Recording Studio Techniques -How Things Have Evolved

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Only gave Al Green & Hi Studios a quick mention, should have done a bit more on them I guess ... 

 

Me chatting with Johnny Pate about his work for ABC Records in the Chicago studio ...  + Johnny with a couple of LP's he produced (after ABC) ...

Edited April 5Apr 5 by Roburt

In Freddie Empires studio ... 

Wow!, what a ride that story was!, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it too....an extraordinary composite, speed reading it would leave anyone out of breath..it started out slow and accelerated as the decades passed by...which is consequentially, how perhaps all of our lives have mapped out...childhood dragged, yet adulthood has gone at light speed!....great pictures too, and oomph!!, right at the start it's the legendary Johnny Pate and that 64k question about Earl Jackson...the answer to which, we will never know.

And breathe!😉👍

Many thanks for the kind words AGENTSMITH (what a great name too). I didn't think it would prove much of a popular topic, as it wasn't the soul studios that were pushing the technical boundaries in studio terms. In fact on many occasions soul tracks seemed to benefit from the lack of cutting-edge desk equipment (all the team involved pulling out extra stops to make up for the technical difficulties they were facing).

HOWEVER, I think in the case of these two tracks, it seems the A-Bet version did really benefit from being cut in a decent studio ... at least that's what I assume due to the audio deficiencies in the Demon Hot version ...  BTW, were the guys behind this recording eluding to the conditions they were having to work under by calling it  . . .  A COCKROACH PRODUCTION ?

ernie fields was ( had been) a ventriloquist, he named his dummy Coackroach. He'd done a bit of everything, DJ, comedy theatre, etc.

22 hours ago, Roburt said:

In Freddie Empires studio ... 

I notice a soulie and mate from my town of Macclesfield in the orange Umbro shirt (Glenn hunter rip)

Yes, Maccie Lad (as we used to call him) was with us on that Vegas trip. Used to share a caravan at Cleggy Weekender with Glen too. Also spent loads of time with him @ Prestatyn + stayed with him & Gillian a few times in Macce itself. Great lad & a terrible loss when he passed at quite an early age.

Pic taken at one of our 'Soul Barn' nights up in Sth Yorks ... 

Edited April 6Apr 6 by Roburt

Lovely people,I’ve had contact with gill too,our mate Jim smirk lost his life not long after too😔

we all became friends from the early days of Keele allnighters in the mid 80s,and as a group went to the weekenders and various soul nites and allnighters,as well as buying and swapping records with each other 

lee

Glen & Jim enjoying themselves @ Prestatyn ...