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Cold war music from the golden age of homeland security vol. Back when these songs came out, society was fueled by a utopian optimism that stood in stark contrast with the apocalyptic nature of worlddestroying atomic weapons. Learn more through this page most about female musicians from the 50s hot popular songs female singers uptempo. Conelrad had a simple system for alerting the public and other downstream stations, consisting of a sequence of shutting the station off for five seconds, returning to the air for five seconds, again shutting down for five seconds, and then transmitting a tone for 15 seconds. Trying to download these podcasts and having no success. Looking for online definition of conelrad or what conelrad stands for. The creation of writers who grew up in the shadow of the bomb and all its attendant pop culture fallout, conelrad is a comprehensive clearinghouse of atomic links, your personal pilot light of the apocalypse. Cold war era with intriguing text by bill geerhart of conelrad, an. Some artists were reserved and intellectual in their approach, others less so. Apr 09, 2018 conelrad has been recording and releasing online since about 2000. Conelrad has an atomic top ten list over at netflix, but were not sure how to display it for the benefit of nonmembers, so here it is with links for those who do subscribe to netflix.
Atomic platters is the result of a yearsinthemaking musical manhattan project that collects over 100 vintage cold war songs and more than two dozen frighteningly naive civil defense public service announcements many of these psas are voiced by celebrities such as groucho marx, bob hope, pat boone and johnny cash, to name just a few. Single warhead edition als musikalisches manhattan project unter sparzwang. Conelrad is pleased to announce the release of atomic platters. This is the broadcast history section of the broadcast archive maintained by. Slim gaillard quartet, floyd tillman, billy riley, carl mann, elton britt, marty robbins, tommy james, various artists atomic platters. Cold war music from the golden age 5 cd box 2005, mp3, 320 kbps. Conelrads second fulllength album was made available online on 16 august 2009, and is entitled sure is the risk made. Bear family records is a germanybased independent record label that specializes in reissues of archival material ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll to old german movie. Cold war music from the golden age of homeland security back in 2005. Conelrad proudly presents the top 100 songs from what it hopes will be an evergrowing list of atomic platters. The christian science monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, online daily edition, and email newsletters. Ive mainly been missing a lot of early blues, the dark feel really works for me ingame. The world of popular music, for one, got an especially crazy kick out. In 1963, the conelrad system was replaced by the emergency broadcast system ebs, and radios were not required to have the cd marks.
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Atomic platters the progressive torrents community. Mar 09, 2012 a civil defense television spot from the late fifties, early sixties that illustrates the use of conelrad in times of emergency. Atomic platters cold war music from the golden age. And to top things off like a mushroom cloud, this set has five bonus tracks not heard on the original atomic platters box set. Conelrad atomic platters every art form had to deal with the arrival of the atomic age in one manner or another. These are systems for alerting the public to emergency situations.
Host bill geerhart shares archival gems from the golden. Much more than a mere companion site to the bear family recordsconelrad coproduced atomic platters box set, this site is a growing database of. To ensure that this collection is definitive in every sense of the word, conelrad has worked handinhard with the prestigious bear family records of germany to produce a set that should have fans. At that time, all radio and television stations left the air for 15 minutes, and the only broadcast signals coming from the united states were those of the conelrad system on 640 and 1240 khz. It was a little westernthemed here and there, but ill throw some highlights that would work in general on here. Unfortunately, the ministers vigilence against folk music might seem a little misplaced for 1968. Conelrad is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of. Whatever one thinks of the songs quality, it is difficult to dispute that it captured the period immediately preceding the cuban missile crisis in an arresting manner.
A civil defense television spot from the late fifties, early sixties that illustrates the use of conelrad in times of emergency. Over 100 cold war tracks featuring conelrad favorites slim gaillard, janet greene, the. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Conelrads bill geerhart discusses atomic music youtube. Conelrad was officially introduced on december 10, 1951. Shooting rubber bands at the stars discography by darren l. The new home for the ongoing conelrad project to document and celebrate the cold war popular culture especially the music of the golden age of homeland security. It was a wild, wonderful collection of artifacts from the atomic age and the cold war but it was six discs, which is a bit long for anyone who isnt either a. Bear familys fivecd, onedvd atomic platters builds on that movies legacy, aided by conelrad, a cold warnuclear popular culture resource named for the governments old emergency broadcast network. Which songs would you want on the radio in fallout 4.
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Barry mishkind the eclectic engineer updated 10912. The primary objective was to shut down broadcast stations that could have been used as guidance reference by adf equipment of enemy bombers. Atomic platters cold war music from the golden age of. Cold war music from the golden age of homeland security. While most would think it damn near impossible to top the former release, in terms of sheer shock and awe, treeg salaam streets of peace, blows hot and dusty from the infernal sand swept dunes of the western sahara. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of atomic platters. Function creep, his first lp, was made available for the first time in 2007. Conelrad us, historical acronym of control of electromagnetic radiation. Jan 01, 2006 bear familys fivecd, onedvd atomic platters builds on that movies legacy, aided by conelrad, a cold warnuclear popular culture resource named for the governments old emergency broadcast network.
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