The Art of the Ad: Moving in Stereo

Dig these groovy 1970s and rad 1980s music equipment advertisements, all of which seem to be selling more than just hi-fi audio, if you know what I mean—and I think you do.

Go ahead, fiddle with her knobs!
Stereos made people very horny in the ‘70s.
Thank you to Dan Hill for devising this!
CDs are the future!
The stuff Yamaha dreams are made of.
I don’t know what this ad is saying but I don’t care because, duh.
If she’s going to be at the show, then we’ll all be at the show, too.
Plug it in and listen!
Move up to Quad Sound!
Allegedly, there’s a “sound machine” in this ad, but good luck noticing it.
How to win friends and influence people.
Those knee socks are groovy.
The music sounds better with her up there, swear to god.

This post brought to you by our Gal Friday Yvette, who dug it up from the depths of the Lounge vaults.

Yvette: Honestly, Monsieur. You call ZIS a blog post? Sacré bleu. One sentence and a dozen pictures?! Oui, I found it among ze detritus but, as you must recall, I voted to trash it. You, Monsieur, insisted on posting. Oh mon Dieu.

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