for Casey's Top 40, Weekly Music Magazine and Weekly Top
30 broadcasts!!!
What's on our HOT list?
We're looking for the original vinyl sets to these shows:
Casey's Top 40 - Top 40 Movie Hits of the 80's
Casey's Top 40 - Top 40 Dance Hits of the 80's
Casey's Top 40 - Top 100 Hits of 1991
MISSING CASEY'S TOP 40 DATES
For those of you who have asked, I finally went through
my original vinyl and CD sets to inventory what was present
and find where the holes are. According to Westwood One
personnel, all tapes for CT40 no longer exist. Thus, the
only way to create a tangible record (no pun intended) and
history of the show will be through what survived in circulation.
That being said, here is what I know to be missing.
I am looking for vinyl copies or CDs of these dates:
