![]() Before then, the 7” ruled, and gave us such variety, impact and excitement in 2-4 minutes of compressed invention. Roughly speaking, before Sgt Pepper in 1967, the single was king, and perhaps then no coincidence that that specific Beatles album was the first LP I bought. And the late ‘50s and early ‘60s were the time when the single was everything. And so too, vinyl singles are the first taste of buying and collecting music. When we grow up, single tracks are our first exposure to popular music, on the radio and elsewhere. Oh, and OK then, David Bowie as a separate category (you’ll see why).But what did start to fall in place were five key themes which have all been part of my passion for music right through my life: Are these my 66 favourite tracks? Well, no, as the limitation of one per year immediately precluded all sorts of tracks from various amazing years such as 19. Putting the list together (shown below) was fun, and went through many, many edits and amends, as various themes emerged. And then, to avoid the temptation of including endless David Bowie tracks, each artist chosen could only appear once. ![]() To tackle a similar theme, I decided to set myself the challenge of coming up with a track for each of the years since I was born in 1957, right up to the present day. Various members who attend this group regularly have given presentations on the music that they love or has influenced them. This post relates to a 4Sight presentation delivered at an online 4Networking ‘Midweek Music’ meeting on. ![]() The Tracks of my Years The soundtrack of my life, from rock n' roll to post-rock The soundtrack of my life, from rock n’ roll to post-rock ![]()
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