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Jolene (33 R.P.M) - click for .mp3

Unsure where this came from, if not the palsied hands of the good Lord himself.

Simple premise: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” slipped from 45 to 33 rpm. Nothing more; no studio trickery, no trip hop drum breaks. The guitar lopes back in and around itself. The bass becomes elastic, hot rubber. The violin stabs become sustained cello lines. The backing choir’s split harmony rattles around, slinking ghostly into the corner.  And most importantly, Parton’s once-frantic vocal is transformed from bubblegum country scrawl into something approximating field holler reverence. 

The Less You Know The Better

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Left: Japanese Audio

Right: English Audio (full track source)

so far the following is good

50s/60s/70s/80s russia

70s cambodia

20s japan

80s ethiopia

actually im willing to bet 70s *any country will be amazing, it’s all been really good so far