Art Bell Bumper Music

[The General]

Watched "Cowboys and Aliens" last night and recognized the music right away...

Cowboys And Aliens Soundtrack Nr. #1 - Jake Lonergan ( Theme )

And I thought it was from Coast to Coast... silly me, I now realize that it's a song Dennis Prager uses a lot.  Sounds like a C2C bump, tho.  Art, come back and use this song, k?

[bateman]

And I thought it was from Coast to Coast... silly me, I now realize that it's a song Dennis Prager uses a lot.  Sounds like a C2C bump, tho.  Art, come back and use this song, k?

Batchelor uses that one too.

[The General]

Batchelor uses that one too.

I need to check him out.  You like him, huh?

[bateman]

I need to check him out.  You like him, huh?

Select segments. I remember this one from last year gave me chills.

http://johnbatchelorshow.com/podcasts/2013/04/19/special-podcast

[The General]

Commodores - Nightshift

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

can anybody identify this one?

[The General]

can anybody identify this one?

Man, I didn't think I'd be stumped.  But I am.  Damn hubris.

[guildnavigator]

Jerry Goldsmith, track: Rae's Arrival

From the Medicine Man soundtrack

[guildnavigator]

Jerry Goldsmith - Medicine Man - Rae's Arrival - Intro


fast forward to about 1:08

P.S. My wife used to babysit Jerry's kids.

[The General]

Jerry Goldsmith, track: Rae's Arrival

From the Medicine Man soundtrack

Jesus, man... you're good.

[guildnavigator]

Jesus, man... you're good.

[ksm32]

I hear a ton of AB bumpers on Sirius (the bridge) Channel 32. I never get tired of Year Of The Cat although the electric guitar (solo part before the 3rd verse) is very abrasive. I just love that song.  The Way It Is happens to be another one I love.

Art overplayed Twilight Zone to death. Fuck I hate that song now.

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

Jerry Goldsmith, track: Rae's Arrival

From the Medicine Man soundtrack

thanks

[TheSheriff]

http://youtu.be/ckCwBAhz4oc

Art loved this song, good times..

[DoYouThinkItWasAngels]

Art overplayed Twilight Zone to death. Fuck I hate that song now.

Evidently you weren't watching MTV in 1983. That song got played every few hours!

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

Did anyone else find themselves getting really into certain groups or musicians listening to Coast?  Hearing "Take the Long Way Home" constantly from Art was pretty much the start of my love for Supertramp.

[wenck]

Did anyone else find themselves getting really into certain groups or musicians listening to Coast?  Hearing "Take the Long Way Home" constantly from Art was pretty much the start of my love for Supertramp.

I've noticed that too, with Cusco being the first band that comes first to mind. With songs like "Take the Long Way Home," I already liked that song before I heard it on Coast, but now it's one of my favourites because it invokes memories of listening to the show.

[henge0stone]

I bought Cusco's apurimac on a Cd a few weeks ago, man what an awesome record. I recognized 80 % of the songs from C2C. Inca Bridges was my favorite.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8r5iypw1B8

I always loved Cusco. Their flutes gave a wave of mystery that fits perfectly with his show and the nighttime. The intro song was always a good fit too. I almost can't believe he picked it out before he made the show about the paranormal since it sounds like music you'd hear on a ufo.

Can't forget this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7Ke9Org9U&list=PLR6d4wNl92S7l-QLaSytp87kYOT2AfVKi

I always thought that should have been his Dark Matter theme.

[reallysupereasy]

He made a big deal about doing it when he started.  He has some big fun with it.

Does anyone know where one can hear the Art Bell Phase-Shifted version of Moody Blues "Ride My Seesaw"?

Also, does anyone have any idea of the exact technique he used to manipulate the song?

[eddie dean]

Does anyone know where one can hear the Art Bell Phase-Shifted version of Moody Blues "Ride My Seesaw"?

Also, does anyone have any idea of the exact technique he used to manipulate the song?

I don't think Art added an extra phaser effect to that song. It's already present in the original Moody Blues mix. The reason why it sounds so different when Art played the track on his show is because AM radio is a mono signal. The station sums the left and right channels of a stereo mix into mono. Meaning equal amounts of both channels are combined  into a single mono audio feed.  The song sounds different or overly phased because of the inherent properties of what the phaser does to the audio.
In stereo, the phaser effect is spread over both channels, it modulates in depth and frequency from left to right and sounds as the original mix engineer intended. When summed to mono, certain effects, particularly a phaser, can be enhanced in certain sections, or it can be diminished, or completely canceled out, in other sections. It all depends on the properties/settings of the phaser effect that was used. Such as: frequency, modulation, speed, depth and feedback just to name a few. Strange things can happen when a stereo mix is summed to mono, especially when it has a phaser effect.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaser_(effect)

[reallysupereasy]

That's exactly why I'm interested in hearing the Art Bell AM version because when I listen to it in AM mono, it amazingly sounds rather 3D and stereo.  When I listen to the original stereo recording of Moody Blues Ride My Seesaw, I don't hear those amazing effects of the sound seeming to move around in space with reference to the listener.

It's possible it's simply the transition from stereo to mono as you say, but I seem to recall art saying on air that he had "phase shifted" the song himself in order to achieve that effect, and I also thing someone earlier in this thread recalls that as well. 

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

 Any ideas on how to reproduce this on a computer?  If i split ride my seesaw into 2 mono tracks in audacity and play them at the same time it sounds nothing like what Art used to play. I also found a mono 45rpm version that sounded nothing like it.

I think Art might have added some extra phase shifting to this and ELO's Don't bring me down

[littlechris]

http://youtu.be/VHpYcRP0C18

Goodnight my sweet fellow Bellgabbers. xoxox

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[analog kid]

Commodores - Nightshift

That song reminds me of my late father for some reason. It's a favorite, but it's a bit too sentimental to listen to very often.

[Bart Ell]

Any ideas on how to reproduce this on a computer?  If i split ride my seesaw into 2 mono tracks in audacity and play them at the same time it sounds nothing like what Art used to play. I also found a mono 45rpm version that sounded nothing like it.

I think Art might have added some extra phase shifting to this and ELO's Don't bring me down

He did. I remember it being his thing for a stretch. 180 degrees is your friend I do believe.

[ACE of CLUBS]

Was always a fan of the beautiful brown eyed Nancy Sinatra and her singing partner Lee Hazlewood ....... the haunting, wistful opening of 'Some Velvet Morning' ...... timeless and somewhat sad.  We've travelled many miles since those days with Art ....

[nextgen.fm]

Was always a fan of the beautiful brown eyed Nancy Sinatra and her singing partner Lee Hazlewood ....... the haunting, wistful opening of 'Some Velvet Morning' ...... timeless and somewhat sad.  We've travelled many miles since those days with Art ....

i love when that gets played


not often now

[nextgen.fm]

I liked Art's music selections better, and he consistently used them

[SomeVelvetMorning]

Was always a fan of the beautiful brown eyed Nancy Sinatra and her singing partner Lee Hazlewood ....... the haunting, wistful opening of 'Some Velvet Morning' ...... timeless and somewhat sad.  We've travelled many miles since those days with Art ....

I had never heard that song until Art started using it and I went wild over it as you can tell by my screen name.  It is now one of my all-time favorites.  I bought the CD and a few others of Nancy & Hazlewood.  Nancy owes Art a fee for new purchases by those like me. 

[nooryisawesome]

I hope when Art comes back in July he uses some of the stuff he didn't really use on Dark Matter. Like little ballerina blue, more Cusco, etc.