Love Before Time

Recorded before 'vintage' was a compliment, back when they were just songs. No nostalgia, no distance. Men and women standing in front of microphones singing about what they wanted, what they lost, what they hoped for. Basement doo-wop harmonies, kitchen-sink gospel, back-porch blues. The arrangements are simple because the feelings did not need decoration. A bottleneck on a guitar was enough. A piano in a living room was a studio. These are love songs from when a microphone was a rare luxury and singing into one meant the song mattered enough to preserve. The technology was fragile. The emotion was not.