Sounds Of The Elevator Cassette Mix Tape Archive

[@tracycarmack9714]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who enjoys this kind of music. It's always been a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@stevebartlett536]

Why guilty?

[@JoinTheProgress]

@@stevebartlett536 Like disco, that countless people loved, the media and a hostile movement decided to hate on it for really no good reason. So we're not supposed to like it, as members of society that can't think for ourselves. I've enjoyed this genre since I was a child, introduced to it via my grandfather back when easy listening stations were on the FM dial. I will always enjoy it, and not just for nostalgia, but for the mood it offers that no other genre does. It's elegant, relaxed and joyful.

[@gigyoung7181]

Absolutely, me too. Love the music form of pabulum. Soothes this 51 yr old’s savage soul.

[@cactifunguy]

You are indeed not alone. I recommend Kmart, October 1989.

[@donavonmacallister3101]

@@stevebartlett536 don't feel guilty

[@Jake1968bc]

I think the sun shined a little brighter in those days. Man I want to go back!!!

[@johnflechas6315]

A couple things about a trip through this nostalgia in "going back." #1 Your mind transport is absolutely free. #2 You can "escape" to it anytime you want. An exclusive "mind vacation" to soothe and relax your mind, body, and soul.

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

It's 1979: Mom just took us to Denny's for lunch and they sat us in a booth next to the Muzak speaker on the wall...lol

[@timothylegg]

I used to dash off to the bathroom to hear certain songs more clearly without all the background noise. Everybody else thought I was having a last-minute emergency, but it was just for the music. Some of the songs I still remember well and I haven't heard since

[@johnerwin9024]

@@timothylegg yeah, see your point🙂

[@AB1DE]

Wag's! LOL

[@cleeboy5048]

@@mythoughts1................1 HaHa! Those table "mini" jukeboxes were the bomb! 😁

[@trulymagyar7169]

Remember how Denny's had kid's entrees for breakfast that they made into faces/ characters? Like using triangle toast to make ears/ sunny side up eggs for eyes= cat face? Miss that...

[@Ricmoo74]

When you dressed to go to the shopping mall, ash trays to match the cubist modern interiors, plants, planters, and water features EVERYWHERE. There was a semblance of glamour and pride in every facet of living. Pass me my More menthols and De La Renta scarf there are things to be done! 💜💜💜

[@trulymagyar7169]

LOVE IT!! And I also very much miss those aspects of life you mention- water features, planters, cool room designs, etc....

[@littlebritain64]

Here in Italy this was the kind of music broadcasted with fixed monoscope image waiting for the mid afternoon tv programs (i.e. sport..) Always loved these pieces of music! I am wondering why it was marked as "muzak".... We had very good musicians for it, too! Pietro Umiliani is one of them.

[@cockula776]

The story goes the founder was intrigued by Kodak's name/trademark, and followed suit with Muzak back sometime in the 1930's. The rest is history!

[@cockula776]

PS-Forgot to mention I'm a Pietro Umillani fan myself, he did some seriously excellent music!

[@mousaey]

How did people back then resist the urge to dance with such bangers playing through the elevator speaker?

[@keetahbrough]

lolol

[@cheekygnome]

We didn't resist.

[@darianstarfrog]

Oh we did!

[@excrono]

When you hear this stressed out on an interview to a major business meeting you can’t really feel anything else; this high grade music on your ride up would be a sort of coping mechanism to endure just a little longer.

[@alexandra.v]

This music is gorgeous. I can't even imagine that this was casual easy listening or grocery store music. It sounds so classy and professional, and catchy at the same time. I'm not even old but this does not compare with the music of today.

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

Right on! True statement

[@ChannelZero1031]

I am barely 41 and i fucking love this music. It's better than anything out there now in 2023. I am an old soul. What can i say?

[@MikePulcinellaVideo]

@@ChannelZero1031 This is awesome music....but there's a lot that's good now as well. You just might not be finding it.

[@johnflechas6315]

Uh......I dunno. One LESS word, perhaps?

[@chriskutz7144]

Long live the 70's

[@trulymagyar7169]

AMEN!!!! :)

[@drfever5]

Just love the sounds it brings sweet long forgotten memories of a time when life was full of dreams of the future and sadly it did not make it as we all wanted . Keep the music alive brother. Take care

[@kenbenson7531]

This magic. Please don't ever take it away. Thank you.

[@thomastedder654]

I'll take this over any mainstream crap.

[@Lewisevans1618]

Same here positive and void of any sinister undertones and sexualized lyrics shrouded with mind programming. Just nice instrumental cheerful music.

[@absoluteb22]

Talentless Idol type formula that's become so generic has sadly engulfed society..I'll take this any day!

[@absoluteb22]

@Sam Tyler Anything & everything done well, except the childish formula crap that's infecting society.

[@titmouse-distribution]

I totally agree with you! I also prefer the Seeburg 1000 system over the mainstream BS that they play today.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Sounds like something i would say lol

[@benoitgagnon4908]

I just enjoy that music. It's my background music in my office. I can't get angry listening to that soundtrack!! Good for my concentration and good for the business!! A real pleasure!

[@muziklvr7776]

I used it at work from the early 2000's until 2017 back when it was near impossible to find and one had to dig HARD. It definitely prevented me from getting fired or going to jail.

[@JOHNSTIER23]

Great sounds

[@mitchsalawine5420]

I hear you! I can feel my blood pressure going down just listening. I’m going to start playing this at work!

[@johnflechas6315]

Also.......I guess, a good thing for your co-workers!

[@timothylegg]

22:05 Edd Kalehoff - Spring Waltz, 25:01 - Santi Latora - Skyscrapers, 29:07 - Keith Mansfield (can't think of the name of that one, I have it somewhere), 31:40 - Ivor Slaney - Window Gazing, 42:00 - Paul Mauriat - Copacabana, 42:43 - Tommy Dorsey - Tea for Two Cha Cha Cha, 45:30 - Edd Kalehoff - Deja Vu, 47:33 - Los Destellos - El Boogaloo del Perro, 50:35 - Rainbow Orchestra - Seven Days Later, 59:45 - Enoch Light - Soulful Strut, 74:00 - Sounds like something Carlos Cordara would do, 80:00 - Claude Bolling - Boeing 747 from L'année Sainte, 82:00 - Absolutely certain this is Tony Hatch Orchestra - ???, and... I'll Paypal $10 to the person with the name of the song at 89:45 - It's a film score that has eluded me. Also, I'd love to have a cleaner copy of Werner Tautz's - Foxy Roxy at 96:50, my copy has another song mixed over the beginning. The Soulful Strings - I can't help dancing at 101:15, they were based in Chicago and got a fair amount of airplay. I think the last song in Enoch Light, but not certain, but I think I have that LP.

[@Gia_Marie]

Thank you for the info. There were a few I couldn't place.

[@BluSkyBliss]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@renaudmarty2203]

Tony hatch retourne to the stars

[@excrono]

@@renaudmarty2203 Tony Hatch - RETURN to the Stars.

[@excrono]

Thanks for this! By the way… the two Price is Right tracks are actually by Walt Levinsky. He composed music for the 1976 cue package where both tracks originate.

[@megateriollamas183]

High quality elevator is surprisingly hard to find online. Thank you very much.

[@JimJones-gd2jy]

Shout out to all the 70’s kids !

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

Yep….right here! 70’s we’re soooo over the top awesome Blessed to be a kid/teen at that time Cheers 🎉

[@evertonporter7887]

I was one of those 70s kids who left the TV on to listen to the music that accompanied the BBC TV test card 😆.

[@bostrickland4970]

Hell Yes 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶✨✨✨✨✨✨✨,,

[@elizagail7873]

Thank You

[@QC46191]

Let's go get a Happy Meal and then watch Tom and Jerry

[@deniseelalala85]

Awww yeah going to the grocery store with mom on Saturday mornings in the late 70s; I could get that pack of lollipops in the big bin by the cash every once in a while. The best.

[@OldTimeRadioOfficial]

It is impossible to describe the emotional listening to these vintage tunes They are truly music of the heart. ❤

[@dunkirchen1940]

How could anyone not love this mix?!!! The two people who gave thumbs-down have poor taste if you ask me. Thank you, Fardemark, for this superb treat for the ears!

[@soulman902]

Just fight their downvotes with more upvotes!

[@1mespud]

I too agree. But people are not who you want them to be. Those who "thumbs down" are not of the same environment and/or era to appreciate it.

[@AB1DE]

I wish this would still be playing through the abandoned malls I explore. It would cut the tension, for sure! :D

[@QC46191]

It's not the same thing, but find some mall that is still open but that time forgot, and then listen to this on headphones. It's like going into a time machine. Who knows? Maybe you will actually portal back to the 1970s. Take your roller skates just in case.

[@ddewittfulton]

Fardemark, I treasure your presence on youtube. You present a viable concept in "New Nostalgia" that I feel is unique in our culture.

[@jenniferadams7582]

I legit love all the old time background music you upload. I'm autistic and this is amazing stress reliever. Also since I'm sensitive to asmr the crackle from old records and tape is very satisfying

[@aliburns2150]

I'm also autistic too.

[@ChasR8]

we had it good back then & didn't realize it :/

[@karlhungus5554]

This makes me think of orange carpet, wood paneling, and console televisions that weight 200 lbs.

[@mr.duckplucker5353]

Ahh, the good old days ! 😊

[@alitlweird]

It’s weird to think about what kids who are, today in early adolescence, and what will be “the good ol’ days” to them when they’re 40, 50, 60…

[@karlhungus5554]

@@alitlweird Absolutely. I cannot imagine looking back on 2023 and thinking "Boy, what a great time that was. I wish I could go back there again." If that does happen, then the future will have to be pretty awful.

[@johnflechas6315]

EVERYONE had their "good old days." Even Abe Lincoln.

[@trulymagyar7169]

I totally agree! I have had this same thought. @@karlhungus5554

[@chiaracaniaticarlucci4779]

Awww...the audio tapes...this music puts me in a good mood,even if a bit nostalgic...when I was a teenager,going to school,literally "glued " to my walkman...walking happily with the sun in my heart...and my favorite songs... Thanks for sharing with all of us your nice videos! :-) Greetings from Italy.

[@TommyTheBraveDummy]

I have a heartfelt thought for all these composers who discovered they had been making elevator music all their lives!

[@SatomiForward]

That's like ASMR to my ears hearing the tape cassette change.

[@PeaceLoveHappyness14]

This reminds me of the Sims 2 soundtrack, one of my favorite game soundtracks. Just so peaceful, so calming

[@e.b.5794]

Thanks for sharing such relaxing and nostalgic music. These actually are the background sounds and "noises" I heard as a child when I used to travel with my parents to different countries due to dad's job and I remember such kind of sound at airports while waiting for our Boeing 747 and even the kind of music available on many channels on-board. Many memories.

[@TheRoadTripChannel]

Four stations I miss of the easy listening/beautiful music genre before they changed formats are: WPAT - 93.1 FM - Paterson-Clifton, NJ/New York City, NY WRFM - 105.1 FM - New York City, NY WHUD - 107. FM - Peekskill, NY WMTQ/WHOM - 94.9 FM - Mount Washington, NH Thanks, Fardemark for providing and preserving this great music! Your hard work of this channel is greatly appreciated. 👌 P.S. - The music nowadays totally sucks. 👌

[@seabrook1976]

Got a three hour drive tomorrow.....I know what I'm jamming out to.

[@radio1342]

I am impressed that you listened to this as a high schooler while working on projects or doing homework. In high school I spent my time doing homework and projects listening to Motley Crue and Guns N Roses but I was a terrible student. As a middle aged guy I am able to appreciate this stuff now, love all your videos and play them while at work.

[@westerlywinds5684]

I can see a man in sand coloured suit jacket with a white shirt and dark blue tie, navy pants standing there in the elevator. He has feathered hair, sideburns and a trimmed moustache.

[@Ashen.Elixer]

I've been randomly recommended this, and, for once, the algorithm was quite correct!

[@eddielung31]

Remember my first job in an old commercial building

[@hetlichtindewereld]

I like this music too, it makes me feel easy.

[@Christianpreaching]

I've been looking for this music for 40 years. Thanks for uploading. You have a nice tpe deck too

[@Gia_Marie]

Thank you for this. Wish they would play this in stores today. Maybe it would change the mood for some.

[@trulymagyar7169]

I agree! It makes you happy and relaxed- you would think they would make the connection between mood and desire to purchase things... What would they have to lose?

[@audiobuff77]

I wish I could upload this to the shopping center PA systems :)

[@ThaRealChuckD]

🤣👍

[@patricialutz2092]

once again, I have been delighted to listen to this awesome music😊 thank you so much for uploading these precious gems of a bygone era.... they are very much appreciated!🦊👍

[@EverythingRetro1]

your welcome glad you like the videos :)

[@e.b.5794]

Yes, this music is awesome

[@johnerwin9024]

Howard-Johnsons 👍

[@bigal3248]

I used to have the same Pioneer tape deck. I still have cassettes gathering dust somewhere

[@Ataraxia462]

Oh damn! The song at 24:20 is a banger 🔥

[@PrisonerMusic]

Just found your channel and have to say it’s amazing. Always been a fan of library music used on TV etc but this is a whole new level of listening for me. Thanks!

[@CanadaguyRudey1]

reminds me of the background music in Family Vacation...

[@ManeAzeem]

Just found your channel. Thanks so much for cataloging and sharing these gems with us.

[@abbracia]

How pleasant! Thank you. Perfect work from home background music.

[@vitani1999]

This is my new favorite mix tape! Great playlist. Listened to every minute. Still listening at work. :D

[@QC46191]

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[@michaelmaurer7521]

The essence of calm.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

It's Saturday afternoon and I'm at Sears with the Bradys and Alice!

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

It's 1979 and my mom just took me to Denny's and they sat us in a booth next to the Muzak speaker on the wall...lol

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

59:00 "SOULFUL STRUT" one of my favorites and this version is OOZING NOSTALGIA

[@QC46191]

daaayuummmmmm this IS the quintessential 70s elevator track. I can see the led numbers illuminating in sequence now....11....10....9....8....7.......crap, I guess we're stopping at 7...

[@antonio17877]

Thank you so....much for this wonderful music of times gone by. Not the vulgar garbage that is displayed as music. This music lifts my soul!

[@mitchsalawine5420]

Man, that one beginning around 1:08:30 Is funkier than anything they make today! This stuff is cool!

[@QC46191]

I wonder how many of us were conceived to that track. 💋🫂

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Love your stuff, man! I have really missed this music for so long. Thanks very much!

[@monicacarcavilla7014]

I'm feeling like Woodstock building his tiny little house

[@sweaterweather8789]

I don’t know why I find this kind of music so soothing 😊

[@kaydee4296]

Because it's designed to do just that. 😉🍹🌴

[@excrono]

This is an effective mix when angry and upset. I visualize some of these playing on a technical difficulties title card (“you need to relax…).

[@SeanAndCJShow]

So fabulous! Really made our night.

[@johnflechas6315]

REALLY? That's what the "animal sounds" did for ME!

[@ak47_shawtyy]

these songs are just a whole type of vibe frfr

[@TorontoJon]

Lots of fun themes to rekindle many fond vintage memories. :)

[@eriklindhurst5793]

relaxing, fun, and nostalgic - thank you!

[@BluSkyBliss]

Serious kudos to YT for suggesting this. Thank you Fardemark ❤️ I just subscribed.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

There's something oddly satisfying about watching this old analog technology in action.

[@user-dc1dw2np1w]

Great music , a time machine straight to the good ol times 😊

[@ohiyotrippole6645]

I remember when you could actually hold the media you owned in your hand.

[@neutronv1871]

retro-tacular JACKPOT!! thanks.

[@randallsage6740]

This is really nice, seriously. Thank you for posting !!

[@DreamShadow76]

This made my day. Thank you for sharing! It is a great comp of 'beautiful music'. I was grooving to this at the library.... I couldn't contain myself.. :D

[@Christianpreaching]

That song playing at 1:10 was recorded off an 8 track tape for sure

[@YearnYesterYears]

GREAT DESCIPT! AMAZING MUSIC! Thanks sooooooo much for YOUR FAB CHANNEL OF RARE GEMS!!!!!!

[@MtnMike-ok3ss]

What a TREASURE!!! Thanks...

[@hondotoo]

nice old Pioneer tape deck!

[@absoluteb22]

Can't stop dancing whilst cooking, it's addictive.

[@Jake1968bc]

This music sounds like a cross between Burt Bacharach and Herb Albert 👍👍

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE STUCK ON THIS ELEVATOR ?

[@trulymagyar7169]

YES!!! ME!!

[@Christianpreaching]

I had my vintage princess rotary phone up there next to my vintage stereo just like you. Then one day it fell and the housing broke into a million pieces. I still have all of it and the metal unit works but I never did find new housing again

[@salvatoredalessandro1309]

I love these tracks!!!

[@WayneKimRecords]

Holy shit! I remember this exact same playlist that was in YT before 6 years, if i am right the channel was named Viktor Torvik? and i also recorded them to my computer to listen to them offline, and due to some stupid acts of myself i lost them all about 4 years ago. I am so happy to listen to this again, a really unexpected reunion from my dusty shelves of memories. Thanks chief.

[@cleeboy5048]

I remember Viktor's channel too and how a lot of his good stuff was suddenly zapped gone forever! Through memory, I was able to locate a lot of his songs on other channels but it took me years!..lol. He was the first to turn me on to "Retro Futurismo" remixes as he had a nice library of those too. I realized that a lot of them were mixed by Skeewiff. You should check out his channel as he's very talented! Here's a handful of several retro links below from my library. Let me know if you remember any of these from Viktor's channel. 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4fMnKh3palnZ9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXS2e3pvps-LgMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmSVen6VgduqmKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/pau5d3Sge9aHppY kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKnRq3x-q82Uptk kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnrTopmCrJdnfZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/e16tapSdoLdsgJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJTZiJyeYp2XpKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3YfYBnqZuKisk kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIOuaYCuqLKDrK8

[@WayneKimRecords]

@@cleeboy5048 I knew there was someone else than me who remembers that channel! I am so glad to see this comment!

[@cleeboy5048]

@@WayneKimRecordsI was thinking the same thing! I was sad because he had a lot of great underground and obscure albums with great background tracks and I have no way to search them as the artists were mostly unknown. I hope you remember some of the songs I included. I really liked his channel! Thanks for responding! 😁👍

[@calyx93]

this is so wonderfully refreshing!

[@TheBeautifulGoldenHour]

Wow awesome music and loved how u even used a vintage recorder great rich sound that i miss!

[@stephenquick5105]

I'm in love with myself.

[@Galidorquest]

3:43 "In Piscina" by Robert Pregadio

[@hel5149]

Insane Solo at 26:30 by the way, they went hard!!

[@jasonpelerine7817]

Also I like the fact that you've added a type of effect to the video that makes it look like the wow and flutter of a VCR

[@welcometotheinternet4215]

Nope! This was filmed on a 1986 JVC camcorder.

[@michaelpedersen7752]

LOL i thourght it was a vireo about the casette player. ( i had the same model back then . because the right way to load the tape. are to place it at the bottom and then slide it all the way up .. 😁 but the music are nice and easy to listen to. 👍 /michael

[@assassindroidig88]

More of this please! :)

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

This is great stuff. Thanks for the upload.

[@Freefuture444]

Heard some horn sounds in this one that might have been Herb Alpert ? Enjoying your Channel and find myself deliberately & often listening /playing your offerings in the background as a regular radio station while going about my daily business in the office .. lol

[@pepperachu]

This is such a cool channel you have

[@alexiscorner2840]

Love the telephone!

[@jefffawver888]

Beautiful sound,Thank you.for sharing.

[@johnorosz7477]

I love this music. Not just that "ah well it is Muzak style" Nope this is excellent. Great styles of cha-cha, jazz, meringue and that is the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I look forward to anything new that is of a similar vein. Hearing the cassette turn over. Nostalgic!

[@henrymcnally1775]

Deodato second tune skyscrapers...gret cover❤

[@TheTruthResearchers]

SO WONDERFUL!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for this amazing nostalgia music that makes me feel so good from Heart to Soul! May GOD bless All Of HIS MusicMakers!!!🎶 Amen💜

[@DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter-z9g]

Fabulous upload, Fardemark, thanks!

[@tobiaslawrence5199]

Just nice. Thank you for the upload. This is going in the library.

[@EndyMX]

LOL, at this point, I don't know if the fact that the video is blurry enough that the cassette can't be read is on purpose or not. Either way, well done, it gives it a good vibe (even if I really wanted to read the labels on the cassette, haha.)

[@DallasCityGurl]

I love instrumental music , probably because I play intermediate flute.

[@brianlawton8172]

This is great l currently play it during intermission in my movie theatre room thanks!

[@daviddanser7801]

Great music, awe tape deck,I have one like that

[@masonbeauchamp4865]

Im using this as the blank space on the end of my cassette tape right now after all the music is over.

[@100canadianmaplestirup8]

30:51 AND HERE WE SEE THE MODERN MAN ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK; ITS 1950 AND POPPA IS FEELIN NIFFTY! leave it to beaver is on tv and Cars are still made of metal america when it had culture....