In the early days of
the jingle heyday, around 1960, the main producers
extant included PAMS, CRC and Futursonic in Dallas.
PAMS got better over time, CRC got better and
Futursonic crashed in 1962.
In April, 1965, a man named Tommy Gwin, a former
big-band drummer, left CRC to start his own venture,
originally called "Strike Three Productions,"
according to jingle historian Don Worsham. Soon the
name of the company was changed to the more pleasing
"Gwinsound," and it began to release its own
packages, mostly for top-40 and middle-of-the-road
stations. Country-oriented jingles were added to the
product line in the sixth series.
Many Gwinsound jingles were written by Gwin's good
friend, composer Tom Merriman, who had more than a
decade of experience by this time. Other Gwinsound
jingles were written by Euel Box, Bobby Farrar and
Billy Ainsworth, all of whom were experienced
composers that Gwin had worked with previously.
What did Gwinsound
jingles sound like? The best of them, including
series 2, 3, 5, 9, and 12, were as good as the PAMS
and CRC product of the day. Some of the Gwinsound
packages had strong original touches such as series
2, 9 and 11, while others were derivative of PAMS
and even Los Angeles-produced jingles by Bill Drake.
All Gwinsound packages were uniformly well-recorded
and well-sung, using the same excellent Dallas vocal
and instrumental talent that performed for the other
major producers.
The 1960s and early
1970s were competitive times in the jingle arena,
and Gwinsound took its place near the top.
JingleSamplers.com is
proud to present The Gwinsound Collection.
We've gathered all the Gwinsound demos we could get
our hands on along with several full station
packages (many with mix-outs). They've all been
denoised and remastered for the best listening
experience.
Plus, we've included
234 generic audio items (fully-produced jingles,
acapellas, shouts, and short musical elements --
demo below) that you can use on your station,
program, or podcast. And if that's not enough,
you'll get the tracks in the clear for 17 of
Gwinsound's most popular series. (These tracks were
mixed from the original Gwinsound multitracks by
jinglemeister Ken R. Deutsch.)
There are 691
individual pieces of audio in The Gwinsound
Collection adding up to 2.75 GB uncompressed.
And of course, everything is in CD-quality WAV
format for the finest fidelity.
Listen to some of the great generic items in The
Gwinsound Collection
Here's what
you'll find in The Gwinsound Collection:
30 demos of
Gwinsound's numbered series
8 demos of
Gwinsound's non-numbered series (including two commercial
demos)
30 DJ and
station packages and individual cuts
Tracks in the
clear for 17 Gwinsound numbered packages
234 generic
jingles, acapellas, shouts, musical pieces, and holiday
items
View the
complete The Gwinsound Collection cue sheet
here.
Get The Gwinsound Collection for just $99!
The Gwinsound
Collection is
delivered over the Internet as CD-quality, descriptively-named
WAV files, ready to import into your digital audio editor or
burn to compact disc. Delivery occurs within 24 hours of
receiving payment. Because this is downloaded audio, there are
no refunds or exchanges. Please order carefully.
Terms and Conditions for use of The Gwinsound Collection
The Gwinsound Collection is sold on a non-exclusive basis, which
means you should purchase it before your competitors do!
When you purchase this fabulous package it means you
agree to these simple terms:
You may not duplicate, sell or give away any portion of
The Gwinsound Collection to another person or business.
You may not transfer to
anyone else any portion of your Gwinsound Collection elements
"in the clear," but it's okay if you use them as
part of fully-produced stagers and other imaging.
That's it!
You may use
The Gwinsound Collection as long as you like with no
further payments, and we are able to keep our price this
low only because we actively discourage piracy. You
should too! Enjoy the sound of these classic radio cuts, and you'll also enjoy sharing them with your
audience!
The Gwinsound Collection was produced from
the archives of, and with the cooperation of Ken R. Deutsch.
No PAMS material is included.
