I never understood the hate for Muzak that my peers had growing up. They just wanted their radio super stars and this was “grandma’s music”. As best as I can tell, it’s just that they’re all non-musicians maybe? I play several instruments and really appreciate what these ensembles did. Besides, it’s nice to take a stress break and listen to something soothing rather than constantly hearing someone sing about his/her disappointments.
Muzak was all instrumental, no annoying vocals. There were other background music services such as 3M Cantata 700 player that I had recorded from Williamsport, PA cable. ua-cam.com/video/jndTBt6EOMU/v-deo.html They must have had one of those 3M tape players: ua-cam.com/video/wybX3vkkKGY/v-deo.html Then there is Seeburg 1000 record based players: seeburg1000.com/
It was the same as people these days who wish they'd turn off the TV in the waiting room. The muzak was forced on them whether they wanted it or not. Muzak is a lot nicer when you turn it on by your own choice, and turn it off when you feel like it.
The kids just wanted their radio super stars and this was “grandma’s music,” and so this music got taken off the air, and now we have rap and Katy Perry. "Oh, THAT's better!" 😡
I was the weird kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s. I loved elevator music. I used to listen to a station in Southern California called KJOI. I would have it on at night as I slept and listened during the day. I recorded it on cassettes. Now, I find music like that on youtube and occasionally listen during my meditation time.
For me growing up on 1970s Long Island NY, we had WWRJ. Played a lot of this type of stuff. "The word of the day is WWRJ". Remember hearing this on airplane PA systems. Generally short range flights without in-flight entertainment, kept kind of low in the background. You'd barely notice it. 727s, 737s, DC-9s. They also had it at the barbershop my parents sent me to, Banks too.
Wow. I wish we who liked this stuff back then had a club. I was the weird one in my neighborhood. Didn't like what was on the radio that played over and over and...
This reminds me of going to the movies as a kid. Before the previews they just played soothing Muzak. It was so nice sitting there talking and laughing with my friends, anticipating the show, listening to jazzy Muzak and loving life. Nothing beats being a kid in the 70s❤
100% agree. I can listen to pop/rock music on the radio ANY time. You really only had soothing music when you were in the malls or elevators. It’s nice to take a break from the “super stars” sometimes.
For those of you who have only flown post-1985 or so, this was the entertainment on commercial airlines. However, this was not the only entertainment. Most commercial flights, particularly coat to coast, had several channels and you bought the headsets (or rented them sometimes). The other channels would feature different music but also interviews with business leaders, sports stars, and entertainment executives. I'd love to get ahold of some of those tapes. Thank you for this post.
Yup, as a kid we flew United a lot, all through the 70s. Flights of 5 hrs or more you got a movie plus 6 or 7 channels of audio entertainment. Flights less than 5 hours, you just got the audio headphones, no movie. They'd hand out those plastic tubes you plugged in to the armrest or that thing on the side of your seat. That'd be like O'hare to LAX or Stapleton. SFO to Stapleton or LGA to O'hare wouldn't have headphones, you'd just get muzak like this. The "Friendly Skies" were a great carrier in their time. Now?.....
I remember flying in 1971 and 1976. I was 6 going on 7 and 11 going on 12 respectively. I remember the music but it was hard to hear it. Now of course things are different since just about everybody has a smart phone therefore access to whatever music they want.
headphones you plug in for listening entertainment have been a thing much past 1985. Well into the 2010s. They either passed them out which they then gathered up at the end of the flight or you bought them for a nominal sum or simply used your own. There were several music channels covering various genres. I don't remember Muzak per se, but I'm sure it was an option on some airlines. Of course all this went away when airlines realized they could save money by providing all entertainment options through a device everybody has, that you provide. Namely your phone. I tried that and it did not work. Not only will your phone battery drain with no way to charge it on flight (budget airlines of course), cheap headphones do not cancel out the airline engine noise.
This is great. I always loved the music that came over the MUZAK system and was always in awe as a kid growing up in the 1970’s where it was coming from and wishing I could obtain it. Now I can thanks to the internet. I love numbers 11 and 12. Some of the songs I don’t care for but most are great. Who cares if people hated MUZAK and others like it. Some of us do. I’m also a huge huge HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS fan.
Same here dude. These kids today have no appreciation for real Muzak! They never really had the whole Mall experience. They can keep their "Corporate Hold Muzak". I'm just glad the Elevator Muzak scene never took off. Sure, it had its ups and downs but never really took off. It just didn't have that subliminal soul. I just checked out that Hollyridge Strings recommendation. Commercial magic!
You have no idea how long I been searching for music like this...I knew something like this must exist, but never found it. This is just awesome. Thank you very much for uploading this.
timestamps: [01] 0:00:00 ~Unknown~ [02] 0:02:37 ~Unknown~ (Not Satin Doll) [03] 0:04:43 I Love You For Sentimental Reasons [04] 0:07:20 Halfway to Paradise* [05] 0:10:18 ~Unknown~ [06] 0:12:19 My Delila (?) [07] 0:14:40 ~Unknown~ [08] 0:16:45 Scarborough Fair [09] 0:18:49 Honolulu Baby* [10] 0:21:07 Autumn of my Life - Tommy Goodman* [11] 0:23:13 ~Unknown~ [12] 0:25:29 The Straight Life [13] 0:28:17 April Again - Nick Perito* [14] 0:30:57 “Now, Voyager” - Main Theme [15] 0:33:33 You Showed Me* [16] 0:35:36 How Insensitive* [17] 0:38:31 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [18] 0:40:32 ~Unknown~ [19] 0:42:59 Similau [20] 0:46:03 Les Bicyclettes de Belsize* [21] 0:48:39 With Pen In Hand - Tommy Goodman* [22] 0:51:10 ~Unknown~ [23] 0:53:13 ~Unknown~ *Side B* [01] 0:55:12 ~Unknown~* [02] 0:58:27 I Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind [03] 1:01:10 The Windmills Of Your Mind [04] 1:03:56 ~Unknown~ [05] 1:06:34 ~Unknown~ [06] 1:09:03 Mary's A Grand Old Name [07] 1:11:25 ~Unknown~ [08] 1:13:44 People Will Say We’re In Love [09] 1:16:22 Theme from “For A Few Dollars More” (Ennio Morricone) [10] 1:19:19 ~Harpsichord~* [11] 1:21:47 Wagner - Song of The Evening Star [12] 1:24:54 You Belong In My Heart [13] 1:27:02 My Way Of Life* [14] 1:29:31 ~Unknown~ [15] 1:31:35 Dreams of the Everyday Housewife* [16] 1:33:58 ~Unknown~ [17] 1:36:05 Where Love Used To Live* [18] 1:39:31 Don’t Give Up [19] 1:42:14 I Can’t Believe I’m losing You [20] 1:44:32 Noce De Ronda (Be Mine Tonight) [21] 1:47:13 Cuban Pete (Latin) [22] 1:49:34 Somewhere My Love (Dr. Zhivago)
I worked at a small hotel, and we had Muzak via phone line. Being the maintenance man, I persuaded our elevator man to add music to the cars. A trip back in time....Love to know what that song at !;19 is, I remember it well....We used to call Muzak and get the titles...they always obliged!
I just retired from being hotel maintenance tech after many years.. the phone system has modern hold music, but I wish it had something like this! Kinda nostalgic - I like it!
Muzak had gone high tech. The music was still the same in many cases depending on the venue. Many establishments had Muzak satellite dishes and receivers at that time. How do I know? The store I worked at during this same time would lose its signal when the snow got too deep on the roof. The dish would get full of snow and when it melted later in the day, the music would come on. A tech would come out and his fix was to spray some PTFE on the dish so the snow would slide off.
@@CV2200A i also noticed with 4A12 the same thing is true. it’s actually a cover of Bobby Goldsboro’s “Straight Life” or “Leaving The Straight Life Behind”
The melody played is from the song Petula Clark made popular. Here are the lyrics which might help understand why the song if called "Don't Give Up" genius.com/Petula-clark-dont-give-up-lyrics
Or is that "Honolulu Baby"? The melody of "Surfin' USA" was borrowed from Chuck Berry's "Sweet little 16". Exact same melody, different words. However, Muzak has no words.
@@CV2200A i think it sounds like surfin but it could be either one. since honolulu is older it makes sense that that was the name but it seems as if the original is even older.
i noticed this tape is labeled “SPS 5458” and Tape 2 for southern airlines is labeled “SPS 5460”, so somewhere out there theres an SPS 5459. also Tape One and Tape Three are consecutive, being labeled “UAL 414B” and “UAL 413B”
In the late 1960s, when these tapes were being sold, it was the luck of the draw what tape you got. I myself got several identical tapes. I kept the best sounding ones and used the duplicates as blank tape to record on. Someone could have bought the in between numbers before me. Yes, there were lots of other numbers but where the are so many years later, who knows.
@@CV2200A ok thanks, so that means that SPS5459 is probably lost, which is to be expected with 50 year old tapes, but its a genuine stroke of luck that you got consecutive tapes from united.
@@The4MusketeersYT I FOUND THE DUPLICATE TAPES THAT I RECORDED OVER! I never removed the Muzak labels from these reels. I see the same program number on the first line of the label but a different copy number on the second line. For instance I have UAL-423B copy 136 instead of 132 and SPS 5458 copy 28 instead of 57. Again, the duplicate reels I have are recorded over with something else. The 4 reels up on UA-cam have been sold about a month or two ago. Thanks for noticing the numbers! I have added the following information to each of my Muzak Airline Videos: Muzak Airline Tape Labeling System: 1. UAL-413B or SPS5460 Unique Program Number 2. 32, 28, 57, 132 or 136 Copy Number of the Program 3. UAL, Delta or Southern Airline ID (UAL for United) The same unique Program Number could be on many Planes in the fleet. The Airline could have rotated different Programs on the same route so that frequent flyers won't have to listen to the same program too frequently. It is not clear how often or who (airline or Muzak) would rotate the tapes, if at all.
@@CV2200A ok so i have a few questions about this now… do the ones with the different three numbers (ex: UAL 413B *132* ) have different pieces from the original? and are the ones without the labels dubbed over?
The song Similau (See-Me-Lo) was written by Arden Clar and Harry Coleman and was first recorded by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra in 1949. Best instrumental version is by Bert Kaempfert. ua-cam.com/video/wJqabmKf4ng/v-deo.html
All I know that the 14" reels of tape were all erased before I bought them used except for the "Homing For Wyoming" which is my video "Muzak From 14in Reel". ua-cam.com/video/L10qwXpyb0E/v-deo.html
That grunt is the orchestra conductor giving the downbeat. You can actually hear as the song after "My Way Of Love" finishes, you can hear a tiny bit of rumble and then the conductor giving the downbeat. You are listening to these with a fine tooth comb!
@@caddelworth Going from Tandberg to VHS- Hi-Fi, any azmuth error resulted from any difference between the Muzak tape and the Tandberg. No attempt was made to adjust the Tandberg heads to match the tape. VHS Hi-Fi introduces absolutely NO azmuth error. SRP when broadcast on WPAT solved the azmuth problem by a recorded a test tone on the SRP tape which WPAT aligned the playback head each time a new tape was loaded for broadcast. I was there in WPAT control room when my friend who invited me to visit painstakingly aligned the playback heads using an oscilloscope. Big difference between Muzak (at 3 3/4 ips mono) and SRP (at 7 1/2 ips stereo). If the Muzak tapes were played on an aircraft flight, who is going to align the aircraft's playback head to each tape? The stewardess? You can bet there was no attention to head alignment on Muzak tapes.
I used NCH "Video Pad Editor". I just dump the files that the iRiver split and they come together in numerical order. Then I make a repeating video of the reel, box, etc. I sold the 4 tapes a couple of months ago to an interested party that contacted me through these UA-cam comments. As for the Muzak company, who knows what they kept or discarded.
@@CV2200A ok thanks. i like the way you did the transitions. i tried doing something similar in microsoft video editor but it doesn’t have the same fade out like these do.
@@adamantiuscloudcat1799 i found quite a few vinyl on discogs, but they only have a few of these same selections, such as The Look of Love, Boom Bang-A-Bang, and Autumn of my Life.
@Myke Vision they actually released 9 albums titled “Stimulus Progression”. 1-6 were numbered, the other 3 were simply named “Stimulus Progression” with the muzak logo on the front. they also have New Dimensions Volumes 1&2, which includes some selections also featured on these tapes, as well as Hooked on a Feeling and Boom Bang-A-Bang from Reveille (1969)
Note that song is at the end of the tape. It is a time filler. It is very hard to get the duration of music on both sides of the tape to be the same. If the filler selection were not placed there, there would be a long period of time after the last song on the side ends and the next song on the other side of the tape or another tape begins.
The iRiver mp3 recorder was on automatic track split. It did a good job most of the time. This one was a little off, but not that bad. Most of the time it did not split tracks at all.
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I never understood the hate for Muzak that my peers had growing up. They just wanted their radio super stars and this was “grandma’s music”. As best as I can tell, it’s just that they’re all non-musicians maybe? I play several instruments and really appreciate what these ensembles did. Besides, it’s nice to take a stress break and listen to something soothing rather than constantly hearing someone sing about his/her disappointments.
Muzak was all instrumental, no annoying vocals. There were other background music services such as 3M Cantata 700 player that I had recorded from Williamsport, PA cable.
ua-cam.com/video/jndTBt6EOMU/v-deo.html
They must have had one of those 3M tape players:
ua-cam.com/video/wybX3vkkKGY/v-deo.html
Then there is Seeburg 1000 record based players:
seeburg1000.com/
It was the same as people these days who wish they'd turn off the TV in the waiting room. The muzak was forced on them whether they wanted it or not. Muzak is a lot nicer when you turn it on by your own choice, and turn it off when you feel like it.
It was the stupid cool attitude of the time.
That was well put. Couldn't agree more! Replying to @soneil7745's comment.
The kids just wanted their radio super stars and this was “grandma’s music,” and so this music got taken off the air, and now we have rap and Katy Perry. "Oh, THAT's better!" 😡
I was the weird kid growing up in the late 70s and 80s. I loved elevator music. I used to listen to a station in Southern California called KJOI. I would have it on at night as I slept and listened during the day. I recorded it on cassettes. Now, I find music like that on youtube and occasionally listen during my meditation time.
For me growing up on 1970s Long Island NY, we had WWRJ. Played a lot of this type of stuff. "The word of the day is WWRJ".
Remember hearing this on airplane PA systems. Generally short range flights without in-flight entertainment, kept kind of low in the background. You'd barely notice it. 727s, 737s, DC-9s.
They also had it at the barbershop my parents sent me to, Banks too.
Wow. I wish we who liked this stuff back then had a club. I was the weird one in my neighborhood. Didn't like what was on the radio that played over and over and...
@@melokc7257 Well we finally have that sort of thing. It’s called UA-cam.
Analog stuff is always so epic.
This reminds me of going to the movies as a kid. Before the previews they just played soothing Muzak. It was so nice sitting there talking and laughing with my friends, anticipating the show, listening to jazzy Muzak and loving life. Nothing beats being a kid in the 70s❤
Awesome.. this is way better than listening to classic rock in stores and buildings..
100% agree. I can listen to pop/rock music on the radio ANY time. You really only had soothing music when you were in the malls or elevators. It’s nice to take a break from the “super stars” sometimes.
Or loud bimbo pop in most restaurants that feel compelled to play that sh*t for some unknown reason!
For those of you who have only flown post-1985 or so, this was the entertainment on commercial airlines. However, this was not the only entertainment. Most commercial flights, particularly coat to coast, had several channels and you bought the headsets (or rented them sometimes). The other channels would feature different music but also interviews with business leaders, sports stars, and entertainment executives. I'd love to get ahold of some of those tapes.
Thank you for this post.
Yup, as a kid we flew United a lot, all through the 70s. Flights of 5 hrs or more you got a movie plus 6 or 7 channels of audio entertainment.
Flights less than 5 hours, you just got the audio headphones, no movie. They'd hand out those plastic tubes you plugged in to the armrest or that thing on the side of your seat. That'd be like O'hare to LAX or Stapleton.
SFO to Stapleton or LGA to O'hare wouldn't have headphones, you'd just get muzak like this. The "Friendly Skies" were a great carrier in their time. Now?.....
@@RaptorFromWeegee Now you get beaten up and dragged off the plane if you don't want to give up a seat that you paid for
I remember flying in 1971 and 1976. I was 6 going on 7 and 11 going on 12 respectively. I remember the music but it was hard to hear it. Now of course things are different since just about everybody has a smart phone therefore access to whatever music they want.
headphones you plug in for listening entertainment have been a thing much past 1985. Well into the 2010s. They either passed them out which they then gathered up at the end of the flight or you bought them for a nominal sum or simply used your own.
There were several music channels covering various genres. I don't remember Muzak per se, but I'm sure it was an option on some airlines.
Of course all this went away when airlines realized they could save money by providing all entertainment options through a device everybody has, that you provide. Namely your phone. I tried that and it did not work. Not only will your phone battery drain with no way to charge it on flight (budget airlines of course), cheap headphones do not cancel out the airline engine noise.
This is great. I always loved the music that came over the MUZAK system and was always in awe as a kid growing up in the 1970’s where it was coming from and wishing I could obtain it. Now I can thanks to the internet. I love numbers 11 and 12. Some of the songs I don’t care for but most are great. Who cares if people hated MUZAK and others like it. Some of us do. I’m also a huge huge HOLLYRIDGE STRINGS fan.
Same here dude. These kids today have no appreciation for real Muzak! They never really had the whole Mall experience. They can keep their "Corporate Hold Muzak". I'm just glad the Elevator Muzak scene never took off. Sure, it had its ups and downs but never really took off. It just didn't have that subliminal soul.
I just checked out that Hollyridge Strings recommendation. Commercial magic!
Number 11 was arranged by Dick Hyman and 12 (The Straight Life) was arranged by David Terry.
It was mainstream brain wash that belittled this stuff.
Didn't fit the agenda.
From South OF SPAIN....always can to visiting USA n can to fly on a plane .LOVE this type OF MUSIC ..its so lovely ... greetings FROM South OF SPAIN
You have no idea how long I been searching for music like this...I knew something like this must exist, but never found it. This is just awesome. Thank you very much for uploading this.
You'll find many others have put music like this on UA-cam.
"Delta is ready when you are...."
This stuff almost sounds like it could be background music on a Brady Bunch episode.
Sounds a bit like that but I was thinking more of EIGHT IS ENOUGH.
I love this. I think I've always loved "muzak". And not an ounce of irony. I think it quiets my mind. Anyway, thanks.
timestamps:
[01] 0:00:00 ~Unknown~
[02] 0:02:37 ~Unknown~ (Not Satin Doll)
[03] 0:04:43 I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
[04] 0:07:20 Halfway to Paradise*
[05] 0:10:18 ~Unknown~
[06] 0:12:19 My Delila (?)
[07] 0:14:40 ~Unknown~
[08] 0:16:45 Scarborough Fair
[09] 0:18:49 Honolulu Baby*
[10] 0:21:07 Autumn of my Life - Tommy Goodman*
[11] 0:23:13 ~Unknown~
[12] 0:25:29 The Straight Life
[13] 0:28:17 April Again - Nick Perito*
[14] 0:30:57 “Now, Voyager” - Main Theme
[15] 0:33:33 You Showed Me*
[16] 0:35:36 How Insensitive*
[17] 0:38:31 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
[18] 0:40:32 ~Unknown~
[19] 0:42:59 Similau
[20] 0:46:03 Les Bicyclettes de Belsize*
[21] 0:48:39 With Pen In Hand - Tommy Goodman*
[22] 0:51:10 ~Unknown~
[23] 0:53:13 ~Unknown~
*Side B*
[01] 0:55:12 ~Unknown~*
[02] 0:58:27 I Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind
[03] 1:01:10 The Windmills Of Your Mind
[04] 1:03:56 ~Unknown~
[05] 1:06:34 ~Unknown~
[06] 1:09:03 Mary's A Grand Old Name
[07] 1:11:25 ~Unknown~
[08] 1:13:44 People Will Say We’re In Love
[09] 1:16:22 Theme from “For A Few Dollars More” (Ennio Morricone)
[10] 1:19:19 ~Harpsichord~*
[11] 1:21:47 Wagner - Song of The Evening Star
[12] 1:24:54 You Belong In My Heart
[13] 1:27:02 My Way Of Life*
[14] 1:29:31 ~Unknown~
[15] 1:31:35 Dreams of the Everyday Housewife*
[16] 1:33:58 ~Unknown~
[17] 1:36:05 Where Love Used To Live*
[18] 1:39:31 Don’t Give Up
[19] 1:42:14 I Can’t Believe I’m losing You
[20] 1:44:32 Noce De Ronda (Be Mine Tonight)
[21] 1:47:13 Cuban Pete (Latin)
[22] 1:49:34 Somewhere My Love (Dr. Zhivago)
the asterisks (*) are to mark tracks that are repeated on either other tapes or on demonstration vinyl.
"The Windmills of Your Mind" was probably arranged by Al Caiola.
Thanks !
@@lumpcrabbarnacle3382 you’re welcome
Thank u so much..!!!
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1:18.....Imagine that playing in the Old WTC hallways and elevator cars late at night....paints a picture ...for me
4B04 1:03:56 is Dean Martin’s “That Old Time Feelin’,” this arrangement is by Dick Hyman
Thanks for the song title.
@@CV2200A you’re welcome
I worked at a small hotel, and we had Muzak via phone line. Being the maintenance man, I persuaded our elevator man to add music to the cars. A trip back in time....Love to know what that song at !;19 is, I remember it well....We used to call Muzak and get the titles...they always obliged!
I just retired from being hotel maintenance tech after many years.. the phone system has modern hold music, but I wish it had something like this! Kinda nostalgic - I like it!
robert reis i think your timestamp is broken…
I heard this tape in the Delta Terminal of DTW as late as 1994!
really? I thought these tapes would have been carelessly trashed by then. Guess thats how some of them ended up in collectores hands then.
Muzak had gone high tech. The music was still the same in many cases depending on the venue. Many establishments had Muzak satellite dishes and receivers at that time. How do I know? The store I worked at during this same time would lose its signal when the snow got too deep on the roof. The dish would get full of snow and when it melted later in the day, the music would come on. A tech would come out and his fix was to spray some PTFE on the dish so the snow would slide off.
@@rockymntain No, this was an actual tape behind a counter.
This is really relaxing, thank you so much for posting! :)
I like that statement they make there. I wish I would've thought of that for my music.
my favourite airline tape~Delta 4.
This stuff is great!
CV2200A--good one I want a window seat on that 707
This sounds like looney toons background music
4B07 (1:11:24) is a cover of Eydie Gorme’s “What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?”
Thanks for the song title. Muzak did it more up tempo!
@@CV2200A indeed. it’s almost completely lost the original melancholy character that the original had
4B02 (58:27) is a cover of Paul Anka’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Mind”
Thanks for the song title!
@@CV2200A you’re welcome
Unnamed track at 14:40 is fantastic!
thats one of my favorites tbh
You can never get enough flute!
These songs are from the "Guantanamo Detention Center" one reel collector's set.
1:22:00 Song Of The Evening Star - very classy.
Track 12 "The Straight Life" is confirmed to have been arranged by Dave Terry.
Track 17B (1:36:05) is the same rendition of Where Love Used to Live
4A14 (0:30:57) is the theme from “Now, Voyager”
Thanks for the song title.
@@CV2200A you’re welcome
7:00 Scarborough Fair
a 15 (33:33) Is “You Showed Me” by The Turtles
Thanks!
4B18 (1:39:31) is a cover of Petula Clark’s Don’t Give Up.
Thanks for the song title correction. My mistake going by the lyrics.
@@CV2200A i figured thats what it was lol. she does start the chorus by saying “You need love…”
@@CV2200A i also noticed with 4A12 the same thing is true. it’s actually a cover of Bobby Goldsboro’s “Straight Life” or “Leaving The Straight Life Behind”
@@The4MusketeersYT Thanks for the correction of the song title. This tape also noticed 4A09 is "Honolulu Baby" that was on tape 1A.
@@CV2200A you’re welcome. i was about to remind you of Honolulu baby as well
4B21 1:47:13 (Latin) is actually a song from 1946 called Cuban Pete
Your time stamp is wrong. That’s the time of the end of the video
@@totallyfrozen it should be…
What is the story behind “Don’t Give Up?” @ 1:39:31?
The melody played is from the song Petula Clark made popular. Here are the lyrics which might help understand why the song if called "Don't Give Up" genius.com/Petula-clark-dont-give-up-lyrics
@@CV2200A thank you very much! Glad to know this! 😊
05B 1:06:34 sounds like its “Because” by the Dave Clark Five
u/rosibutterfly was able to identify this
im now realizing it sounds nothing like because
@@The4MusketeersYT lmfao 2 months later
Absolutely DIG IT ALL! Epecially 4A07!
*Do you know the Title & Composer?
Fantasic Rare Gem Reel !!
THANK YOU❤
I don't know either. Maybe one of those Muzak exclusive recordings.
@@CV2200A
Thank you for your kind reply, much appreciate!
18:49 is that same downtempo rendition of Surfin’ USA
Or is that "Honolulu Baby"? The melody of "Surfin' USA" was borrowed from Chuck Berry's "Sweet little 16". Exact same melody, different words. However, Muzak has no words.
@@CV2200A i think it sounds like surfin but it could be either one. since honolulu is older it makes sense that that was the name but it seems as if the original is even older.
i noticed this tape is labeled “SPS 5458” and Tape 2 for southern airlines is labeled “SPS 5460”, so somewhere out there theres an SPS 5459. also Tape One and Tape Three are consecutive, being labeled “UAL 414B” and “UAL 413B”
In the late 1960s, when these tapes were being sold, it was the luck of the draw what tape you got. I myself got several identical tapes. I kept the best sounding ones and used the duplicates as blank tape to record on. Someone could have bought the in between numbers before me.
Yes, there were lots of other numbers but where the are so many years later, who knows.
@@CV2200A ok thanks, so that means that SPS5459 is probably lost, which is to be expected with 50 year old tapes, but its a genuine stroke of luck that you got consecutive tapes from united.
@@The4MusketeersYT I FOUND THE DUPLICATE TAPES THAT I RECORDED OVER!
I never removed the Muzak labels from these reels. I see the same program number on the first line of the label but a different copy number on the second line. For instance I have UAL-423B copy 136 instead of 132 and SPS 5458 copy 28 instead of 57. Again, the duplicate reels I have are recorded over with something else. The 4 reels up on UA-cam have been sold about a month or two ago. Thanks for noticing the numbers!
I have added the following information to each of my Muzak Airline Videos:
Muzak Airline Tape Labeling System:
1. UAL-413B or SPS5460 Unique Program Number
2. 32, 28, 57, 132 or 136 Copy Number of the Program
3. UAL, Delta or Southern Airline ID (UAL for United)
The same unique Program Number could be on many Planes in the fleet.
The Airline could have rotated different Programs on the same route so that frequent flyers won't have to listen to the same program too frequently.
It is not clear how often or who (airline or Muzak) would rotate the tapes, if at all.
@@CV2200A ok so i have a few questions about this now…
do the ones with the different three numbers (ex: UAL 413B *132* ) have different pieces from the original?
and are the ones without the labels dubbed over?
A19 is called Similau
Thanks for the song title!
The song Similau (See-Me-Lo) was written by Arden Clar and Harry Coleman and was first recorded by Gene Krupa and His Orchestra in 1949. Best instrumental version is by Bert Kaempfert. ua-cam.com/video/wJqabmKf4ng/v-deo.html
I have read somewhere that once the music was used they destroyed the used copies of Muzak. Is that true? Does anyone know?
All I know that the 14" reels of tape were all erased before I bought them used except for the "Homing For Wyoming" which is my video "Muzak From 14in Reel". ua-cam.com/video/L10qwXpyb0E/v-deo.html
1:29:30-1:29:31 i heard someone making some sort of indistinguishable grunt. is that actually on the tape or was that background noise?
That grunt is the orchestra conductor giving the downbeat. You can actually hear as the song after "My Way Of Love" finishes, you can hear a tiny bit of rumble and then the conductor giving the downbeat. You are listening to these with a fine tooth comb!
@@CV2200A yes, indeed i am, i just like hearing small things like this that shows a bit more of the human side of this music
What brand of tape machine do you have there?
I'm pretty sure I played those tapes on a Tandberg 1641X to VHS Hi-Fi. Then in 2005 recorded to an iRiver MP3 recorder/player.
@@CV2200A oh so you weren’t kidding when you said you digitized them a while ago
@@CV2200A Wow! That explains the aliasing artefacts (and/or azimuth error?) I'm hearing. Don't get me wrong: it's still good to hear these tracks!
@@caddelworth Going from Tandberg to VHS- Hi-Fi, any azmuth error resulted from any difference between the Muzak tape and the Tandberg. No attempt was made to adjust the Tandberg heads to match the tape. VHS Hi-Fi introduces absolutely NO azmuth error. SRP when broadcast on WPAT solved the azmuth problem by a recorded a test tone on the SRP tape which WPAT aligned the playback head each time a new tape was loaded for broadcast. I was there in WPAT control room when my friend who invited me to visit painstakingly aligned the playback heads using an oscilloscope. Big difference between Muzak (at 3 3/4 ips mono) and SRP (at 7 1/2 ips stereo).
If the Muzak tapes were played on an aircraft flight, who is going to align the aircraft's playback head to each tape? The stewardess? You can bet there was no attention to head alignment on Muzak tapes.
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Wow! I used to have an iRiver MP3 player back then (2005)
muzak is really trying to milk autumn of my life
As was posted earlier, there are repeats. I just uploaded everything on the tapes.
also 28:17 is used on three different tapes
A 13 (28:15) is still unknown but u/nervousneal said it sounds like something by burt bacharach
edit: we found it. its titled “April Again”
anybody know what the one at 1:20 is?
we’ve been trying to figure out the first two for a while
this is the first track you are referring to right?
1:31 "Dreams of The Everyday Housewife" wow
1:31:35 is dreams of the everyday housewife
@@The4MusketeersYT yes, that's it
somehow the :35 got lost
@@pony053 lol all good. it happens sometimes
what software did you use to edit this together? considering how old they are i wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t exist anymore
I used NCH "Video Pad Editor". I just dump the files that the iRiver split and they come together in numerical order. Then I make a repeating video of the reel, box, etc. I sold the 4 tapes a couple of months ago to an interested party that contacted me through these UA-cam comments. As for the Muzak company, who knows what they kept or discarded.
@@CV2200A ok thanks. i like the way you did the transitions. i tried doing something similar in microsoft video editor but it doesn’t have the same fade out like these do.
Is there any muzak compilation on the market? Or some vinyls?
@@adamantiuscloudcat1799 i found quite a few vinyl on discogs, but they only have a few of these same selections, such as The Look of Love, Boom Bang-A-Bang, and Autumn of my Life.
@Myke Vision they actually released 9 albums titled “Stimulus Progression”. 1-6 were numbered, the other 3 were simply named “Stimulus Progression” with the muzak logo on the front. they also have New Dimensions Volumes 1&2, which includes some selections also featured on these tapes, as well as Hooked on a Feeling and Boom Bang-A-Bang from Reveille (1969)
track 2 (02:37) sounds kinda like satin doll…
Close but not "Satin Doll".
38:45 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
why is Somewhere My Love (Dr. Zhivago) so short? was it like that or did it get cut?
Note that song is at the end of the tape. It is a time filler. It is very hard to get the duration of music on both sides of the tape to be the same. If the filler selection were not placed there, there would be a long period of time after the last song on the side ends and the next song on the other side of the tape or another tape begins.
@@CV2200A ahh, i figured. it kinda sounds like filler.
Unreel.
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1:09:30 Mary, A Grand Old Name
No, the song is "Mary, A Grand Old Name".
the beginning of how insensitive is cut, was that like that on the original tape or did it just get lost when it was ripped?
The iRiver mp3 recorder was on automatic track split. It did a good job most of the time. This one was a little off, but not that bad. Most of the time it did not split tracks at all.
@@CV2200A oh ok. just wondering because the same thing happened to traces
1:24:54 Solamente Una Vez
1:44:32 I know that song!!!! Noche de Ronda
Wonder what year this was?
My best guess was the 1960s.
1:13:44 People Will Say We're In Love
It is NOT the Rodgers & Hammerstein version. Who else wrote a song with the same name?
also it starts at 1:13:44
ive commented who wrote it like 6 times but it kept getting deleted
i found it. it was from “Oklahoma” and it was sung by Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones
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1:01:10
Song title: Windmills Of Your Mind?
Lame-o.