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Date Posted: 20:25:33 03/16/02 Sat
Author: Chris
Subject: Re: Death dedication following uptempo song
In reply to: scott s. 's message, "Re: Death dedication following uptempo song" on 20:09:16 03/16/02 Sat

>>>I do not yet have Rob's book....but what is discussed
>>>in the book as to that "outburst" by Casey?
>>
>>There's an entire chapter devoted to that, as well as
>>related albums. At the start of the chapter, it has
>>the dialogue for the whole "Dead Dog Tape".
>>The show with the clean version of the dedication was
>>featured on AT40 Flashback in mid-September, but, due
>>to the terrorist attacks in NYC several days earlier,
>>many stations did not get that show. I wonder if
>>they'll be running it again this year?
>
>makes you wonder......what was the original show
>airdate?, as I have a few from sept 1984
>
>chances are, you can find the featured outtake on the
>net. try morpheus or kazaa....
>
>many years ago, working for a radio station in town, I
>was looking through a desk drawer for something, when
>I came across a reel labeled "casey outtakes" and you
>can guess what I thought. indeed it was. among all the
>other material on the reel was a compilation of most
>of the well known outtakes. including the dead dog
>outtake. it was a neat find, and before anyone missed
>it, I grabbed a blank reel and copied it for myself
>and put the tape back where I found it. this was in
>the days before the internet, so you can imagine how
>many times it was dubbed over since it was "released"
>god knows how many copies got out.
>
>I also found a 4 minute outtake on the net (maybe from
>the celebrities at their worst CD set) of casey
>cutting custom liners for local stations, and getting
>pissed and frustrated at some of the local stations
>positioning statements, and rightfully so, because
>some of them just eithier didn't make since or didn't
>really flow for his delivery. of course, he wasn't
>happy about starting AT40 right after a local sports
>game, and cutting custom liners to plug that AT40 was
>coming right after the game....can't figure that one
>out...the best place to put a AT40 custom promo if the
>game runs late in my book....
>
>but back to the dead dog outtake. read the book for
>details, but it's basically casey going ballistic
>because
>cause he's coming out of a uptempo record into a
>somber LDD about a dead dog. according to the book,
>studio facilities were being moved, which put casey in
>a unfamiliar studio, which didn't help matters, and he
>just let go. this is no big deal in a lot of cases for
>most production studios...talent gets frustrated,
>curses and swears all the time (you do a LOT of takes
>of the same thing OVER and OVER and see what
>happens!!) but I think the fact that it WAS
>casey....with his trademark delivery, people weren't
>use to him doing that (and apparently, it was the only
>time it ever happened!) someone obviously leaked the
>tape, and it snowballed, I assume within the industry
>more then anything else, as i've met fans before the
>book that never heard of it.

There was one tape of Casey plugging his show for a station and getting annoyed that it started at two in the morning. That is probably the most unusual time for a countdown show to be starting.

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