| The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack |
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At the time of posting this video up here on
YouTube, I have 238 videos already on here. I
predict that out of all of them, this is the
one that's going to get the most hits, and
I've been saving it till now. Basically, for
everyone who ever loved Motown, this one just
has it ALL. The right group, the right song,
the right dresses, and the right performance.
This song literally SCREAMS Motown, and
justifies everything I ever tried to achieve
with Motorcity Records. It all began for me
while growing up. At fourteen years old, I
discovered the joy of listening to The
Velvelettes "Needle In A Haystack", not once,
not twice, but probably twenty times a day. I
knew every word, every nuance, of Cal Gill's
amazingly plaintive vocal. The more obscure
Motown groups fascinated me far more than the
obvious ones. Which is why, when I started
Motorcity, I sought out The Velvelettes and
re-recorded my beloved favourite, this
amazing classic, "Needle In A Haystack". And
these Velvelettes were all four original
girls. Not a substitution in sight. I
continued to record them over the next few
years, releasing their first ever album,
something which, at the time, they had never
achieved at Motown. There was also another
wonderful song that I co-wrote with Ivy Jo
Hunter, the legendary Motown songwriter,
called "It Keeps Reminding Me (Of Happy
memories)", a song which summed up everything
I tried to achieve with my Motorcity Reunion
Project. When this video was filmed, on a hot
August night in 1990, all four original
members, Cal, Bertha, Norma, and Millie, were
all on top form. When I recorded them on this
classic in 1987, I tried to change it and
make it more high energy, but lost the magic
of the original groove, so I quickly remixed
it and tried to capture that magic that made
the original so special. I think this
performance is also special, and I'm proud to
be able to give Motown fans all over the
world such an exceptional video to enjoy.
Tags : Motown Motorcity Girl-Groups Detroit Northern-Soul Diva Disco Soul Female-Singers Tamla |
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Affichage : 26001
Durée : 138 s |
| Needle Telegraph |
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The growth of the railways from 1825 onwards
brought with it a need for a new form of
communications that could work over large
distances and in any weather. Charles
Wheatstone and William Cooke were two
Englishmen who on 25th July 1837 demonstrated
a system for sending messages using
electricity. A set of magnetic needles
could be deflected by an electric current
such that the needles would point to a
particular letter on a grid. This
demonstration shows how a 4 needle telegraph
- a slightly later model of the July 1837
original - operates and how letters could be
communicated. The needle telegraph started a
telecommunications revolution based on
electrical communication.
Tags : Needle Telegraph 1837 Wheatstone Cooke |
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Affichage : 591
Durée : 215 s |
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