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The story of the rise and fall of offshore radio and how it affected the music industry.

SOUNDS OF THE SEA
A collection of offshore radio jingles and music

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Here are some famous jingles and songs from the offshore radio era.

If you are looking for the famous Radio Caroline theme tune here by the Fortunes, you'll be disappointed. This can be listened to at many sites, including Radio Caroline's very own. But here you will find some other familiar songs that are now very difficult to obtain.

Jingles

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The famous Radio Caroline ship's bell, played on the station from the sixties to the present day (0.01)
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"Caroline", the sound of the nation. (0.16)
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Going home - the station with the happy difference (0.09)
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"You may not find us on your TV (0.32)
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"Ooh ooh Caroline" (0.40)
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"The fastest thing in the air, swinging Radio England" (0.17)
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"Stay with the fun, hear all the hits on swinging Radio England" (0.13)
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"Going back in time on the sound of the nation, its a Caroline flashback" (0.09)
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"Caroline International - the station with the happy difference" (0.14)
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"Love and good music, Radio Caroline" (0.06)
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"Let the loving awareness sound gently kiss your ears, on Caroline" (0.14)
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"Hey, Mi Amigo, hey" (0.04)
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"Mi Amigo", good vibrations, where the action is" (0.11)
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"RNI remembers" (0.05)
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"Radio Northsea", radio 1974" (0.05)
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"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends" from Radio Caroline. (0.21)
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"From a point at sea, to the circles of your mind, this is the new Radio Caroline" (0.18)
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"Reggae Shop" filler tune from Radio Caroline . (1.45)
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"The sound of good music, and the voice of Loving Awareness ... this is Radio Caroline, listen to the music" (0.40)
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"Heard it on the radio - Caroline" (1.43)
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"This is Europe's first and only album station, Radio Caroline" (0.04)
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"No fear, no pain, no broken heart" - Radio Caroline Loving Awareness announcement. (0.43)
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"You're tuned to the voice of peace and good music coming live from the North Sea all night ... the voice of Radio Caroline" (0.26)
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"From the MV Communicator. . . AM 576 Laser Hot Hits" (0.20)
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"Laser Hot Hits, while the others are talking, we keep on rocking" (0.06)
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"Blasting out across the nation, Laser Hot Hits" (0.04)
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"All Europe radio, Laser 558" (0.04)
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"Maximum power, Laser Hot Hits" (0.05)
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"Rocking Europe from the North Sea, this is Radio Caroline (0.05)"
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"Caroline (0.02)"
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"Flying to the sun, sweet Caroline". (0.31)

Songs

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Rinky Dink, by the Johnny Howard Band. Used by several DJs as their theme tune - notably Tom Lodge on Radio Caroline and Bart van Leeuwen on Radio Mi Amigo. (2.36)
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We love the pirate stations, by The Roaring Sixties - a protest song against the closure of offshore radio stations in 1967 made under a cover name by the Ivy League. (3.12)
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Man of Action, by the Les Reed Orchestra - the Radio Northsea International theme tune. (2.23)
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Pilot of the airwaves, by Charlie Dore (3.41)
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I spy for the DTI by The Moronic Surveyors - a protest song during the 1980s North Sea seige sung by a group of Laser DJs. (3.20)
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Peace, by Peter (3.54)