APRIL 2010:

Added a few files from the day of the illegal raid on Radio Caroline in 1989. The reel this came from was a copy of the master, which may be slightly better, but of course I don't have it. I initially thought that this was recorded in Blackpool, but seemingly it is more likely to have been recorded in the SE of England. It runs almost continously from 0530 through to the last words during the raid just after 1300. There are a couple of gaps. (Hence 3 separate files, I don't mean gaps on the recording)

Added about four files of late night Caroline from SW, 1988, including sign offs, as well as four new long recordings from the SW. It seems I recorded a lot from the SW service then, as we knew the transmitter was going to be for religion in the long run.

I just made a check. I have made available about 65 hours of SW alone here.. Not bad at all..

 

MARCH 2010:

Have updated the Caroline 1980's files dramatically, with many recordings from the time just after the Ross Revenge arrived in the North Sea. Scroll down to view files, or click here

 

 

MAY 2008:

Reloaded the late 1980s Caroline SW files with direct links, and not split rar files through RAPIDSHARE. Much easier. Also some new and unique recordings from 1978 from gh. Direct links.

EASTER 2008:

Radio Caroline is doing some fantastic broadcasts this weekend, and I e mailed this old photo from 1980 off to them for a laugh. The lads are: Back Row: Martin Fisher, Robb Eden, James Kaye, Mike Stevens. Front Row: Stevie Gordon, Steven Bishop, Tom Hardy, Tom Anderson, Brian Martin, and unid listener?? Click to enlarge.

OFFSHORE RADIO DOWNLOADS: UPDATED MARCH 2008:

Added another 700 meg of Radio Caroline SW from the Ross Revenge in 1988. These are direct downloads this time and not via RAPIDSHARE. The files should download OK. Some are large files are around 300 meg, so make sure you have a reliable connection! I may be able to upload the rapidshare stuff to the same server for ease of download.

OFFSHORE RADIO DOWNLOADS: UPDATED FEBRUARY 2008:

This section began after some inspiration from sites like AZ Anorak, and John Patrick's superb downloads on offshoreradio.de. I have a ton of manky old tapes in dire need of MP3ing. I am gradually working through them.

Unlike many of the download web sites, I use a high bitrate for the recordings. I used to use a mere 64k, but sometimes the audio quality was a bit watery. This is still the case unfortunately with some of the download files on various web sites, which are sometimes produced in even lower bit rates. The sad thing is that the original recordings in many cases sound very good, and are spoilt by low bit rates. But on the other hand, I lived a long way from the radio ships of the 70's, and reception was often poor. To have recordings that dont fade, or disappear altogether etc is a bonus.

I began these archive pages with some unique recordings I made myself on rather inferior equipment in those days, but the content is quite unique in the fact the tapes never did the rounds. I will be adding to these files soon hopefully.

Phase two is a set of long recordings from 1980's reel to reel tapes. These are generally of much better audio quality than the older 1970's stuff. The Caroline recordings made from their SW outlet, while being of good quality, does suffer from the some fading, as SW signals do.