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Billy Joel - Honesty

Post by MT » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:12 am

Anyone have any knowledge on what recording chain was used for the vocals on Billy Joel's "Honesty" (or 52nd St. for that matter)?

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Post by drumsound » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:49 am

I do know at that time he would sing and play piano with the band. I seem to racsll something about the vocal mic being an EV RE20, but I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure it was done at A&R which was Phill Ramone's studio in NYC for many years.
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Post by MT » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:58 am

Tony, that's great info. Thanks.
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Post by soundguy » Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:01 pm

I had always heard that glass houses was mixed on a later MCI console, however I dont know, I wasnt there and really, half the stuff I "heard" is wrong anyway. That album kinda has an MCI feel to it though, so figure Id pass that along... All his records have that same kind of similar vibe to them, sonically.

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Post by joelpatterson » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:13 am

I thought that said "Billy Joel - Honestly!", like, "what a whiny, wimpy, worthless little weasel, y-know?"
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Post by thunderboy » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:38 pm

Saw this topic last night. That damned song has been in my head ever since. Thanks.

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Post by MT » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:47 pm

thunderboy wrote:Saw this topic last night. That damned song has been in my head ever since. Thanks.

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Post by montreal » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:17 pm

Found this in the Wayne Wadhams book "Sound Advice" on p.199. from an interview in Mix magazine years back...Phil Ramone:

"Billy Joel used the Beyer 260 exclusively and never left the piano. All the vocals
are as is. The whole performance of his albums are live".


the Beyer 260 is a hypercardioid ribbon mic.

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Post by KennyLusk » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:03 pm

montreal wrote:Found this in the Wayne Wadhams book "Sound Advice" on p.199. from an interview in Mix magazine years back...Phil Ramone:

"Billy Joel used the Beyer 260 exclusively and never left the piano. All the vocals
are as is. The whole performance of his albums are live".


the Beyer 260 is a hypercardioid ribbon mic.

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Post by MT » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:37 am

montreal wrote:Found this in the Wayne Wadhams book "Sound Advice" on p.199. from an interview in Mix magazine years back...Phil Ramone:

"Billy Joel used the Beyer 260 exclusively and never left the piano. All the vocals
are as is. The whole performance of his albums are live".


the Beyer 260 is a hypercardioid ribbon mic.

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Post by cgarges » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:39 pm

montreal wrote:Found this in the Wayne Wadhams book "Sound Advice" on p.199. from an interview in Mix magazine years back...
That Wadhams book is one of the best recording books out there.

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Post by ;ivlunsdystf » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:55 pm

For me, middle age is definitely encroaching. Today I heard "Movin' Out" on the radio and for the first time in my life found myself actually diggin' it. First it was Bruce and now this. What's next, Josh Groban? Espionage thriller novels in mass-market paperback format?
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Post by mertmo » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:22 am

Billy Joel was the beginning of the journey for me. The first artist I was into.
There's something magic about the holy trinity of 'The Stranger', '52nd Street', and 'Glass Houses'.
Those records are amazing.
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Post by drumsound » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:39 am

mertmo wrote:Billy Joel was the beginning of the journey for me. The first artist I was into.
There's something magic about the holy trinity of 'The Stranger', '52nd Street', and 'Glass Houses'.
Those records are amazing.
Those record do catch lightning in a bottle. Don't write off Turnstyles though...
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Post by timbertrout » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:28 am

With all this BJ-worship, perhaps this discussion should be redirected here:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39019

PS Don't write off "The Nylon Curtain" either. "Pressure", "Laura", and even "Allentown" still rock.
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