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Post by KennyLusk » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:05 am

Anyone digging these recordings from the Barton Hollow record?

A recent SOS article discusses really simplified techniques that are very straight forward but the production still seems to have a polished sound.

The title track even reminds me of some of the best Zeppelin recordings with regard to sound and vibe.
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Post by vvv » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:00 pm

My 15 y.o. is a huge fan.

Me, I like the vids the most, and can't figger how they are inna band but married to different people.
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Post by KennyLusk » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:14 am

Do you hear a bit of the magic of Simon and Garfunkel's early recordings in there at all?

The bottom end on the acoustic guitar is always so damn rich harmonically without being muddy and never too punchy.
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Post by goose134 » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:37 pm

I should dig a little deeper into this band. The couple of songs I heard reminded me of Low with a little more of the south thrown in. I did like the sound, though.
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Post by vvv » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:04 pm

I have a request in to my daughter to loan it to me.

By co-inkydink, I listened to Things We Lost in the Fire just last night.
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Post by accordion squeezist » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:32 am

Guitar is in different tuning. That's most of the tone. I put a ribbon mic 2' away from a guy who was fooling around with Barton Hollow and we were amazed how chewy and detailed it was.
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Post by KennyLusk » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:21 pm

accordion squeezist wrote:Guitar is in different tuning. That's most of the tone. I put a ribbon mic 2' away from a guy who was fooling around with Barton Hollow and we were amazed how chewy and detailed it was.
Nice, thanks for posting that.

I'll check it out and have a go at it myself.

Totally love the drum thuds in that tune. Sort of a raucous track IMO.
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Post by KennyLusk » Tue May 01, 2012 12:37 pm

Just to update this thread with what I thought is interesting info:

And SOS article on recording the recent Civil Wars release the producers say for mandolin and fiddle they used a Cascade Gomez, which I assume is the Michael Joly mic they sell. Nice to see something like that get a little love.
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