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 .

Monday, December 21, 2015

EV97 (S4E17) The Echo Valley Christmas Special That Almost Wasn’t

Can Danny Partridge replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern? Enjoy the Echo Valley Christmas Special that almost wasn't! The Professor is a little down (with Kid Bubblegum gone), a little tired (having caught Mrs. Professor Bubblegum's case of the sniffles) and a little behind his time (though you wouldn't think me ill-used if I were to dock him half a crown for it!). A dramatic reading of the official program for the 1969 Boyce and Hart Vegas Christmas Show that ended their career! We eavesdrop on a Christmas phone call between Betty Cooper and Archie Andrew's mom! Plenty of great bubblegum music from ABBA before they were ABBA and when they were The Hep Stars, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Archies, The Monkees, The Osmonds, Fifth Estate, The Muppets, Johnny Tillotson, Banaroo, Bob Morrison, The Jaynettes, The Little Kids, The Boys Next Door, Robert Wells and Little Mike Watson, Boyce and Hart, and the Roger Nichols Trio!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

EV96 (S4E16) Still Another Bubblegum Intervention

It's another bubblegum intervention! Hope this time it finally sticks! We read a legendary memo from Robert Reed to Brady Bunch producers complaining about bad scripts! Strange gum from Honey Boo Boo! Secret origin of the Newlywed Game Theme! Bubblegum Hall of Famer Joey Levine! Plenty of great bubblegum pop from Keith, Jimmy Osmond, Rick Springfield, Bobby Sherman, Johnny Cymbal, Eddie Hazelton (Eddie Rambeau), Lillipops, S Club 7, Robin McNamara, Banana Splits, Ohio Express, Reunion, Rock 'n' Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co., and Charo!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

EV95 (S4E15) Another Bubblegum Intervention


Another hour of the bubbliest, most inspiringly gummiest, upbeat funnest bubblegum popiest music you're likely to hear. This time this really will cure what ails you. A tribute to Boyce and Hart! The songs of Johnny Cymbal! A reading of a teen advice column from a 1968 Tippy Teen comic book! The Echo Valley Time Machine goes back to 1904 for the Woodchuck Song! Plenty of healthy bubblegum music from The Archies, Giorgio, The Music Explosion, Mama Cass, The Strangeloves, The Blue Mink, The Glamrock Brothers, Roger Krug with Billy Action, Joyride, The Partridge Family, The Easybeats and Anders 'N' Ponica!

Saturday, August 29, 2015

EV94 (S4E14) Bubblegum Intervention

An hour of the bubbliest, most inspiringly gummiest, upbeat funnest bubblegum popiest music you're likely to hear. This will cure what ails you. A look at the famous Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus live Carnegie Hall concert original cast recording! A dramatic reading of a David Cassidy comic book! The best Saturday morning cartoon bubblegum band theme songs, including the rare theme songs from Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidsHear essential bubblegum music from The Archies, Banana Splits, Andy Kim, The Groovie Goolies,The Brady Bunch, Scooby Doo, Where Are You?, Josie and the Pussycats, The Hardy Boys, The Harlem Globe-trotters, The Hot Wheels, The Cattanooga Cats, The Partridge Family, Sha Na Na, and Tony Ronald!

Friday, July 24, 2015

EV93 (S4E13) Gomer Says Hey

Can Sgt. Carter from Gomer Pyle, USMC replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern? A special emphasis on songs with a summertime feeling! A dramatic reading from a Gomer Pyle comic book! We hear from HR Pufnstuf's Jack Wild! Strange gum from the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus! A rarity from The Rare Breed! Plenty of great bubblegum from The Partridge Family, The Archies, Bay City Rollers, Jim Nabors, Giorgio, Mark James, The Brady Bunch Kids, Picketywitch, The Banana Splits, The Ohio Express, The Fifth Estate, Harpers Bizarre, All Star United, and The Peppermint Trolley Company!

Friday, June 26, 2015

EV92 (S4E12) Worst Comic Book of All Time

Professor Bubblegum performs a dramatic reading of the worst comic book of all time. An unusual number of 1910 Fruitgum Company songs! We remember the Kids from Fame! A platinum age bubblegum song from 1941! Olivia Newton-John with an updated bubblegum classic from 2011! Plenty of sweet bubblegum pop from David Cassidy, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., Andy and David Williams, Trini Lopez, Billy and the Essentials, The Kingsmen (not the ones you're thinking of), United States Double Quartet, Brotherhood of Man, and Chester!

Sunday, May 31, 2015

EV91 (S4E11) Giorgio

Is Kid Bubblegum finally returning to bubblegum music and Echo Valley?! The Professor opens a letter from the Kid live on the air! An examination of the catchy Muppets song "Mah-Na-Mah-Na" unexpectedly leads us into a massive, long overdue tribute to bubblegum genius Giorgio Moroder! A rare record from The Raindrops! A listen to April Stevens! Plus plenty of gumtastic tunes from Ohio Express, The April Fools, Paul Williams (and the cast of Bugsy Malone), Johnny Schilling, The Banana Crew and Ricky Shayne!

Monday, May 4, 2015

EV90 (S4E10) Patty Duke

Can Fred Flintstone replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern?A tribute to the bubblegum stylings of Patty Duke! The Banana Splits got soul, baby! Focus on Tony Orlando! Songwriters Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell! A dramatic reading about identical cousins! Great gum pop from Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, The Archies, David Cassidy, 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Monkees, Blue Mink, Andy and David Williams, Wind, The Third Rail, Four Jacks and a Jill, Alan Gary, Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus, The Times and Gidians League!

Saturday, April 18, 2015

EV89 (S4E9) Bubblegum According to Bennie D.

A special episode with all songs chosen by bubblegum historian and raconteur Bennie D. Ketron! Keith Partridge eats Rice Krispies! A dramatic top-secret reading from a 1968 teen magazine about emotions too hot to handle! Paul Revere talks hair length! Plenty of great bubblegum music from The Beatles, The Cowsills, The Cufflinks, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Elephant's Memory, Love Generation, Yellow Balloon, Lemon Pipers, Lesley Gore, Harper's Bizarre, Partridge Family, The Loving Spoonful, ABBA, Buchanan Brothers, Free Design, Le Cirque, and Flying Giraffe!

Saturday, April 4, 2015

EV88 (S4E8) Harlem Globetrotters

Can cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern? A special tribute to the music of the animated Harlem Globetrotters (1970-1972)! Another uncomfortable brother-sister love song with Chris Knight and Maureen McCormick! A sample of a long lost bubblegum album paying tribute to the music of Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang and Mary Poppins! How did the White Plains get their name?  Plenty of groovy bubblegum pop music from Beano, Tommy Roe, Boyce and Hart, The Wombles, Jigsaw, December's Children, Children of Prague, The Tremeloes, Peter Klint Quartet, White Plains, Amazing Pickles, Errol Sober, 1909 Chewing Gum Company and the Year 2000!
 

Sunday, March 15, 2015

EV87 (S4E7) Yummy Love

58 or more minutes of bubblegum greatness! We check out our favorite Saturday morning shows! A dramatic reading from Teen Scoop Magazine! Veronica of The Archies was a great song writer! A time machine visit to Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights! Plenty of tasty bubblegum pop from the Cuff Links, The Cowsills, Trini Lopez, The DeFranco Family, The Hardy Boys, The Osmonds, Tony Christie, Andy Kim, The Hot Wheels, Bobby Sherman, Crazy Elephant, Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, Bobby Rydell, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and The Match

Monday, January 19, 2015

EV86 (S4E6) Free and Easy

Can Jughead Jones replace Kid Bubblegum as Echo Valley intern? We spend some time with the Groovie Goolies! A dramatic reading of a Bugaloos comic book! Was Little River Band influenced by Rick Springfield? Plenty of great bubblegum music with 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ohio Express, The Strangeloves, Syreeta, The Magid Triplets, Berkeley Kites, Almond Marzipan, The Armstrong Brothers, Café Con Leche, Terry Webster, Len Berry, Luv, Kenny Karen, and The Swinging Blue Jeans!