Today, we’re focused on the last year of the seventies – 1979. Our quartet of spots features Bell System Telephone, the new Ford Mustangs, a childhood favorite film of mine, Time After Time, and presumably delicious Idaho Potatoes. Dig in. … Continue reading
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Here’s a batch of seventies commercials that appeared on the ol’ YouTube channel when the website was on hiatus. From 1974, we have Janitor in a Drum (how do they fit them in there?), United Airlines, and Ford’s 1975 line-up. … Continue reading
George Harrison, ‘Living In The Material World’ ad via Cash Box June 02, 1973 George Harrison’s Living In The Material World LP released on May 30, 1973 and climbed all the way to #1 on the US charts. The highly-anticipated … Continue reading
Welcome to a new month and a fresh batch of seventies commercials. Most of today’s spots are from 1970 and you can dive into Hunt’s Manwich, Tang, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (a favorite of very young me), and Yardley’s … Continue reading
Bionic Disco is celebrating 10 years online this weekend! On May 30, 2011 the first public post went live. It was a “Soft Launch” kind of thing as I’d been writing and putting up a few articles behind-the-scenes for some … Continue reading
New York Dolls’ cover of Archie Bell’s “(There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown” was released as a B-side to “Puss ‘N’ Boots” in 1974 and appeared on the band’s second LP Too Much Too Soon. Here’s the famed, thrashy rebels performing … Continue reading