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Robert_NY wrote on 6/3/2007, 12:18 PM
"(Albums were large thin vinyl discs with groves in them with a label in the center)"

This thread reminds me that it seemed much more exciting buying vinyl than CD's. The much larger cover image, better liner notes, and that pristine black vinyl.

With CD's, by the time I finish struggling with the security tape, the joy is sucked out.

Of course, in the end, it's the quality of the music the matters most.
TorS wrote on 6/3/2007, 2:23 PM
To me the great year was '65. The Beatles released their best album: Rubber Soul, The Stones released Satisfaction - once voted the best rock song ever, and definately the all time best - most creative - Stones song, Dylan released his Highway 61 Revisited - with the canonical Like a rolling stone - I could go on... but you get the picture: '65 is my year.
Tor
johnmeyer wrote on 6/3/2007, 5:01 PM
I agree with '65, but '68 is a close second. The riots, the assassinations, the music, the war, the mood of the country. It wasn't all positive by a mile, but things were happening and changing. It was so raw.

cbrillow wrote on 6/3/2007, 5:57 PM
"Here's a little perspective to make me realize my age.

Yeah. I have another similar example that reminds me of my age, although it's not musical. Consider a movie set 13 years into the future upon its release, and then consider the current date.

The movie? Frankenstein, 1970.

Gawd, do I feel old!
cbrillow wrote on 6/3/2007, 6:01 PM
"Does anyone still call them "transistor radios" even?"

Hmmm... I think that was replaced by "Walkman", then "boombox", and now, probably, "iPod", whether it's really an iPod or not. What's a radio?
farss wrote on 6/3/2007, 6:23 PM
And who still uses the term "wireless"?
johnmeyer wrote on 6/3/2007, 6:25 PM
Or "2001, A Space Odyssey" release a year or two before that.
johnmeyer wrote on 6/3/2007, 6:27 PM
And who still uses the term "wireless"?

Never thought of that. It has come "full circle," in a way, hasn't it? Marconi's Wireless.
Bob Greaves wrote on 6/3/2007, 7:08 PM
I remember the day very clearly 40 years ago as my band, called the Djinn was reorganizing. We had previously lost our bass player and were having trouble getting a good replacement. So I switched from lead guitar, bought a Beatles Bass, and had the rhythm player take over lead guitar. We then got a new rhythm player. It was our first practice with the new line-up and our manager brought in the new Beatles album.

We did not get any practice done that day. We listened to Sgt Pepper's over and over. It blew me away. Although it was not my favorite Beatles album it had the most memorable impact upon release.
Serena wrote on 6/3/2007, 7:16 PM
>>>And who still uses the term "wireless"? <<<

Sure thing -- wireless broadband.
johnmeyer wrote on 6/3/2007, 7:39 PM
Although it was not my favorite Beatles album it had the most memorable impact upon release.

I didn't like it at all when I first heard it. Obviously that changed pretty quickly.

I think "Day in the Life" was voted the song that best encapsulated the entire 1960s. I certainly agree.

In case no one else has linked to it, here's the Wikipedia entry:

Wikipedia Sgt. Peppers

MH_Stevens wrote on 6/3/2007, 9:54 PM
This is too much nostalgia for me, makes me sad, makes me wish i could do it all again. Mustn't feel sorry for myself, anyway, nostalgia is a thing of the past.
Coursedesign wrote on 6/3/2007, 10:13 PM
Ahh, what the heck, nostalgia isn't what it used to be anyway.

:O(

vitalforce wrote on 6/3/2007, 10:44 PM
The past is prelude, me buckos, the past is prelude.
Tim Stannard wrote on 6/3/2007, 11:57 PM
Speaking of Paul McCartney, about 10 years ago I was talking to a 20-something girl in a club one night and mentioned something about Paul and the Beatles. She said, and I swear this is true, "He was in a band before Wings?"
To be fair, Sir Paul was in Wings for much longer than he was in the Beatles <G> as I remember him saying in an interview once.
Grazie wrote on 6/4/2007, 12:17 AM
And NOW Peeps, if yah REALLY want to go misty-eyed - GET the hankerchiefs ready, put on them flares and put a flower in yer hair . .http://www.thebeatles.com/ . .you HAVE been warned . . [/link]

Grazie wrote on 6/4/2007, 12:21 AM




http://www.thebeatles.com/sgtpepper/ . and then this . . oh yes . .. [/link]




AlanC wrote on 6/4/2007, 1:46 AM
Flower Power man.

Grazie you must have been up all night searching for them.

Wonderful. Wonderful.
JJKizak wrote on 6/4/2007, 6:56 AM
Some of the lyrics should be changed, for instance: "When I'm 64" to "When I'm 94".
JJK
rs170a wrote on 6/4/2007, 7:15 AM
And who still uses the term "wireless"?

Wireless mic & wireless video transmitters/receivers.

Mike
johnmeyer wrote on 6/4/2007, 7:34 AM
Paul is dead ...
TorS wrote on 6/4/2007, 11:25 AM
If I remember right, Sgt. Peppers was made on a four-track tape recorder. In Abbey Road, yes, absolutely, but still. The recording technique stuff is probably the most innovative thing about that album. I am not putting the album down, I just think it's not the greatest of the Beatles albums. At least not when you look at the songwriting and -performing.