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1965 to 1975 was also my favorite decade

1965 to 1975 is my favorite decade as this was when most of my favorite rock recordings were made. Gasoline was 23 cents a gallon, cigarettes were 35 cents a pack, wacky-backy was $10 an ounce and one could rent a studio apartment for $100 or less.

I pick 1955 to 1965 as my second favorite decade as that is when most of my favorite jazz recordings were released.

In the mid 1970's things turned bad starting with disco. Then in the late 1970's the idiots in charge decided that it would be better to run music though a ADC (analog to digital converter) and then through a DAC (digital to analog converter) prior to pressing an LP. LPs went from a pure analog format to a Analog-Digital-Analog format. And they used "Digital" as a selling point for either "Digitally recorded" or "Digitally mastered" LPs and people bought them as they were advertised as sounding better, when in reality they sounded much worse.

If I could live in a "time bubble" I would like it to begin in 1955 and live through to 1975 and then reset back to 1955. I think digital is the biggest mistake mankind has ever made. Just MHO.


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