From your profile, it seems you may be too young to remember, seeing as you were born after most of these type of records were released. Add your age to the age of the adults of the time, who primarily bought this stuff, and you might find it is not too far fetched that a large number of them have passed on by now.
Thrift Store Records: forgotten music of the 60s?
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From your profile, it seems you may be too young to remember, seeing as you were born after most of these type of records were released. Add your age to the age of the adults of the time, who primarily bought this stuff, and you might find it is not too far fetched that a large number of them have passed on by now.
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
The vast majority of people who bought things like Herb Alpert were only 20-30 years old at the time. They were my parents and my friends parents, which puts them in the 65-75 year old category now. They're not dead, they just don't listen to vinyl anymore.
When I got back into records the people who seemed most surprised were the older folks who had very vivid memories of dealing with crappy changer systems and crappy sound quality. My Dad thought I was nuts but then asked me if I could make him some CD's of his old Herb Alpert collection.
When I got back into records the people who seemed most surprised were the older folks who had very vivid memories of dealing with crappy changer systems and crappy sound quality. My Dad thought I was nuts but then asked me if I could make him some CD's of his old Herb Alpert collection.
I am not saying you are wrong, but mistaken on your time frame. The 20 to 30 year old of that period were teenager during the 50's and had been exposed to rock and roll and folk music. I doubt that most of them rejected R&R and music they grew up with for the likes of Mitch Miller and such. Tijuana Brass may be the exception as they were basically pop\jazz and crossed over to most pop record charts.
Scuzzer
Fixed Bias
Perhaps in your neck of the woods. Nobody, and I really mean nobody, that was was born around 1940 listened to anything other than "easy pop" or country where I lived. It might have been square or uncool in some areas of the U.S. but in the blue collar socially conservative midwest where I lived it was right down main street.
It's interesting that you're telling me that my memory is incorrect. Were you in my living room in 1968 listening to Herb, the 101 Strings and the rest of the easy listening groups? This is with my aunts and uncles with an age range of 24 to 34, all of them very much still alive. This is also the group of people that would get together after church on Sunday night at Grandma's house and watch Lawrence Welk, REALLY watch, not just have it on in the background.
You made a sweeping generalization that just isn't true. I'm sure many of the people who bought these records are dead but I bet more of them are still alive.
You are right, that is the problem of making a generalization. I am looking at it from my point of view and the area I grew up in Detroit suburbs it was much different than what you saw. Please accept my apologies.
PaulParrot
Active Member
Sweeping generalizations are fine by me, as long as they play to my own opinions.
clydeselsor
Lunatic Member
I listen to what I like and a lot of the titles that the OP mentioned are some of my favorites. Anyone who thinks that it "sucks" does not have to listen to it!
hakaplan
Needs professional help
Yes, I can vouch for that, too. That's what I heard adults listening to growing up (the pop...not so much the country). Although located in the east, Philly was always more culturally conservative.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
My dad was graduating from high school in '55. You'd have thought he'd have gone on to be a Beatles fan, etc, but no - he always told me he never cared for Rock-n-Roll. Little Elvis once in a while, but overall, he preferred 'Easy Listening' or Country, as did my mom. He's gone, but he left early - 4 packs of cigarettes a day will do that to you. Mom is still with us, but in a nursing home. I grew up listening to what they had on LP - I was born in '61. And this was in the cornfields of central Illinois. I suspect things might have been different in the bigger cities and on the coasts.
My Father, and Mother are 63, and far from dead. Everything I listen to is pre 1980. I have been buying records since 1976. And I grew up listening to much of this music. So to say most of these people are dead is silly. Most of them are still around. They have very little interest in Vinyl, that's all.
I just wish I could find some more rare stuff. Haven't found anything in weeks except Bill Dogget on King. Coming up on the slow time of year for good finds.
