Show notes
How well do you know the sound of pipe bands through the decades? This week, Jim brings back Jim's Dumb Games with a deceptively difficult challenge: "Guess the Decade." Andrew listens to nine mystery recordings spanning almost 100 years of pipe band history and tries to identify the decade, the exact year, and the band behind each one. Here's what we cover in this episode:02:39 – Jim's Dumb Games returns05:06 – The rules of "Guess the Decade"07:16 – Sample #112:45 – Sample #215:11 – Sample #316:50 – Sample #422:53 – Sample #527:02 – Sample #628:54 – Sample #733:39 – Sample #836:09 – Sample #939:00 – How generational listening shapes what sounds "old" or "new"42:28 – Final score and the bonus recording