Are there even tapes for those sessions? Might have been all digital (no tape) around that time.
You know what I mean, which is that they should have all recorded tracks (tapes or files) for those albums since they were more recent.
Are there even tapes for those sessions? Might have been all digital (no tape) around that time.
You know what I mean, which is that they should have all recorded tracks (tapes or files) for those albums since they were more recent.
We actually started in a studio run by Chris Difford of Squeeze. And I went to see it and it looked great. It was in the grounds of his house. He's got this nice house with these big grounds. He must have made a few bob somewhere along the line. And he had this old barn converted into a studio. And it looked great, you know. Wonderful. And we started. And just nothing was ready. The day that we turned up, the mixing desk was in pieces on the floor. And we waited around for four days until tempers were really frayed. And we said, "Look, we'll come back when it's all fixed." Came back two weeks later, two weeks eaten out of our schedule and it still wasn't up and running properly. And we tried to record and things weren't technically working. And he was really embarrassed. He said, "Look, you're my favorite band ever. I'm embarrassed to death about this. So why don't you take the rest of the time for free." So we took the rest of the time for free. And then near the end of that time, he tried to charge us for the free time. And we said, "Take that bill and put it somewhere and not on the shelf." And we left the studio. And as we were packing up to leave, he stole our tapes. So we had to start the album again. In fact, he still has the original tapes.
Currently playing English Settlement through the Surround Master. Some good bits in the mix...but a discrete mix would be much (or should that be 'MCH') better.
Yes! All the little chairs squeaking across the wooden schoolroom floor at the start of "Harvest Festival." That still gets to me. And it's just one of many wonderful moments on that record.While I’ll be happy with any new XTC in 5.1, I just want to give a little love to “Apple Venus, Vol.1”! I think it’s brilliant and I’ll be especially thrilled if it’s next!
What a wanker! And I love Squeeze.
maybe they are working on a double album....and it is taking longer
Good pickup. I was thinking of Andy approving the mix done by SWI understand how you can refer to SW as they One instance as a performer, and another as a mixer
... English Settlement pretty please!
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