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| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Help me identify these 1974 sound clips |
| Date | Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:50:10 +0000 |
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I'm not sure if your from the UK, but if you dial 2580 on your mobile
and play it 15 seconds worth of a song then it'll text you back to
song title and artist.
Matt. UK.
p.s. It does cost 50p a go though.
On 14/02/07, Robert Berry <rberry@gandronics.com> wrote:
> This is possibly a bit off-topic, but I can't think of a better place to
> go...
>
> I'm working on a personal project that involves going through a bunch of
> old cassettes I recorded when I was a kid. I'm obsessive enough to want
> to identify everything I can that's on these old tapes.
>
> Right now I'm listening to a tape that I've dated to 1974. There are
> several snippets of music that I haven't been able to identify, so I
> thought maybe I'd let the encyclopedic knowledge of this group take a
> crack. Some are probably easy, others are long shots, but I figured it
> was worth a try.
>
> The first was probably taped from a 45 single. It sounds familiar to me
> and may not be obscure at all, but I don't know the song and haven't had
> any success Googling the lyrics:
>
> http://diskermusic.com/audio/1974_popsong.mp3
>
> The second one is from the radio, evidently another pop song. (Or maybe
> it's a commercial for a travel agency!)
>
> http://diskermusic.com/audio/1974_everyday.mp3
>
> The third one is a piano-based instrumental cover of Ray Stevens's
> "Everything Is Beautiful." But it's *not* Floyd Cramer's version. I
> remember that this was on a 45 single, but I don't remember the artist;
> it may well be a no-name easy-listening cover, but I don't know. My
> recording is nearly complete (and is a nice demonstration of "wow and
> flutter" for those who don't remember those days):
>
> http://diskermusic.com/audio/1974_raystevens_cover.mp3
>
> The last one is a real long shot, some kind of honky-tonk piano
> instrumental:
>
> http://diskermusic.com/audio/1974_honkytonk.mp3
>
> Anybody got any clues? Thanks!
>
> Robert Berry
>
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