From Jason Proctor Sent Thu, Sep 5th 2019, 21:04
From Jason Proctor Sent Thu, Sep 5th 2019, 21:04
Also if you like studio chaos, ensure to read the Mixerman Chronicles! Hilarious stuff. On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 2:06 PM Jason Proctor <xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > I think I was one of the recommenders way back when. It's a GREAT > book, which I dip into randomly from time to time when I need more > studio chaos in my life :-) > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 5:34 AM David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > > I think it may have been me. I used to photocopy the pages of Phill Brown's Talk Talk memoirs from Tape Op mag (before the book) and give them to fellow late-era Talk Talk fans. > > One of my favorite things about the last three albums (including Hollis's solo album) is the distinct tape noise floor that opens each album, and the whirring of the Leslie speaker at the beginning of Laughing Stock. > > > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 5:55 AM Peter Forrest <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote: > >> > >> I can't remember who recommended Phill Brown's book Are We Still Rolling? on AH, but thanks very much, whoever it was. > >> Absolutely fascinating, and entertaining, too. > >> If you're at all interested in the recording process (and latter 20th century musicians' lifestyles and inspirations), it's well worth a read. > >> He's not often very specific about analogue synths, but he's a lot more clued in than many commentators on the era. > >> And some insights are amazing. > >> Talk Talk's Laughing Stock is an example (I think the recommendation related to this LP). > >> When it was eventually finished they delivered it to their Polydor A&R person to listen to. > >> He phoned Mark Hollis to say 'I can't stay in the same room as that record'. > >> And Phill took a copy home to play to his family. > >> When the playback was finished there was total silence, no comments, nothing. > >> And his wife never listened to it again or mentioned it. > >> This after Phill had spent the best part of a year non-stop working on it. > >> It definitely isn't to everyone's taste :o) > >> Peter Forrest > >> VEMIA > >>