Brierly Hill 90210 Presents... 1974 v2

Brierly Hill 90210

I was 7 as 1974 began and, while my musical memories are becoming more well formed, they are still a little fuzzy. Most of them from this episode seem to be around October and I suspect this is from a Sunday night chart rundown that my dad taped for me off Radio 1 and that was played over and over until the tape broke. Memories of 1974's music are further enhanced in this episode with genuine hiss and crackle from vinyl recordings. It's weird that as I record this some 50 years later, there is a recently added vinyl section in my local Walmart. In an earlier episode, I mentioned that the word “disco” was applied to a style of music in 1973 and 1974 was when it started gaining mainstream attention. I was expecting to hear more in this episode but, as I'm sure some of you are glad to hear, there are only a few hints of it. That's likely because it's popularity was growing in cities like Philadelphia and New York and the 7-year-old Miller was very mainstream and into whatever was in the British charts. I'm surprised it's as late as this but disco doesn't peak until 1977 or 1978. So while you have that to look forward to, get the funk out of your face and shake your pants down to the floor. It's 1974.