Welcome to Echo Valley!

Echo Valley is a free, just for fun, radio show that celebrates bubblegum pop music from the 1960's and 1970's.
The Echo Valley podcast is at
echovalley.podbean.com!
You can download all episodes of Echo Valley below or from the archive to the right.
If you'd like to subscribe for free to the podcast, you'll find Echo Valley on iTunes, or on any of the podcast apps or channels, or, to do it your own way, here is the "feed" URL you will need to know: http://echovalley.podbean.com/feed.

Contact the Mayor's office at professorbubblegum@hotmail.com .

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 23

In this episode, we announce the official results of the Riverdale High class elections! How did the Echo Valley Library intern, our own Kid Bubblegum, do?! Plus, don't miss a dramatic reading from a Starsky and Hutch novel, do the Donkey Kong, and enjoy plenty of great bubblegum music from folks like The Wombles, Bobby Sherman, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Archies, Tommy Roe, The Brady Bunch, Buckner and Garcia, Carol Douglas, Banaroo, The Cattanooga Cats, David Soul, The Bay City Rollers, The Sugar Bears, The Jackson Five and Spike Jones and the City Slickers!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 22

It's back-to-basics, as this episode features bubblegum standards, a mini-tribute to The (animated) Hardy Boys band, a dramatic reading of an interview with The Brady Bunch's Robert Reed from The Television Scene (1972), the guilty secret about Ohio Express' and The Rare Breed's versions of Beg, Borrow and Steal, and plenty of great music from the likes of Ohio Express, The Bugaloos, Take That, Sha-Na-Na, Captain Groovy and His Bubblegum Army, Shaun Cassidy, The Hardy Boys, Josie and the Pussycats, The Brady Bunch, Tommy Roe, The Archies, Haley Mills, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Banana Splits, Terry Jacks and The Monkees!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 21

Dedicated to the great Jeff Barry, the greatest bubblegum pop songwriter of them all. In addition to a tribute to Barry, this jam-packed hour includes a dramatic reading from a Time Tunnel novel and great bubblegum music from Alvin Stardust, The Royal Guardsmen, Andy Kim, Suzi Quatro, The Partridge Family, The Five Americans, James Darren, Pickettywich, The Tee Set, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The McCoys, Brian Hyland, The Banana Splits and Josie and the Pussycats!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 20

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Defining Bubblegum! Because so many have asked, we finally present the official Echo Valley definition of bubblegum music. Bang-Shang-A-Lang! Also, a salute to 1970's Saturday morning TV theme songs including an analysis of the Land of the Lost theme (and shoutouts to Lidsville, Electra Woman and Dynagirl and Bigfoot and Wildboy); A dramatic reading from a Brady Bunch comic book; plenty of great bubblegum music from the likes of The 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Partridge Family, Austin Roberts, Brian Hyland, Josie and the Pussycats, The Banana Splits, Boyce and Hart, The Brady Bunch, Cyrkle, Daddy Dewdrop, The Groovy Goolies, Phil Harris, The Archies, The Bugaloos and The Ohio Express!