Muzak Tape 2 Southern Airlines 

This is awesome! I play this thru my central speaker system throughout my house and backyard. My neighbors think I'm crazy LOL.

Crazy to think all this music exists and the only way to listen is unofficial via an upload on RU-vid.

this music is a soul........ the music of today cannot compete this masterpiece

The '60's were a great time to grow up in. Thank you

The hotel I worked at got it off the phone line, the fidelity wasn't so great, almost NO hi end. But at places downtown, within the same exchange, you could hear cymbals. I got it for years off an SCA receiver. The host station overmodulated the main carrier, and it was full of crosstalk, but I had MUZAK at home. My Mom often would sing to the old songs. Thanks again for posting this gem!!

used to work for carl's jr restaurant in the 80s and we played this wonderful music all day off a very huge reel .never seen one reel that large played one side then played the other side of the tape it played for a month .they need to bring this music back for stores and restaurants it was so enjoyable not like the garbage they play nowadays can't go shopping or go out to eat with out putting my finger's in my ears

I redid timestamps, hopefully they don’t get deleted again [01] 0:00:00 - 0:01:10 Playboy - Earl Sheldon [02] 0:01:11 - 0:03:32 Dreams of the Everyday Housewife [03] 0:03:35 - 0:06:28 I Started a Joke [04] 0:06:29 - 0:09:09 If I Only Had Time [05] 0:09:10 - 0:11:39 Lady Willpower [06] 0:11:40 - 0:13:53 Cab Driver [07] 0:13:56 - 0:15:56 ~Unknown~ [08] 0:16:00 - 0:18:40 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye [09] 0:18:42 - 0:21:09 Life Is [10] 0:21:10 - 0:24:14 Traces (Of Love) - Phil Bodner [11] 0:24:16 - 0:26:29 Happy Together [12] 0:26:31 - 0:29:07 You Make Me So Very Happy [13] 0:29:09 - 0:30:58 Green Tambourine - Charles Grean [14] 0:31:01 - 0:33:38 April Again - Nick Perito [15] 0:33:40 - 0:36:10 Call Me [16] 0:36:12 - 0:38:09 Son of a Preacher Man - Sid Bass [17] 0:38:13 - 0:40:43 Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde vi Llover) [18] 0:40:45 - 0:43:15 Les Bicyclettes De Belsize [19] 0:43:19 - 0:46:05 Sweet Cherry Wine - Phil Bodner [20] 0:46:07 - 0:48:01 25 Miles [21] 0:48:02 - 0:50:03 You Showed Me [22] 0:50:06 - 0:52:37 Jennifer Juniper [23] 0:52:39 - 0:54:48 Both Sides Now [24] 0:54:50 - 0:57:09 Paper Cup *Side B* [01] 0:57:13 - 0:58:57 California Soul [02] 0:59:00 - 1:01:12 If I Were A Carpenter [03] 1:01:15 - 1:03:55 Abraham, Martin, and John [04] 1:03:56 - 1:06:49 The Courtyard (From Zorba, the Greek) ~Greek Tune~ [05] 1:06:51 - 1:09:29 ~Unknown~ [06] 1:09:21 - 1:11:50 But You Know That I Love You [07] 1:11:53 - 1:14:40 Yes, My Darling Daughter [08] 1:14:42 - 1:17:03 ~Tango~ [09] 1:17:08 - 1:19:36 Hooked On A Feeling - Sid Bass [10] 1:19:42 - 1:22:34 Master Jack - Denny Vaughan [11] 1:22:35 - 1:25:29 My Way - Mel Davis [12] 1:25:33 - 1:27:22 Mendocino [13] 1:27:25 - 1:19:53 Turn Around, Look at Me [14] 1:29:55 - 1:32:22 Detroit City / I Wanna Go Home [15] 1:32:24 - 1:35:15 If I Were A Rich Man [16] 1:35:18 - 1:37:42 A Day in the Life of A Fool [17] 1:37:44 - 1:40:05 Build Me Up, Buttercup [18] 1:40:09 - 1:42:57 The Green, Green Grass of Home [19] 1:43:00 - 1:45:30 I’m A Believer [20] 1:45:33 - 1:47:41 Autumn of my Life - Tommy Goodman [21] 1:47:44 - 1:50:05 Mas Que Nada [22] 1:50:09 - 1:52:22 Sunday Mornin’ [23] 1:52:28 - 1:54:54 Irresistiblement/Uno Tranquillo End

This specific music is the soundtrack of a glorious time in America. Gas was low, groceries were low, and life was good.

Ahhh... Mom's checking us all in at the airport for our summer vacation to Florida. This plays in the background as Mom lights up a Now Menthol 100 in the smokers section in the plane...I fiddled with the other arm-rest/ashtray waiting for the pretty lady with the carts to bring us Pepsi and airplane peanuts....1977'd

I absolutely love this. Listen all the time. Unique and interesting arrangements. Such talented musicians. Thank you so much for uploading this❤

I was a sysop for a company that had Muzak in their offices and I knew where the volume control was, so I was actually able to CRANK the Muzak throughout the office after 7 PM or so daily; it was WONDERFUL.

I love this music I play at night at a decent volume when I go to sleep it's relaxing

Long live Muzak ! I hope someday a major music label (Sony, Universal, EMI) will get a hold of all these gems (original studio master tapes) and release them on CD's & digital stream !

After seeing so many Muzak tapes uploaded to YT and all the positive comments accompanying those posts, I have just one thing to say... Why are there no more "Easy Listening" stations around anymore?...NOW, before you answer that, know this: I've checked ALL the subcarrier feeds on every FM station in the Tampa Bay area and there are no EL streams, not one. I can, on occasion, pickup WAVV-FM out of Naples, FL, about 120 miles away, which happens to be one of the few EL stations left in the country. But then some crummy low power FM in Tampa was authorized to use the same freq as WAVV, stupid FCC!

Super cool

Not only historically interesting but a great collection of instrumentals. Thank you.

When they played tapes locally, in the 70s, you could call the office and they'd ID the song for ya! There was a snappy one called "Howdy Pardner", which I'd kill to hear again....Another played late one nite, called "Team From The Sky" had a Pink Floyd kinda sound.

i wish someone would post the music played in toys r'us stores. i worked there for a bit and it was this music punctuated by frequent versions of the toys r'us theme song. now that i think about it, my first job was at a farrell's in the 70s, and they played olde-tyme rinty tinky music which would be awesome to hear again.

Listening to this while studying makes the session feel more like reading a newspaper than studying

LOVE THIS! Thanks so very much! Wonderful music!

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL I sorely miss this Era. Life was truly Good back then. Would love a One-Way-Trip Time Machine! THANK YOU❤

Beautiful/EZ Listening Music aired on radio stations such as KABL 960 AM and 98.1 FM in San Francisco just to name one out of other radio stations alike across the country . This music was also heard in stores, elevators, offices, restaurants, shopping malls etc.

2A17 Esta Tardi Vi Llover by Armando Manzanero

1:37:44 Build Me Up Buttercup

Pump it into shopping malls and watch the savages leave.

Super mix! J'aime!!!

This reminds me of a time when things just didn't suck in general and people were nicer to each other. When people actually wore decent clothes to the grocery store and shopping and eating out was an event. I thought listening to a "muzak" video would be a laugh but did not expect how emotional it would make me..

High art. Unparalleled.

I'm guessing this music ran on endless loop for Southern Airlines Flights during a particular month / year? In this case, if your flight was more than 2 hrs, you'd hear it loop back to the same music if you had your headphones on the whole time.

Dreams of the everyday housewife by Glen Campbell is from the late 1960s

The first song is "Playboy", a Top 20 hit for Gene & Debbe in the Spring of 1968. Thanks for uploading these!

Several of the songs reminds me of the Partridge Family.

I have identified 2B07 as "Yes, My Darling Daughter".

It's all great, but that version of Son of a Preacher Man at 36:11 is outrageous!

Im like 98% sure My Way was arranged by Mel Davis

Cab Driver, oNCE MORE 'ROUND THE BLOCK!

there’s only 5 tunes left to identify on this tape. i think we very well may get all of them some time in the near future :)

Wow, this takes me back to the dentist's office! Awesome times

1:43:00 is im a believer by the monkees. smash mouth made a cover in ‘01 that was used in shrek

2B01 (at 57:13) is California Soul. Thanks for posting this!

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i noticed the description said 1960s, but i think all 4 of these were actually from 1970. this one actually says 1/28/70, but the other three aren’t marked. they all have repeats from demo albums, and the same few at that, and they all come from 69/70.

bro heck yes

where did 2B22 Monday Morning come from. i thought it was by the mamas and the papas but they don’t sound the same

Keep thinking I have heard this recently while I was on hold . Pretty certain of it 🙂

[2A17] (0:38:13) is Tony Benett’s “Yesterday I Heard the Rain (Esta Tarde vi Llover)” in which “Whispering your name…” is one of the opening lines

2B16 almost sounds like A Day In The Life of a Fool

[24A] 54:50 is a cover of Paper Cup by the fifth Dimension. i misnamed it as the theme from the partridge family

Awesome version of Happy Together!!

1:45:31 is autumn of my life from new dimensions 2

Wish there was not an ad every other song 😢

[19] 0:43:19 - 0:46:05 Tommy James and the Shondells - Sweet Cherry Wine

24:16 is happy together, an old school favorite of mine

2A09 (0:18:42) is Zorba Theme (Life Is…)

Ads??? Sorry that defeats the purpose of a relaxing muzak upload

21 A (48:02) Is “You Showed Me” by the turtles

Fantastic is there a way to obtain these online

groovy!

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here before 1k?

So was this played on the plane, or when you were on hold?

I didn't know that Muzak was a brand, I thought it was just a generic term.

Not only do I love hearing this music (fwiw, I am a 72yo male in the northwestern USA, where Muzak was born), I appreciate the background details about how these tapes worked on actual planes in the various airlines. Cheers!

Does anyone know what the name of the song is at 13:56? This whole recording is Great!

1:37:44 build me up buttercup

why is the audio glitching out? 35:41

1:17:07 is hooked on a feeling from reveille

20 A 46:07 is “25 Miles” by Edwin Starr

1:32:24

2B14 1:29:55 is Detroit City by Jerry Lee Lewis

2B23 1:52:28 is "Uno Tranquillo" by Riccardo Del Turco

1:11:52 - 2B07 - The tune is the Ukranian song, "Minka". Spike Jones & His City Slickers did a great cover of it.

just wondering, is it possible for you to do timestamps in the description so this video has chapters. you can copy and paste the ones from my comment if you want to.

Similar selections like the ones that I have on the 14 inch Muzak tape reels I own.

If this music wasn't weaponized against employees, it's actually pretty damn good. Its purpose may have been sinister, but hey, it works. I listen to it when I work from home and work better.

Thanks for the uplaod....awesome!!

3:35 - What a lousy arrangement of an otherwise beautiful, melancholy song, "I Started a Joke." I guess these versions can't all be gems.

Just wondering what tape speed these reels were set at. Is the reel 4 track/double sided. Suprised at how good of a selection there is. Some of the Muzak selections are so sachrine laced. Unlike Seeburg, which remained constinent and up to date with the decades.

I prefer the muzak without eclectic guitars! This sounds awful.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand for the Greek National Anthem.

It is so God awful I like it.

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