Colour My World – Petula Clark
The tape hiss of 1966 London—the subtle, silvery veil laid over the world-changing sounds emerging from Pye Studios—is the sound…
Oldies Songs
Theme From Moulin Rouge – Percy Faith Orchestra
The light is low. The air smells of old velvet, dust motes dancing in the single shaft of morning sun…
“You’re Sixteen” – Ringo Starr & Carrie Fisher
The year is 1974. The decade’s promise has long since curdled, replaced by the grim realities of Watergate and the…
Hard Times – Ringo Starr
The air was heavy and warm, carrying the faint, metallic scent of ozone from a distant, dying storm. It was…
Kissin’ Game – Dion
The needle drops. A faint but definite layer of tape hiss announces the arrival of a sound world that is…
The Hollies I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight 1969
The air in the café was thick and warm, smelling faintly of old coffee grounds and damp wool. Outside, the…
The Searchers – The Midnight Special
There are certain songs that exist less as singular recordings and more as a kind of sonic bedrock, a shared…
Tears for Fears – Woman in Chains
The air in the rehearsal room was thick with the scent of ozone and old coffee. Outside, 1989 was drawing…
The Monkees – What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round
The air in the studio must have felt charged, heavy with the dust of creative upheaval. It was 1967, and…
It’s Sad to Belong – England Dan and John Ford Coley
The tape hiss always tells a story. In the mid-1970s, as the volume wars of rock began to escalate, a…