101 Pirate Radio Hits

101 Pirate Radio Hits

2009 four CD collection containing 101 tracks that rocked the UK in the '60s during the heyday of offshore pirate radio stations. While the BBC had control over what could and could not be played over the airwaves, free-thinking individuals retaliated against the system and set up their own radio stations that were broadcasting or transmitting signals illegally from off-shore vessels. Across the nation, the British youth were influenced more by what they heard on pirate radio than any legitimate BBC broadcast! Features tracks from The Beach Boys, Small Faces, Ike & Tina Turner, Manfred Mann, The McCoys, The Turtles, The Hollies, Jackie Wilson, Brenton Wood, Donovan, Procol Harum and many others. EMI.

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