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| From | "bob" <segarini@sympatico.ca> |
| Subject | Re: List-o-mania |
| Date | Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:38:10 -0400 |
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Damn...I forgot about the transistor radio...
Nice detail. I guess what I was trying to say is that HOW we listened to
music...and it's portability...is what made for such a pervasive, (and
ultimately), gigantic, musical smorgasbord, that continues to this day.
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: List-o-mania
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> >...and the number one most important moment in Rock...
> >01. The 45 rpm record/LP/Walkman/iPod
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> a good one - but I would have clarified it as:
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> The introduction of the 45 rpm record (the essental R&R media) by RCA in
1949,
> who created it as a competitor to the 33 rpm record by Columbia.
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> Seeberg introducing the first 45 jukebox in 1953, which had 100 selections
> while other companies felt that 14-30 was all customers needed.
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> Radio station owner Todd Storz sitting in a bar in the early 50's and
> wondering
> why people played the same songs over and over on the Jukebox.
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> The first transistor radio "The Regency TR-1" in october 1954 (with
> all-important earphone!)
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> Les Paul inventing the first solidbody electric guitar in the late 40's -
> called the "log" - which lead to his own soildbody guitar by Gibson and
Leo
> Fender inventing the Broadacaster (later Telecaster) in 1950 and the
> Stratocaster in 1955.
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> "Madman" Earl Muntz inventing car audio with the 4-track tape cartridge
player
> in 1964 - freeing consumers from AM radio.
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> Billy G. Spradlin
> http://listen.to/jangleradio
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