Re: [AH] RIP Mark Hollis aka Such a Shame...

From Jason Proctor
Sent Mon, Feb 25th 2019, 23:30

btw the Phill Brown articles in Tape Op were taken from his book,
which is available (and great!)

https://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Still-Rolling-Recording/dp/0977990311


On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:26 PM David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> I have purchased and given away Laughing Stock at least a dozen times.
> Every time I was talking music with a friend and they hadn't heard it,
> I took it off the shelf, pressed it in their hands, and asked them to
> promise that they would listen to it with their full attention, at
> night, with the lights off.
>
> Tape Op published several wonderful reminiscences of Phill Brown, who
> was the recording engineer for Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. He
> goes in depth into the recording of those two albums - if you can find
> those articles, they're well worth reading for understanding a unique
> approach to recording.
>
> My thoughts are with his family, for whom he quit the music industry.
>
> David
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 6:20 PM Phil a <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> >
> > He was not necessarily a synth wizard but certainly a sound & music wizard...
> > Major loss.
> > Will be sorely missed...
> >
> > Phil