Mapping Influences Over Time
It occured to me that in our modern era, the record label has disappeared. The record companies seem to make themselves known in various ways, mostly litigation. As I think about it now, I don’t really even know which record companies are producing the music that I listen to. I guess it isn’t a big …
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I can’t say for sure what year it was. We had taken a family vacation to Vermont to visit my cousins. It seemed that ABBA was all over the radio and mom picked up a few singles to bring home with us. Not a lot to say about ABBA. I really liked their stuff. At …
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I don’t remember. Did I explain why I call this period the Scratchy 45 Days? It should be self explanatory. Mom had a bunch of 45s. Since they were vinyl records, they would carry that hiss and pop. To make matters worse, we weren’t very good at taking care of them. It still makes me …
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Andy Williams used to be one of mom’s favorites so there were a few Andy Williams albums as well as singles. I remember the album The Impossible Dream. It was a bunch of Andy Williams covers. I’ve looked around but The Impossible Dream is not available on CD. That’s too bad, I’d pick it up …
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As I mentioned previously, The Scratchy 45 Days were powered by my adoring mother’s extensive collection of 45 rpm singles taken from top 40 style AM radio. What I’m struggling with now is how to represent all that music in a cohesive yet entertaining and educational manner. Here are a couple of thoughts. I could simply …
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The really sad thing that I’ve realized in doing this project is that such a large portion of the music that I listened to and liked up to this point is simply lost to time and the weakness of the vinyl medium. Those early Disney records are not likely to be re-released on CD. This is a …
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So we approach a transitional moment. Up to this point,with a couple of exceptions, the music has almost all come from Disney or had been Disney-fied in some way. This album The Little Engine That Could – And Other Railroad Songs And Sound Effects was made by Happy Time Chorus. I did a quick Bing …
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I don’t think think this project would have even been possible if it were not for the vastness of the internet. It would be impossible for me to physically track down the materials to generate the images or share the musical samples or do the memory jogging research. At the end of this post, I’m …
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Who or what are our earliest musical influences? I am the oldest of three children. My two younger sisters are 2 1/2 and 6 years younger than me. I feel sorry for them in a way. I’m sure that being older, even though I was still too young to operate the audio equipment, I probably …
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I have to admit that I am rather enjoying this exercise in cranial archaeology. To quietly focus on the earliest memories possible and to be able to draw out such things. Well let’s say that this project could be a real journey of self discovery. I’m resisting the temptation to consult my mother and sisters about …
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