Eckhartz Press is thrilled to announce the release of “Records Truly Is My Middle Name (The Soundtrack)”, which is going to be a fundraiser for The Chicago Lighthouse. The CD features some of the most memorable moments of John Records Landecker’s radio career–and is a companion piece to his acclaimed book “Records Truly Is My Middle Name“, a finalist for the Chicago Writer’s Association 2013 Book of the Year.
John is donating 100% of the profits from this CD to the Chicago Lighthouse, a charity near and dear to his heart. The Chicago Lighthouse is dedicated to helping visually impaired and blind people. John’s own father Werner was blind, and John has been a big supporter of the Chicago Lighthouse for many years. (To find out more about The Chicago Lighthouse, click here).
The CD is going to press as we speak and will be shipping out the first week of December. Order your copy today!
Here is the final cover art…
So what is on the CD?
Here is the final track list…
1. John Travolta at the Woodfield Mall, 4:57
John & John in front of thousands of screaming fans. WLS, 1976
2. Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner, 12:41
The 2000 year old man and his straight man appear on WJMK in 2000
3. George Harrison, 14:04
The former Beatle appears on WLS in 1976
4. George Carlin, 3:46
The timing was right. George Carlin on WJMK in 2001, a few days before 9/11.
5. Tom Hanks, 4:27
John unloads years of pent-up questions to Tom Hanks on WJMK in 2002
6. Tina Turner, :35
John and the Acid Queen talk about sex, WLUP, 1983
7. Valerie Harper surprises Mary Tyler Moore, 1:26
Valerie Harper in Chicago pretends to be someone else to the unknowing MTM on via satellite from NY
WJMK, 1996
8. Grumpy Harry Caray,:59
Harry was on the show for one reason and one reason only—to tell his Elvis story—on WJMK 1994.
9. John Landecker’s Parents Explain His Middle Name, 1:27
John’s parents answer the question about his middle name once and for all, WLS in 1970s
10. Martha Stewart Unplugged, 3:14
John surprises Martha Stewart by serenading her with a song on WJMK in 1995.
11. Jay Leno & the Original YDNA/Landecker & the Legends, 3:03
Jay Leno defends the uncanny coincidence of doing the Dancing Itos and a YMCA parody months after John did both. WJMK/1995
12. Viva Viagra—Landecker & the Legends, 2:27
Sent to the Viagra people and used in a commercial…ten years later, WJMK 1998
13. King of Farts—Landecker & the Legends, 3:27
John’s classy masterpiece that was banned from the WJMK airwaves by management in 1996
Some truly incredible moments.
Over the next few weeks we’ll also be posting a few of the memorable bits, songs, and interviews that didn’t make the final CD. (It wasn’t easy cutting it down to one CD!)
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