Pink Floyd: How'd They Do That?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:50 pm

Seej wrote:Watched it the other day and i did see what looked like a 16track while they were fliming at Pompeii. didnt see any tape boxes lying around though, which i thought was weird.

RefD wrote:
Seej wrote:The director of Pompeii said that the songs were recorded to 24 track. Im sure that wasnt the case as Abbey Road had 16 track at the time. And if it was, you'd think they'd have a remix for the dvd instead of using the stereo mix for 5.1, making nick's drums sound horrible.

Maben is mistaken, in the Director's Cut of his own fil you see them working on a 2" 16-strack machine doing vocal overdubs.

you get up close and personal with the 16-track in one of the black and white post-production vocal overdub scenes...no mistaking it for anything else.

puls · Post by **puls** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:56 pm

They used to have a custom-made joy-stick speaker controller that was supposedly stolen alnog w/ some other equipment. I remember reading it in the coffee table book that was printed many years ago.

jwp

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:11 pm

puls wrote:They used to have a custom-made joy-stick speaker controller that was supposedly stolen alnog w/ some other equipment. I remember reading it in the coffee table book that was printed many years ago.

jwp

yah, that was a part of their live sound system.

Fieryjack · Post by **Fieryjack** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:20 pm

Azimuth Coordinator....

Designed by Abbey Road--enabled Quad-panning

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:49 pm

Fieryjack wrote:Azimuth Coordinator....

Designed by Abbey Road--enabled Quad-panning

never heard it being attributed to Abbey Road before...

SpencerBenjamin · Post by **SpencerBenjamin** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:02 am

Reading this thread reminded me of something.

When I was at school in the 80s this guy who knew I was into Pink Floyd (what pot smoking 15 yr old wasn't?) said he had a record he wanted me to listen to, he wasn't sure what it was. He gave it to me, it had plain yellow typewritten labels on each side. He said his dad used to be a roadie for David Bowie, & somehow either was given it or he nicked it. I haven't listened to it for years, but basically it's either a demo version or very rough mix of Dark Side of the Moon, minus a couple of tracks (the one with the chick screaming). The weird thing was that at the time we thought we could hear David Bowie singing backups on the record... I had to give the record back unfortunately, but somewhere I have it transferred on metal cassette, exactly what sort of condition that'll be in 20 years later I have no idea. I'll have to dig it out & find someone with a decent cassette deck...

I do remember that there was a very basic version of 'Money' with all the effects and a pretty ropey bass line.

Someone mentioned the Doors album they put out after Morrison's death - are you referring to the one with porn-style versions of Doors songs interspersed with Morrison's 'poetry'? That's a GREAT album! Superb on a lazy summer's day!

absent · Post by **absent** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:59 am

F'n cool!
He totally has a wah modded to be just a tone control. (deleted pic of gilmour's pedla wahs went here)

I am in the process of building something similar RIGHT NOW, just haven't had the time!

Moon Unit · Post by **Moon Unit** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:39 pm

Fieryjack wrote: Waters definitely got the sour end in the press but he WAS the essence of the band post-Syd as far as I'm concerned. Gilmour's guitar and voice was nice, but he was never in a position to move Floyd anywhere good post-Waters and should have left well enough alone--their recorded material post Waters appears to validate this opinion.

I think the same can pretty much be said of most of the Final Cut, and anything that Roger did by himself.

The chemistry between the two was just brilliant, but the whole was definitely much, much greater than the sum of the two parts. Roger had great ideas, but it was Gilmour who took his ideas and made them musical and listenable. As much as they clashed personally, they needed one another.

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RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:45 pm

Moon Unit wrote:
Fieryjack wrote: Waters definitely got the sour end in the press but he WAS the essence of the band post-Syd as far as I'm concerned. Gilmour's guitar and voice was nice, but he was never in a position to move Floyd anywhere good post-Waters and should have left well enough alone--their recorded material post Waters appears to validate this opinion.
I think the same can pretty much be said of most of the Final Cut, and anything that Roger did by himself.

The chemistry between the two was just brilliant, but the whole was definitely much, much greater than the sum of the two parts. Roger had great ideas, but it was Gilmour who took his ideas and made them musical and listenable. As much as they clashed personally, they needed one another.

.

agreed, and i think they've both fallen short since parting ways.

Xavier · Post by **Xavier** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:20 pm

RefD wrote:
Moon Unit wrote:
Fieryjack wrote: Waters definitely got the sour end in the press but he WAS the essence of the band post-Syd as far as I'm concerned. Gilmour's guitar and voice was nice, but he was never in a position to move Floyd anywhere good post-Waters and should have left well enough alone--their recorded material post Waters appears to validate this opinion.
I think the same can pretty much be said of most of the Final Cut, and anything that Roger did by himself.

The chemistry between the two was just brilliant, but the whole was definitely much, much greater than the sum of the two parts. Roger had great ideas, but it was Gilmour who took his ideas and made them musical and listenable. As much as they clashed personally, they needed one another.

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agreed, and i think they've both fallen short since parting ways.

Well... I definitely hear Pink Floyd in Roger Waters' solo albums, but it's not as coherent as Pink Floyd (not to mention the mixes not being that great). The Gilmour solo albums are very coherent but only have a hint at sounding like Pink Floyd (BTW, they sound much better than the Water's albums).

So, I'd have to agree that together they make a fantastic team. It seems to me that Gilmour is a great guide for the Waters' talent. But there are two other members in the band. How much of a 'hidden' contibution do they make in the final Floyd sound and feel?

absent · Post by **absent** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:15 pm

i think Gilmour, Waters and Wright all used Binson Echorec (sp?) magnetic disk echoes, tho Wright may have also used a tape delay.

It's a rotating can.

A buddy of mine (coincidentally, Fripp's guitar tech for like 10 years) owns one.
I have to talk him out of ebaying it about twice monthly.

absent · Post by **absent** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:17 pm

As for Syd, if you haven't seen the "session notes" written by Malcolm Jones.

Where does one find these session notes?

absent · Post by **absent** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:20 pm

ipressrecord wrote:What you guys don't like Gilmour's

If it wasn't for "Murder" this album would be 110% forgotten.

Ahh, that album's kinda alright.

Dave looks like he's pondering the pros and cons of hitchhiking.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:07 pm

absent wrote:
ipressrecord wrote:What you guys don't like Gilmour's

If it wasn't for "Murder" this album would be 110% forgotten.

Ahh, that album's kinda alright.

Dave looks like he's pondering the pros and cons of hitchhiking.
the 1984 About Face tour did very well and was a good show (i saw it).

unlike the 1987 Radio KAOS tour (underwhelming, i also saw it), which pretty much geysered money from an open aorta (getting theater-sized crowds in arenas will do that) and featured Waters having unscripted hissy fits and abuse-a-thons on stage at every stop.

jammybastard · Post by **jammybastard** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:52 pm

wedge wrote:Rent and/or buy the DVD Greatest Albums Dark Side of the Moon, produced by VH1.

the "Classic Albums" series is NOT produced by VH1!!!

Don't ever give VH1 credit for something that good.
VH1 bought the rights to air the show but, like the Floyd episode, all of these have been available on DVD for quite some time.

They have been produced for the past 7 years by Eagle Rock Media, which is based in London. That's why it looks and sounds as good as it does.
VH1 produces shite reality shows, not class like this.

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