In Reply to: Next Best Decade posted by torc on July 8, 2012 at 12:03:15:
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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Follow Ups
- 1965 to 1975 was also my favorite decade - Teresa 20:10:19 07/08/12 (8)
- You had to say it, didn't you Teresa !! - AbeCollins 22:37:42 07/09/12 (3)
- Thing about the Angels Flight disco pants... - mwhitmore 12:14:07 07/11/12 (1)
- LOL.... and I get your drift ;-) - AbeCollins 22:04:59 07/11/12 (0)
- 70s Photos - Inmate51 13:34:04 07/10/12 (0)
- RE: 1965 to 1975 was also my favorite decade - rick_m 18:07:41 07/09/12 (2)
- I would gladly go back to - Teresa 19:13:13 07/09/12 (1)
- RE: I would gladly go back to - rick_m 23:27:21 07/09/12 (0)
- Ditto on both counts - Ozzie 12:34:29 07/09/12 (0)