Oddity Archive: Episode 285.2 – Ben’s Junk: Down Beat Magazine (10/23/1975)

An Up Beat (by my standards) look at an issue of Down Beat magazine. Now, excuse me while I clap out-of-rhythm...

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[RickinBaltimore]

6:35 - OK I did.
The 4 track: $11, 734.72
The 8 track: $20, 535.76

[marktubeie]

Regards to your dad Ben, hope he's doing ok all things considered 🤗❤️

[racecar_spelled_backwards]

Ben, I hope things are going (as) well (as can be expected) with your father. Thanks for your (near Herculean) efforts to keep OA going with all the stuff going on in your life. Your efforts are not in vain and have not gone unnoticed. Sending love and a lot of positive vibes in your direction. Thank you again for keeping the OA flag flying.

[erocktv]

"the Fonzy maneuver" aka percussive maintenance.

[noneofyourbusiness]

Downbeat Magazine, for when you're feeling too Upbeat and need to take it down a notch.

[CommodoreFan]

Don't sweat it Ben, do what you gotta do, as I know how taking care of family is, as right now I'm between work, & taking care of my mother, so your days become both long, & short at the same time. 🙏 All goes well for you, & yours.

[matthewlawrenson]

Only on Ben's Junk would you see him going through a jazz mag.

[susanaltman]

You jogged my memory. I'd sometimes read my brothers copy of Downbeat back in the 70s. I'd skim it looking for the artists I'd heard of.

[edwardburek]

It was the TEAC 4-track cassette decks that caught my attention. I believe one of your patrons, Matt from Techmoan, did a video covering 4-track tapes and how they got usurped by the more notorious 8-track format.

[herbcraven]

Steiner-Parker synths were possibly most notable for their filter design, which varied significantly from the Moog ladder filter and its many imitators, and have a rather distinct sound. An interesting bit of trivia is that when Arturia introduced the first modern (post OSCar) analog monosynth, the Minibrute, they incorporated the Steiner-Parker filter design into it.

[JonGallon]

5:35 yes, garage bands like Slugbug and Pink Floyd really love their Farfisa cheap organs.

[neilforbes]

Platinum Record Company getting hold of the Chess/Checker/Cadet(and probably also the Janus label) might well have forestalled those labels falling into the *greedy paws* of MCA(before they rebranded themselves as Universal Music Group) for a few years but MCA/Universal would've finally gobbled up that label group anyway.

[jimmymelendez]

You have glossed over some things in the video like Wole Tayne. It looks to be a piece from a saxophone? On top is a Tri-Tone Samba Wistle. It's a Latin percussion instrument. I had Googled the name, and it is used in dance music. It has this shrill sound. Always fun looking at old magazines.

[neilforbes]

11:30 And it's *NOT* "ARP", it's A - R - P! Phonetic: Ay - Arr - Pea!

[neilforbes]

And the gear was *ANALOGUE!* Get that? *ANALOGUE, * not analog!

[racecar_spelled_backwards]

2:57 Steely Dan: The smell of a dentist's office in musical form. (Shamelessly stolen from a RiffTrax deep cut.)

[dancoroian]

It's like you actively want to repel people from your videos with that incredibly long, annoying tone in the intro...