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How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

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How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by CK-722 » Fri Nov 27, 2020 4:42 am

How many of you who are old enough ever tried playing "The Chipmunk Song" 45 at 33 RPM to see how Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. produced the chipmunk sounds?


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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by moldyoldie » Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:44 am

Hmm, never tried it. What did it sound like, a normal voice?

Interesting tidbit: Ross Bagdasarian played the piano player across the courtyard in the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window.


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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by CK-722 » Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:10 pm

moldyoldie wrote:
Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:44 am
Hmm, never tried it. What did it sound like, a normal voice?

Interesting tidbit: Ross Bagdasarian played the piano player across the courtyard in the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window.
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Ross Bagdasarian also wrote "Come On A My House" with his cousin, author William Saroyan. It was a #1 Hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1951, three years before he reprised that role in "Rear Window".

It sounded like someone talking very slowly in a more normal tone of voice.


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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by Turkeytop » Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:38 pm

CK-722 wrote:
Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:10 pm
moldyoldie wrote:
Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:44 am
Hmm, never tried it. What did it sound like, a normal voice?

Interesting tidbit: Ross Bagdasarian played the piano player across the courtyard in the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window.
,

Ross Bagdasarian also wrote "Come On A My House" with his cousin, author William Saroyan. It was a #1 Hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1951, three years before he reprised that role in "Rear Window".

It sounded like someone talking very slowly in a more normal tone of voice.
"Come On A My House" Haven't heard that song for years. But, oddly, the song was running through my mind just yesterday,


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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by matt1 » Fri Nov 27, 2020 11:29 pm

10 years later in 1968, Canned Heat covered "The Chipmunk Song" BUT they did it with a boogie!!!




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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by kc8yqq » Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:21 am

I never had the 45 rpm version, but did have the album it was on. I listened to the album a few times at 16 rpm.

I wonder if there are any hidden messages when playing it backwards. :rollin



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Post by sfpcc » Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:43 pm

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I wonder if there are any hidden messages when play]ng it backwards. :rollin

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Post by CK-722 » Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:39 pm

Seems like I did play the 45 at the lugubrious 16 2/3 RPM. AllI had was the Liberty 45 with the Aqua label.

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Post by matt1 » Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:07 pm

The flip 45 side "Almost Good" (without the Chipmunks) is a great song!!!!



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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by paul8539 » Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:43 pm

I did it, and it sounded mostly normal. About an octave or so lower and much slower than at 45. Record it at 33, play it at 45.



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Re: How Many Of You Played "The Chipmunk Song" 45 At 33 RPM?

Post by CK-722 » Thu Dec 17, 2020 11:56 pm

45/33 1/3 is approximately 5 half steps. or a musical fourth interval. If 33 1/3 was played at 16 2/3, it would be an octave lower.


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