Record Album, "Men, Machines and the Moment," Recorded by Dennis Agajanian, 1976
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Before videocassettes, digital video recorders and YouTube, the most dramatic way to relive an automobile race was through a phonograph record. The sounds of the cars, the crowd and the drivers were reproduced in vibrant stereo. The 1976 album Men, Machines and the Moment featured not just racing sounds, but racing-inspired songs by artist Dennis Agajanian.
Before videocassettes, digital video recorders and YouTube, the most dramatic way to relive an automobile race was through a phonograph record. The sounds of the cars, the crowd and the drivers were reproduced in vibrant stereo. The 1976 album Men, Machines and the Moment featured not just racing sounds, but racing-inspired songs by artist Dennis Agajanian.
Artifact
Phonograph record
Date Made
1976
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, California, Sacramento
Creator Notes
Produced by House of Hits; recorded by Dennis Agajanian.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2009.123.119
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Bobby Unser.
Material
Vinyl
Cardboard
Plastic
Technique
Pressing
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 12.375 in
Length: 12.375 in
Inscriptions
On front cover: House of Hits/ WHERE GREAT MUSIC LIVES/ Dennis Agajanian/ stereo/ Men, Machines and the Moment/ This album of racing at Indianapolis featuring many of the all time greats including A. J. Foyt, Bobby Unser, /Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones. A collector's item. On back: Men, Machines and the Moment/.../ The album of racing at Indianapolis featuring many of / the all time greats of racing and those immortal words /from the lips of Tony Huffman, "Gentlemen, start your /engines."/...
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