Quality Music of yesterday....

[joelbc1]

For me, back in the day, nothing guaranteed "quality music" like ....."Stax"/ "Motown" and "Holland, Dozier, (Holland)"...... These labels and these writers turned out a lot of music I really liked.
You will note...this is NOT a political thread.

 

[OC_Hawk]

New music is usually released
on Tuesdays. As yesterday
was a Sunday, any music
you might referring to is not
new.
- LuteHawk

 

[TJ8869]

Originally posted by OC_Hawk:
New music is usually released

on Tuesdays. As yesterday

was a Sunday, any music

you might referring to is not

new.

- LuteHawk

Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" album was released on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

Coincidence? I think not.
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[bagdropper]

If Tom Dowd was the engineer, it most likely sounded fantastic. Helped shape the sound of what you describe. Made a lot of HOFers sound better than anybody else could.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Originally posted by OC_Hawk:
New music is usually released
on Tuesdays. As yesterday
was a Sunday, any music
you might referring to is not
new.
- LuteHawk

Excellent

 

[h-hawk]

Originally posted by bagdropper:

If Tom Dowd was the engineer, it most likely sounded fantastic. Helped shape the sound of what you describe. Made a lot of HOFers sound better than anybody else could.

In honor of Slowhand's birthday today, a song from Clapton's comeback (from drugs) album produced by Dowd. (And of course Dowd also produced the classic Layla album.)

Motherless Children

 

[bagdropper]

Originally posted by h-hawk:

Originally posted by bagdropper:

If Tom Dowd was the engineer, it most likely sounded fantastic. Helped shape the sound of what you describe. Made a lot of HOFers sound better than anybody else could.

In honor of Slowhand's birthday today, a song from Clapton's comeback (from drugs) album produced by Dowd. (And of course Dowd also produced the classic Layla album.)

I highly recommend the documentary on his life, Tom Dowd and the Language of Music. Fascinating...

I remember growing up, seeing his name listed on 45's and LP's. In the 70's, it seemed like half of what I bought from that era, he engineered.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Originally posted by TJ8869:

Originally posted by OC_Hawk:
New music is usually released

on Tuesdays. As yesterday

was a Sunday, any music

you might referring to is not

new.

- LuteHawk

Bob Dylan's "Love and Theft" album was released on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

Coincidence? I think not.
Posted from Rivals Mobile

A whole new conspiracy theory I had never heard of.

Clearly this explains a lot.

 

[pablow]

Originally posted by joelbc1:
For me, back in the day, nothing guaranteed "quality music" like ....."Stax"/ "Motown" and "Holland, Dozier, (Holland)"...... These labels and these writers turned out a lot of music I really liked.
You will note...this is NOT a political thread.

I loved that music. You might check out the documentary/reunion concert of the Motown session musicians - Standing in the Shadows of Motown. You'd be happy to know what wonderful people were playing the rhythm tracks on those hits.

From the DVD intro:


"In 1959, Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from
Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new
record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on "My
Girl," "Bernadette," I Was Made to Love Her," and every
other hit from Motown's Detroit era.





By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of
musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling
Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit
machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk
Brothers.





Forty-one years after they played their first note an a
Motown record and three decades since they were all together, the Funk Brothers
reunited back in Detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story
in STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN."

 

[HallofFame]

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