@@volvo09 As did I--I remember Hardee's had disposable aluminum ashtrays all the way up until the late 90s. By that time most state & municipal governments had banned smoking in public places.
Any ideas where people might be able to find more? (edit: as-'broadcast', I know about the demo LP's :) There's a liveliness in a lot of these old tracks - even in an old tape - that current Mood Environmental just doesn't have.
@@jasonbeard4713 Search on "Muzak Stimulus Progression." Great collections, many of better sound quality. What I like about mine is that I recorded it exactly as played off of the Muzak box in the restaurant after closing.
@@happycube Yes, please!!! I could not agree more. Wish there was a way that the public could access Muzak - perhaps a paid access forum?! These tunes are too wonderful to be relegated to TH-cam.
@@vintagemiscellany5719 dear sir, you seem to be a specialist. i'm just curious. Des the MUZAK corp still exist somehow? And i so often come to recordings of thius "seeburg" system. is this also from muzak or was that another corporation?
Piped in. I remember that phrase as well. (Just as I remember when a long distance phone call was a major event for which the whole family gathered around the phone.)
This is probably what was playing at my Publix in 1981. I hope one day someone will have some early recordings of FM1, the oldest I have heard is Feb 2002
Tracklist: 1. 0:00 Greasy Sack Blues - Woody Herman 2. 3:26 Papaya - Trevor Lyttleton Orchestra 3. 6:37 Berkley Square - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra 4. 10:20 Night Owl 5. 15:02 I Will Stay With You - Trevor Lyttleton Orchestra 6. 17:51 7. 20:28 (?) - Syd Dale Orchestra 8. 23:56 When the Summertime Is Over 9. 26:29 (Jazz Standard) [Cut Off] If Anyone can identify unknown tracks (especially track 4) please let me know in the comments or by emailing me.
anyone know the track at about 16min in ? i am thinking its a muzak original that's supposed to sound close to a pop track of the 70s but not close enough they would have copyright issues.
Muzak licensed popular tunes that they wanted to record thier own renditions of, usually getting the rights to the composition and lyrics to base thier arrangment off of.
Having worked in McDonalds during 1981 setting up and replacing table ash trays, I remember this all too well.
Ah the ash trays at restaurant tables, I saw the trailing edge of that.
@@volvo09 As did I--I remember Hardee's had disposable aluminum ashtrays all the way up until the late 90s. By that time most state & municipal governments had banned smoking in public places.
Pepperidge Farms remembers. Daniel Johnston does, too.
@@captainwhackencracker4589 I got both of those references. Gen-Xer here, too. Poor Daniel.
Love 10:22 - reminds of the music played in Happy Eater family restaurants over here in the UK back in the 1980s and 1990s!
The first tune is Woody Herman playing Greasy Sack Blues...Woody recorded a session for Muzak in about 1979. I was VP Programming then
Any ideas where people might be able to find more? (edit: as-'broadcast', I know about the demo LP's :) There's a liveliness in a lot of these old tracks - even in an old tape - that current Mood Environmental just doesn't have.
@@happycube I agree. Where can we access the Musak library? There are specific songs which I would like to hear again.
@@jasonbeard4713 Search on "Muzak Stimulus Progression." Great collections, many of better sound quality. What I like about mine is that I recorded it exactly as played off of the Muzak box in the restaurant after closing.
@@happycube Yes, please!!! I could not agree more. Wish there was a way that the public could access Muzak - perhaps a paid access forum?! These tunes are too wonderful to be relegated to TH-cam.
@@vintagemiscellany5719 dear sir, you seem to be a specialist. i'm just curious. Des the MUZAK corp still exist somehow? And i so often come to recordings of thius "seeburg" system. is this also from muzak or was that another corporation?
Excellent.....off phone line (piped-in music as my dad used to say)
Piped in. I remember that phrase as well. (Just as I remember when a long distance phone call was a major event for which the whole family gathered around the phone.)
Sweet! Thanks for sharing this with us!
This is probably what was playing at my Publix in 1981. I hope one day someone will have some early recordings of FM1, the oldest I have heard is Feb 2002
I loved easy listening playlists! But i can't remember gaps that long between songs! 🤔
That's why I like these real recordings. The gaps are exactly as they sounded when the music was actually played in this McDonald's.
i'm lovin' it
Tracklist:
1. 0:00 Greasy Sack Blues - Woody Herman
2. 3:26 Papaya - Trevor Lyttleton Orchestra
3. 6:37 Berkley Square - Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
4. 10:20 Night Owl
5. 15:02 I Will Stay With You - Trevor Lyttleton Orchestra
6. 17:51
7. 20:28 (?) - Syd Dale Orchestra
8. 23:56 When the Summertime Is Over
9. 26:29 (Jazz Standard) [Cut Off]
If Anyone can identify unknown tracks (especially track 4) please let me know in the comments or by emailing me.
3. 06:37 Berkley Square - Frank Chacksfield & Orch.
i recognize 8 from somewhere but i can’t remember where for the life of me…🤦♂️
@@The4MusketeersYT seems Muzak liked to use a lot of his catalog in the 70's
@@MusicMischief111 i would say. especially in the late 70s. he arranged strings for almost all of MTM lol
Both Trevor Lyttleton cuts are from "Dance Along 2" which are on TH-cam and Spotify
15:02 Great Disco song. Sounds like a rendition of some popular songs from the 60’s.
Many Muzak tunes are indeed renditions of popular songs.
Does anyone know what the original song was? I can't seem to find it anywhere!
@@vintagemiscellany5719I identified it, it’s I Will Stay With You by Trevor Lyttleton orchestra
3:27 is papaya by the trevor Lyttleton Orchestra
0:19 that grunt sounds like lionel hampton
17:53 nice slow 60’s soul type song
10:22, very Michael Jackson like
Now I have to ask someone smarter than me: What’s the difference in style between the “beautiful music” format and Muzak, if any?
Muzak is often fairly upbeat, whereas Beautiful Music is mostly calming.
That makes sense. Muzak is designed to influence workers and consumers. It’s hard to work being calm.
@@vintagemiscellany5719 Do you have any other McD's tapes than the first and second? Just curious.
@@chrisk8813 Unfortunately, I don't.
anyone know the track at about 16min in ? i am thinking its a muzak original that's supposed to sound close to a pop track of the 70s but not close enough they would have copyright issues.
Muzak licensed popular tunes that they wanted to record thier own renditions of, usually getting the rights to the composition and lyrics to base thier arrangment off of.
15:02 or 17:51?
@@The4MusketeersYT 15:02
@@AronBezzina I Will Stay With You - Trevor Lyttleton’s Music
That might explain why people who ate in the McDonald's dining room back then ran out into traffic to make the noise go away.
Your taste is almost as poor as McDonald's food
I don't like it when it sounds too much like annoying jazz.