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Musings on the byways of popular culture
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At the risk of being pedantic, Chiswick is W4. Another great chapter, though. These would be fantastic complied into a coffee table book somewhat like the “Ready Steady Go!” book.
Yup. The studio’s postcode should be W4 2NL.
Great story!
Nice one nialb, I enjoyed that.
As you mention it in passing, is David Gilmour’s Astoria studio going to feature at some point?
Since it’s been predominantly used by Gilmour, it’s almost a very expensive home studio.
But it’s got a fascinating history, having been built for Fred Karno at the start of the century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria_(recording_studio)
It’s on the list.
Read it this aftie with my cup of tea and choccy diggy doo. Most enjoyable (as was your tale!)
About this Mick’s “extensive collection of old Blues recordings.”
Erm… don’t we “all” have that now?
I bet I’ve listened more to my “extensive collection of old Blues recordings” than all of the Stones put together in the last four decades, and I’m prepared to wager that my collection is more extensive.
Also, if the recordings were so quick why did it take them a full year to get released? It’s Little Walter, not the Royal Philharmonic (thank God). What on earth was there to add to covers of Little Walter recordings which could possibly take another year? If they were so good, bung ’em out.
It’s the equivalent of the debut album being released in April 65 rather than April 64, and that doesn’t impress me.
Sounds like something for dodgers.
I didn’t know Mick Jagger liked music. Intriguing!
Brilliant story about Floyd. Although he was the quiet one, I think Rick Wright had balls of steel. I suppose they might have done it that way to avoid doing a bounce and thus reducing sound quality of the finished track (it’s probably the best-sounding record from that era).
Exactly. It also made me smile the way James had to split them up, to avoid David & Rick being in the same room as Roger.
I posted a link to to your piece on an even more niche site than this and one of the ladies there, 50 something, based in Washington DC asked me to let you know how much she enjoyed it, as did I. Your fame is spreading.
Why thank you 🙏
A similar thing happened to the Pretenders first album (recorded at Wessex and Air studios). The ringing tone in The Phone Call was flown in at the cutting room and does not appear on the master tape.
Steve Hoffman (him again!) used the master for a CD release and left off the effects, which had Hoffmanites up in arms (again).
When are Hoffmanites ever down out of arms? Do they have days off? Is there a rota?
Always good to have a hobby…even if it’s shouting into the void about DR numbers…
The Venn diagram of “audiophiles” and “people who enjoy and experience emotional reactions to music” consists of two circles in separate counties.
Depends on your definition of “audiophiles” – I like a good sound but I’m very far from being a Hoffmanite…
I do like a good Venn diagram, though…
If you’ve ever spent more than £50 on a speaker cable, your family need to get you sectioned.
Personally I’d set the threshold much lower but I’m feeling forgiving.
Big of you…
I know! I’m nice like that.
Well, no…I was going to suggest that you were
passive-aggressive – but you haven’t been notably passive…😉