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Man! The production and engineering in that song!
spicer
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And patience figuring it out. Listening at the time one could tell those guys were professional yet still that is amazing. I assume they had heard of the mellotron, Moody Blues, an amazing instrument. Pinder, another professional.Man! The production and engineering in that song!
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That song's dynamics really stood the test of time. They seemed to have achieved what they wanted.
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Holy Cow!
Another example of how, to me, deeper understanding doesn't ruin things, but makes them even better - like knowing the physics of starlight or taking a behind the scenes tour of Disney World.
They used a Moog for the "drums" so I'm pretty sure they were aware.
10cc members apparently had complete artistic control of this song (amongst others at the time). They not only produced and engineered it — they owned the studio.
spicer
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I was wondering about that and self assumed they did.
... and all these years I thought they had a chorus that they were recording when making that song... WOW !
Maybe it's front wheel drive.
Happy May Day everyone. How many, when they were kids, delivered ornate tissue-paper decorated May Baskets to friends in your neighborhood, filled with candy? Then when you got home, there were a bunch on your doorstep or behind the front door. Just little candies, not like Halloween, done in daylight in afternoon...
I have ONE May basket here, should probably fill it for my 5 year old Granddaughter
I have ONE May basket here, should probably fill it for my 5 year old Granddaughter
Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
spicer
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Not sure but I think I get it. The Maypole thing.
spicer
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The Rite of Spring. Before I knew, as a little kid there was something about it. Still, it is little kids playing in the sunshine. Little girls, it seemed to touch and energize something about them. Those who loved it really loved it, the dance, everything about it.
Anyone remember RCA's "Selectavision", basically a record player for video?
"Unlike LaserDisc, which was all about lasers, the RCA system actually used a physical stylus. It tracked tiny grooves on the disc to pull the video and audio, kind of like a high-tech record player.
Since the discs were super sensitive to dust and fingerprints, they lived inside these chunky plastic cases called caddies. You’d slide the whole thing into the player, and the machine would grab the disc out of the sleeve for you.
The Downfall
It had a rough time competing with VHS. The big deal-breaker was that you couldn't record TV shows on it like you could with a VCR. Between the slow sales and the massive costs, RCA ended up pulling the plug in 1984.
This project was a massive sinkhole—it took 15 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop. In the end, it was a huge part of why RCA struggled so much financially back then."
"Unlike LaserDisc, which was all about lasers, the RCA system actually used a physical stylus. It tracked tiny grooves on the disc to pull the video and audio, kind of like a high-tech record player.
Since the discs were super sensitive to dust and fingerprints, they lived inside these chunky plastic cases called caddies. You’d slide the whole thing into the player, and the machine would grab the disc out of the sleeve for you.
The Downfall
It had a rough time competing with VHS. The big deal-breaker was that you couldn't record TV shows on it like you could with a VCR. Between the slow sales and the massive costs, RCA ended up pulling the plug in 1984.
This project was a massive sinkhole—it took 15 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop. In the end, it was a huge part of why RCA struggled so much financially back then."
Well maybe, but not here. We delivered these little baskets, most of afternoon after home from school. My mother was big into this, she had count of kids in neighborhood so no one was left out. Think it was a late 50's/ early 60's thing.
usedto
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I heard the bar down the street has one of those. Or some kind of pole.........................
