Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...
ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 30 BEST SONGS (MAY 1980)
30. THE LAMBRETTAS - D-A-A-ANCE
29. COCKNEY REJECTS - I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
28. GENESIS - DUCHESS
27. THE BROTHERS JOHNSON - LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
26. SHO-NUFF - IT'S ALRIGHT
25. THE SCRATCH - SURFACE NOISE
24. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - NOBODY'S HERO
23. ZAINE GRIFF - ASHES AND DIAMONDS
22. UK SUBS - TEENAGE
21. MASH - SUICIDE IS PAINLESS (THEME FROM MASH)
20. SALFORD JETS - WHO YOU LOOKING AT?
19. THE PHOTOS - IRENE
18. THIN LIZZY - CHINATOWN
17. ROXY MUSIC - OVER YOU
16. SQUEEZE - PULLING MUSCLES (FROM THE SHELL)
15. SCORPIONS - MAKE IT REAL
14. LAUREL AITKEN - RUDI GOT MARRIED
13. MANHATTEN TRANSFER - TWILIGHT ZONE
12. B.A. ROBERTSON - TO BE OR NOT TO BE
11. GARY NUMAN - WE ARE GLASS
10. GRACE SLICK - DREAMS
9. LIPPS INC - FUNKY TOWN
8. KAREL FIALKA - THE EYES HAVE IT
7. JONA LEWIE - YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES
6. PETER GABRIEL - NO SELF CONTROL
5. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - MESSAGES
4. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - I'M ALIVE
3. THE KORGIS - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
2. THE SPECIALS - RAT RACE
1. ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - RESCUE
Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...
ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 17 BEST SONGS (APRIL 1980)
17. MYSTIC MERLIN - JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU UP
16. BRENDA RUSSELL - SO GOOD SO RIGHT
15. CHRISTOPHER CROSS - RIDE LIKE THE WIND
14. THE CHORDS - SOMETHING'S MISSING
13. PAUL MCCARTNEY - COMING UP
12. RAMONES - DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK AND ROLL RADIO?
11. SHAM 69 - TELL THE CHILDREN
10. NEW MUZIK - THIS WORLD OF WATER
9. COCKNEY REJECTS - THE GREATEST COCKNEY RIP OFF
8. THE RUTS - STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS
7. WHITESNAKE - FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING
6. THE BEAT - MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
5. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - HIGH FIDELITY
4. BLONDIE - CALL ME
3. THE HUMAN LEAGUE - HOLIDAY '80
2. KATE BUSH - BREATHING
1. THE CURE - A FOREST
Featuring the likes of Emile Berliner, Erik Satie, Florence Nightingale, US Marine Band, plus the oldest Japanese recording that's 133 years old, and many more..
Sound is the name we give to certain frequencies of fluctuating pressure
waves which resonate the human eardrum and are able to be perceived by
the human brain. Waves fitting this description have existed since the
big bang, all of them dissipating forever into space without any
decipherable trace.
The earliest recorded sound were on paper in the year 0980, Scolica enchiriadis, was widely circulated in medieval manuscripts.
In 1650, Athanasius Kircher was showing how to play microtonal music on the organ. The Musurgia Universalis (1650) sets out Kircher's views on music: he believed that the harmony of music reflected the proportions of the universe. The book includes plans for constructing water-powered automatic organs, notations of birdsong and diagrams of musical instruments. One illustration shows the differences between the ears of humans and other animals. In Phonurgia Nova (1673) Kircher considered the possibilities of transmitting music to remote places.
Other machines designed by Kircher include an aeolian harp, automatons such as a statue which spoke and listened via a speaking tube, a perpetual motion machine, and a Katzenklavier ("cat piano"). The Katzenklavier would have driven spikes into the tails of cats, which would yowl to specified pitches, although Kircher is not known to have constructed the instrument.
In Phonurgia Nova, literally "new methods of sound
production", Kircher examined acoustic phenomena. He explored the use of
horns and cones in amplifying sound for architectural applications. He
also examined echoes in rooms using domes of different shapes, including
the muffling effect of an elliptical dome from Heidelberg. In one section he explored the therapeutic effects of music in tarantism, a theme from southern Italy.
Combinatorics
Although
Kircher's work was not mathematically based, he did develop systems for
generating and counting all combinations of a finite collection of
objects (i.e., a finite set), based on the previous work of Ramon Llull. His methods and diagrams are discussed in Ars Magna Sciendi, sive Combinatoria, 1669. They include what may be the first recorded drawings of complete bipartite graphs, extending a similar technique used by Llull to visualize complete graphs. Kircher also employed combinatorics in his Arca Musarithmica, an aleatoric music device capable of composing millions of church hymns by combining randomly selected musical phrases.
More published paper recordings from Francis North in 1677, Leonhard Euler in 1739, and Thomas Young in 1806.
The first original Telegraph Message in 1844.
Edouard Leon Scott's paper recordings from 1853 to 1860.
Alexander Graham Bell paper recording in 1875.
Thomas Edison and recordings on cylinders in 1877.
Tchaikovsky music in 1877.
Erik Satie music in 1884.
Gramaphone discs and Shellac discs (78's) created in around 1889.
Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...
ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 30 BEST SONGS (MARCH 1980)
30. ANGELIC UPSTARTS - WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
29. MADNESS - NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO
28. THE PRETENDERS - TALK OF THE TOWN
27. DR HOOK - SEXY EYES
26. BETTE BRIGHT - HELLO I AM YOUR HEART
25. BARBARA DICKSON - JANUARY, FEBRUARY
24. THE PURPLE HEARTS - JIMMY
23. TRUSSEL - LOVE INJECTION!!
22. M - THAT'S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES
21. GERRY RAFFERTY - BRING IT ALL HOME
20. GENESIS - TURN IT ON AGAIN
19. SAXON - WHEELS OF STEEL
18. RUSH - SPIRIT OF THE RADIO
17. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - GENO
16. PETE TOWNSHEND - ROUGH BOYS
15. SHEENA EASTON - MODERN GIRL
14. THE BODYSNATCHERS - LET'S DO ROCK STEADY
13. THIN LIZZY - DEAR MISS LONELY HEARTS
12. JUDAS PRIEST - LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT
11. THE BUGGLES - CLEAN CLEAN
10. THE SELECTER - MISSING WORDS
9. JOHN FOXX - NO ONE DRIVING
8. LENE LOVICH - WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT YOU
7. UK SUBS - WARHEAD
6. SKY - TOCCATA
5. UB40 - KING
4. THE STRANGLERS - BEAR CAGE
3. THE UNDERTONES - MY PERFECT COUSIN
2. SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES - HAPPY HOUSE
1. THE JAM - GOING UNDERGROUND
Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...
ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 30 BEST SONGS (FEBRUARY 1980)
30. DEF LEPPARD - HELLO AMERICA
29. THE POLICE - SO LONELY
28. JON PERTWEE - WORZEL'S SONG
27. DONNA SUMMER - ON THE RADIO
26. THE DICKIES - FAN MAIL
25. ANGELIC UPSTARTS - OUT OF CONTROL
24. COCKNEY REJECTS - BAD MAN
23. ROCKY SHARPE & THE REPLAYS - MARTIAN HOP
22. JOAN ARMATRADING - ROSIE
21. THE TOURISTS - SO GOOD TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN
20. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - AT THE EDGE
19. THE BEAT - HANDS OFF SHE'S MINE
18. LIQUID GOLD - DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY
17. THE SPINNERS - WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU
16. BAD MANNERS - NE NE NA NA NA NA NU NU
15. GODIEGO - GANDHARA
14. FERN KINNEY - TOGETHER WE ARE BEAUTIFUL
13. DAVID BOWIE - ALABAMA SONG
12. SQUEEZE - ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART
11. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - RED FRAME/WHITE LIGHT
10. MICHAEL JACKSON - ROCK WITH YOU
9. THE SKIDS - ANIMATION
8. IRON MAIDEN - RUNNING FREE
7. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN
6. B. A. ROBERTSON - KOOL IN THE KAFTAN
5. THE VAPORS - TURNING JAPANESE
4. PETER GABRIEL - GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
3. MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - ECHO BEACH
2. THE FLYING LIZARDS - TV
1. BLONDIE - ATOMIC
