Yep, I don't recall when I first learned that but it was probably middle or high school school (50-55 years ago).The Sun is so loud that if space was filled with air its sound would be 125db on Earth, 92 Million miles away.
ew devo 🤮As someone who sat in the second row at a DEVO concert, I can affirm.
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All my friends in my *ahem* younger days listened to "rock" (in all its permutations), went to concerts, blasted their stereos (aka "Sound Systems") at full volume.As someone who sat in the second row at a DEVO concert, I can affirm.
I'm surprised I don't. In the summer between high school and college, I was working in a flour mill by day, and playing in a band at night.All of them needed hearing aids by the time they hit their 50s
I'm also surprised you aren't "deef" (or on your way there) 😄.I'm surprised I don't. In the summer between high school and college, I was working in a flour mill by day, and playing in a band at night.
I too listened to classical music, after seeing a film at age 12 about Beethoven. But I listened to a varied range of music, having joined one of those "record clubs" the record companies used to promote back in the day ("12 Albums for $1!"). Among my first was this one, with which I used to drive my mother nuts:
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Edit: Just to add to the trivial nature of this post, I also managed to talk my Mom into buying this for me -- one of the early records of strictly electronic music:
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Mine was the RCA Record Club, though I later joined "The Columbia Masterworks Subscription Society", which was all classical, and-- trivia time! -- would mail out a quarterly lp "magazine" containing snippets of new releases, along with comments by performers and living composers.Ah, yes, the Columbia Record Club, is the one that stciks in my mind.
Ditto on the the "no classical listeners among my friends".The Bach lp came later, and was far more "musical" than the one I posted; I believe my cousin had a copy.
Mine was the RCA Record Club, though I later joined "The Columbia Masterworks Subscription Society", which was all classical, and-- trivia time! -- would mail out a quarterly lp "magazine" containing snippets of new releases, along with comments by performers and living composers.
I will say that, with no classical listeners among my friends, I made a number of discoveries that way -- P.D.Q. Bach among them.
I remember the Columbia Record Club. I think almost all of my 8-track collection came from them. Here's a picture for all of you young'uns out there.I'm also surprised you aren't "deef" (or on your way there) 😄.
Ah, yes, the Columbia Record Club, is the one that stciks in my mind.
There were others but CRC was the one that seemed to dominate the ads; I think my brother joined that one.
The closest I came to electronic Music was "Switched-On Bach" with Walter Carlos** playing Bach pieces on a MOOG Synthesizer.
**Walter Carlos is now Wendy Carlos...happened a while back , don't recall when.
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Do you have one of CCR also? 😄I remember the Columbia Record Club. I think almost all of my 8-track collection came from them. Here's a picture for all of you young'uns out there. View attachment 42156
Why is that? I don't know much of musical history and am curious of the reason why they would need to do that. Was it because of technology, culture, or something else?Here's another bit of trivia: there was a brief period in which some music was released only on 8 track; those are highly sought after by collectors.
Kind of a similar situation (altho' I don know if the historic reasons are the same) is that some movies are available only as VHS tapes.It was thought at the time that lps were on the way out -- cars were beginning to come equipped with 8 track players, for example -- and once cassette tapes took over, some 8 track-only pieces were just never reissued for various reasons.
I did not. I remember having some really bad K-Tel compilation ones.Do you have one of CCR also? 😄
K-Tel...yes.... another trip down Music Memory Lane 😄.I did not. I remember having some really bad K-Tel compilation ones.
Your dad and grandfather must have had a good sense of humor and a lot of tolerance.My dad had this record and my grandfather recorded it to cassette tape so we could listen to it. Every year he'd take us camping and we'd listen to that tape the whole way to and from the campground. I have a copy of the vinyl now.
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Just going by the titles I have heard:My dad had this record and my grandfather recorded it to cassette tape so we could listen to it. Every year he'd take us camping and we'd listen to that tape the whole way to and from the campground. I have a copy of the vinyl now.
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