Jim Haynes is an Australian writer, entertainer, broadcaster, humorist, songwriter and historian.
This type of vinyl recording is known in the industry as an "interview" disc, comprising many short tracks, where the artist/performer answers questions put to them by the radio station presenter, those answers are recorded onto vinyl such as this one.
This promotional interview record is all about Jim Haynes and specifically one of his albums, THAT RUGBY LEAGUE ALBUM released in 1990.
A photograph of the album front cover is included in this advertisement BUT I AM NOT OFFERING THE ALBUM HERE, just the interview disc.
The interview record deals with Rugby League, South Sydney in particular (but not exclusively) Jim's thoughts about life, rugby league, Americanism of sport and a general chit chat about what went on behind the scenes when recording the various tracks on the albums.
It sounds a bit strange to listen to the record because you only hear Jim answering the questions, normally a running sheet would be supplied with the vinyl which gives the track title, duration and what the program presenter should ask and the response on the record - the record is used to provide the answer and is intended to create the atmosphere that Jim is sitting right in the studio with the program presenter.
This interview record was most likely funded by Jim himself, or the record label (Kookaburra/Festival) as a marketing tool for supply within the broadcast industry and it would have cost quite a bit to have these promo's created and released as the minimum vinyl pressing run would have been 500 copies.
These days it is much simplier as CD-R media is used instead and the costs are much lower for artist promotion.
This interview record is a "white label" product, the label (which is plain white) only having printed on it, the artist name and the radio station it was received by.
All other identity information has come from the runout matrix codes.
Jim Haynes interview promotional vinyl - for broadcast industry use only
Cat# PROMO 12"
PROMO 12" DMX 75119 U2A, U2B DMX 75120
1990-1993 (ish) not indicated on the record but based on the content of the record (talks about Tina Turner singing at the Grand Final), it looks like this was produced in the early 1990's perhaps just after the 1993 Grand Final.
Australian promotional release
Generic white cover is new.
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in good - very good condition, inspected under a white halogen light source and I can see a couple of very light/small scratches on Side A and Side B but one heavier scratch on Side B leadin area.
I have played both sides entirely (multiple times to create a rough running sheet) and other than the clicks on Side 2 Track 1 noted below, this vinyl is a very clean playback.
New outer protective sleeve
It is of no use to anyone if I offer an interview record and you don't know what is on it so I have had a session of transcribing each track into a rough running sheet so at least you can get an idea of what Jim is talking about.
Track - Duration - Spoken word summary
1: 00:30 Well I grew up in South Sydney although I spent the majority of my life in the bush ...
2: 00:30 I think it's a very Australian game, rugby league ...
3: 00:20 Well I'm not anti-American but I do oppose the Americanisation of the game, we are not Americans ...
4: 00:30 Well I think Tina Turner is great but .....
5: 00:30 Well the game needs to expand, it's gotta compete with other codes like ... the songs on the album are about that past (promo of his album THAT RUGBY LEAGUE ALBUM 1990 here)
6: 00:20 Well I wouldn't try to describe them (the songs on the album) I leave that up to you but I think they are just good Aussie songs ...
7: 00:38 Oh I don't know I don't know what I am, I just sing and write about the things that I know ...
8: 00:36 Yes yes it is, it is a very long album almost an hour ... 18 songs but it was all done in ...
9: 00:48 Oh yes we had wonderful people to help, right from the beginning ... Kookaburra
10: 00:38 Oh yes we were so lucky, we got Tess from the Daily Mirror ...(referring to the album artwork on the cover)
11: 00:26 Well we tried to get a different feel for each club ...
12: 00:25 Well I must admit it was Rugby League Rugby League morning noon and night ...
13: 00:08 Giddah it's Jim Haynes here and I'll be talking about my new album on your station ...
14: 00:08 Giddah it's Jim Haynes here. Hope you are enjoying the game and I'll be talking about my album on your station real soon ...
15: 00:08 (3 second leadin of silence) Giddah it's Jim Haynes here. Just wishing everyone a big Merry Christmas
16: 00:08 Giddah it's Jim Haynes here and I'd like to wish you all the best and a fair dinkum Australia Day
17: 00:08 Giddah Jim Haynes here. You know on Anzac Day I guess we remember a lot of things about Australia ...
18: 00:08 Gidday Jim Haynes here. I hope the team you support is doing well and stick with the team here on your local rugby league station ...
19: 00:08 Giddah Jim Haynes here. It doesn't matter what rugby league team you support, your'e on a winner ...
20: 00:08 Giddah Jim Haynes here, here's a track from my new album, it's called That Rugby League Album ... (play the selected track here!)
21: 00:05 Giddah Jim Haynes here and here's my favourite track from my new album (play the selected track here!)
RUNOUT SIDE 1
22: 00:55 Well funny old game (first song on Side 1 of his album) has two meanings I guess ... (*** this is the track which has a medium scratch and it does have click click click at a medium level - it destroys the illusion that Jim is sitting in the studio!)
Clicks fade away so that they are no longer audible in track 23
23: 00:30 Yes it is a strange arrangement I suppose when you think about it ... (referring to the music on his album, specifically the song The Team In Red And Green)
24: 00:25 Well I tried to look at both sides of all the teams, I tried to be balanced ...
25: 01:05 Talks about North Sydney and the musical style (traditional jazz) ...
26: 00:58 Yes it's a good bushy one isn't it (referring to the Penrith song) ...
27: 00:58 Well, I was trying for a different flavour for each club (talks about Cronulla club and in particular ET) ...
28: 00:50 Talks about St George, Grand Finals and nostalga
29: 00:55 I do think I have a soft spot for the older teams but I don't think I was too soft on the Tigers ...
30: 00:35 Talks about the Roosters and trying to achieve an "upmarket" sound on the song ...
31: 01:15 Oh I'm sure they're not, they do have a bit of reputation for being a bit aggressive (referring to Parramatta) ...
32: 01:00 Talks about the song State Of Origin (Side 2 Track 1 on the album)
33: 00:22 More discussion about the song State Of Origin and how Jim was having a go at some Queensland players
34: 00:30 Talks about "sending up" one of the teams
35: 01:10 Talks about the South Coast, Wollongong and the Steelers
36: 00:50 Talks about Manly team and their reputation in the league
37: 00:33 Talks about the use of reggae style music in one of the songs
38: 00:48 Talks about the Canterbury song, all the memories from long ago
39: 00:48 Talks about the Raiders "I couldn't really critise them because they're such a great team" ...
40: 01:30 Oh yes I make no bones of the fact I'm on the side of the battlers ...(talks a lot about "the battlers" how winning isn't everything and takes another dig at America)
41: 00:45 Talks about Gold Coast and how they are also battlers ...
42: 00:30 Talks about the Seagulls and choices of team names (and has another go at the name choices the Americans use for teams)
