{"id":63859,"date":"2025-09-05T06:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63859"},"modified":"2025-09-05T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:50:10","slug":"the-rarest-dx-in-the-world-a-33-rpm-journey-through-1960s-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/the-rarest-dx-in-the-world-a-33-rpm-journey-through-1960s-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Rarest DX In The World&#8221; &#8211; A 33 RPM Journey Through 1960s Shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rarest-DX-REcords.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63860\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rarest-DX-REcords.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rarest-DX-REcords.webp 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rarest-DX-REcords-300x148.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Bruce, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I came across this item on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/167665747112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eBay<\/a>\u00a0and then found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yVqM4amoMNk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a copy on YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVqM4amoMNk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; Bruce F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow&#8211;what a nostalgic treat! Thank you for sharing, Bruce!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The eBay seller listed all of the broadcasters on the recording:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Side &#8220;A&#8221;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>RadioNepal, Kathmandu, Nepal [00:00]<\/li>\n<li>Radio Thailand, Bangkok,Thailand [04:10]<\/li>\n<li>Fiji Broadcasting Commission, Suva, Fiji[07:09]<\/li>\n<li>Voice of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya [09:53]<\/li>\n<li>Radiodiffusion du Togo, Lome, Togo [11:57]<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service, Freetown, Sierra Leone [16:55]<\/li>\n<li>Radiodiffusion-Television Belge, Brussels, Belgium [18:27]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Side &#8220;B&#8221;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>RadioVietnam, Saigon, South Vietnam [00:00]<\/li>\n<li>Radio Hong Kong, HongKong [3:45]<\/li>\n<li>Radio Wewak (VL9CD), Wewak, Papua New Guinea[04:19]<\/li>\n<li>Voice of Tarawa \/Gilbert &amp; Ellice IslandsBroadcasting Service (VTW2), Tarawa [07:35]<\/li>\n<li>Radio CookIslands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands [12:36]<\/li>\n<li>Radio Mauritania,Nouakchott, Mauritania [16:22]<\/li>\n<li>Radio Andorra, Roc Des Anellettes, Andorra [18:01]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m wondering if any readers have a copy of this record and can share a photo of the jacket notes. I haven&#8217;t been able to find a clear image of the back cover online. I&#8217;m interested in finding out who produced the album\u2014any information would be appreciated!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bruce, who writes: Hi Thomas, I came across this item on eBay\u00a0and then found a copy on YouTube: Enjoy! &#8211; Bruce F. Wow&#8211;what a nostalgic treat! Thank you for sharing, Bruce! The eBay seller listed all of the broadcasters on the recording: Side &#8220;A&#8221; RadioNepal, Kathmandu, Nepal [00:00] Radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,746,43],"tags":[145,4106,10901],"class_list":["post-63859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dx","tag-recordings","tag-the-rarest-dx-in-the-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gBZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7177,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/my-alinco-dx-r8t-lands-on-ebay-fond-farewell\/","url_meta":{"origin":63859,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s hard to say goodbye: my Alinco DX-R8T lands on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"September 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Alas--! 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