Hall & Oates
On Stage Tonight
recorded at the Capitol Theatre, NJ on November 13, 1981
broadcast on May 15, 1982 on CBS RadioRadio network

This version digitized directly from the 3-LP set in Dec. 2015.

01. On Stage Tonight Intro - Joe Biedrzycki
02. How Does It Feel
03. Didy Doo Wop (I Hear The Voices)
04. Rich Girl
06. On Stage Tonight Break - Joe Biedrzycki
07. Sara Smile
08. Wait For Me
09. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
10. On Stage Tonight Break - Joe Biedrzycki
11. Goin' To A Go-Go
12. Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
13. Funky Broadway > Peter Gunn Theme
14. On Stage Tonight Break - Joe Biedrzycki
15. Kiss On My List
16. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
17. Private Eyes
18. On Stage Tonight Break - Joe Biedrzycki
19. She's Gone
20. You Make My Dreams Come True
21. On Stage Tonight Outro - Joe Biedrzycki
22. On Stage Tonight Promo - Joe Biedrzycki
23. On Stage Tonight Promo - Joe Biedrzycki
24. On Stage Tonight Promo - Joe Biedrzycki
25. On Stage Tonight Promo - Joe Biedrzycki

The On Stage Tonight series of syndicated radio concert broadcasts premiered on May 15, 1982, with a Hall & Oates concert recorded at the Capitol Theatre, Passiac, NJ on November 13, 1981. The show was part of a promotional push for CBS�s new RadioRadio network, which according to Radio After the Golden Age: The Evolution of American Broadcasting Since 1960 by Jim Cox, was "a CBS news slant targeting young adults, sans correspondents, with anchors reporting in two minute summaries, plus music, features, lifestyle trends, and health updates."

The live concert was on five sides of a 3 LP package (the last side was blank). The high quality box in which the 3 LPs were packacked featured color covers, front and back. Some of the later shows apparently included interview segments, although none are present on the Hall & Oates show.

According to an article in Billboard the records were cut to audiophile standards, and mastered at the Record Plant at 2/3rds speed. The production team was GK Productions, who also also produced shows for the "A Night On The Road
series which had started broadcast in 1981.

Billboard June 19, 1982 says, "RadioRadio has cleared 164 stations for its On Stage Tonight series, which debuted May 15 with a Hall & Oates show. RadioRadio general manager Bill Kipperman says these stations deliver more than 80% of adults 18-34." The original Billboard listing for the Hall & Oates premiere listed 67 stations. so it�s likely that only a few hundred copies of each show were produced.

I�ve identified the following shows in the On Stage Tonight series, along with confirmed broadcast windows, and if the box for the show featured a custom cover specific to the artist:

OST-182 Hall & Oates broadcast date of May 15, 1982 (custom box cover)
OST-282 ?
OST ?? Little River Band, broadcast date of June 5, 1982 (custom box cover)
OST-382 ?
OST ?? Al Jarreau broadcast date of July 24, 1982
OST-482 Sheena Easton broadcast date of August 7, 1982 (custom box cover)
OST-582 Air Supply broadcast date of September 4. 1982 (custom box cover)
OST-682 Carole King broadcast date of October 2, 1982 (custom box cover)
OST-782 Commodores (custom box cover)

Based on that, it�s likely that the Little River Band is OST-282 and Al Jarreau OST-382, and the Commodores show was likely broadcast in November of 1982. So shows ran once a month for seven months.

The host was Joe Biedrzycki, a well known broadcast talent in the New England market area. Biedrzycki was on the air at WAAF in the early days of progressive album-oriented rock radio in the mid-seventies, and was the Program Director of ROCK 101, WGIR FM in 1981; and has major market commercial radio experience in Boston with WZLX and WBOS, and he has been syndicated worldwide by London Wavelength, as one of several hosts of The BBC Rock Hour.

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