Sunshine Radio: Seventies Summer Sounds
Pexels Enjoy the seventies summer sounds on Sunshine Radio ! Spring has already arrived, so it won’t take long before summer is finally here! š Two of the songs are from the excellent new compilation album Once Again We Are The Children Of The Sun , released by BBE Records. When rock ‘n’ roll became history in the early sixties, new exciting music was breaking through on AM radio, fore fronted by The Beatles and the sound of Motown. Adventurous dj’s on offshore radio stations knew what was going on musically and so-called "pirate radio" was immensely popular. In the 1970s the musical landscape changed in many ways. Disco music that could be heard in clubs became leading, and for the first time radio was no longer dominant in discovering fresh sounds. The powerful “big bang” AM radio pop sound had died out by then and more sophisticated songs in better sound quality on the FM radio dial became the new standard. Glam rock and early disco ruled the airwaves in 1974, but harmony...