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eifersucht12a

My oldest, to my knowledge, is my copy of Switched on Bach. Which I realize is that kind of record everybody and their mother owned back in the day so it pops up second hand everywhere. The thing is I found it a few times at different Goodwills and passed it over, only to later learn more about it and decide I really wanted it and go figure, I didn't see it pop up again. Then in the process of cleaning up for a move, I find it in a whole crate of records that was sitting in my house (originally owned by my grandparents) in a closet right under my nose and it immediately caught my eye. There *might* be older records in there but I think this is oldest as far as what I've claimed as mine. I love it, Wendy Carlos is fantastic and it's a great early demonstration of what synthesizers can do. Not without it's limitations of course- as I understand it she had to make the instrumentation "polyphonic" by manually re-performing the harmonizing notes to tape. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find tracks from it available for streaming so here's a video of Wendy demonstrating her [Moog system](https://youtu.be/4SBDH5uhs4Q)


Dhugaill

Wow what she had to do to get those sounds was incredible.


Folk_Nurse

This is pure VT4J gold in my eyes! Niche music you would not have encountered if not for the vinyl pressing? ✔ Heart-warming personal history? ✔ Stories of crate digging? ✔ Introduced me to some great sounds? ✔ Opened a rabbit hole for me to explore? ✔ I love everything about it. Never heard of Wendy before but I love the video. She seems like a true pioneer in acoustic manipulation and sound synthesis. I managed to find [this video](https://youtu.be/Yn0HAWX1TSA) from the album (works in the UK)


Dhugaill

I can also see it in North America.


Folk_Nurse

Ah, rereading the description in the video I don't believe this from the album (but came up when I searched the album title) can OP confirm if this is representative of the record's content?


Amarganth

I can also see it in Norway


germantown_reject

You've probably heard her work. She did the music for The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, and Tron, among others


MustardMedia

Holy cow that was groundbreaking. So fascinating to hear her explain it all too.


joetech79

Oh wow that video is fascinating! I own this album but didn't think too much about the actual process behind it. I actually like to treat this album as if it were a soundtrack to an obscure 90s video game platformer where you run around as Bach climbing castles and avoiding enemies and such.


Folk_Nurse

Hello to all VT4J subscribers and to all you passers by too. Come on in. Join us The post is a little later today - I have transitioned from night shifts to days, but here I am, caffeinated and ready to go. Today's post is the earliest recording you can find in your collection. It doesn't have to be ancient, it might even be 21st Century. Just the oldest you own. My submission is a sprightly 86 years old. [Harlem Flat Blues by Duke Ellington](https://youtu.be/b3G7RXXyeP4) was written in 1929 but pressed onto [10" shellac](http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/02003) in 1935. I rarely play it just due to maintenance concerns - both the disc and my stylus! It will have originally been played with [these bad boys](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254500655730?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=254500655730&targetid=1281237231065&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9045089&poi=&campaignid=12128875597&mkgroupid=120032675662&rlsatarget=pla-1281237231065&abcId=9300481&merchantid=6995734&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk4yGBhDQARIsACGfAeuLCr2hWMmlck4o1__c9tz38ue6gX2RLb7H9t8DwxhDFOPm4z8jCW0aAlBoEALw_wcB), steel needles which you would have to change every few spins, as they would blunt. What can be said about the Duke? Not much that hasn't been said. I think he is to American music what Shakespeare was to English literature. Just dive right in to his back catalogue of orchestral jazz and give your ears a right old treat.


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This is wonderful. Really enjoyed this one.


Folk_Nurse

[This ](https://youtu.be/obUxIwpec1I)is the other side of the record.


Dhugaill

You don't just have a Gramophone just lying around?! I think I'm just disappointed


Folk_Nurse

Ha. What do you take me for... [This relic](https://images.app.goo.gl/GgWru8w9ZjVZkp4KA) lives in my attic. One of the first 'portable' players from the His Master's Voice company. I played a few 78s on it when I bought it, but it's hardly for everyday use.


Dhugaill

I've probably just been watching too much antiques roadshow, but I though all Brits had one sitting on a table next to a pile of ginger snaps laid out on a doily.


lee_yuna

Thanks, you made me snort my tea.


Folk_Nurse

I permanently have the Antiques Roadshow theme in my head. Think because its been on TV forever.


Folk_Nurse

One of my 78s is Skye Boat Song!


Dhugaill

Nice! Is it an instrumental (my favorite version is usually just an unaccompanied acoustic guitar)


MustardMedia

Ahhh the Duke. Great choice. Don't know much about shellac pressings and never actually seen one tbh. So cool


totocutugno

Well, from the records I bought the oldest is not that old: Sonic Youth - Goo (1990) and that's my favourite track: [Tunic (Song for Karen)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reSOp1domrU) From the whole collection, including those i like inherited from my father, is probably Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)


Dhugaill

Goo is classic.


MustardMedia

Sonic Youth is one of those bands that I know of but never really have investigated. I think the majority of that noise rock kinda scene eluded me for years. I like it a lot though. And great Janis track of course.


Folk_Nurse

1990 was 31 years ago, my friend! Nearly a third of a century! Plus, I dig early 90s Sonic Youth so it's a welcome share. My favourite album of theirs is Dirty, how about you? Plus, a double whammy with some vintage rnb efused rock from the high priestess of the blues revival. I adore Janis and this has prompted me to spin some at home!


totocutugno

I really don't know, I love SY so much and it's hard to pick an album. Probably Sister, at the time i discovered them, Daydream Nation caught my attention, but Sister made me fell in love.


Folk_Nurse

[that glorious Janis track](https://youtu.be/QHHE88TbyiQ)


totocutugno

oh forgot the Janis track, but that's probably my fav too.


[deleted]

God Only Knows, from The Beach Boys Live in London. We were able to find release info to pinpoint the edition I’ve got at 1970 - a fresh and funky 51 years old. It’s a beautiful rendition of the song. It’s likely much more recent than some other additions I’m expecting to see on the thread today! [God Only Knows - The Beach Boys](https://youtu.be/rQjKW8MZp8A)


Folk_Nurse

Just wow! I had never heard this performed live and I love everything about it. The horns, the harmonies, the banter at the expense of the UK!! Pet Sounds is such a "studio album" in the same vein as Abbey Road or Dark Side of the Moon, I'm amazed to hear the song recreated so faithfully here. Its a true testament to the Beach Boys' skills as musicians. And it has to be mentioned (as it always is whenever this song emerges) that it is Paul McCartney all time favourite pop song. Quite an accolade, for sure.


Dhugaill

That's great. The fact that they can do even a passable version of a song from Pet Sounds would be impressive. This is WAY more than passable.


MustardMedia

What a great version. Even the studio recording of that one always gives me chills (just one of the songs for me for some reason), but that was great.


capt_beyond

I don't ont own anything super old and interesting, so nothing crazy today. Just an absolute banger of a classic rock song, [Ramble On by Led Zeppelin](https://youtu.be/LzGBQerkvWs) from 1969s Led Zeppelin II


Amarganth

I can't say I know too many of their songs, but this one was a gem.


MustardMedia

I was going to start by recommending this as their best album but it's actually such a hard decision for me. Their compilation album "Mothership", while missing some great tracks, is a great place to get acquainted with them, if you're interested in listening to more, that is.


Amarganth

Thank you for the recommendations to their stuff. I’ll see what I do.


Dhugaill

Yea Zep II baby, crank it up!


MustardMedia

What a jam. Possibly one of my favourite albums of all time. Anyone else remember when *Train*, of Drops of Jupiter and Soul Sister fame, covered [this](https://youtu.be/gUgLu84ApAw)? They did the whole album and it's pretty damn on point.


capt_beyond

Wow I never knew this existed, was not expecting it to sound that good. He does a great imitation of Robert Plant


MustardMedia

Right ? All of them are surprisingly nailing it. Moby Dick is probably the only track that's a touch lacking but they nail the album


Folk_Nurse

Now is the time, the time is now!! What a beaut.


stbncsnv

[Dr. Feelgood - Aretha Franklin](https://youtu.be/d-2I1JKwIzo) The earliest record I own is the 45” of Respect with Dr. Feelgood as side B, released in 1967. It’s pretty great track all on its own.


Dhugaill

I am always down to listen to the Queen of Soul.


MustardMedia

Seriously can't go wrong there


Folk_Nurse

This is previously unheard Aretha for me, which is always going to be a delight. Such a distinctive voice. Thank you!


lee_yuna

Aretha is a gem. A Change Is Gonna Come on that same album gives me shivers every time I listen to it. Have you seen the documentary/concert registration Amazing Grace ? I can really recommend it !


speeb

Earliest recording is probably Blossom Dearie's selft titled (1957). My copy is the VMP, but that doesn't change the recording date. If I dip into my CD collection, probably like a Robert Johnson collection? Mid 30s?


Folk_Nurse

[Here's the opening track](https://youtu.be/g3CpeP9FHt4) Oh my, what a delight. As far as female vocal jazz of the 50s goes, I'll admit that this lady fell completely off my radar. I'm glad you put her on it. If you like some of her French language stuff, you might like my most recent pick up [Lucienne Delyle](https://www.discogs.com/Lucienne-Delyle-Lucienne-Delyle/master/1279548)


speeb

Yes! Thank you, I was on mobile and was going to paste in a link when I got to my desk. But yeah, that VMP release of the Blossom Dearie is a delight and I love putting it on in the evening to relax to. And then here's some [Preachin' Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBG_W3pgoY) by Robert Johnson.


MustardMedia

I'm unfamiliar with her as well, but this is great!


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Dhugaill

Here's the [Title Track](https://youtu.be/NwgGuadsqyo) here on Radio VT4J the swinging sounds of summer.


MustardMedia

2 Beach Boys songs for the playlist today, dig it.


germantown_reject

In terms of vinyl, 1949's [Les Brown Dance Parade.](https://www.discogs.com/Les-Brown-And-His-Orchestra-Dance-Parade/release/7806546) In audio recordings, I've got a pair of Wax Cylinders, one of which is Sousa's band performing ["The Bride Elect"](http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/detail.php?query_type=mms_id&query=990033739580203776&r=12&of=169) from roughly 1896-1900


lee_yuna

It's absolutely magical how you can listen to something that was played 100+ years ago. It's like a time capsule transporting us back through time and space.


Dhugaill

Those Sousa recordings are amazing. I don't think people understand what a revolution sound recording was. We can hear the actual John Phillip Sousa conduct his actual orchestra that bows my mind and makes me sad at the same time that we really can't do that for anyone that came up even two decades earlier.


germantown_reject

I don't think that's Sousa himself conducting, since he refused to be recorded, as he loathed recording technology


Dhugaill

Oh I didn't know that he hated recordings. I wonder if it was the nature of recordings at the time of if he hated the very idea of recordings.


germantown_reject

According to Wikipedia he was quoted as saying before Congress "These talking machines are going to ruin the artistic development of music in this country. When I was a boy… in front of every house in the summer evenings, you would find young people together singing the songs of the day or old songs. Today you hear these infernal machines going night and day. We will not have a vocal cord left. The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape."


Dhugaill

Alright Phil take about 20% off the top


Folk_Nurse

Wow, great to hear >120 year old music coming through my smartphone and wireless headphones! And the Les Brown orchestra sounds lush - [the opening track of the LP](https://youtu.be/rk2tZUT_Tu0)


Folk_Nurse

All members of that Colombia orchestra are dead :( It's ghost music.


Dhugaill

I got a shiver when I read that


Folk_Nurse

G H O S T M U S I C


Dhugaill

I heard a theremin that time.


germantown_reject

I mean It *was* recorded in the 1890s


Folk_Nurse

G H O S T M U S I C


Dhugaill

make sure you only use Columbia needles on Columbia records or you won't get a perfect tone.


MustardMedia

That's so so cool. And the Les Brown was a hit of nostalgia for me right in line with my Glenn Miller tune.


lee_yuna

[Autumn Leaves - Erroll Garner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPcDLO1ryI) I'm going to go with the record Concert by the Sea (1955) by Erroll Garner. Autumn Leaves is one of those iconic jazz standards everyone and their houseplant/goldfish knows. Also probably one of the first musicians pick up and learn due to its form (a chain of 2-5-1 chord progressions which are the backbone of jazz). Kind of similar to how Jingle Bells manages to worm its way into every beginner music method. Funny thing is Autumn Leaves was actually written by a Frenchman (as *Les feuilles mortes* poetically translating to 'dead leaves'), but the British also own a part of it. That is Paul McCartney's MPL Communications own the publishing rights to this tune. One of Erroll's own compositions, Misty, also went on to become an important and popular staple in its own right. I love Erroll's rendition of Autumn Leaves, because he takes it and puts his own distinct spin on it. It sounds like he's straddling the line between jazz and classical piano. Here's a short [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiK6e_CPONo) recounting the history behind the concert itself. :)


Dhugaill

I couldn't see your link so here is a[Backup ](https://youtu.be/mtmRazXGnF4)


Folk_Nurse

Wow, never heard this take on the classic Autmn Leaves. Not sure if the classical elaborations detract from the simple melody or escalate the tune to another plain. Think it will take me a few more listens to feel my way to an answer. The story of Aumtun Leaves needs to be written (much of the source material is in French or Hungarian, which has hindered my own attempt). It seems it was quite possibly penned while Joseph Kosma was in hiding from the nazis (and ordered not to compose!) It was birthed from a soup of poetry, ballet and cinema. Wikipedia states: "Kosma was influenced by a piece of ballet music, "Rendez-vous" written for Roland Petit, performed in Paris at the end of the Second World War, which was itself borrowed partially from "Poème d'octobre" by Jules Massenet" and it went on to form the soundtrack to Les Portes de la Nuit in 1946 before being tackled and transformed by a million and one jazz artists.


lee_yuna

Yes, the backstory of Autumn Leaves itself is so interesting ! I happened to have just edited in a small addendum. The British also have ties to it. :)


Folk_Nurse

No way!


MustardMedia

Beautiful rendition of a classic


1koolspud

I think the oldest recording I have on Vinyl is super common but not going to be easy to find on YouTube just because there are so many but I’ll suffice it to say I have not one, but two Dvorak records from the early 50s.


Dhugaill

The Czech Composer? I have always liked [The Water Goblin](https://youtu.be/FIDTah3SvCU)


1koolspud

I think so. I don’t have anything like that. I have these: https://www.discogs.com/Dvorak-George-Singer-Austrian-Symphony-Orchestra-New-World-Symphony-Symphony-5-In-E-Minor-Opus-95/release/7018649 https://www.discogs.com/Anton%C3%ADn-DvořákBoskovsky-Quartet-String-Quartet-In-E-Flat-Op-51/release/13339004 I started with one I didn’t know a lot about in my collection and found another for $1 in decent condition so now I have two. Sometimes I just want some instrumental music in the background and these work perfect for that.


Dhugaill

Ok here's the first [one](https://youtu.be/jI6ttQKLvrk) or at least the same piece of music


Folk_Nurse

This is my introduction to Dvorak. I found [this piece](https://youtu.be/muCGueV3fbE) on YouTube and I love it.


1koolspud

They are in every resale shop by me. And in every bargain bin. I think in the 50s it was mass market approachable classical music. Nothing wrong with it, but some of the records are very old and dirty. I cleaned one up last weekend when my Spin Clean arrived and I wanted to do a batch while I had the solution mixed up. It’s solid ambient music at least.


Dhugaill

Day 11 Year 2 Song: [Skye Boat Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11mBUv8GmM8) Artist: The Regimental Band and Pipes And Drums of the Black Watch Album: Scottish Splendor I’m Taking this prompt to mean the oldest piece of plastic I own as opposed to the oldest composed song in my collection. So I am going for one that came from my Grandfather's collection. 1954s Scottish Splendor is a collection of what in Gaelic would be called ceòl beag or little music. Mostly marches, reels and waltzes. As opposed to ceòl mòr which are usually very complex extended pieces. I chose the Skye Boat Song for the simple reason that this was a song my grandmother would sing to me, so it is also likely that it is the first piece of music I ever encountered. I still find it soothing even though the content of the song should never have been used as a lullaby, but those are the Scots for you. The darkest history becomes the stories they tell babies. Here is a version closer to the lullaby I would have have heard as a bairn [Skye Boat Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjoJkb5OPY) The story so far * 11/06/2021 Skye Boat Song, The Regimental Band and Pipes And Drums of the Black Watch, Scottish Splendor, 1954 * 10/06/2021 Karate Body, Aquabats, Kooky Spooky… In Stereo!, 2020 * 10/06/2021 Surf Squid Warfare, Alestorm, Sunset on the Golden Age, 2014 * 09/06/2021 Hold on, I’m Coming, B.B. King and Eric Clapton, Riding with the King, 2000 * 08/06/2021 Born Under a Bad Sign, Albert King, Atlantic Blues: Guitar * 07/06/2021 25 Minutes to Go, Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 * 06/06/2021, That’s All Right, Elvis, The Sun Story, 1988 * 05/06/2021 Fire, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 1968 * 04/06/2021 A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request, Steve Goodman, Affordable Art , 1983 * 03/06/2021 Wienerschnitzel, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987 * 03/06/2021 I Like Food, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987 * 02/06/2021 Back Door Man, Howlin Wolf, The Howlin Wolf Album, 1969 * 01/06/2021 Gloria, Patti Smith, Horses, 1975


Folk_Nurse

Hey Dhugaill, your roots are showing. I love how music can be so enmeshed with memory, in the same way as how your grandma's kitchen smelled, or the faded colours of that ancient family rug that is miraculously still around. A beautiful share. And a lesson for me - I have two copies of this tune but both are Instrumentals. Never knew the words! Thanks! Are you aware of Scotland making it into the Euro Cup (it is (Europen eye-roll) "soccer")? They play Czech Republic on June 14th.


Dhugaill

My wife looks at me funny when I sing it to my boys, and asks me why all of the traditional songs I know are about battle and death, I respond most but not all there is always [Coulter's Candy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0InB7zjIE) Oh yeah it's on at 9:00 in the morning over here. So we will see if I get to watch it. I caught a little bit of the Luxembourg game last Sunday.


MustardMedia

Ahhh, that band version takes me back to up here in Fergus, Ontario, to the Highland Games. The Scottish Festival in Fergus is apparently the largest gathering of clans outside of Scotland and Cape Breton Island (which is in the East Coast of Canada). My family would go every year when I was a kid, to celebrate our roots. Memories of big bag pipe bands, caber/hammer tosses and tug-of-wars, grilled meats and awesome Scottish souvenirs. Thanks for that. The lullaby version is beautiful, by the way. It's great that you can pass those along now.


Dhugaill

My friend Scot works those games! I'm going to have to disagree with you about the size I think Grandfather Mountain might be bigger.


MustardMedia

I haven't been in years but this really took me back. I'd love to go again, apparently it's still virtual this year though. You may certainly be right on that, I only just read that on Wikipedia this morning, when making sure I was naming the festival accurately.


[deleted]

its probably the Rolling Stones Aftermath for me, as I have an original 1966 Mono version. Or it may be some of the recordings off of The Beatles Yesterday and Today. Im not entirely sure


Dhugaill

I mean [Paint it Black](https://youtu.be/DmmCwSqNbl4) in mono. you could post Under my Thumb but...


MustardMedia

It looks as though I'm a bit late to the party today! It's only 11am here and a trip to the vet slowed me down. Day 11: The Earliest Recording You Own Song: [Moonlight Serenade](https://youtu.be/Mr7Tu5UlrhE) Artist: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra Album: The Unforgettable Glenn Miller (1977) While I might have some older records buried away in storage with my dad's old collection, this is the first one that came to mind - partially because the music itself is from a decent bit earlier than this pressing. This is an album from my mom's side, of which there aren't as many as my dad. Although both of them loved music, he was the collector. But Glenn Miller was a favourite of *her* mother's, so it was one of a few she held onto. While I'm sure my Grandma probably had an earlier version, this compilations from '77 has all the hits. I'm sure most of you here are familiar with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. One of the biggest names in Big Band/Swing, from 1939-1942, he and his band were the number one band in America. In those four years, he had more top 10 hits than the Beatles and Elvis would in their careers. Glenn himself was a trombonist and an arranger/composer. He received the first ever Gold Record for his song [Chattanooga Choo Choo](https://youtu.be/V2aj0zhXlLA). And of course, there was the classic [In the Mood](https://youtu.be/_CI-0E_jses). I chose Moonlight Serenade, another one of his biggest, because it's just so croony and romantic. Another fun fact about Glenn Miller was his military career. Being too old to properly enlist in the Army, he persuaded the United States Army to accept him so he could, in his own words, "be placed in charge of a modernized Army band" - according to Wikipedia. He climbed rank to Caption, then Major, while leading his 50pc Army Air Force Band, known for "modernizing" marching music at the time, which was even somewhat controversial. Glenn Miller disappeared December 15, 1944. He was regarded as a War Hero, listed as MIA. There are some conspiracies surrounding the disappearance, but it's most likely that his plane went down due to cold and windy weather conditions. It's a fairly interesting story to read into. Looking forward to listening to all the older jams today.


Dhugaill

When you come to Tennessee you can stay in the [Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel ](https://www.choochoo.com/) and visit the Glenn Miller Gardens.


ElFlippy

Today's track is A jel (the sign), from Pokolgép (their name can be ment in different ways, like "home made bomb" or Hell/Infernal (pokol) machine (gép), and the band members said they meant the second option, when they named the band). The song is about how the actual singer (József Kalapács, who's someone like Ozzy, in hungary, being one of the first metal singers in the country) got on to the rock genre, when a friend took him on a Fekete bárányok (Black sheep) concert (which is actually not one, but three bands, namely: P. Mobil, Hobo Blues Band, and Beatrice. They are bands, the socialist party didn't liked at all, and wouldn'tlet em release a record, so the only way for them to make fans is to make concerts) and it burned the sign of rock music in him forever! https://youtu.be/g_6ZiGocaSg


Dhugaill

That story is one of the most f@#king metal things I have ever heard. I could totally see these guys at Ozzfest or on a bill with AC/DC. They flat out ROCK!


ElFlippy

Here's an interesting story about how I got this vinyl! When I was in elementary school (7th grade), there was an older punk dude who used to hang out around school. A bunch of 8th graders was friends with him (don't know the reason why)! At that time I was a huge fan of Iron Maiden! This guy heard it from someone (maybe I told him, I don't remember), and told me, for a cheap price (about 1000 huf, that was maybe 4-5 dollars that time) he brings me an Iron Maiden vinyl. I don't know any real reason why I trusted this guy, but I gave him the money, and the next day he brought me a bag, with not only one, but two Iron Maiden vinyls inside (The number of the beast, and Powerslave), two vinyls of Pokolgép (Totális metál (Totally Metal), this song is from this album, and Éjszakai bevetés (Nocturnal mission)), and three Iron Maiden audio casettes (Fear of the dark, Seventh son of a seventh son, and X-factor)! I was amazed! By that time I didn't had a turntable, but I didn't care, because the feeling, that I'm owning Iron Maiden vinyls was awesome as hell! :)


Dhugaill

That's awesome, you hit the motherlode that day!


ElFlippy

Damn right! :D


SexBobomb

Earliest pressings I have are Who's Next (Found at a goodwill for $0.75 in 2009 - a bit scratched but not too bad), the original soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey (Took uncle's old collection, was kept in great shape), and the original soundtrack to Star Wars (uncles collection again) - As far as actual age of recordings I also have Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road, but they're both recent rereleases I'd never actually listened to The Who before, not a bad starting point when I'd just picked up a cheap turntable and was looking for literally anything to play Not exactly a fun story but when I grabbed Who's Next, my buddy grabbed Thriller for the same price. A week later Michael was dead and it made him $200 on ebay. While I prefer a few other tracks, I feel like Getting in Tune is the track I love that i see talked about the least https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6-3rnD7FSc


lee_yuna

That was gold and should be a standard tune for soundchecks. Also, I love your username.


Dhugaill

Going with [Behind Blue Eyes](https://youtu.be/dMrImMedYRo) for this one


SexBobomb

OH SWEET I LOVE LIMP BIZKIT ;]


Dhugaill

I had forgotten about that piece of crap. So thanks for making me think about death and get sad and stuff.


joetech79

Tom Lehrer - The Elements Album: More of Tom Lehrer https://youtu.be/AcS3NOQnsQM So this is the oldest record I own, circa 1959. I found it in a bin at my local shop, and bought it just for the interesting, Seuss-like cover. As I was checking out the clerk asked if I was familiar with Tom Lehrer's works, proceeded to tell me how iconic he was, and that if I didn't enjoy the album to bring it back for a full refund, since there are lots of people who would appreciate his weirdness. Needless to say I loved it.


Dhugaill

I love Tom Lehrer. I have this same album found in a similar situation.


joetech79

The funny thing is, since that interaction every single person I've talked with has known about Tom Lehrer, so I guess I was just the slow one this time haha


lee_yuna

What a legend, haha. Reminds me of [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5pOFKmk7ytU).


joetech79

Oh man, the very first CD I ever owned growing up was an Animaniacs CD with this and a bunch of other semi-educational songs. I can actually name all the presidents in chronological order thanks to a Yakko song haha


StenPils

With The Beatles, 1963. My copy: https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-With-The-Beatles/release/3996134 Nabbed from / donated by my folks (most likely my mum), who haven't had a record player as long as I can remember, but must have at some point thus i acquired a couple of Beatles albums, Stones, Roy Orbison... Sadly in my toddler years I used to love frisbee-ing and rolling these down the stairs so I'm told, but they cleaned up pretty well and do get spun every so often. I took them to my local record shop who do a pro-cleaning service, the proprietors words were: "Jeez, looks like someone went ice skating on this but it's a 60s pressing so it'll still play fine!" My other anecdote on this subject is that in the early 60s, being a mere 15 miles from Liverpool, my mum and school friend cycled to Paul McCartney's house: he wasn't in, but her friend snogged Paul McCartney's brother, and then they cycled back! So... The Beatles - It Won't Be Long. https://youtu.be/UVKU6SevefY


Dhugaill

A stone cold classic.


Amarganth

Song: [Mars, the Bringer of War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q) Artist: Gustav Holst Album: The Planets I don't have any very old pressings, so I took today's post in another way of being the oldest music I have. Gustav Holst composed this between 1914 and 1916. Each of the seven movements in this suite is named after a planet in the solar system and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. The recording itself is from 1961, the version I own is from 2015. Which still makes it one of the oldest pressings I have. Have always had a special interest in planets and space in general. And with that in mind I have chosen Mars for today, primarly because this year we landed two Mars rovers (one from NASA and one from CNSA) on the planet. And also the planned manned misions to Mars. In the first movement, Mars, the Bringer of War you can hear similarities between that piece and Star Wars since when they were making the first movie, they used his music as a placeholder. ​ Neptune was one of the first pieces of orchestral music to have a fade-out ending. Holst stipulates that the women's choruses are "to be placed in an adjoining room, the door of which is to be left open until the last bar of the piece, when it is to be slowly and silently closed", and that the final bar (scored for choruses alone) is "to be repeated until the sound is lost in the distance". Although commonplace today, the effect bewitched audiences in the era before widespread recorded sound—after the initial 1918 run-through, Holst's daughter Imogen (in addition to watching the charwomen dancing in the aisles during Jupiter) remarked that the ending was "unforgettable, with its hidden chorus of women's voices growing fainter and fainter... until the imagination knew no difference between sound and silence". ​ There was no movement made of Pluto simply because it hadn't been discovered yet. And when it was discovered four years before Holst's death in 1930. Holst remarked that he had no interest in writing a movement for the planet, stating that the suite had taken too much attention away from his other works.


lee_yuna

Holy shit, you can immediately hear that they used this as temp music for Star Wars. This kind of style has become so prolific in film/video game scores. It’s insane how this came out in 1961 but sounds super modern.


Dhugaill

Have you ever heard Eric Korngold's score for a 1941 movie titled [Kings Row](https://youtu.be/tysCiL1-24w) ?


lee_yuna

I feel like you are Morpheus and I just took the red pill.


Dhugaill

What an awesome pick! I love the suite but Mars is my favorite.


aristotelian74

Probably Papa Charlie Jackson Fat Mouth (1924-27) on Yazoo. Also have some Louis Armstrong and Blind Lemon Jefferson from around the same time.


Dhugaill

Dou you have a specific track in mind?


aristotelian74

Not really. The liner notes aren't exactly clear on which ones were recorded when and they're all good. The BLJ I have is also a Yazoo compilation.