Doyle Thomas Loc: Vancouver Washington ~ USA

R.I.P. Judith Durham 1943 - 2022
https://youtu.be/wZf41UudAbI
She was an Australian singer who gained fame in the 1960s for fronting The Seekers: a quartet that despite being “too pop for folk and too folk for rock” went on to become Australia’s first act to sell millions in the UK and US. (The group also featured Bruce Woodley, a one-time Paul Simon collaborator.) Their hit run included “I’ll Never Find Another You” (#1 UK and Australia, #4 US), “A World of Our Own” (written by Dusty Springfield’s brother Tom), “The Carnival is Over” (UK and Australian #1) - all in 1965, as well as 1966’s “Georgy Girl,” their highest US success (at #2, #3 in the UK).
Judith went solo in 1968. Her departure meant the end of the group, which was commemorated with a BBC TV special and the issue of a Greatest Hits collection that, in the UK at least, knocked The Beatles’ White Album out of the top slot (while stopping the Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet from peaking higher than 3). Judith’s solo career failed to reach the heights of success she had with her previous act and in time, she took part in periodic reunions beginning in 1992, through 2019 when ill-health precluded any further involvement. She passed away from a chronic lung illness a month after turning 79.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Seekers were one of my favorite folk groups, may she rest in peace

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

One of the great sleeper groups in the folk genre.

I have always liked this video as it is a perfect example of a 2 channel analog mixer.
Then there is that great old 2 track Ampex reel to reel.
It brings back a lot of memories of my time around studios in the 60s.
Thanks for posting it . I hope others appreciate it as well.

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

Also... Olivia Newton John is gone. Sad day. 😢

gmontjr2350 Loc: Southern NJ

George

Doyle Thomas Loc: Vancouver Washington ~ USA

do u no the story of Ampex?
after the end of the war in Germany this guy in the occpation force was walking around searching buildings and came across these 2 machines. he had no clue what they were but he packed them up and shipped them home. when he got home he started tinkering with them and discovered they were reel to reel audio tape recorders!
in the USA ppl were expermenting with magnetic tape but it sounded like crap. what the Germans had done was to add "bias" to the signal creating a quality orders of magnitude better than the wire and wax recorders of the time.

niteman3d Loc: South Central Pennsylvania, USA

If this paper is accurate, you've got most of the story right except the guy knew exactly what they were because he wasn't in Germany, but rather went there later looking for the recording devices he had learned about in England where he was stationed. Very interesting company history story:

https://www.ampex.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/History-of-the-Early-Days-of-Ampex.pdf#:~:text=JOHN%20LESLIE%20and%20ROSS%20SNYDER%20Alexander%20M.%20Poniatoff

rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY

Saw that yesterday, along with some other videos of the Seekers. I always enjoyed their music.

St.Mary's

The melody for the Seekers song "The Carnival if Over" was lifted from the Russian folk song,"Stenka Razin". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=44wzqWQxHpQ

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Funny, but as soon as I saw your title, that tune popped into my head.

Nice music. I didn't know they were Australian.

MUST WATCH! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBaO6ro1CUc

It looks like Judith is the only one not still alive. Lung disease.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Somewhat related -

I watched a video on YouTube about the origin of The Doors' "Riders in the Sky." Ray Manzarek was the presenter. The only member of the group I knew was Morrison. When it was over, I looked up Ray - sadly, he died in 2013.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

She was a great piano player, too.

Canisdirus

Very interesting.

The Germans also improved amplification using magnets. Tubes/valves were better at the time...but the Germans figured out a way to sail past valves.
After the war the US pored over the work, and liked what they saw.
Unfortunately...before magnetic amplifiers could reach into the consumer market...the solid state amp was refined.

German engineering combined with...time restraints and resources...have done amazing things...for all the wrong reasons of course.

The same Germans today...cannot get green energy to work.
That's a big hint when the Germans can't do it.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Jerry, You might enjoy my post from February 2016.
An Evening with The Doors - A Celebration for Ray Manzarek

The first link is outdated but the others are stil good.

BBurns Loc: South Bay, California

Before that there was Webster Electric and RCA trying desperately to develop a horrible technology.
The wire recorder, which had the frequency response of a Dixie Cup. Plus, mechanically, it was a nightmare.

I was deep in this world in the 60s. Ending up in the engineering lab at 'Roberts' in 69. What Roberts/Akai did by adding an additional head on the back side of the tape with the 'Crossfield' design was revolutionary. This allowed them to remove the bias that was, up to now, super imposed on the audio. This almost eliminated inter-modulation distortion.