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EPISODE · Nov 17, 2022 · 1H 4M

The 12" Single (Side A)

from Love is the Message: Dance, Music and Counterculture · host Love is the Message podcast

A major technological innovation to emerge from the milieu of NYC 1975 was the 12" single. In this episode, Jeremy and Tim uncover the demands of dancers and DJs in the discos for longer tracks, the precursors found in acid rock and Bob Dylan, and tell the story of individual releases that presaged widespread adoption of the 12" format. Tim and Jeremy also talk album aesthetics, the Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields double A side, nascent remix culture, the importance of wide grooves, and return to a recurring character of the show: Tom Moulton. Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.     Tune in, Turn on, Get Down!   Become a Patron from just £3pcm at Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod And check out our new website: https://www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/ Tracklist: Rare Earth - Get Ready Eddie Palmieri - Una Dia Bonito Leon Russell - It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall Don Downing - Dream World Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On (Disco Mix) Calhoon - (Do You Wanna) Dance Dance Dance Bobby Moore - (Call Me Your) Anything Man South Shore Commission - Free Man (Tom Moulton Mix)

A major technological innovation to emerge from the milieu of NYC 1975 was the 12" single. In this episode, Jeremy and Tim uncover the demands of dancers and DJs in the discos for longer tracks, the precursors found in acid rock and Bob Dylan, and tell the story of individual releases that presaged widespread adoption of the 12" format. Tim and Jeremy also talk album aesthetics, the Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields double A side, nascent remix culture, the importance of wide grooves, and return to a recurring character of the show: Tom Moulton. Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.     Tune in, Turn on, Get Down!   Become a Patron from just £3pcm at Patreon.com/LoveMessagePod And check out our new website: https://www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk/ Tracklist: Rare Earth - Get Ready Eddie Palmieri - Una Dia Bonito Leon Russell - It's A Hard Rain Gonna Fall Don Downing - Dream World Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On (Disco Mix) Calhoon - (Do You Wanna) Dance Dance Dance Bobby Moore - (Call Me Your) Anything Man South Shore Commission - Free Man (Tom Moulton Mix)

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