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.
@bertroost16757 ай бұрын
Very true. It's beautiful and relaxing. I'm older I need to chill.
@REX-ks1os6 ай бұрын
so true reminds me of being like 5 and in grants dept store with mom and ant joann via 1970 -71
@summersky776 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. :)
@MImlac5 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.
@hopeinjesus82895 ай бұрын
It was great fun to make fun of this music -- you are right it's now great.. haha
@quovadis54294 ай бұрын
Real instruments played by real musicians, arranged & conducted by real humans.
@johndix1772 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 Жыл бұрын
We must bring it back to stop the violence.
@WendyJones-j4x11 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
@jaytc3218 Жыл бұрын
Leisure suits, station wagons, women sitting under those big hair dryers, Lawrence Welk, the good ol' days.
@eldeluxo2 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.
@audvidgeek6 ай бұрын
@@robfriedrich2822 YES, they used a record changer, look up the Seeburg 1000
@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.
@alisterfolson6 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!
@RailfanParadise15 күн бұрын
I’m Gen Z and I love it just as much!
@VATalbot9 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.
@hopeinjesus82895 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.
@RailfanParadise3 ай бұрын
I used it after my first doctors office visit in the height of my PTSD.
@hopeinjesus82893 ай бұрын
@@RailfanParadiseI think it has benefits.
@RailfanParadise3 ай бұрын
@@hopeinjesus8289 I definitely agree!
@davidfulton1792 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!
@johncornue97072 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-traum4 ай бұрын
There just something really wholesome about this comment.
@alandale21824 ай бұрын
How do you stay awake while driving? This music seems very relaxing. I'd fall asleep on the freeway. 😴🤭
@russellschaeffler4 ай бұрын
@@alandale2182 I am usually driving early in the morning after a few cups of ☕🌞 coffee.
@lowket11 ай бұрын
I've got an urgent need to put someone on 'hold'.
@davidfulton1792 ай бұрын
Your call is important to us... and our options have changed.
@REX-ks1os6 ай бұрын
some of these songs are performed masterfully with full orchestras something you dont hear much anymore
@joedivision15872 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
@michaelkozak46082 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...
@alandale21824 ай бұрын
@@michaelkozak4608Your house must be very relaxing with that music playing. Do you also have muzak Christmas tapes?
@niladrimukherjee20986 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
@RailfanParadise2 жыл бұрын
This person is a SAINT for finding a high quality version of this Muzak tape!!!
@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!
@The4MusketeersYT2 жыл бұрын
i love how this actually has timestamps
@hispy23712 жыл бұрын
yes, they were a bitch to make
@The4MusketeersYT2 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.
@GH3K36 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.
@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.
@alandale21824 ай бұрын
I remember a lot of kids disliked this music and now they seem to enjoy it as adults.
@pawfan12 күн бұрын
This music kept folks calm...No matter how upset over 'Whatever' they were🦝
@PlasmaCoolantLeakАй 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
@TheRealPynkPanther10 ай бұрын
I loved muzak even back then... especially when they would remake a current popular song😂
@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!
@craigmclean82606 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..!!! 😭😭😭 👋👋👋
@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!
@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! 😊
@johnlopez75292 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! It's Muzak to my ears!
@dont-want-no-wrench Жыл бұрын
go to conservatory, practice many years, bach, etc. end up playing muzak studio sessions.
@The4MusketeersYT9 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’
@Red_Pacifico9 ай бұрын
feels like travelling back in time
@quitsevensix Жыл бұрын
This tape player is AMAZING never seen anything like it looks like a Fallout prop
@summersky779 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.
@ColtraneTaylor6 ай бұрын
They used the same music in the 90s??
@summersky776 ай бұрын
@@ColtraneTaylorFunny...
@audvidgeek6 ай бұрын
this is playing at 3 3/4 ips
@summersky776 ай бұрын
@@audvidgeek Sure. Didn't matter because they weren't on the plane, which was the actual point.
@alandale21824 ай бұрын
All that sounds very complicated. Maybe they should've just put a transistor radio playing in the front of the cabin?🙄🤭
@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😳😊👍😄
@kennelson3848 Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous!
@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
@doughayden38252 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for sharing that sexy reel to reel footage along with heavenly sound of Musical Progression !!
@hispy23712 жыл бұрын
of course, long live muzak!
@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!!
@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
@Syntox Жыл бұрын
Thank you a million times over for preserving these sounds
@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.
@The4MusketeersYT9 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 🤷♂️
@GaytanLaytan2 жыл бұрын
Love the presentation of this video, great work man. Hopefully the other 3 tapes will get the same presentation in the future
@hispy23712 жыл бұрын
thanks man, hopefully i'll get a better SD card to record the tapes running in real time
@reeltoreelthings49522 жыл бұрын
i have a 128 gb card i can send your way if you’d like
@hispy23712 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
@vitoandolini38412 жыл бұрын
Positively lovely!!!
@jeffandersen73978 ай бұрын
40 minutes in and the scenary around me has shifted to a technocolor dreamscape
@elveskickass2 жыл бұрын
The gallery applauds 👏👏👏
@Ataraxia4626 ай бұрын
I have to admit that doing spreadsheets is made much more enjoyable while listening to Muzak, Vaporwave, and Mallsoft.
@gorvo312 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!
@hispy23712 жыл бұрын
thank you so much
@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
@noshowjackie Жыл бұрын
This is good stuff. The mid 20th century was the apex of Western civilization.
@astralartist48 ай бұрын
After that it was all downhill (faster every year)
@ColtraneTaylor6 ай бұрын
On the plus side, you got rock n' roll and some 30-40 years of great music.
@DavieHenry-jz7vsАй бұрын
Thanks for posting this wonderful music.
@X-RadioАй 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!
@LillianGraceFullofficial Жыл бұрын
Listened to this doing my schoolwork today. Really nice playlist! And… 680 subscribers!? Really!? wow. You deserve WAAAAY more than that!
@IlluminovaNibiru Жыл бұрын
Thank you, never heard b4 but it is sooo relaxing….it should play over everything.
@Dissidia2 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
@hispy23712 жыл бұрын
this is very vital information thank you so much, I’ll update the chapters immediately
@RobertLocksley385 Жыл бұрын
It shows to go that this is more popular than the music that replaced it. My my, how the turntables.
@cristianfaraj59037 ай бұрын
Great Office ref!
@BigBlackBe4r7 ай бұрын
I am very grateful for the effort you went through to post this. God bless
@johammerstein360511 ай бұрын
Nostalgic Ear Candy.........
@user-Specialized.2 жыл бұрын
Danke für die Musik. Ich höre über Kopfhörer.
@HunterMann5 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
@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.
@philippegusmao198 Жыл бұрын
Very cool! Remembering the old and good times!
@richcook20072 жыл бұрын
My house cleaning soundtrack!
@YAMISOOLD2009 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for putting this up. I love this music so much!
@RONWOLPA2 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 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGi2XqSGj8lpiJo Laia Ladaia in its original version by Edu Lobo himself [ 1966 ]
@GaytanLaytan2 жыл бұрын
Love track 14 on Side B, it’s in such high quality and plus it’s a banger
@TenTenJ9 ай бұрын
WOW 🤩
@AdamStJamesStJames8 ай бұрын
Hispy, please come back and upload more :)
@michaelkozak46082 жыл бұрын
Night Stand Still is beyond stunning, thank you so very kindly sir for letting 🙏 this be shared on planet earth 🌏
@SuperTabitha222 жыл бұрын
Lovely, many thanks for uploading.
@CosmosNut Жыл бұрын
love it !!
@stevenmaginnis1965 Жыл бұрын
When I first heard someone say "I'm listening to Muzak," I thought Muzak was an Eastern European composer! 😆
@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
@alikerberos9519 Жыл бұрын
you did a great job! great functional music to use as background at work! Thank you.
@Olizimm2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ! Great job hispy!!!! Thank you very much from Milano Italia!
@doom60157 ай бұрын
Thank you for the music and the memories, hispy.
@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...
@DonDonP1 Жыл бұрын
0:05: Ah, that classic commercial jingle for United Airlines.
@bandicoot5412 Жыл бұрын
I love it! Although I was expecting sublim, bio beats, or some kind of manipulative mind benders.
@sonijam Жыл бұрын
Very nice 🥰
@kevinluschak52417 ай бұрын
Ahhhh the memories!
@bobdinwiddy7 ай бұрын
muzak is the bossa nova of the 20’s 😊
@The4MusketeersYT2 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
@hen-rey27 күн бұрын
Also AFN 98.7 in Frankfurt in those days
@NobodyQuiteLikeMe2 жыл бұрын
I have the freedom to say, I can do it and I have now the fruits of those seeds.
@anorwalk49186 ай бұрын
Through all of life's ups and downs, I've always loved elevator music 👽
@DH-3on_sAm7 ай бұрын
we miss it because it reminds us of a more civilized world before tech
@lumosity51632 жыл бұрын
i know a little bit about muzak, but i enjoy it nonetheless. well done man
@anorwalk49186 ай бұрын
Here's to hispy! 💞
@salihvural96502 жыл бұрын
All shares perfect and Endless thanks for all shares from Turkey
@abundantYOUniverse3 ай бұрын
Wow that is fantastic.
@paulaswaim8434 Жыл бұрын
Music to knit by. Awesome!
@SimirJohnson Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of shopping at Sears
@ModelA6 ай бұрын
Me too
@hen-rey27 күн бұрын
Meine Jugend. Flying to Ibiza. Several times to the US now both parents are dead. I’m over 60
@ronwade5646 Жыл бұрын
While you may own these old tapes you do not own the copywrites, please remit the necessary ASCAP/SAG/AFTRA/NAACP Royalty checks forthwith.😊
@Kaleki9353 ай бұрын
Nah. This same generation "healed" the nation from spending 18% of their income on their home during the depression, up to 48% now. They have no clue how the funny money system they advocated for even runs, or more accurately, doesn't. Add to that the fact that KZbin parasitizes enough people wrongly with their faulty system so a punch in the reverse which allows the future generations to prosper and the literal faceless multimillionaires who AREN'T the musicians to "suffer" with their already-existing fortunes, seems fair and not necessarily unjust. After all, individual people have their indie music automatically struck down so wouldn't the music that EVERYONE has heard have at least similar powers around their music? Oh wait, that would mean that THEY DON'T CARE or are so technically outdated that they themselves don't see the fiscal appeal in... making money from their music. *emoji for emotional appeal rather than logical engagement*
@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!