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Effects Timeline
Our Vintage Digital and Analogue Effects timeline now includes Audio Recorders and Classic Music Tracks to help place these effects and devices within the history of recorded music. Any errors, please notify us using our contact form.
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
As a teenager in the late 1970s, I would often DJ for my parents’ parties and the most requested track was Linda Ronstadt’s Poor Poor Pitiful Me (written by Warren Zevon). The song always got everyone dancing and I still remember those parties whenever I hear it, which must be well over a thousand times […]
DeltaLab DL-4 Digital Delay
Dynacord DRS 78 Digital Reverberation System
AMS DMX 15-80S Stereo Digital Delay
Lexicon 224 Digital Reverberator
Ursa Major Space Station SST-282
Two Tickets to Paradise
I have been a fan of Eddie Money’s music since my mid-teens when Two Tickets to Paradise was a hit here in Australia. This song has remained a favorite of mine and has made me appreciate his later albums such as Nothing to Lose and Can’t Hold Back. Although Baby Hold On was the first […]
dbx 2BX Two Band Dynamic Range Expander
Surrender
Surrender by Cheap Trick is an iconic rock song that became one of the band’s most famous tracks after its release in 1978. Featured on their album Heaven Tonight, Surrender combines a very catchy pop melody with the edgy energy of rock music, making it a staple on classic rock radio stations and in the […]
dbx 162 Compressor/Limiter
Oliver’s Army
The troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1970s inspired the song Oliver’s Army, which served as the lead single from Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces album. Despite its serious subject matter, the song’s upbeat music (with the keyboard riff inspired by ABBA’s Dancing Queen) made it a hit, spending three weeks at number two and remaining […]
Parisienne Walkways
Parisienne Walkways is a song by the Northern Irish blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, featuring vocal contributions from his Thin Lizzy bandmate Phil Lynott. Released in 1979 as part of Moore’s album “Back on the Streets,” the song remains one of his most beloved and enduring works. It showcases Moore’s expressive and emotive guitar playing, which […]
My Sharona
Get The Knack is an album that has polarized music fans, as you either love it or hate it. For me, I was a fan from the moment it was released and still hold it in high regard. It is an album filled with exceptional pop songwriting that is brought to life by a band […]
Deltalab DL-2 Acousticomputer
Video Killed The Radio Star
In September of 1979, the song Video Killed The Radio Star was released. Written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley, it was initially recorded by Woolley’s band, the Camera Club, for their album English Garden. However, it was the version recorded by Horn and Downes as The Buggles that achieved worldwide chart-topping success, […]
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures, released with no singles, initially failed to gain commercial success. However, the album’s unique sound has stood the test of time and is now widely regarded as a classic, frequently appearing on “Greatest Albums of all Time” lists. Unknown Pleasures was created under unusual circumstances, with the band and their producer […]