Steve L Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Been listening to some 70s cds in the car lately for a change (mainly a 60s person) I started to wonder why the trend towards longer record times came about, what were the writers thinking and why change? Irrespective of your taste and whether you like these records or not some of them go on for so long and are so repetitive, doesn't it do your head in after a bit? So what I'm asking really is even if you like the 70s records doesn't it get on your nerves after 4 mins or so? Give me 2mins 30secs, wham bang thank you ma'am any time! Disclaimer:- this thread is not intended as another 60s v 70s debate, any move in that direction will be due to individual posters and the thread starter will accept no responsibility for any such circumstances arisng 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark S Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Its all Tom Moultons fault Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Julianb Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 the end of Lou Pride - I'm cummin home doesn't know when to stop!!! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
p0stscript Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 'wham bam thank you mam' reminds me of the Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Flake LP with it's four min plus tacks - the beginning of the end leading up to the 12min+ song of the 70s Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest MrC Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Citations - Keep The Faith Bobby Lester - Hang Up Your Hang Ups Both records I own, play out, and love, but they do go on a bit..... As for 12" mixes of later stuff, i do love some of them, Drizabone - Pressure etc. But as I have DJ'd at Old Skool House/Rave events, & 70s/80s Disco events it's not really surprising, and a lot of them give you time to nip to the loo! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 the end of Lou Pride - I'm cummin home doesn't know when to stop!!! neither does the beginning Julian Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 One for me is 'The Bottle' - any version! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Citizen P Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Citations - Keep The Faith Bobby Lester - Hang Up Your Hang Ups Both records I own, play out, and love, but they do go on a bit..... As for 12" mixes of later stuff, i do love some of them, Drizabone - Pressure etc. But as I have DJ'd at Old Skool House/Rave events, & 70s/80s Disco events it's not really surprising, and a lot of them give you time to nip to the loo! Nip to the loo?? Chuff me, some of 'em gave you time to nip for a Curry. Having said that,was rather fond of some of 'em T-connection for example, 4 minutes or so of percussion before it even got going. Now that I am a little older though, attention span has shortened to where even 2.30 is a strain ATB tony Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Most records longer than 3 and a half minutes annoy me. Once you've heard the chorus twice or at most three times - what's the point ? After that you're getting into Hey Jude territory zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Bearsy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 modern shite Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Parker Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Most records longer than 3 and a half minutes annoy me. Once you've heard the chorus twice or at most three times - what's the point ? After that you're getting into Hey Jude territory zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz not just me then.... bloody awful record! i hear what ya saying. lots of late 70's 12" singles went on n on. Aint no stoppin us now , Boogie wonderland etc etc.time to put the kettle on Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wrongcrowd Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 modern shite It was only a matter of time..... 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Windlesoul Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) There are actually some seventies / eighties that do admittedly go on forever but kinda work - eg loveman ronnie stokes, Terry callier (I don't want to see myself) etc. Infectious rhythms / interesting middle breaks and all that I suppose... Edited March 15, 2012 by mark w. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 It was only a matter of time..... Hey,i've got a tune on a 14".....well it seems like a 14"... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think there are many tracks that just go on far too long , give me quality over quantity anytime .....charles sheffield ,voodoo working .......best 1min 46 seconds ive had in ages Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Goldsoul Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Reaching For The Best- The Exciters. Fabulous melody, good song, fantastic vocal from Brenda Reid, but a 2.30 ending would have sealed it! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Julie Moore Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think there are many tracks that just go on far too long , give me quality over quantity anytime .....charles sheffield ,voodoo working .......best 1min 46 seconds ive had in ages Bit overplayed nowadays Shazz , Give me the 12" version of Terry callier any day of the week and watch me strut my booty to that bugger 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Bit overplayed nowadays Shazz , Give me the 12" version of Terry callier any day of the week and watch me strut my booty to that bugger I dont mind though Julie , its short enough not to tire of IMO .....we both goin to be strutting our bootys on Sat hun ..x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Theothertosspot Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think there are many tracks that just go on far too long , give me quality over quantity anytime .....charles sheffield ,voodoo working .......best 1min 46 seconds ive had in ages Just about the right amount of time, James Carr - That's what I want to know, that does it for me. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Bit overplayed nowadays Shazz , Give me the 12" version of Terry callier any day of the week and watch me strut my booty to that bugger utter balony julie...its a great tune...plus the fact you sit down for the last 5 minutes of terry callier huffing and puffing lololol Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I think there are many tracks that just go on far too long , give me quality over quantity anytime .....charles sheffield ,voodoo working .......best 1min 46 seconds ive had in ages now that shazz...do i forgive you or not? x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kegsy Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just about the right amount of time, James Carr - That's what I want to know, that does it for me. The bass line on it is probably as good as a bass line gets. kegsy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) now that shazz...do i forgive you or not? x if you know whats good for you , you will ...x Edited March 15, 2012 by Sharon H Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winnie :-) Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 utter balony julie...its a great tune...plus the fact you sit down for the last 5 minutes of terry callier huffing and puffing lololol Just not very northern Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just not very northern not northern at all winnie but i just love my rnb lololol atb moldie Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 if you know whats good for you , you will ...x in that case...i forgive you.....dont wanna feel your right hook and left jab again in a hurry x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Just not very northern now then win , no one said the thread had to be about northern only did they Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Theothertosspot Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The bass line on it is probably as good as a bass line gets. kegsy Talkin to a bass player I know (rock band player) and he couldn't believe the base line of this and Donnie Elbert - Piece of Leather, totally blown away. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Diddy Morgan Posted March 15, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2012 hey mick , just my opinion but terry callier - dont wanna see myself, is very" northern " just will take 15 years for all to realise it :D 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winnie :-) Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 not northern at all winnie but i just love my rnb lololol atb moldie now then win , no one said the thread had to be about northern only did they You're both quite right :thumbsup: Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Julie Moore Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 utter balony julie...its a great tune...plus the fact you sit down for the last 5 minutes of terry callier huffing and puffing lololol Moldie, wind your neck in mate i did`nt say it was a S**te record i said it was overplayed a bit nowadays and ive never sat down to Terry callier before the end I admit to collapsing in a heap once its finished but then again I am in the over 50`s club Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
nickp Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) https://youtu.be/U9N75AUzsBc Hi In my opinion this is the perfect' on and on ' record, pure unadulterated genius. 'Uno Dos Tres Cuatro ' bring on the weekend, this is getting played peak time tomorrow. Edited March 16, 2012 by nickp Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest daz mycroft Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hey,i've got a tune on a 14".....well it seems like a 14"... is it really 14" or have you just put wood glue all over it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Moldie, wind your neck in mate i did`nt say it was a S**te record i said it was overplayed a bit nowadays and ive never sat down to Terry callier before the end I admit to collapsing in a heap once its finished but then again I am in the over 50`s club dear miss moore....im almost in the over fifties club and i dont collapse in a heap lolololol i knew you would like julies post shazz lololol x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest daz mycroft Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 totally agree that some 70s 12" can seem boring. But the point is that they were mainly produced for Djs to mix and Match ie Breaks ,intros, vocal , endings. .etc etc. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Bob Relf had the right idea, ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 hey mick , just my opinion but terry callier - dont wanna see myself, is very" northern " just will take 15 years for all to realise it :D its 20 yrs old now mate lol ......nice tune (zzzzzzz beginning) but Gospel soul to me 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Reed Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 its 20 yrs old now mate lol ......nice tune (zzzzzzz beginning) but Gospel soul to me its 30 yrs old, it came out in 1982 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 its 30 yrs old, it came out in 1982 thats what i meant, cant add up Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 dear miss moore....im almost in the over fifties club and i dont collapse in a heap lolololol i knew you would like julies post shazz lololol x lololol....thats because me and Julie are in the same club , we have to stick together ...lol x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 lololol....thats because me and Julie are in the same club , we have to stick together ...lol x so how do i become a member?...is there a test i have to pass? lolol x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) so how do i become a member?...is there a test i have to pass? lolol x you will automatically become in a member in november , you have already passed the test ......youre as mad as a hatter and of an age where you just dont care ......lolol x Edited March 16, 2012 by Sharon H Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 you will automatically become in a member in november , you have already passed the test ......youre as mad as a hatter and of an age where you just dont care ......lolol x can i see the unedited version plz? lololol x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Sharon H Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 can i see the unedited version plz? lololol x NO ....x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest soul elite Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'm guessing I belong to 'that' club too.... Its all good!! xI think alot of 70's stuff goes on far too long or is it because its sooo repetitive? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'm guessing I belong to 'that' club too.... Its all good!! xI think alot of 70's stuff goes on far too long or is it because its sooo repetitive? dear katrina im sorry but you have another decade to wait before your eligible for THAT club maybe the tunes you heard were scratched and kept playing the same bit over and over again x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest soul elite Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Oh yes on my gramaphone you mean ...?? 70's just sounds jingly,tinny and basically just disco crud!! But I still love you Moldie..... 8^)Â Â X Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wrongcrowd Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Bob Relf had the right idea, ... You're right ...... he did. Bob Relf 1975.... https://youtu.be/Xb71FPr4oUQ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Scotters Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Picked up a couple dozen records from local charity shop this morning (including Bobby Womack Poet II LP for 50p ) and made me laugh + recall seeing this thread when I got home and played some just now: McFadden & Whitehead - Aint no stoppin' us now (PIR 13 7365) a WHOPPING 10 MINS 45 SECS Made me laugh on the flip too as I reckon it's the longest run-in I've ever seen on a record. Got to be a whole inch of it until you get to "I got the love" (which is a mere 3 mins 32 secs...and I think quite a good track actually). ...Still, at 25p for this near mint 12' and a good dozen more like it, I'm not complaining Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davemac3 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Reaching For The Best- The Exciters. Fabulous melody, good song, fantastic vocal from Brenda Reid, but a 2.30 ending would have sealed it! agree Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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