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Post by larryravenswood on Sept 6, 2009 16:40:58 GMT -5
Hey folks! My name is Larry Ravenswood..dj extraordinaire and pop music fan. I have produced and narrated a AT40 like countdown that I hope you will enjoy. It does indeed bring you back to the AT40 year end countdown days, even if AT40 was yet to exist in 1969. This is a countdown of the Top 100 songs for 1969 at the following link: the60sofficialsite.com/Top_100_Hits_of_1969.htmlthis is a few hours long, so get yourself a beverage and sit back and relax and enjoy! Sincerely, Larry Ravenswood The Strawberry Pop Show |
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Sept 8, 2009 10:31:23 GMT -5
Larry,
I am listening to it now and it is VERY enjoyable. Since the player is embedded in the webpage, I don't have the option to switch to mono (early AT40's spoiled me).
Shannon
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Post by upland1425 on Sept 8, 2009 10:48:32 GMT -5
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Sept 8, 2009 10:57:30 GMT -5
Thanks Upland but I'm not going to look and spoil the fun LOL!! By the way, that is a GREAT site though. Has anyone figured out how to print the images from it?
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Post by reachinforthestars on Sept 8, 2009 11:46:54 GMT -5
Larry, I am listening to it now and it is VERY enjoyable. Since the player is embedded in the webpage, I don't have the option to switch to mono (early AT40's spoiled me). Shannon You could take the audio output from your computer and connect it to a receiver, then change the setting to mono at the receiver end. What's worse about the embedded audio in the webpage is the inability to move around. So you are hosed if you have to leave the countdown for any reason in the middle of the 20 song chapters. |
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Post by upland1425 on Sept 8, 2009 12:10:07 GMT -5
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Post by Shannon Lynn on Sept 8, 2009 12:54:01 GMT -5
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Post by larryravenswood on Sept 8, 2009 20:30:36 GMT -5
yes, I believe mono would've sounded better..I had no control over that however.
also, if I were going to listen to a countdown, I wouldn't want to see the Top 100 list ahead of time, but that's just me.
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Post by domino5s on Sept 9, 2009 14:27:21 GMT -5
Larry,
Just finished listening to the show and I loved it! It's great to hear what AT40 might have sounded like had it existed before July, 1970.
I did have some problems with the stream, though. It seems like there were four holes in the countdown. I'm hoping that either you or your webmaster can repair them so I can hear what I missed. They are:
1. #83 "Something" is edited, #82 is missing.
2. #65 "Color Him Father" is edited, #64 is missing.
3. #54 "Traces" is edited.
4. #35 "In The Ghetto" is edited, #34 is missing.
Otherwise, it's an excellent show that I'll be sharing with my family and friends. I look forward to hearing other years.
Steve
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 9, 2009 16:22:36 GMT -5
Haven't downloaded the 1969 Top 100 show, but I am curious to hear it, surely.
On a related note: I was thinking to myself today, with the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band," how AT40 would have sounded had Casey Kasem created the show several years earlier (e.g., July 1961, nine years before the actual first show). Aside from the various technical aspects (such as the cues and theme music, which probably would sound very early-1960s-ish for the early shows, etc.), what it would have been like to relive the excitement of Beatles hype just as they were exploding onto the American scene, all the rumors, anticipated announcements, hearing the songs on a national countdown program for the first time, etc., that were undoubtedly flying in the press at the time.
The same with acts like the Rolling Stones, the Supremes and Beach Boys, all the Motown greats ... the stories we would have heard and so forth. And what the music scene sounded like in the couple of years prior to the Beatles and the first British Invasion wave. Oh, to think what we would have heard ... and perhaps be reliving now, thanks to Premiere ... had AT40 existed in the 1961-1970 timeframe.
Never hurts to think about it, eh?
Brian
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Post by mkarns on Sept 9, 2009 16:50:06 GMT -5
Haven't downloaded the 1969 Top 100 show, but I am curious to hear it, surely. On a related note: I was thinking to myself today, with the release of "The Beatles: Rock Band," how AT40 would have sounded had Casey Kasem created the show several years earlier (e.g., July 1961, nine years before the actual first show). Aside from the various technical aspects (such as the cues and theme music, which probably would sound very early-1960s-ish for the early shows, etc.), what it would have been like to relive the excitement of Beatles hype just as they were exploding onto the American scene, all the rumors, anticipated announcements, hearing the songs on a national countdown program for the first time, etc., that were undoubtedly flying in the press at the time. It would have been neat to hear Casey announce the Beatles' debuting at #3 on 1/25/64 (assuming the Billboard Hot 100 was used) with "I Want To Hold Your Hand", as the highest debut ever on AT40 by a new act (and would remain so today.) Over the next few months there was the 27-to-1 leap of "Can't Buy Me Love", and the all Beatle top 5 which it led. And with so many of their songs hitting at once it would have been a challenge to come up with fresh stories and ways to announce their songs!  |
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Post by briguy52748 on Sept 9, 2009 17:15:08 GMT -5
It would have been neat to hear Casey announce the Beatles' debuting at #3 on 1/25/64 (assuming the Billboard Hot 100 was used) with "I Want To Hold Your Hand", as the highest debut ever on AT40 by a new act (and would remain so today.) Over the next few months there was the 27-to-1 leap of "Can't Buy Me Love", and the all Beatle top 5 which it led. And with so many of their songs hitting at once it would have been a challenge to come up with fresh stories and ways to announce their songs! I think there was 14 Beatles songs in one week. My guess is that Casey would have hinted that there was somthing unique about that particular week's chart, and then by the time it becomes obvious, Casey would say something like, "Well, are you keeping track? We're up now to the (fill in the number here) from the Fab Four," etc. After playing the No. 1 song "Can't Buy Me Love" (which I think did lead the "14 Beatles songs" week) he'd say, "I bet that never happens again." And it hasn't. What I'd like to see is Larry create a "American Top 40"-type show, where sound cues, jingles, etc. sound like 1964, only stories about the singers up to that time are read for the "stretch stories," etc. for the "14 Beatles songs" week, to give us a true indication of what a Casey Kasem-hosted "AT40" might have sounded like that time. I do concede it might be difficult to locate some of the other songs on that particular week's Top 40, with most of the original singles never having been included on compact disc and copies of those 45 RPM singles probably long since lost. (P.S. — as an extra challenge, if the Ford Mustang had been introduced by this time, include a "vintage" commercial for that too.) Brian |
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Post by larryravenswood on Sept 9, 2009 22:47:24 GMT -5
thanks for the comments everyone..I'll check out the glitches..
Larry ravenswood
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Post by snarfdude on Sept 18, 2009 14:30:12 GMT -5
Hey folks! My name is Larry Ravenswood..dj extraordinaire and pop music fan. I have produced and narrated a AT40 like countdown that I hope you will enjoy. It does indeed bring you back to the AT40 year end countdown days, even if AT40 was yet to exist in 1969. This is a countdown of the Top 100 songs for 1969 at the following link: the60sofficialsite.com/Top_100_Hits_of_1969.htmlthis is a few hours long, so get yourself a beverage and sit back and relax and enjoy! Sincerely, Larry Ravenswood The Strawberry Pop Show on the initial few minutes of listening, it doesn't sound bad, but i'm not going to sit there and let it play online...too tedious. Ipods are a wonderful thing....and spoil me I guess. Is there a download site? I know the paranoia of the RIAA in the US, which is why I'm glad i'm in canada, downloads are still legal up here. I'd also would mind securing it for my internet stream for 1960's day, as a special to run around the 1st of the year (once I get Opus 74 edited, I might put that on 1970's day) I'm broke so cash is out, it's done as a hobby. in addition to my own 1/2 hour show devoted to cheesy music. drop me a line or post here. scott s. |
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Post by larryravenswood on Sept 18, 2009 19:38:47 GMT -5
I've presenting the countdown for play not download. The countdown is presented on the60sofficialsite.com so, what you hear is what you hear and yes, there are "legalities" that must be considered as well.
Highspeed broadband is always the ideal way to listen. I realize the frustration of waiting for things to buffer, but this is all I can do for now. Thanks for listening.
Larry Ravenswood
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