Check out Vic Tyler's new recordings on Bandcamp at victyler.bandcamp.com/

@Marzlpan

Жыл бұрын

holy hell! that's one way to make a remaster!

@Nemo2342

Жыл бұрын

Oh that's awesome!

@yberg4731

9 ай бұрын

​@@Marzlpan😊

At least he's closer to the stars, now. Rest well, Vic.

Rest well Vic, may your voice remain ever immortal among the stars.

@CasperTheRamKnight

6 ай бұрын

F

@perryplayzzz

6 ай бұрын

I don’t think he’s dead, he made a new version of some of the songs on this album a couple months back. It’s possible you know something I don’t though

@Hypergen-

6 ай бұрын

@@perryplayzzz The news came from his family and Prometheus Music, and was posted on this channel. He has been battling health complications for a long time

@perryplayzzz

6 ай бұрын

@@Hypergen- Oh, that’s unfortunate

@CasperTheRamKnight

6 ай бұрын

its almost a year old his songs i think@@perryplayzzz well sad none the less

not the news i expected to wake up to. 59 is too young. rip vic

Vixy and Tony did a cover of this song that isn't bad, but they add a few more lyrics to try and fill out the story some more and I'm not sure I like it that way. Hearing the original at higher quality is like audio bliss!

@lemonhoarder3054

2 жыл бұрын

This is also a cover, actually; the original is the version from St. Elmo's Fire.

@patginty

2 жыл бұрын

That's the thing about folk songs, not two versions are the same. I like that it is happening to this song

@cyqry

2 жыл бұрын

@@patginty This is the key here. Its not that they "did a cover" but that they made their own version. Another good example of a folk song doing this is Threes, there's quite a few different versions. Or sea shanties, sometimes they're well documented but they formed from sailors making up lines more or less as they go, forgetting certain verses or making new ones when they worked aboard other ships... the songs naturally formed many many versions with no single being "official". There are no "covers" in folk music, only versions.

@sarahpotter1674

Жыл бұрын

@@cyqry 100% folk music only have versions, but this one is my favorite of all time

@TrainHunter94YT

Жыл бұрын

You just have to change one line of a song to avoid copyright lawsuits.

I can't decide if I like the radio quality version, or this high quality version more. Both are good, but the radio quality had a sort of 'lost tape' vibe.

@tumbleweed1552

2 жыл бұрын

I like the best preserved versions. But i can see why some would like it aged a bit. This was one of the songs I actually double checked and I'm split.

@buttlord2223

Жыл бұрын

the scratchy audio quality definitely adds a sense of whimsy to the album

@rogue3095

Жыл бұрын

@@buttlord2223 Coming across the vastness of space, being played on a radio long past its prime.

@bobdole96

Жыл бұрын

​@@buttlord2223That's exactly it! Whimsy. I loved the pops and crackle in the radio quality version.

@EchoByrnes

10 ай бұрын

NGL I agree for this song and Bomber, but Leslie's voice comes across so much better in the higher quality versions

It's incredible that you were able to find high quality recordings of so many albums. Thank you for your hard work, it is highly appreciated.

@SongsfromtheStars

3 жыл бұрын

it's rocketman0739 who deserves the credit for finding and digitalizing the albums.

@loadeddice4696

3 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars Giving credit where credit is due is real punk rock

@deonnawatson6923

2 жыл бұрын

This whole reply thread is so wholesome and I love it

@wanderdragon1075

Жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars then thanks to him tor getting them together and to you for helping share it! I’m way too young have to have been around for these and it’s thanks to people like you guys that I get to hear this great music

haven't made a youtube comment in fuckin years and dude, you're honestly a legend. i never thought i'd hear this without the distortion from the tape. thank you so much for your work.

@TheRealQuestionIs11

2 жыл бұрын

It’s truly miraculous, like seeing The Christian ourselves, not much can make you feel things the same way as powerful music

@schrodingersgat4344

10 ай бұрын

I have nothing to add. This music is entirely new to me, and I LOVE IT. I just wanted to compliment your names. Both are great, [Chef's Kiss.]

Rest in peace Vic. You've been an inspiration for many.

@valeriandamoclesmarcellus8756

6 ай бұрын

What the hell?!?!?

@valeriandamoclesmarcellus8756

6 ай бұрын

Oh my god i just found out 😭

Jayme Dawson was the Captain of the Christian and her crew And he flew and fought the Christian in the War of '82 Now the Christian was the tightest ship 'tween here and Charlemagne And the crew of Jayme Dawson was the same On patrol in sector seven, keeping watch on Barber's sun They were jumped by three light cruisers though they wern't a match for one As they came to general quarters and they sent out the alarm Dawson's crew was sure they'd finally bought the farm No one living saw that battle though the fleet was quick to leave When they reached the site they found a scene no sane man could believe Dead in space lay three light cruisers, cut to ribbons all around But no sign of Dawson's Christian could be found There are stories of the Dutchman, the Celeste and Barnham's Pride There are stories of the Horseman and the Lady at his side But the tale that chills my spirit, more because I know it's true Is the tale of Jayme Dawson and his crew Yes, the tale of Dawson's Christian and her crew (instrumental interlude) I was second mate on Hera's Dream, a freighter of the line We were shipping precious metals to the colony on Nine It was on the second watch of that most uneventful flight When the pirate ships appeared out of the night Now to me there was no question, for they had us four to one And you can't fight dirty pirates when your freighter has no gun So we stood by to be boarded by a party yet unseen When another ship appeared upon our screen First we thought it just a pirate, but the vector was all wrong Then we thought it might be rescue, but the signal wasn't strong When she didn't answer hailing, we all felt an unknown dread For we saw her shields were up and glowing red Now the courage of that single ship is shown by very few But we never knew a ship could fly the way the stranger flew Never fearing guns or numbers, like a tiger to its meat The stranger then attacked the pirate fleet And the strangers beams burned brighter than all beams I'd seen before And the strangers shields were harder than the heart of any whore As the battle rent the eather, while we watched and shook our heads The pirate ships were cut to bloody shreds The pirate ships were cut to bloody shreds Just as quickly as it started then the fighting was all done For the pirate fleet was shattered and the stranger's ship had won Though we tried to call and thank her, not an answer could we draw Then she dropped her shields and this is what we saw There were thirty holes clear through her and a gash along one side And we knew that when it happened, that no crew were left alive For the markings all said Christian, deep inside us each one knew 'Twas the tomb of Jayme Dawson and his crew Now instead of flying off, the stranger then began to fade First the hull, and then the bulkheads as we cowered there afraid For as the Christian disappeared, the last to slip from view Were the bones of Jayme Dawson and his crew Yes, the bones of Jayme Dawson and his crew There are stories of the Dutchman, the Celeste and Barnham's Pride There are stories of the Horseman and the Lady at his side But the tale that chills my spirit, and I swear to God it's true Is the tale of Jayme Dawson and his crew Yes, the tale of Dawson's Christian and her crew

@polance4705

3 жыл бұрын

Is it really Barber's sun, I've always thought it was Berber's sun.

@dist0rted320

3 жыл бұрын

@@polance4705 I always thought it was Barbra's Sun.

@albertnewton8296

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's "finest ship" not "tightest ship"

@colinmerritt7645

Жыл бұрын

Dur! All I can comment is lyrics. Dur dur!

@gabrielstrong2186

Жыл бұрын

@@albertnewton8296 a tight ship is the mark of a good ship and crew from the days of sail. I refers to the pitch sealed seams that leaked if the crew were not doing their jobs wel and quickly

Filk music is just the best genre ever.

Any time I think "Star Shanty" I think this.

@justingick4218

Жыл бұрын

I like space pirate shanty

Here to pay respects. Rest in peace.

God i love this song GODDAMN, this sounds amazing in HD, but the sound texture of the non-hd gives it such character

@rogue3095

3 жыл бұрын

Your not even wrong. The other version feels like a relic. I feels like its part of the songs

@js10credible

19 күн бұрын

It sounds like someone recording on on some old tech in a small shanty bar on a colony, this is nice but doesn't grab me emotionally like the rawness of the OG recording. His voice almost seems like it cracks when he hits certain high notes/tones because it blows out the recording some, which gives it a level like the singer is barely able to keep it together relaying this tale

I figured out the difference between the worn version and this HQ version; with this one, it sounds like you could be listening to it being played right in front of you. It feels like hearing a performance. It’s a story someone is telling you. The lower quality version makes it sound like a transmission from a very distant place, far in the future. It feels more authentic.

@annawing770

Жыл бұрын

I've been trying to figure it out for months and you finally figured out what it is! Thank you dearly, friend and stranger!

@ajtstvandmusicarchivechann1585

Жыл бұрын

To me, the more worn version feels almost like a final broadcast from a beaten and battered spaceship long gone. In one final gesture, instead of sending a S.O.S. the captain went out telling a story for space traveller's to hear for countless light-years. Just the story of the Dawson's Christian traveling via radio waves throughout space forever.

I first found this album years ago looking for background music when I played Elite:Dangerous, and now, I've got a fleet of ships named after the ships in the songs. My cargo ship is called the Antelope, from some kind of hero, my fighter is called the Christian, and my passenger ship is called the Good Ship Manatee.

@aronmarkovits5396

5 ай бұрын

Good to know I'm not the only one like this

Ok this sounds better

Its so weird hearing these as originally intended. The other version thats stretched is so different at this point! ist gained 15 seconds of play time and totally lost the flute!

@talkingintothevoid9074

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean clarinet, not flute. Sorry to be a know it all but my father is a clarinet player so I have an ear for what they sound like.

@rogue3095

2 жыл бұрын

@@talkingintothevoid9074 No worries! All i know is there is an element that was originally lost that is now clearly there

@MrToradragon

Жыл бұрын

That could have happen, given age of the tape and fact that it was possibly played countless times. Tape got worn and possibly stretched (or the other machine had worn out parts like rubber belts) by some 5 % and repeated replays had caused partial destruction of magnetism that led to loss of treble.

@rogue3095

Жыл бұрын

@@MrToradragon That is pretty much exactly what happened. The older transfers on youtube really are longer that they were originally intended and they have lost many of the musical elements originally present. this song has 15 seconds gained due to stretch but others have more, some less. The distortion has completely changed the songs

Rest well.

I myself like the non-HQ version but this is still good

@DonaldWWitt

3 жыл бұрын

The tininess of the tape rip does help it's spooky nature.

@nymphoflove

3 жыл бұрын

Furry shhhh

Rest in Peace Vic 😢

Just couple minutes and a whole story is told. I just hope that somebody would do animations out of these

@funnyperson7656

2 жыл бұрын

For real!

@rogue3095

Жыл бұрын

Closest your gonna get is Harlock

@hunnybee971

Жыл бұрын

Not a fan of anime. But I'd love a movie. Not one from hollywood. I'm liking some of the sci-fi from S. Korea. LOL

who the hell sends an unarmed freighter loaded with gold to pluto

@somefuckinchump

8 ай бұрын

you have no idea how much cheaper it is.

If there was something like Cowboy Bebop western version, this would be it's soundtrack. Damn this is good. I was today years old when I was told of Space Shanty/ballads but I'm fully addicted.

Things like this make me happy there's an internet.

Expect an uptick in views, Stellaris just released a aquatic alien DLC for the game. The comments on the trailer sent me here.

Once in a while i return here to listen to this masterpiece.

@elzanatecatracho6267

Жыл бұрын

As should we all..

i heard this piece when i was fighting aliens in terragov marine corps.I can't forget that sergeant cover us while we are retreating from fierce alien attack....damn good old dayys

He's sailing with Dawson's Christian.

Rest in peace Vic! You beautiful space cowboy!

RIP Vic

Oh my God this is a thing now?! I’ve wanted a high quality version of this for a long time

Still gives me chills.

Thank you for making art Vic

Fly high, Vic. You will forever be remembered

Delightful, I'm glad you could find such a high quality copy. The idea that Dawson clearly made a deal to win the battle... but I suspect it wasn't with the devil.

@grimmreaper3241

2 жыл бұрын

What If IT was The deal with devil kinda like ghost Rider deal punish The wicked and all that jazz

@Malorn0

2 жыл бұрын

@@grimmreaper3241 Heh, the devil has little interest in punishing the wicked, and much less a desire to save the innocent. Keep in mind the Ghost Rider has very much gone 'rogue' and is using the powers he is given in direct contravention to his master's interests. No I rather think we might need to look at higher powers.

@cyqry

2 жыл бұрын

An interesting take I've heard on it is that its the ship's AI still active years after the crew had died. The ship was kept intact enough to remain operational but not capable of supporting life. The AI, much like Dawson and his crew, was dedicated to the cause and willing to follow orders to the very end.

@auslander1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyqry The AI theory might work, but it doesn’t explain how the ship just vanished into thin air after the battle.

@cyqry

2 жыл бұрын

​@@auslander1776 Cloaking technology is outlawed. The AI is prioritising its final orders above even the law itself.

So crisp I love it. I love this song. I heard it a while back but the recording was distorted just saw this in my feed. I love sci-fi songs like this. It is the road less traveled. Sci-fi folk music is just amazing.

Wow, the quality is so good! Thanks a bunch

RIP Vic Tyler, incredible guy.

I've fallen in love with this, can't believe such a treasure almost evaded my life. Thanks for sharing!

I don't know what it is about this song, but it gives me goosebumps. Just in time for spooktober!

I didn't even realize this was a different upload at first, but something sounded different. Realized this wasn't Weyrd's upload when I picked up my phone. Love to hear a cleaner version of it, but there is just something about the distortion on Weyrd's. It has a more authentic feeling sound to it, in that it feels like I'm listening on an old tape set up, like I would for music before the Digital Age. That said, I'll definitely be adding the HQ album to my playlist when I get back on my PC.

My favorite version of this song.

Golden

Great quality, still prefer the more static one but this is great

Rest easy Vic.

God this song is beautiful

rest in peace vic

I could imagine this song being played in a bar in the Firefly 'verse

Sorry to hear Vic Tyler is dead. Sail easy upon the coldest sea.

Came across this from Ship Test

Why have I only discovered this at the end of 2021.... xD

I love the oboe solo 1:20 ❤

Why do i get Firefly vibes from this?

I wish I could hear this sung by Stan Rogers.

@loadeddice4696

3 жыл бұрын

Let's make a kickstarter to build a time machine and take Stan Rogers to space

@LastHCompany

2 жыл бұрын

His son, Nathan, has a similar voice and strength of tone.

@GarnetCrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@LastHCompany I'm well aware, but who's going to pay him to sing this? lol

@nullifye7816

2 жыл бұрын

It would probably sound cringy and overproduced and like every other pseudo-folk song.

@tumbleweed1552

2 жыл бұрын

@@nullifye7816 That's one of my complaints against a lot of Longest John's stuff. They do good work. But it's often very forced, tries too hard, changes too much. They do drop the common gem.

😻🫶 listening to this it's like I'm 21 again, remembering when I was 16 and dazzled by the filk sing... 😁👍

Cool.

I would buy you a beer for this one

any idea why this is sped up? the tempo and pitch are both higher than normal. but maybe this version IS normal, and the other one is slowed down. it is high quality, but i am not a fan of the higher pitch

@SongsfromtheStars

3 жыл бұрын

This is at its correct speed, old tapes slow down over time, so the one you're used to is slowed.

@InchonDM

3 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars The tape stretches out, right? It's not a bunch or fast, but eventually as the tape gets fractionally longer the notes are going to take longer to pass the tapehead, and so sound slower and lower.

@trekintosh

2 жыл бұрын

I know this comment is 7 months old, but maybe it’ll help future travelers. WeyrdMusicMan, who did the first uploads of all these Filk songs to KZread, almost certainly used a really really cheap “tape2usb” type tape player, and it shows in the songs in general being quite slow, with lots of wow and flutter, and terrible peaking.

@Elmithian

2 жыл бұрын

@@trekintosh Tbf, that has a feel to it on its own, and if you are playing a star game with yer pals it is very thematic.

Oh, Fwiffo was the captain of an Eluder and its crew But he flew and fought for Zelnick starting in '52 Now Fwiffo was a coward, as damn near all Spathi are And more than once he wondered how he'd got this far...

when the 100k fleet beats the 3 150k fleets

I have a feeling Jack Campbell heard this song at a formative age

This sounds strange. I like it but it is certainly, different.

@Nemo2342

3 жыл бұрын

It's definitely going to take some getting used to after so listening to the tape hiss for so long.

Anyone have a bass tab or something for this?

Where did you get such a high quality copy?

@SongsfromtheStars

3 жыл бұрын

rocketman0739 has them, I believe he gets them on eBay, although they are vary rare.

@Ultrawup

3 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars I am really glad to see this cooperation between you and rocketman flourishing, it warms my heart :D In a way I feel like I did something for the Filk world myself by connecting you two... even though really I didn't do anything at all

@SongsfromtheStars

3 жыл бұрын

You did, thank you!

There's sea Shanties right? But I think we discovered a new type of Shanty. Star Shanties.

It half Marty Robbins. I'm really drunk ❤️❤️

Don't mind me, just bingeing on the song as i try to figure out how to convert it into a random encounter for Rogue Trader...

Pov: the player just saved your freighter from a pirate dreadnought in no mans sky

Does anyone know the strumming pattern for the guitar to this song? I've found the chords, but nothing for the pattern.

Ngl it feels good seeing the name Jayme in something. I chose it for myself as a combo of a couple names, so it was great seeing that a valiant space captain has the same name!

amazing song! anybody getting Firefly vibes?

how do you even find these? Genuinely, I tried looking them up and I cannot find a single retailer or first party download of these songs, anywhere. Finding HQ recordings like this must be a nightmare.

@SongsfromtheStars

2 жыл бұрын

Not finding HQ recordings, making them. From old cassettes.

@robonator2945

2 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars I know but cassettes are a type of recording. That's my entire point, none of this content appears to have been digitized so finding HQ (first or near first gen. cassettes) recordings would have be an exercise in brute force and a touch of luck.

@SongsfromtheStars

2 жыл бұрын

@@robonator2945 it's more of an exercise in networking

This song slaps my cheeks around

Is it just me or does this have a similar tempo to Battle of the Alamo?

Regarding the Lyrics. I always thought of that ship's name as Barnum's Pride, referring to PT Barnum of sorts. How authentic is this spelling?

When was this made?

@SongsfromtheStars

3 жыл бұрын

It was released in 1989.

@zackdole6474

3 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars thanks

@HM2SGT

7 ай бұрын

Pretty sure I remember singing some of these at Cons years before the tape went on sale. Better part of 40 years now

Is this about a space war in the 2960s or a jungle war in the 1960s?

@somefuckinchump

3 ай бұрын

It's a ghost ship story IN SPACE!!!

The transcript is hilarious

is this the wrong version? this doesn’t sound like vic tyler

@SongsfromtheStars

2 жыл бұрын

there's only one version of this album, my dude

@andreamartini2989

2 жыл бұрын

vic tyler version is a cover i think, the original is by leslie fish if i remember correctly

@xehaexox

2 жыл бұрын

@@SongsfromtheStars theres different versions of this song uploaded on your channel

@xehaexox

2 жыл бұрын

also this is tyler, its just that it sounds way different without tape slow down

@andreamartini2989

2 жыл бұрын

@@xehaexox my bad dude I was thinking of vixy and Tony 😅

vg

You mixed up three cowboy songs

You're known in G0X!???