Musings on the byways of popular culture
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Some folks here might enjoy my mixcloud of songs from the “Beatle” years of 1963 to 1969. I’ve chosen 4 lesser known songs from each year and intercut it with ads and clips, drawing from as many genres as I have in my collection – with a just few hits thrown in. Tony Blackburn’s “60s Gold” it is definitely not. Any suggestions of lesser known gems would be greatly appreciated.
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Here’s my mix of 60s sounds featuring the Vox Continental, with most of the famous examples from the Animals and ? and the Mysterions, and many surprises including J-Pop, Status Quo, and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.
The Vox is a poppier cousin to the Hammond which can be rather pompous at times. You have to have pretty nimble fingers to play the Vox, whereas the Hammond sounds epic what ever you do. Hold one key down and you sound like Vanilla Fudge, do a downwards glissando and you sound like Jimmy Smith. The Vox sound was revived in the late 70s with punk/new wave. However, that’s for Part 2.
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The great 60/70s clear-out continues…another good man gone, although nothing in the papers yet. I heard from a friend of a friend and his Wiki has been updated. I had some dealings with him in the 70s – fine fellow. His amazing Penguin covers, the Beatles stuff, the Sunday Times, there was a time when his crazed visions were everywhere. He also – and not many people know this – discovered the great Robert Rankin, which is how I got to know him.
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Don’t expect to get Saucecraft-level traction on this, but it may amuse someone else as much as it has me.
While poking around Spotify looking for 1960-64 tracks to add to Martin’s Spotify post I came across 3 whole albums of 50s/60s/70s advertising music – not jingles, but whole numbers that sound like outtakes from Oklahoma – made for the likes of Coca-Cola, Westinghouse, Oldsmobile etc. This was obviously a huge thing, with massive resources thrown at it – not hard to imagine all those Mad Men brainstorming sessions. One bloke with a laptop could probably do it now.
Just search on The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals for over 3 hours of this stuff.
