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 .

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 42 (S2E12): Are You Ready for the Summer?

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So much bubblegum fun! The first appearance of music from the movie Meatballs! A dramatic reading from the novelization of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo with a Love Bug song which rhymes banana with manana! The roots of Iko Iko! Bobby Sherman denies his fans are wacky! And plenty of great bubblegum music by the likes of The Archies, Dora the Explorer, The Ohio Express, Shaun Cassidy, Bobby Sherman, The Cowsills, Lulu, Sugar Boy Crawford, The Camp North Star Kids Chorus, Terry Black, The Teens, Nineteen Eighty Four, Herbie Goes Bananas, The Love Bug, The New Edition, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ms. Zee and The Wombles!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 41 (S2E11): "Already Been Chewed" Gum

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We feature bubblegum songs which "borrow" from each other! Enjoy some ABC (Already Been Chewed) gum with originals like  The Walkers, The Beatles, Austin Roberts, Bo Diddly, and Paul Revere and the Raiders and the acts who (allegedly) borrowed from them like Billy Joel, Johnny Whitaker, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sha Na Na and Paul Revere and the Raiders (accused of stealing from themselves). There's a tribute to My Three Sons' Don Grady. We learn another simple Family Affair recipe "for boys" from Buffy's Cookbook! Plenty of other bubblegum by the likes of Sandie Shaw, The Cuff Links, The Tonics, Josie and the Pussycats, and Mirror!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 40 (S2E10): The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.


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We welcome those nice young people, the Kids from C.A.P.E.R, to Echo Valley! A Battle of the Bands between The Animals and The Partridge Family! A dramatic reading from a Kool-Aid Man comic book. First appearance of the Strange Gum segment. An exciting bit of a Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan episode! Plus lots of great bubblegum music from Tommy James, The Monkees, Stamford Bridge, Sounds of Modification, The Ohio Express, Sound Laboratory,  Fifth Estate, Mrs. Miller, The Cowsills, Staten Island Ferry, The Left Banke, and Candy!

Monday, July 9, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 39 (S2E9): Canadian Bubblegum

The focus is on Canada and the great bubblegum to be found there from! We feature music of the Great White North from artists such as Andy Kim, The DeFranco Family, The Moffatts, Terry Jacks and Susan Jacks and the whole Poppy Family, The Crewcuts, William Shatner, Raffi, Anne Murray, Aleesia, Pilot, Edward Bear, and The Beach Boys (with their legendary, long lost version of Seasons in the Sun)!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Echo Valley Episode 38 (S2E8): Josie and the Pussycats

We focus on the singing cats and take a listen to the solo work of Josie's "backup" pussycats: Cheryl Ladd and the great Patrice Holloway! A dramatic reading from a Brady Bunch novel! We learn about the "Annette sound" of Annette Funnicello! A Double Bubble helping of The Music Explosion. Plenty of great bubblegum music from the likes of The Archies, Giorgio, The Four Freshmen, The Brady Kids, Boyce and Hart, The Frosted Flakes, The Banana Splits, The Merry Macs, The Innocence, The Royal Guardsmen and The Foundations.