Ed Special is a long-time WCBN DJ known for his marathon turntable collage sessions. He led the second line for Shaky Jake's funeral.
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- Ed Special, Some Assembly Required, March 2009
Ed Special is Ann Arbor's Mark Murrell. The host of WCBN's freeform radio collage program, Special Ed (on the air since 1983), the program has put out a few collections of sound collage as well.
- Special Ed: "The Story of the Naivete", WFMU's "Beward of the Blog", January 2006
When the history of turntablism is written, alongside the likes of Steinski, John Oswald and Milan Knizak, will be the great Ed Special whose been doing a radical freeform show on Ann Arbor's WCBN, well, as long as Ken Freedman can remember from his days at the station in the early 80s.
Just in time for the holidays, here is Ed Special's Jingle Bells X-mas special from 2007, originally aired on WCBN. More than 6 straight hours of Jingle Bells. And the best thing is: It never gets old!
- Special Ed-O-Rama, 2008
Hear R some Special Ed radio mixes, odds & ends and bits & pieces for your whatever.