2016 WFDU/'Code Bleu' Fund Drive  Premiums Listing

During the month of February, WFDU 89.1 FM is holding its annual once a year Fund Drive & is celebrating over 40 years in broadcasting . 

Please view what “Code Bleu” is offering for your pledge below

HELP TO KEEP "CODE BLEU", THE SOUL OF NY, ROCKIN' THE AIRWAVES FOR ANOTHER YEAR~!!!

WFDU prides itself by having the shortest on-air campaign of any non-commercial radio station in the country! WFDU DJ'S ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WHO NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THIS GREAT MUSIC ALIVE~!!! 

4 WAYS TO PLEDGE YOUR DONATION:

(1)….…Pledge Online at: www.wfdu.fm (click the link that says “DONATE”).
(2)……Call during the WEDNESDAY afternoon’s broadcast from 1-4pm EST to pledge at 201 692-2012. Pledges are accepted with major credit cards.
(3)……Call the radio station during regular business hours from Monday through Friday & let them know you're pledging to “Code Bleu” at 201 692-2806.
(4)……E-mail the show at codebleuradio@aol.com for info on pledging as well as detailed info on what premiums you'd like to receive.

We at "CODE BLEU" are accepting ANY amount, but for pledges over $25, we offer these ASTOUNDING premiums: 

For $25
 your choice of:

a)    A CD of special 'Code Bleu' Song Medleys (1 song performed by multiple artists) 

b)   A CD of special 'Code Bleu' mixes of ONE artist: 

• SOUL (for example: Al Green, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, The Meters, Whitney, Ann Peebles, Millie Jackson, Jose Feliciano, Mandrill, Betty Davis, Nina Simone & much more) 
• ROCK (for example: Steve Vai, Mountain, Carlos Santana, Prince, Rolling Stones, Free-Bad Company, Jonny Lang, Whitesnake, Edgar Winter & much more) 
• SLOW (for example: Aretha, Delfonics, Luther Vandrous, Little Jimmy Scott & much more) 
• BLUES (for example: Albert/BB/Freddie King, Stevie Ray, Muddy, Big Mama, Etta, Johnny Winter, Jr. Parker, Clapton & much more) 
• also REGGAE, HIP HOP/URBAN & GOSPEL artists.

c)   A CD of special assorted exclusive 'Code Bleu' INTERVIEWS with the artists listed below (or an interview CD of just ONE of the artists).

d)   3 CD's of Bob Marley (2 CD's of Live concert 9/23/80 Pittsburg & 1 CD of special 'Code Bleu' Marley tunes mix you will play EVERY day).

For $50 
your choice of:

a)    James Brown DVD Live at the Boston Garden 1968 (historic concert footage a few days after the assassination of Martin Luther King with JB at his peak & police bum-rushing the audience)....... Includes a CD of James Brown & his associates being interviewed (including interview excerpts done with JB alumni on “Code Bleu”).

b)    DVD montage of various live performances of Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock, Fillmore East, Atlanta Pop Festival, Berkeley California). 

.......................................................OR......................................................

c)    2 CD's of RARE Jimi Hendrix    (contents listed below near end)
d)    2 CD's of RARE Sly & the Family Stone    (contents listed below near end)
e)    2 CD's of RARE James Brown live   (contents listed below near end)
f)     2 CD's of special 'Code Bleu' SLOW JAMZ mix 
g)    2 CD's of special assorted exclusive 'Code Bleu' INTERVIEWS (interviewees listed below near end)
h)    1 CD of Journey's guitarist Neal Shon’s bootleg of an audition for the Santana Blues Band at age 15 (a position that he held until 1972 when he and Greg Rolie left to form Journey)....offered with your choice of 1 other CD listed here).
i)     1 CD of the infamous "Trio of Doom" Band bootleg (short lived jazz fusion power trio consisting of John McLaughlin on guitar, Jaco Pastorius on bass and Tony Williams on drums....jam session in Havana Cuba 1979)....offered with your choice of 1 other CD listed here).
j)    1 CD of the bootleg “The Mahavishnu Orchestra Lost Trident Sessions" (1973)....offered with your choice of 1 other CD listed here).
k)****** 3 CD's of Bob Marley (2 CD's of Live concert 9/23/80 Pittsburg & 1 CD of special 'Code Bleu' Marley tunes mix you will play EVERY day).
l)    2 CD's of various hip hop artists (SOME BEFORE THEY WERE STARS~!!!!) performing uncensored ad lib-freestyle rap verses on college radio & commercial radio interviews. These unreleased performances were taped by the 'Code Bleu' host himself throughout MANY years of monitoring late night FM radio hip hop shows. 

For $75: 
A Pair Of Tickets To See Your Choice Of 1 Of The Artists Below At BB Kings in Times Square, NYC:
 ******** Tickets come along with your choice of 1 CD listed above  ********

• Maysa  3/5

• Tal Wilkenfeld  3/6

• Glen Hughes  3/9

• David Cassidy  3/11  X

• Jefferson Starship  3/20

• 15th Annual Eric Clapton B-day Celebration w/ Godfrey Townsend & Friends  4/2

• The Ultimate Guitar Experience w/ Uli Jon Roth, Jennifer Batten & Andy Timmons  4/4

• Blue Oyster Cult  4/7 & 6/17

• Ace Frehley  4/11

• Walter Trout  4/13

• Jimmie Vaughn  4/19

• Floetry  4/24

• Keith Sweat  4/28-29

• Leslie West  4/30

• Delbert McClinton  5/14

• Brand New Heavies  6/3

• Ana Popovic  6/5

• Average White Band  6/16

For $150: 

******** Share the air chair with Jimy Bleu & the 'Code Bleu' crew during a broadcast & program what YOU want the listening audience to hear for ONE HOUR........(your broadcast will be recorded in our studio on audio AND video if you'd like)~!!!  ********

For Donations OVER $200:

A combination package of some of the above premiums~!!!

========================================================================

========================================================================

WFDU PREMIUMS

For $60 & above, you receive a Membership Card, which will entitle our loyal listener to get attractive discounts at local area restaurants, retailers & venues. 
Click here for our ever-growing list of places:
http://www.membercard.com/landing/wfdu.cfm
Click here to know more and sign up: 
http://www.membercard.com/wfdu/

At the $100 level, we are offering a stainless steel travel mug in a leatherette carrying case. Both the mug and the case are embossed with the WFDU logo.

At the $200 level, we are offering a canvas travel bag embroidered with the WFDU logo. This bag is airline overhead compartment compliant.

====================================================================================================================================================

Rare Hendrix Items Being Offered:

Live at Hunter College 1968 / Sotheby's Auction of Lost Tapes / Various interviews with & about Jimi / 'The Rainy Day Sessions' (out takes from the recording of "Electric Ladyland") / Jimi playing with famous Soul artists before he was famous /  Jimi performing All Blues songs / Jimi performing All Ballads / Live in Germany 1967 / special mix of Artists performing Jimi's tunes (including myself) / Live at Winterland / Band of Gypsies rehearsals / Live at Ronnie Scotts (Jimi jamming with the band "War" 2 days before his death) / 'Valley of Neptune' unedited out takes / 'The Flyer' (extremely rare bootleg) / jams with John McLaughlin, Johnny Winter, Jim Morrison, Larry Young, Larry Coryell .


Rare Sly Items Being Offered:

Sly Live in Portland Oregon 1970 / Sly at BB Kings NY 2010 / Sly in Amsterdam 1970 / Sly at the Fillmore East 1968 / Sly 'Down at the Farm' (extremely rare bootleg) / Sly at Woodstock (complete performance) / European Broadcast (extremely rare bootleg) / Sly in the Netherlands early '70's / Sly alumni performing (Rose Stone, Larry Graham with Prince, Dawn Silva, Gregg Errico & Larry Graham with Betty Davis) / rare interviews with & about Sly.


Rare James Brown Items Being Offered:

JB live in DC 1973 / JB live at the Newport Jazz Festival 1968 / JB singing jazz & '50's pop-blues standards / JB at the Apollo Theatre 1974 / JB in Africa 1974 / JB in Paris 1967 / JB in Italy 1984 / JB at the House Of Blues Vegas 1990 / JB super Funk mix (rare jamz) / rare interviews with & about JB / JB alumni performing songs.


Artists interviewed by Jimy Bleu featured in interview CD: 

• Jose Feliciano
• Edgar Winter 
• guitar legend Johnny Winter 
• funk icon Larry Graham (Sly & the Family Stone/'Graham Central Station'/Prince)
• guitarist Rick Derringer 
• r&b diva Millie Jackson
• Claude McKnight ('Take 6')
• record exec/producer Al Bell (Stax, Motown)
• James Brown alumni - trombonist Fred Wesley, drummer Jabo Starks, bassist Fred Thomas, daughter Deanna Brown-Thomas & son Daryl Brown
• drummer Carmine Appice (‘Vanilla Fudge’/Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck)
• r&b icon Jimmy Castor - his final interview
• singer Eric Benet
• guitarist Michael Hampton ('Parliment-Funkedelic')
• keyboardist Bernie Worrell ('P-Funk'/'Talking Heads')
• Robert 'Kool Bell (‘Kool & the Gang’) 
• singer/guitarist Joe Chambers (‘The Chambers Brothers‘)
• ‘Sly & the Family Stone’ alumni - Rose Stone, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson & Greg Errico
• guitar virtuoso Larry Coryell
• singer Melba Moore
• keyboardist Chris Jasper (‘Isley Brothers‘, ‘Isley-Jasper-Isley‘)
• singer James Ingram
• Jimi Hendrix alumni - bassist Billy Cox, percussionist Juma Sultan, singer Rosa Lee Brooks, singer Taharqa Aleem & harpist Paul Carouso
• guitar legend Cornell Dupree - his final interview
• singer Patryce Choc’let Banks ('Graham Central Station') 
• jazz-funk pioneer Roy Ayres
• singer Clarence Burke Jr. (‘The Five Stairsteps‘) 
• guitar virtuoso Jennifer Batten ('Michael Jackson'/'Jeff Beck group')
• rock icon Terry Reid
• keyboardist Gregg Phillinganes (‘Michael Jackson‘, ‘Eric Clapton‘, Stevie Wonder)
• gospel singer Vicki Yohe
• producer Pepe' Willie ('discovered' & 1st recorded Prince).
• disco diva Gloria Gaynor
• radio icon/songwriter/performer Imhotep Gary Bryd
• bluesman Robert Cray
• guitarist Leo Nocentelli ('The Meters')
• drummer Corky Laing ('Mountain'/'West, Bruce & Laing')
• singer Corey Glover ('Living Colour')
• ‘Mandrill’ band founding members Lou & Ric Wilson
• guitarist Tom Gimbel (‘Foreigner’, ‘Aerosmith’)
• r&b diva Sarah Dash ('Labelle')
• guitarist Sam Andrews ('Big Brother & The Holding Company'/Janis Joplin)
• bassist TM Stevens (James Brown/Sly Stone/Miles Davis)
• producer Alan Douglas (Miles Davis/Hendrix/Billie Holiday/John McLaughlin)
• guitarist Vince Martell (‘Vanilla Fudge‘)
• keyboardist Mike Finnegan (Joe Cocker/Hendrix/‘Santana’/‘Tower Of Power‘)
• guitarist Jon Butcher (‘Jon Butcher Axis‘)
• singer Mary Bridget Davies (star of Broadway's "A Night With Janis")
• Sam Cutler (tour mgr for 'The Rolling Stones' , 'Grateful Dead', 'Allman Bros')
• Ralph McDaniels (Dj/VJ/host - 'Video Music Box')
• guitar virtuoso Gil Parris
• Sly Stone biographers Willem Alkema, Eddie Konings & Miles Lewis
• Jimi Hendrix biographers Kathy Etchingham & David Henderson
• Jason Draper (author -‘Prince: Chaos, Disorder & Revolution’)
• Sheila Jackson-Hardy (filmmaker - “Nice & Rough: Black Women In Rock”)

We thank you for your continued support of 'Code Bleu' & helping to make it THE most unique experience in Soul-Rock radio.