Oldies

[gr8oldies]

There's something diametrically different about the "rock era" in that people outside the demographic still cling to much of the music and accept it as their own. My local Classic Hits station continues to air some '60s songs and many from the early '70s, despite them being older than most of the base audience. This has never happened before. In 1964, stations didn't routinely play songs from 1904 or even 1924!

Songs from the 1900s weren't available to play in the 1960s if someone wanted to.

 

[ZantennaG1]

Songs from the 1900s weren't available to play in the 1960s if someone wanted to.

...and now because of YouTube, I have the world's library of music videos. What a difference 62 years can make, huh?

 

[TheBigA]

Songs from the 1900s weren't available to play in the 1960s if someone wanted to.

Hmmm keep in mind the recording of music began in the 1880s. But they sounded awful. Microphones started to improve in the 20s and 30s. Technology improved because of sound coming to movies. So the songs from the 1900s were available (as sheet music, as piano rolls, and as acoustic recordings that didn't fit with the sound quality we expected in the 60s. WNEW NYC was playing some original recordings from the 30s and 40s in the 1970s. Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra were core artists and their hits were in the 30s.

 

[semoochie]

Hmmm keep in mind the recording of music began in the 1880s. But they sounded awful. Microphones started to improve in the 20s and 30s. Technology improved because of sound coming to movies. So the songs from the 1900s were available (as sheet music, as piano rolls, and as acoustic recordings that didn't fit with the sound quality we expected in the 60s. WNEW NYC was playing some original recordings from the 30s and 40s in the 1970s. Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra were core artists and their hits were in the 30s.

My point was that people who were fans of older music were there at the time the songs were originally popular, not their descendants!

 

[SquonkHunter]

Other than a couple of specialty shows there is nothing music-wise on conventional radio that appeals to me anymore. If I want music, I play Classic Vinyl (26) on SiriusXM. Roughly 1967-1974 underground FM music from my youth.

 

[CTListener]

Other than a couple of specialty shows there is nothing music-wise on conventional radio that appeals to me anymore. If I want music, I play Classic Vinyl (26) on SiriusXM. Roughly 1967-1974 underground FM music from my youth.

Wouldn't Deep Tracks (27) be more to your liking? Classic Vinyl is largely big album rock hits, not "underground FM" tracks.

 

[SquonkHunter]

Wouldn't Deep Tracks (27) be more to your liking? Classic Vinyl is largely big album rock hits, not "underground FM" tracks.

Deep Tracks is my alternative. Classic Vinyl does play some of my Prog favorites. Deep Tracks is more hit and miss at that.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Songs from the 1900s weren't available to play in the 1960s if someone wanted to.

Well they actually were, but on poor quality acoustic 78 or 80 rpm records, or on cylinders.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Wouldn't Deep Tracks (27) be more to your liking? Classic Vinyl is largely big album rock hits, not "underground FM" tracks.

There are a lot of tracks on Classic Vinyl that haven't seen any radio play in a long time, as it is music from the 1960s and 70s. Deep Tracks is quite eclectic, as was Underground/Progressive Rock FM back in the day. Both are great options if you remember that era.