We used to make fun of "elevator music", now that we're older we appreciate it. It's just great music that transports you to a bygone era.
@alanrogs3990
7 ай бұрын
Very true. It's beautiful and relaxing. I'm older I need to chill.
@REX-ks1os
6 ай бұрын
so true reminds me of being like 5 and in grants dept store with mom and ant joann via 1970 -71
@summersky77
6 ай бұрын
Agreed, sir/madam. Just don't tell myself from 10 years ago, or he'll track me down and slap me like the bitch that I've become! 🤫 Kidding aside, I share your sentiments. :)
@MImlac
5 ай бұрын
In recent years I have avoided certain restaurants, not because there was anything wrong with food or service, but because the music was awful. Amazingly, there is one local place (a Chinese restaurant) that still plays stuff like this. Very relaxing. Actually allows you to enjoy your meal.
@hopeinjesus8289
5 ай бұрын
It was great fun to make fun of this music -- you are right it's now great.. haha
@quovadis5429
4 ай бұрын
Real instruments played by real musicians, arranged & conducted by real humans.
@johndix177
2 жыл бұрын
Once the soundtrack of being out in public. I remember Muzak being played in almost every store, car lot, pool, bank lobby, hallway in almost every office building. It was everywhere.
@captainape6807
Жыл бұрын
and I detested it, now I'm listening to it and loving it. What's happening to me?
@BenneWill
Жыл бұрын
I can just imagine walking into store after store and hearing this echo into your ears as you shop. What a time to be alive lol!
@craigb.franklin7046
Жыл бұрын
@@captainape6807Getting older. That happens. 😊
@IssanCaliRefugee
11 ай бұрын
We must bring it back to stop the violence.
@user-jv2en9ud9h
11 ай бұрын
Ya and don't forget elevators & coffee shops as well ✌️😅
@johnroekoek12345
Жыл бұрын
Play it in the background and your live is a movie instantly
@niladrimukherjee2098
6 ай бұрын
Absolutely nostalgic when the world was in peace after WW2. And thise were the days of the proppelor dri ven aircrafts; slow & steady
@eldeluxo
2 жыл бұрын
MUZAK is more than music... Far more than a name, MUZAK has spearheaded the unique usage of music called functional music. Since 1934, Muzak has pioneered and developed this sound method of humanizing man-made environments. More than eighty years of continuous research, testing and development have wrought Stimulus Progression, a practical, inexpensive system for the advancement of areas where people work, shop and recreate.
@robfriedrich2822
Жыл бұрын
Did they use a record changer or possibly a wire recorder? By the way, the Tefifon phono tape failed for consumers but had been used for Muzak.
@audvidgeek
6 ай бұрын
@@robfriedrich2822 YES, they used a record changer, look up the Seeburg 1000
@jaytc3218
Жыл бұрын
Leisure suits, station wagons, women sitting under those big hair dryers, Lawrence Welk, the good ol' days.
@johnflechas6315
Жыл бұрын
Believe ANOTHER important reason this MUZAK is so fulfilling........is its rarity compared to what people of TODAY have to listen to. This is so beautifully different because it is so very unique. It gives real credence to "the art of listening." Also, the sounds here in are not aggressive with any messages bordering on malice. Quite a switch from the mainstream of today.
@hopeinjesus8289
5 ай бұрын
This should be used like it was in the past -- people are going bonkers and maybe this could help the masses to calm down.
@RailfanParadise
3 ай бұрын
I used it after my first doctors office visit in the height of my PTSD.
@hopeinjesus8289
3 ай бұрын
@@RailfanParadiseI think it has benefits.
@RailfanParadise
3 ай бұрын
@@hopeinjesus8289 I definitely agree!
@alisterfolson
5 ай бұрын
I love this as my background music (Muzak) at work. Yes, GenX here but that shouldn't matter, this is timeless. Also, new sub!
@RailfanParadise
10 күн бұрын
I’m Gen Z and I love it just as much!
@VATalbot
4 күн бұрын
Same here... Gen X listening while I work. I wish Muzak lasted into the 80s. It would be great to hear what they could have done with "our" music.
@davidfulton179
2 ай бұрын
A generation flying from the mainland to Hawaii via jet airliners for the first time! I'm sure this music would have put them in the mood! I recall the flight in 1981 from LAX to HNL. I was 10 an fascinated by everything in the plane, including the dedicated audio feed just for my seat! This music would have definitely featured along with some radio broadcasts and flight communication. The headphones were these orange contraptions that fit like stethoscopes! I also recall...we were in the smoking section! Imagine when THAT was a good idea! Folks were being serve themed meals... loads of pineapple... everything drenched in teriyaki sauce... little packets of macadamia nuts... orchids for garnish... and more than a few mai tais being imbibed. My first kiss from a girl who was not a relative was from the Hawaiian gal who gave us lais upon landing! I felt like James Bond!
@johncornue9707
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for making this available for all to hear. Muzak produced really outstanding music. Their orchestras, arrangers and composers were very talented. Many say it's elevator music, I say it's real music.
@russellschaeffler
Жыл бұрын
The people that would've been listening to this music at the time had perhaps gone through the depression, World War Il, and just wanted to enjoy their golden years stress free by traveling, shopping, and relaxing. I drive listening to Muzak in Japan, which my wife is beginning to like as well. I told her this was especially made to keep the driver relaxed and peaceful while driving.
@Angst-traum
4 ай бұрын
There just something really wholesome about this comment.
@alandale2182
4 ай бұрын
How do you stay awake while driving? This music seems very relaxing. I'd fall asleep on the freeway. 😴🤭
@russellschaeffler
4 ай бұрын
@@alandale2182 I am usually driving early in the morning after a few cups of ☕🌞 coffee.
@pawfan
7 күн бұрын
This music kept folks calm...No matter how upset over 'Whatever' they were🦝
@RailfanParadise
2 жыл бұрын
This person is a SAINT for finding a high quality version of this Muzak tape!!!
@REX-ks1os
6 ай бұрын
some of these songs are performed masterfully with full orchestras something you dont hear much anymore
@joedivision1587
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a time 50-60 years ago when the world made sense to me. I would hear this music while I shopping in the local grocery store with my mother and finally when I lived on my of own. Very comforting and reassuring music I miss that era I despise rap and it's inherent violence
@michaelkozak4608
2 жыл бұрын
I AGREE, AND I LOVE TO PLAY IT ON THE OVERHEAD SPEAKERS 🔊 IN MY HOUSE, I REMEMBER IT WELL MYSELF PLAYING IN SUPERMARKETS ETC...
@alandale2182
4 ай бұрын
@@michaelkozak4608Your house must be very relaxing with that music playing. Do you also have muzak Christmas tapes?
@The4MusketeersYT
2 жыл бұрын
i love how this actually has timestamps
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
yes, they were a bitch to make
@The4MusketeersYT
2 жыл бұрын
@@hispy2371 yes, ik all about it. also 9B starts at 1:09:21
@andyhowlett2231
Жыл бұрын
I love this type of music, it reminds me of going around the supermarket with my mum when I was a kid. Airports often used it too.
@lowket
11 ай бұрын
I've got an urgent need to put someone on 'hold'.
@davidfulton179
2 ай бұрын
Your call is important to us... and our options have changed.
@johnflechas6315
Жыл бұрын
A vacation getaway for one's mind, for certain. A subtle mix of light orchestrations, a bit of lounge, with a light touch of international music, too. Just the thing to transfer your mind to an island getaway........without needing to purchase a ticket!
@thewoodys_surf_instrumental
Жыл бұрын
How did I not see the beauty in this when I was young I will never understand. I guess I related to it old people which I am now.
@alandale2182
4 ай бұрын
I remember a lot of kids disliked this music and now they seem to enjoy it as adults.
@PlasmaCoolantLeak
29 күн бұрын
Back when flying was fun, and you could count on other passengers acting like mature adults, instead of someone who missed a dose of their daily meds
@GH3K3
6 ай бұрын
There were rivals to Muzak; I tried to interview them in the early 1990s in Seatlle. I asked them about tapes I had heard in a supermarket I worked in back in NJ in the 80s; some of the cuts were extremely bizarre. Imagine "Flight of the Bumblebee" played on an organ, for example. She told me that probably wasn't a Muzak tape.
@craigmclean8260
5 ай бұрын
Very nice! I'm old enough to recall hearing this, as well as the Pop channel, aboard a United flight (DC-8 "Snowbird" service from Seattle, via Denver to Washington/Dulles)...The Pop channel, though only in mono, featured contemporary (December '72) hits, such as "Peaceful, Easy Feeling", "Pieces of April", and the long version of Cashman and West's "American City Suite"...One could listen w/ those stethoscope-style earbud/headsets, which plugged into the armrest. Stereo was available on certain channels (Classical, for e.g.); there must've been two separate speaker-drivers in the armrests. I kept the headsets, and could get better quality sound, from my Radio Shack "Realistic"-brand AM radio, by plugging it into the back of the box...Fun, simpler times!
@xiemangun6389
Жыл бұрын
🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤❤ Missed so much these beautiful years..!!! 😭😭😭 👋👋👋
@superorangeish
Жыл бұрын
A great lesson in music: arrangements,melody, modulation, instrumentation, beginnings , harmony, endings etc...these wonderful sounds have taught us more about music than any school, all the while enjoying it!
@TheRealPynkPanther
10 ай бұрын
I loved muzak even back then... especially when they would remake a current popular song😂
@MAMRetro
Жыл бұрын
I always loved it. I directly identify it with my childhood and early youth. Before I knew it was gone - all gone, in a couple of years. Now classical music stations are disappearing. All you’ll have soon is hip-hop and Lady Gaga. Disgusting.
@McPruden
Жыл бұрын
Oldies were new once... And more magical!
@pauldorobialski8871
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. I own one of the 4 hour reel to reel tape decks (PB 16C) that a Muzak franchiser would purchase. The deck uses 14 inch reels at 3 3/4 ips speed. 4 hour run time per side. The machine uses keying tones to stop or transfer from side A to side B depending on how the deck is programmed.
@mookmookman
Жыл бұрын
I would love to see a picture of the equipment
@noshowjackie
Жыл бұрын
This is good stuff. The mid 20th century was the apex of Western civilization.
@astralartist4
7 ай бұрын
After that it was all downhill (faster every year)
@ColtraneTaylor
6 ай бұрын
On the plus side, you got rock n' roll and some 30-40 years of great music.
@robalvarez1104
Жыл бұрын
This playlist is just awesome and great for home office background music and for just plain relaxing and reading. Thanks for sharing! 😊
@ugiswrong
Жыл бұрын
I like going back and forth between this and A.C. - Top 40 Hits
@FundingAnimals
Жыл бұрын
This music is sooo pleasant. Thank you. And I especially love how the magic reel-to-reel plays without having any tape in it! 😳😁😊🥰👍
@FundingAnimals
Жыл бұрын
@@manitoba-op4jx😳😊👍😄
@summersky77
9 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Airline music was never actually played on reels this big with the tape running at 7.5 ips inside the aircraft. The music was usually on a bank of cassettes...from the 1960s well into the 2000s (depending on aircraft type/age etc.). These reels were distributed to the airlines, then each airline dubbed them down to their own audio programs onto compact cassettes that would be played in specialized bulk cassette players. The masters were later shifted from open reel to cassettes themselves, then eventually to CDs by the 90s.
@ColtraneTaylor
6 ай бұрын
They used the same music in the 90s??
@summersky77
6 ай бұрын
@@ColtraneTaylorFunny...
@audvidgeek
6 ай бұрын
this is playing at 3 3/4 ips
@summersky77
6 ай бұрын
@@audvidgeek Sure. Didn't matter because they weren't on the plane, which was the actual point.
@alandale2182
4 ай бұрын
All that sounds very complicated. Maybe they should've just put a transistor radio playing in the front of the cabin?🙄🤭
@johnlopez7529
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! It's Muzak to my ears!
@quitsevensix
Жыл бұрын
This tape player is AMAZING never seen anything like it looks like a Fallout prop
@Red_Pacifico
8 ай бұрын
feels like travelling back in time
@GaytanLaytan
2 жыл бұрын
Love the presentation of this video, great work man. Hopefully the other 3 tapes will get the same presentation in the future
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
thanks man, hopefully i'll get a better SD card to record the tapes running in real time
@reeltoreelthings4952
2 жыл бұрын
i have a 128 gb card i can send your way if you’d like
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
@@reeltoreelthings4952 i have a big sd card in use, it’s just i need one with a very fast write speed, but thank you
@dont-want-no-wrench
11 ай бұрын
go to conservatory, practice many years, bach, etc. end up playing muzak studio sessions.
@The4MusketeersYT
8 ай бұрын
the musicians themselves said in interviews decades after muzak’s collapse that they ‘never in a million years would have thought they would be playing elevator music of all genres’
@dianadoos1944
Жыл бұрын
My father had a reel tape almost the same. He use to play it every afternoon when we got back from school
@jeffandersen7397
8 ай бұрын
40 minutes in and the scenary around me has shifted to a technocolor dreamscape
@X-Radio
Ай бұрын
I worked for a beautiful music station in Seattle and our SCA carried music. I thought Muzak was better than our regular beautiful music from commercial disks. Certainly flowed better. Although in mono, I'd sometimes late at night would switch to the muzak output. No one noticed!
@Syntox
Жыл бұрын
Thank you a million times over for preserving these sounds
@doughayden3825
2 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for sharing that sexy reel to reel footage along with heavenly sound of Musical Progression !!
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
of course, long live muzak!
@IlluminovaNibiru
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, never heard b4 but it is sooo relaxing….it should play over everything.
@Ataraxia462
6 ай бұрын
I have to admit that doing spreadsheets is made much more enjoyable while listening to Muzak, Vaporwave, and Mallsoft.
@rivards1
Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe track 2A (love theme from "Flight of the Phoenix") got on an airline tape, considering the subject of the movie.
@The4MusketeersYT
8 ай бұрын
i think it had more to do with the theme of aviation and traveling, especially with titles like “Adventures in Paradise”, “Halfway to Paradise”, “Honolulu Baby”, and “If You Go Away.” evidently muzak didn’t care to censor anymore than what was regarded acceptable by popular culture 🤷♂️
@elveskickass
2 жыл бұрын
The gallery applauds 👏👏👏
@kennelson3848
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous!
@RobertLocksley385
Жыл бұрын
It shows to go that this is more popular than the music that replaced it. My my, how the turntables.
@cristianfaraj5903
7 ай бұрын
Great Office ref!
@gorvo31
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for sharing this, and your efforts in putting this all together. Just came across your channel earlier today. Have been enjoying this out in the backyard this afternoon. Wonderfully transportive!
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much
@vitoandolini3841
2 жыл бұрын
Positively lovely!!!
@井上清-i9z
Жыл бұрын
心地良くて素晴らしい。 ありがとうございます。
@johnflechas6315
Жыл бұрын
Not sure what he said here ...... But, it goes DOUBLE for me! YEEHAW!!
@user-Specialized.
2 жыл бұрын
Danke für die Musik. Ich höre über Kopfhörer.
@DavieHenry-jz7vs
Ай бұрын
Thanks for posting this wonderful music.
@BigBlackBe4r
7 ай бұрын
I am very grateful for the effort you went through to post this. God bless
@petrofilmeurope
Жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation, specially with the rotating tapes. Now I have got the good, old analogue feel to my digital laptop. Thank you from Oslo.
@LillianGraceFullofficial
Жыл бұрын
Listened to this doing my schoolwork today. Really nice playlist! And… 680 subscribers!? Really!? wow. You deserve WAAAAY more than that!
@michaelkozak4608
2 жыл бұрын
Night Stand Still is beyond stunning, thank you so very kindly sir for letting 🙏 this be shared on planet earth 🌏
@philippegusmao198
Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Remembering the old and good times!
@richcook2007
2 жыл бұрын
My house cleaning soundtrack!
@GaytanLaytan
2 жыл бұрын
Love track 14 on Side B, it’s in such high quality and plus it’s a banger
@johammerstein3605
10 ай бұрын
Nostalgic Ear Candy.........
@HunterMann
5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this great video. From the opening notes is sweet all the way through! My dream is to someday have a reel to reel Tape deck again and return to listening to lots of great Verve label bossa nova tapes I have. I’ve been into easy listening and exotica music since about 1974, it’s one of my favorite genres of LPs & tapes to collect. HM, founder Highway Cinema
@YAMISOOLD2009
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for putting this up. I love this music so much!
@Dissidia
2 жыл бұрын
1:11:42: Unknown 5 is "Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (Believe Me When i Say How Much I Love You") by Rene and Rene
@hispy2371
2 жыл бұрын
this is very vital information thank you so much, I’ll update the chapters immediately
@RONWOLPA
2 жыл бұрын
Track 3B: laia ladaia - 52:51 , this song composed by the brazilian musician Edu Lobo & lyrics [ in portuguese ] by Ruy Guerra in 1965 , originally entitled as "Reza [ that it means Prayer ]".
@RONWOLPA
Жыл бұрын
@@manitoba-op4jx Hello , perhaps you will dig this : kzitem.info/news/bejne/l22Jk6WGk5ZnhW0 Laia Ladaia in its original version by Edu Lobo himself [ 1966 ]
@showbizcec4985
Жыл бұрын
They recently put some of the Airline tapes on Spotify. They’re so much lower quality than these although and the ones on Spotify are highly compressed. I hope they fix that. They sound terrible on Spotify
@AdamStJamesStJames
8 ай бұрын
Hispy, please come back and upload more :)
@michaelkozak4608
Жыл бұрын
Once again, thank you for the great 👍 work you have done ✔ on this musical 🎼 soundtrack, it keeps me company, I'm in the twilight of my years at at age 63+, I remember this "stuff" well, you're helping people out more than you may possibly know...
@SuperTabitha22
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely, many thanks for uploading.
@alikerberos9519
Жыл бұрын
you did a great job! great functional music to use as background at work! Thank you.
@bandicoot5412
Жыл бұрын
I love it! Although I was expecting sublim, bio beats, or some kind of manipulative mind benders.
@anorwalk4918
6 ай бұрын
Through all of life's ups and downs, I've always loved elevator music 👽
@TenTenJ
9 ай бұрын
WOW 🤩
@Olizimm
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ! Great job hispy!!!! Thank you very much from Milano Italia!
@lumosity5163
2 жыл бұрын
i know a little bit about muzak, but i enjoy it nonetheless. well done man
@salihvural9650
2 жыл бұрын
All shares perfect and Endless thanks for all shares from Turkey
@doom6015
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the music and the memories, hispy.
@CosmosNut
Жыл бұрын
love it !!
@freemanz4051
Жыл бұрын
Tape never moves between reels! ...magic?
@hispy2371
Жыл бұрын
the video was shot separately from the music, it’s for aesthetic reasons. i do not have an SD card that’s fast enough to process an hour and a half’s worth of 1080p video
@patconroy1874
Жыл бұрын
Just admit it’s magic
@DH-3on_sAm
7 ай бұрын
we miss it because it reminds us of a more civilized world before tech
@bobdinwiddy
7 ай бұрын
muzak is the bossa nova of the 20’s 😊
@kevinluschak5241
7 ай бұрын
Ahhhh the memories!
@alikerberos9519
Жыл бұрын
Hello: track 12 B Song title Is: L'ultima occasione - Artist: Mina - 1965 - Licenze FUGA, Per Southern Prod., Muserk, BMI Inc.,SOCAN, LatinAuthor...
@The4MusketeersYT
Жыл бұрын
that’s one of my favorites. i’ve been wondering about that one for a while!
@anorwalk4918
6 ай бұрын
Here's to hispy! 💞
@hen-rey
21 күн бұрын
Also AFN 98.7 in Frankfurt in those days
@stevenmaginnis1965
Жыл бұрын
When I first heard someone say "I'm listening to Muzak," I thought Muzak was an Eastern European composer! 😆
@paulaswaim8434
Жыл бұрын
Music to knit by. Awesome!
@SimirJohnson
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of shopping at Sears
@ModelA
6 ай бұрын
Me too
@NobodyQuiteLikeMe
2 жыл бұрын
I have the freedom to say, I can do it and I have now the fruits of those seeds.
@The4MusketeersYT
2 жыл бұрын
1B02 (If You Really Love Me) was arranged by Dave Terry. i forgot what transcription it was from but ill edit this when i look back at it edit: it’s track one from transcription X-972 side A
@DonDonP1
Жыл бұрын
0:05: Ah, that classic commercial jingle for United Airlines.
@patrickstromann3836
6 ай бұрын
Nice. I'm a hip hop, house and jazz head, and I love me some Muzak!
@abundantYOUniverse
2 ай бұрын
Wow that is fantastic.
@hen-rey
21 күн бұрын
Meine Jugend. Flying to Ibiza. Several times to the US now both parents are dead. I’m over 60
@dkhnova
11 ай бұрын
I was in a auto dealership today. The background music was some hip hop garbage, aggressive, obscene, idiotic. This would have been so much better.
@Animal_lives_matter
Ай бұрын
The problem I have with that kind of stuff is that it just feels so inappropriate in public. In certain contexts rap makes sense to me, but gosh, in public spaces it just feels wrong, like the DJ is trying to assert his tastes onto me or something. This applies to my own tastes as well - if I tried to play some of my favourite obscure retro video game soundtrack in public I would cringe too. Cause I know the shoppers would be cringing too. Certain genres only work in certain contexts.
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