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 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 > -- ______________________________________________________ Great songs @ www.myspace.com/daviddoll www.last.fm/music/David+Doll www.daviddoll.com