Dear Friends (radio program)
| Genre | Comedy radio |
|---|---|
| Running time | 45 minutes (approx.) |
| Home station | KPFK |
| Starring | The Firesign Theatre |
| Written by | The Firesign Theatre |
| Original release | September 16, 1970 – February 17, 1971 |
Between 16 September 1970 and 17 February 1971, The Firesign Theatre performed 21 episodes of a live radio program titled Dear Friends on KPFK radio in Los Angeles. These programs were recorded and later edited into one-hour shows for national syndication. In January 1972, the group released a Dear Friends double album, a compilation of what they considered to be the best segments from the radio program. The original broadcasts were released in 2011 on the group's Duke of Madness Motors compilation.
Originally aired live on KPFK on 15 November 1970
Intros
Originally aired live on KPFK on 1 November 1970
Originally aired live on KPFK on 4 October 1970
Originally aired live on KPFK on 11 October 1970
Originally aired live on KPFK on 12/9/70
Originally aired live on KPFK on 8 November 1970
Originally aired live on KPFK on 29 November 1970
side one originally aired live on KPFK on 18 October 1970 side two originally aired live on KPFK on 6 December 1970
Originally aired live on KPFK on 1/10/71
Originally aired live on KPFK on 17 January 1971
Originally aired live on KPFK on 24 January 1971
Side one originally aired live on KPFK on 3 February 1971 and 18 October 1970. Side two originally aired live on KPFK on 17 February 1971.
These shows were distributed to radio stations on 12 inch, white label LPs.
Selected parts of these shows were released by the group on the Columbia Records label as the double album Dear Friends in 1972. Other parts were released — without mention of their origin — as parts of the group's Just Folks... A Firesign Chat album on Butterfly Records in 1977.
Between June 15 and September 28, 2010, New York radio station WFMU (with the cooperation of the Firesign Theatre) aired a 16-week series of archival shows which included all but episodes 1, 8, 10, and 12 of the syndicated Dear Friends in chronological order along with an unsyndicated Dear Friends episode broadcast on September 16, 1970 ("Big Brother Is Washing") and episodes of their other KPFK series, The Firesign Theatre Radio Hour Hour and Let's Eat. As of October 2010, the individual programs from this run are available for streaming via the WFMU website, and a selection of the shows rebroadcast by the station are also available via iTunes.
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