Oldies music?

Question

In oldies music of the late 50's and early 60's why did it had a distinct fuzz and echo in the background?Please also tell me what instruments and recording technology was used?

Answer 1

In the late 50s, the basic instruments played were the acoustic guitar, drums and bass fiddle.  Later, it became the electric guitar, drums and bass guitar.  That would have been around the Beatles era.  The "fuzz" in that background was because of the simplistic recording equipment that was used.  It wasn't high quality like we have today.  Stereo didn't come into households until the mid to late 50s, so everything was sent through one speaker.  If you've ever heard recordings of someone like President FDR, you will hear the same fuzzy noises in the background of his speeches.  It wasn't until stereo was perfected that the fuzziness began to be filtered out.  Stereo recording was music that comes out of more then one speaker from different instruments, or, to be more precise, different frequencies came out of  specific speakers.  Today that is all you hear and is common to someone who was born in the late 60s on, but back then it was really something to behold.  You might equate it to the IPhone of today.  It was the same kind of "remarkable" advancement.  There was no such thing as "electronically produced music" by synthesizers.  There just wasn't any such thing.  All the music was created by the performer, not a machine.  Hope this helps.