The Vinyl Experience - 07.28.17

VE 133

 

A salute to the telegraph and telegrams...

 

Dire Straits: Telegraph Road

Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman

Peter Gabriel: And Through The Wire

Eels: Jungle Telegraph

Orchestral Manouvers In the Dark: Telegraph

Jimmy Buffett: Coconut Telegraph

Brook Benton: Moonlight In Vermont

Five Americans: Western Union

T Rex; Telegram Sam

Rush: Yyz

B52's: Planet Claire

Clash: London Calling

 

Today on the VE:

 

"What Hath God Wrought?"  Those were the first words transmitted by telegraph in Morse code by Samuel Morse in 1844.  And so electronic communication was born.  We've come a long way baby!  And the wires are humming with songs that honor the first ancient technology of telecommmunication