About
WELCOME
Bloggerhythms is a totally independent music blog for adults that
grew out of my love of rock & roll and popular music. It began in
April 2005 as an outlet for album reviews of mostly new music. Gradually,
over time, it's focus has shifted toward older music but interesting new
releases will still be discussed. More about that
here.
ALMOST HITS
Almost Hits is an
occasional exploration into songs that failed to reach the top 20
on the American Billboard Hot 100. Many have become classics
despite what their chart position would indicate. You can find all
of the songs I've written about here.
LAST ALBUMS
In the majority of cases recording artists' most revered
and famous records are made early in their careers. Later,
many of them will "jump the shark" - as the saying goes - or
recede into the background as pop music tastes change.
Unless you're a diehard fan of a particular artist many
listeners will not even know what their final record is. I'm
hoping to change that with another once-in-awhile series called
Last Albums. To qualify, the album's tracks must have been recorded
as a set of new material that was intended to be released to
the public as a complete album but not necessarily the last
one. Live sets, greatest hits or "best of" collections
and compilations do not count, nor do posthumous releases of
leftover tracks cobbled together to make a final album.
BURIED TREASURE
This occasional series unearthed recorded treasures
that deserved a better fate and are no longer, or never
were, part of the public's collective consciousness. Be
sure to check here or you'll never know what long lost gems this site's
archaeologists excavated from the dustbin of musical
history. This series has been discontinued because the
majority of what is currently posted on Bloggerhythms
could fall into this category.
SIDEBAR & BLOGROLL
Due to its minimalist appearance, it may not be immediately noticeable to many visitors that Bloggerhythms has a sidebar. To find it, go to the top, left-hand side of the homepage and click on the hamburger icon (the three horizontal lines). There, you'll find an alphabetical listing of all of the labels assigned to each post along with a blogroll. If you publish a blog that is mostly about music, it's possible I'll add it to the blogroll. Whenever you post something new it will jump to the top of the list. However - in order to keep things relevant - I'll occasionally review the links, and if you haven't posted any new content for a long period of time it could be removed.
BROKEN LINKS & VIDEOS
I periodically search for dead links and videos to keep the
subject matter as interesting as possible. If you see something
that needs to be fixed please let me know.
Thank you for visiting.
Charlie Ricci
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ALL-TIME POPULAR POSTS
Slower Than Slow: 16 RPM Records
Have you ever heard of a long forgotten vinyl format, the 16 2/3 RPM record? They were half the speed of the 33 1/3 RPM albums that were the traditional standard for recorded music. Most record players in the 1950s and 1960s came with a speed setting to play these long forgotten discs that were considered novelties even during the years they were available. Because most, but not all, 16s had big holes and were 7" in diameter many of them were mistaken for 45 RPMs and at that size the speed allowed for up to 20 minutes of playing time per side. However, there was no true standard size and they were also manufactured to be 9, 10, or 12 inches in diameter, and these larger records played even longer. Just like the other speeds and formats 16s could be played one record at a time or stacked on a changer for continuous play. Radio stations often used the discs for pre-recorded radio shows containing interviews, dramas, and documentaries. More frequen...
Why Do 45 RPM Records Have Big Holes?
Today we're going to find out why 45 RPM records have much larger holes than 78s and 33s. Believe it or not I often wondered about this burning question when I was collecting hundreds of these little seven inch gems back the 1960s. According to several websites, including Answerbag , the reason for the large hole used by 45s was simple. It was difficult for the old 78s, with their smaller holes, to find their way onto jukebox spindles. The large hole effectively eliminated that problem. Strangely, seven inch 45s were often pressed with the smaller holes used for LPs in many countries outside the United States, especially in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Overseas the inserts (commonly know as spiders) were manufactured into the large holes at the factories but they could be punched out if desired. The Beatles' British single of "Love Me Do," pictured here, is a typical example. Why were the spiders built into English 45s? I was unable to fi...
10 Great Beatles Songs You May Have Never Heard
I recently paid a visit to a blog that I read regularly published by my British cyber-buddy, Martin Warminger. At his site, Music Obsessive , he just listed what are, in his opinion, the worst Beatles songs of all time . It's an idea I wanted to steal, and I could come up with a short but bad list, but for the sake of originality I decided to do something completely different instead. So, here is a list of ten songs by my all-time favorite band that deserve a better place in the annals of Beatles history. Most of them are only known by their hardcore fans. Here they are in chronological order. You can listen to a few of the rarer ones below. 1. I'll Be On My Way The only known recorded version of this very early, 1963, Lennon-McCartney ditty appears on Live at The BBC . The Beatles never put it on vinyl. Yes, it's simplistic and the lyrics even have the audacity to rhyme the word "moon" with "June." However, the song has one of those undeni...