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- Lemon Slice
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80s instrumental versions
Back in the 80s....there used to be an instrumental version of pretty much everything...I was looking for an album, spotify playlist etc, but can't find anything.
DAK of any? I'm probably using the wrong search term or something.
Thanks.
DAK of any? I'm probably using the wrong search term or something.
Thanks.
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:
Back in the 80s....there used to be an instrumental version of pretty much everything...I was looking for an album, spotify playlist etc, but can't find anything.
DAK of any? I'm probably using the wrong search term or something.
Are these any good?
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nEzukIcf8B16DKyWviMWR?si=92fbfM3OQCapgt3bDV0siA&nd=1
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xMN1fXJapOxGWn2bJT8Vu?si=PhRaEWFxTQmhpB3if9Pv7w
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Ku6RHWIkp23ETPahicDpO?si=Sh5XVVxuT9SejDubqKlFqg
If you search Spotify for 'instrumental covers', there's quite a few albums and even more playlists....
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Might you be thinking of "muzak"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak
It's not specifically 80s though
Instrumental stuff popular round then would have been Jean-Michel Jarre, or Hooked on Classics... Classy stuff
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak
It's not specifically 80s though
Instrumental stuff popular round then would have been Jean-Michel Jarre, or Hooked on Classics... Classy stuff
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Definitely not Muzak!
I meant in the 80s, most bands seemed to issue an instrumental version of their own record, so like a B side, so you could enjoy just the music of New Order or Depeche Mode.
In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
I definitely don't mean covers.
It's often an extended mix.
The electronica stuff was so big in clubs and now the 80s are back so I thought there'd be something but maybe it's very much the province of commercial places. Last bar I was in, we said "great playlist" and the bar manager started saying how much they pay for them....
I meant in the 80s, most bands seemed to issue an instrumental version of their own record, so like a B side, so you could enjoy just the music of New Order or Depeche Mode.
In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
I definitely don't mean covers.
It's often an extended mix.
The electronica stuff was so big in clubs and now the 80s are back so I thought there'd be something but maybe it's very much the province of commercial places. Last bar I was in, we said "great playlist" and the bar manager started saying how much they pay for them....
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:
I meant in the 80s, most bands seemed to issue an instrumental version of their own record, so like a B side, so you could enjoy just the music of New Order or Depeche Mode.
In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
I definitely don't mean covers.
It's often an extended mix.
Ah - that's a better explanation then...
Try these -
80's - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nhbFil0oGSPNsy4e8Q1hk?si=Zg-61BhNTUeEjcmF_91UMQ
80's and 90's - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K4sdeH7JmRyL87FYIdXWf?si=hNKi5FlwQgWeaPxajVUnEw
Spotify search terms '80s extended remix' and '90s extended remix' will deliver lots of other great remix playlists..
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
AleisterCrowley wrote:Try searching for 'dub version' or 'dub mix'
Sorry, not what I was after. Maybe it's not there but I am very surprised by that.
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Itsallaguess wrote:Sunnypad wrote:
I meant in the 80s, most bands seemed to issue an instrumental version of their own record, so like a B side, so you could enjoy just the music of New Order or Depeche Mode.
In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
I definitely don't mean covers.
It's often an extended mix.
Ah - that's a better explanation then...
Try these -
80's - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nhbFil0oGSPNsy4e8Q1hk?si=Zg-61BhNTUeEjcmF_91UMQ
80's and 90's - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3K4sdeH7JmRyL87FYIdXWf?si=hNKi5FlwQgWeaPxajVUnEw
Spotify search terms '80s extended remix' and '90s extended remix' will deliver lots of other great remix playlists..
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
Not instrumental though.
Ach well, these are good in any case, thank you.
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Try "backing tracks 1980's" or the year you want
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt47Hr-XYM
Or Karaoke 1980's or again versions of this search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPxTMCGjRQ
AiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt47Hr-XYM
Or Karaoke 1980's or again versions of this search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grPxTMCGjRQ
AiY
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:AleisterCrowley wrote:Try searching for 'dub version' or 'dub mix'
Sorry, not what I was after. Maybe it's not there but I am very surprised by that.
The dub versions really started out with reggae , but were common in house/electronic music
Here's a definition;
https://theedmist.co/2015/05/04/the-edm ... dub-mix-n/
In dance music, a dub or dub mix is a version of a track in which the main vocals have been removed. This is also known as an instrumental version, especially in other genres such as pop music
Which sort of sounded like what you were after !
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
AiY - that first link is gorgeous, thank you
Aleister - I really can't type that name without thinking of witchcraft - I meant the bands' own instrumental mixes, which I'm beginning to think only existed on B sides! I must look at vinyl when I go to mum's.
I can imagine that stuff also gets sold for soundtracks rather than being freely available.
Aleister - I really can't type that name without thinking of witchcraft - I meant the bands' own instrumental mixes, which I'm beginning to think only existed on B sides! I must look at vinyl when I go to mum's.
I can imagine that stuff also gets sold for soundtracks rather than being freely available.
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:Definitely not Muzak!
I meant in the 80s, most bands seemed to issue an instrumental version of their own record, so like a B side, so you could enjoy just the music of New Order or Depeche Mode.
In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
I definitely don't mean covers.
It's often an extended mix.
Well I certainly remember these tracks you are describing being commonplace.The same music but with the vocal track deleted from the mix.
I never understood the point of them as karaoki had not been invented at that time.
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Partly so DJs could do mixes and 'mash ups'?
A cynical part of me also suspects they were a cheap way to fill a B side..
My 12" of Blue Monday (original FAC73 of course) has 'The Beach' on the B-side, which is basically a remixed instrumental of Blue Monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn66szsjUGw
A cynical part of me also suspects they were a cheap way to fill a B side..
My 12" of Blue Monday (original FAC73 of course) has 'The Beach' on the B-side, which is basically a remixed instrumental of Blue Monday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn66szsjUGw
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:AiY - that first link is gorgeous, thank you
Aleister - I really can't type that name without thinking of witchcraft - I meant the bands' own instrumental mixes, which I'm beginning to think only existed on B sides! I must look at vinyl when I go to mum's.
I can imagine that stuff also gets sold for soundtracks rather than being freely available.
Yes, lots of bands would have a dub mix on the B sides (for clubs/DJs)
As an example
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Cut_a_Long_Story_Short
12-inch single[45]
"To Cut a Long Story Short" (Mix 1) — 6:30
"To Cut a Long Story Short" (Mix 2) ("Version" version [dub mix]) — 3:56
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Mike4 wrote:Sunnypad wrote:In the 90s, they were played a lot in nightclubs.
Well I certainly remember these tracks you are describing being commonplace.The same music but with the vocal track deleted from the mix.
I never understood the point of them as karaoki had not been invented at that time.
There was definitely karaoke in the 1990s because I attended a few bars and clubs featuring it in the mid-1990s, due to having a friend who who was crazy about it, and eventually ended up getting banned from most of the places offering it.
Its origins go back to the 1960s and 1970s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke#History
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:I meant the bands' own instrumental mixes, which I'm beginning to think only existed on B sides!
Ah the "instrumental mix" now there's a thing
Mike4 wrote:I never understood the point of them as karaoki had not been invented at that time.
By the late 80s karaoke had made it to the UK (been in Japan since the 70s)
- but it was normally using re-creations of the tracks using half [expletive deleted] FM synth replicas of the instruments
- one guy, one sequencer, one way split on the recording royalties
AleisterCrowley wrote:...they were a cheap way to fill a B side.
Some were just a cheap way to fill a B side but that wasn't all of it...
Given the multi-track nature of recording it wasn't uncommon to have (partially) mastered every thing but the vocals so that you could fold it back for the temperamental talent to hear what they were used to while they were trying to re-do their part in the iso' booth
- depending on how big your studio that mastering might need to have been destructive (freeing tracks in the process)
- what you ended up with was a karaoke version of the real thing for the singer to karaoke over (or indeed various singers and you can decided which one you release)
- and then you could use that to fill the B-side
The extended instrumental mix though was a club thing (you didn't need to explore the symbolism of the lyrics while you had difficulty focusing on the sweaty people around you)
- given the nature of the styles involved and the era you could just re-configure the sequencer and retrigger bits on the AkaiS900 ("sample it, loop it, f**ck it, eat it and spit it out")
- then invite some pals round to have a go at it
- then stick everything on your 12"
They'll be hidden on spotify somewhere
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
Sunnypad wrote:Sd "They'll be hidden on spotify somewhere "
Very well hidden!
Yeah it can be difficult at times
probably easiest to search by artist (if you can think of an example)
- then find the track in question, check the versions available and see if it's on a compilation
youtube might be more fruitful; if a bit harder to navigate
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Re: 80s instrumental versions
For an instrumental version of Depeche Mode's Master and Servant, you need to search for "Master and Servant (Voxless)". It was on the B side of one of the 12" singles.
Can't remember any other instrumental versions that got a commercial release.
Can't remember any other instrumental versions that got a commercial release.
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