Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for August 16, 2023

Yup

No back when I was younger talent existed and albums were hit machines back to front.

Did that a while back to get “Lero” from the Superlamas. That song was nowhere on line back then. :D :D :D

no that would be stupid. we bought 45s if we just wanted one song!

I did. Again and again only to find out that none of the other songs on the album sounded anything like that one song.

And then listened to the entire album, examined the cover and read the liner notes. It was our multimedia experience.

In my day we just listened to the drumbeats in the distance.

What I find mind boggling is having to subscibe to Apple Music (which I will never do) just to play music I had previously purchased.

I’ve still got, and play, quite a collection of LP’s, many for one or two songs!

No, sometimes we’d make a request to the radio station and sit next to the stereo and wait so we could record it on our tape recorder or cassette recorder. Reminds me of the song by Everclear “A.M. Radio”

Usually liked the whole album, but some were for one song.

Sadly, yes. And in hoping the other stuff on the album was good. Luckily, I would usually find one or two other songs that I loved.

YESSSSSS!

Yep, and then find out the other songs were pretty awesome too!

No, With 45’s you’d get two songs: one on each side.

Think of it as gambling, kid. If you liked one song by band, the rest of their album was often amazing. Sometimes, it was not. You win some, you lose some.

Best LP’s for us were jam sessions and recordings of in-club performances by great jazzmen. Studio recordings were good but lack the vibe from a live audience.

Not necessarily, you could always buy the 45.

The days of continuing to rejoin the Columbia House Record Club.

We bought albums to hear the albums….

We bought the album for the pictures…..

The artists and record companies most certainly made gobs of money by putting one big hit on an LP along with mostly junk that few people would want to listen to. The secret to not wasting money on those was to wait for the ‘Greatest Hits’ album to be released. For those of us with tape decks, we recorded the good songs off the radio.

There were a few artists who produced exceptional albums with very few mediocre tracks notably ‘The Beatles’. You could play their albums in their entirety and enjoy every track.

But usually was BOGO, b-side.

And (gasp!) if wanted to listen to that one song, you had to get up, walk over to the record player, lift up the arm, try and drop it in the right groove, which you usually missed and had to give it a coupla tries…man, we had it hard back in the olden days!

Only In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida!

If I could have back all the money I spent on albums that I ended up disliking, just because I liked 1-2 songs?

Pretty sure I could buy a new (economy) car.

There might be a real gem on side B.

so many times

It has made artists think a bit more about creating more of the good songs as people now buy mp3s separately, so if you want to sell more you have to do more of the good songs. They can’t just create rubbish ones and use them to fill up a CD.