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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Aug 2013

      In the movie 24 Hour Party People, a band tests songs on car radios before releasing them. Anyone know if a real band did this?

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 4 Aug 2013

      @paulg Ok, looks like I should rephrase this. Anyone know the first band to test their songs on car radios before releasing them?

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        2. Adrian Holovaty‏Verified account @adrianholovaty 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Motown Records deliberately did this in the '60s, mixing records such that they sounded good in car radios.

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        3. Adrian Holovaty‏Verified account @adrianholovaty 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Hope this link works: it says Motown rigged a special speaker in its studio in the '60s to test car sound. http://books.google.com/books?id=FQSdu0PJ7vkC&pg=PT363&lpg=PT363&dq=motown+%22car+radio%22+mixed&source=bl&ots=qKTOVtjeDa&sig=0JVMZ8I5Sf9ZfzaFRDabnb4COpc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3-X-Ubz2H9CuyAHAsYDQDQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBg …

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        1. Matt D Hamilton‏ @eartothenoise 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @robresnick and I used to do it. It's something many do, a good test to see if you're hitting the right freqs @ high volumes

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        1. Dan Schmidt‏ @dan_schmidt 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg "The first audio engineer" might be a more relevant question; the first band it was done for probably didn't even know about it.

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        1. JeffFrese‏ @jefffrese 5 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @BonJovi tested slippery when wet demos at a pizza parlor. http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/ultimate_albums/slippery/interview_sambora.jhtml …

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        1. JeffFrese‏ @jefffrese 5 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @BonJovi and @docmcghee played demos from Living On A Prayer album to teen girls before selecting final songs for album.

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        1. Frank O'Grady‏ @frankogrady 5 Aug 2013
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          @paulg I recall reading somewhere that The Beach Boys did this back in the 1960s.

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        1. Mehul Mandania‏ @MandaMeh 5 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Quincy Jones was known to test Michael Jackson's albums on all kinds of players in the 80s. Don't know when he started this practice.

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        1. Matt Londre‏ @MattLondre 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg the Beatles were personally involved in mixing their mono releases in the early 60s and let others mix the stereo versions

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        1. filtercurve‏ @filtercurve 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg FM and AM stations are going to run their own compression differently. So a car radio test should incorporate a simulation of that.

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        1. StreetEYE‏ @StreetEYE 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Rolling Stones, allegedly - http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=552 …

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        1. kates‏ @katesgasis 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Van Halen did this with their Balance album to sound good in car sound system.

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        1. Kevin Ennis‏ @kevincennis 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Car test and boombox test are both pretty old. A lot of famous mixers primarily monitor on consumer-grade systems.

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        1. Mike Roberto‏ @mikeroberto 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg I studied Sound Recording and that was a common technique we were taught - listen/mix for the audience's setup, not the studio's.

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        1. Edwin Watkeys‏ @edw 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg It goes back to the '60s, Berry Gordy at Motown. Music designed for crappy car speakers. Music teacher in '80s talked about this.

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        1. Sushant Misra‏ @treptalks 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg The Flaming Lips

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        1. Gutierrez‏ @gutierrezfelipe 4 Aug 2013
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          @paulg Phil Spector?

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