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The Music Factory --- 1968

In 1967 and ’68 Producer Tom Wilson hosted a free-form radio program called The Music Factory, sponsored by MGM-Verve. It premiere on WABC-FM (New York) in June 1967, before going national via 12″ vinyl discs distributed to interested radio stations. Wilson hosted 25 hour-long syndicated episodes, each of which featured interviews with musicians, producers, and engineers, as well as tracks from MGM, Verve, and affiliated label releases. Side 1 is backed with Side 3 and Side 2 with Side 4