The Champs - Tequila - 1958

The Champs - Tequila - 1958 - 78 RPM

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4 жыл бұрын

[1958 US issue on Challenge 1016]
The Champs were a small rock band that recorded for Gene Autry's Challenge label in the late 50's. They are best known for this song "Tequila," the B-side to "Train to Nowhere." Originally a throwaway track, "Tequila" was "discovered" by radio DJs and it rocketed to the charts. They released a few more singles, such as "Rancho Rock" and "Tequila Twist," but did not find as massive of a success as with "Tequila." The song has been covered many times by artists such as Stan Kenton, and even had an obvious influence on a track in Nickelodeon's "Spongebob Squarepants." It is also notable for being featured in the biker scene in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure."
This record is recorded straight from my AT-LP120 and its built-in preamp, into a single-channel EQ, and then into my SoundBlaster ZXR sound card. No editing, just raw audio heard as it should be. Enjoy!

Пікірлер: 65

@Gigidag77 3 жыл бұрын

the hardest song at any karaoke bar

@aidanm78rpm66 3 жыл бұрын

Makes you want to put on ridiculous shoes and dance on the bartop!

@pcallas66 3 ай бұрын

You'd be surprised. That's great though!

@pcallas66 3 жыл бұрын

I can actually hear the guitar picking very clearly on this, which I've never heard. Sounds great.

@aidanm78rpm66 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@ksteiger 3 ай бұрын

The nice thing about this era is that audio technology had gotten really good.

@pcallas66 3 ай бұрын

@ksteiger I actually like the way things sounded much better back then. You can hear everything. Now the bass is really buried in a lot of newer recordings. It's there, but notes are not always clear, which almost makes it a waste for me. The person could be playing the best bass line but if you can't make it out, what good it? Once they started using magnetic tape, it was a game changer. I almost think it's harder if you start with digital in the recording process.

@songsmith31a 4 ай бұрын

Love the sight of the "Dust Bug" item in action cleaning the disc. Brings back the Hi-Fi memories!!

@GeneSavage 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe they were getting this kind of fidelity from a 78 RPM record... wow! So little hiss, and great high frequency response.

@robertlancaster8190 5 ай бұрын

Considering the rotation speed, having good high frequency response is no surprise at all…

@GeneSavage 5 ай бұрын

@@robertlancaster8190 ...have you HEARD most 78s? It's not the rotation that was the problem; it was the microphones and amps.

@Zawmbbeh 5 ай бұрын

@@GeneSavage if anything, even those would've been fine were it not for the red hot mixing and mastering of the time. these records, compared to older 78 rpm, are twice as loud, and half of their frequency response is made of biting distortion from how massive the sound is.

@davesoucy1086 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow! I've never seen this on 78.

@aidanm78rpm66 3 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of music you'd never believe would be on a 78 ;)

@petelutz2967 Ай бұрын

Great sound for a great song!

@frankthewriter5937 2 ай бұрын

Wow, I wasn’t expecting such high sound quality from a 78… It made my boombox sounds like a million bucks… That must be a top-notch turntable🎸👍

@gregoryirwin263 Жыл бұрын

Incredible dynamics

@ryanbruhson6641 Жыл бұрын

Always love to see a label you’ve never seen on 78

@musicchartsplay3461 Жыл бұрын

February 24, 1958 - 65 Years Ago Today: The Champs debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard Best Sellers Chart with their single, "Tequila." it earned the Triple Crown Award when it topped all three Billboard Pop Charts in existence at the time. It began a 5-week run at No. 1 on the Best Sellers Chart on March 17, 1958. The million-seller also topped the Billboard Top 100 Chart for 5 weeks and the Jockeys Chart for 2 weeks.

@grahamtaylor3480 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds so good and clear on 78 rpm , never tire of 50 & 60's rock n roll

@robfriedrich2822 6 ай бұрын

On some CDs does it sound like AM broadcasting in Europe.

@LarryRobinsonintothefog 6 ай бұрын

All this time I thought it was a 60's song, but still good.

@Trance88 6 ай бұрын

This is such an early rock JAM! I love this song. It's also the only song I can do Karaoke to. LOL.

@christopherrippel2463 Ай бұрын

Great!

@curtchase3730 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! As a child in the 1960's, I played lots of "old scratchy" vintage 78's. To hear this rendition here is surreal! Nice

@calypso22 3 ай бұрын

Love that bass line.

@d.a.elliottjr.367 3 жыл бұрын

I think I first heard this song in the mid 70s in the background of early Happy Days episodes but these days when I watch the reruns I never seem to hear it anymore. They must have had copyright problems & forced to remove it.

@ronalddegoeij8046 8 ай бұрын

Such a great jiver

@TuneStunnaMusic 6 ай бұрын

Completely forgot I first heard of this song in the Pee Wee movie. Ive been playing a original 45 pressing for years, love this jam

@PassCookie Жыл бұрын

I have this as an indian pressing.

@CPorter 4 жыл бұрын

Tequila. AKA that one instrumental that everyone knows. One of those songs in the Ozone

@aidanm78rpm66 4 жыл бұрын

It seems to be everywhere!

@tylerbaldwin9513 4 жыл бұрын

For good reason, it's a great (mostly) instrumental track.

@Tadfafty 2 жыл бұрын

The only song I'll karaoke to.

@thegreatgramophonersebasti6121 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!!!!!!!! The quality is perfect!!!! Thanks 🙏

@tedlawrence4189 Жыл бұрын

The fidelity of 50's 78's was superior to 45's. The problem was that most 78's were pressed in shellac and 45's in vinyl. I have several songs on both 78 and 45 vinyl. The 78's are superior in fidelity especially bass wise.

@RyanSchweitzer77 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. Having a few in my record collection, 1950s-era 78s pressed using vinyl (usually stating "nonbreakable" on the label) seem to have really good audio quality, much better than 45 or even a 33 rpm vinyl LP. Alongside these 78s, there were also the white-labeled promo versions of 78s from the major labels from the late 40s and onward mailed to radio stations that were also vinyl (so they could hold up to the rigors of being banged around in the mail without arriving in pieces, usually the retail versions of those records were pressed in shellac instead). Not to forget the "V-Discs" sent to soldiers in WWII, probably some of the first 78s ever to be pressed in vinyl for the same reasons of durability as the promo 78s were.

@ajg2558 Жыл бұрын

Sounds great

@jhonwask 3 ай бұрын

They also had a song which is pretty cool called "Too Much Tequila." I have the 45.

@ronalddegoeij8046 9 ай бұрын

A great jiver

@vitoscaletta3886 7 ай бұрын

one of ma favourite songs!

@prashantnemani 6 ай бұрын

Excellent Clarity. ❤

@danielmkubacki 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love this song!

@TuneStunnaMusic 5 ай бұрын

Ok now Im confused. The pitch at the beginning of the song is higher than at the very end. Now I have to find out how this could have happened in the cutting process.

@charlottewhyte9804 5 ай бұрын

some 78 recs sound better than the 45,s and cd,s yeah it,s a fact.

@Kipelov175 6 ай бұрын

Здорово звучит!

@DougMcDave 5 ай бұрын

I thought everyone was playing 45s by then.

@WedgePee 2 ай бұрын

Nope. Not everyone could afford to change their equipment, especially in the UK. And, believe it or not, 78s sound BETTER than 45s!

@SO_DIGITAL 6 ай бұрын

How does this sound so good? Is this pressed in vinyl?

@davephillips6456 Жыл бұрын

Just wondered what stylus do you use on that deck for 78s? As I've got the same deck but can't play mine with the stylus that came with it. Thanks.

@vinyl_guy.. 2 жыл бұрын

Instruments TEqUiLa Instruments TeQuiLa

@user-hq7ke9oc5h 7 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@robfriedrich2822 6 ай бұрын

What, if the karaoke music has no melody line?

@fanchette122 5 ай бұрын

Comment un 78 tours peut-il être lu sur une platine de chaine hi fi

@markschildberg1667 6 ай бұрын

Is this 78 pressed on vinyl?

@robetclo2516 5 ай бұрын

I hope that you used the proper stylus to play this record because a LP stylus will be destroyed by the shallac surface wich is very abrasive.

@aidanm78rpm66 5 ай бұрын

Always!

@jeffreysantner3717 2 ай бұрын

What 78 cartridge is that?

@peterkendell5214 3 ай бұрын

This is a vinyl 78, right?

@aidanm78rpm66 3 ай бұрын

Shellac!

@thomaswalters4927 5 ай бұрын

Two Needles?

@sha1om 4 ай бұрын

The one on the left is probably an anti static brush; it’s the one on the right that’s actually picking up the sound.

@fanchette122 5 ай бұрын

faut-il une aiguille spéciale et existe-t-il des microsillons en 78 tours

@scrunts666 Ай бұрын

Your cartridge looks wonky.