The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 972: The history of remixes
When humans first started making audio recordings of music, we were limited to how long those recordings could be. An
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Albums
Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 2
When the 12-inch long-playing album was first introduced in the summer of 1948, it was a scientific breakthrough. But why
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Ongoing History Daily: The first LP, part 1
With more people getting into (or back into) vinyl these days, I thought I’d offer up a little history, beginning
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Confused about the difference between British and American Beatles albums? This will help.
How many albums did the Beatles release? Well, that depends if you’re in North America or the UK. Fans have
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Ongoing History Daily: Music has never been cheaper
Once upon a time, buying music was VERY expensive. If you go back to the 1950s, the average price of
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Weekly survey: Do you listen to songs on an album in the prescribed order or do you shuffle them up?
When an artist finishes recording an album, they go through the agonizing progress of sequencing the songs. Do the songs
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Ongoing History Daily: Album excesses
When it comes to releasing an album, most artists are fine with something of a standard length, something that can
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Random music news for Saturday, September 25, 2021
Gawd. Tiger King 2 is coming. This is not a drill. Neither is music news for September 25, 2021. Captain
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Random music news for Thursday, January 28, 2021
Need a nap after lunch? You will be doing your boss a favour (and yourself, too). I have a quick
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Random music news for Monday, January 11, 2021
This is Blue Monday, right? It’s supposedly the most depressing day of the year. Hopefully, it’s at least sunny where
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Random music news for Saturday, October 31, 2020
I’ll bet you’re expecting an opening link to something Halloween related. Nope. This is much more interesting. And so is
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