Frank Sinatra @ United Western Recorders...Wow...

tonewoods · Post by **tonewoods** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:53 am

I hope this hasn't been posted here before, but even if it has, it's worth another visit...

Frank in the studio, no cans, and you could probably cut the pressure behind the glass with a Swiss army knife....

Here ya go...

What's the mic?
A Beyer ribbon??

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:18 am

Here's another. I think this is Columbia. Lee Hazlewood at the controls, Billy Strange conducting. It's from the Nancy Sinatra TV special "Movin With Nancy".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jamp-UPyUDk

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:23 pm

"I swallowed a shot glass."

Anthony Caruso · Post by **Anthony Caruso** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:43 pm

What's the mic?

Someone in the comments said AKG D24, which looks to be right, and could possibly the first time a Youtube comment has contained useful information.

4:24 in the video has a sort of close-up shot, looks like it...

Awesome video.

Ryan Silva · Post by **Ryan Silva** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:57 pm

I love how right after the take is done, it's done. When they listen to the playback there was nothing left to be done. An engineer's work was all done well before take one.

goose134 · Post by **goose134** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:55 pm

I'm curious what they're using for reverb in 'Good Year' Is it that cabinet under wraps near the audience?

Great video. It's always cool to see some of the greats at work.

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:44 am

goose134 wrote:I'm curious what they're using for reverb in 'Good Year' Is it that cabinet under wraps near the audience?

I'm pretty sure it's a chamber. UW had one of the best echo chambers around (you can hear it on Pet Sounds, Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind, and a million other hits of the era).

tonewoods · Post by **tonewoods** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:13 pm

A.David.MacKinnon wrote:Here's another. I think this is Columbia. Lee Hazlewood at the controls, Billy Strange conducting. It's from the Nancy Sinatra TV special "Movin With Nancy".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jamp-UPyUDk

Just great!
Thanks...

@?,*???&? · Post by **@?,*???&?** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:30 pm

Ryan Silva wrote:I love how right after the take is done, it's done. When they listen to the playback there was nothing left to be done. An engineer's work was all done well before take one.

Yep, live mix to two-track.

And if you listen to 'Sketches of Spain' by Miles Davis, you'll still wish they turned that damn snare drum down...I do everytime I listen to it.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:41 pm

@?,*???&? wrote:
Ryan Silva wrote:I love how right after the take is done, it's done. When they listen to the playback there was nothing left to be done. An engineer's work was all done well before take one.
Yep, live mix to two-track.

And if you listen to 'Sketches of Spain' by Miles Davis, you'll still wish they turned that damn snare drum down...I do everytime I listen to it.

I think it was 3 track.

Ryan Silva · Post by **Ryan Silva** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:02 pm

drumsound wrote:
@?,*???&? wrote:
Ryan Silva wrote:I love how right after the take is done, it's done. When they listen to the playback there was nothing left to be done. An engineer's work was all done well before take one.
Yep, live mix to two-track.

And if you listen to 'Sketches of Spain' by Miles Davis, you'll still wish they turned that damn snare drum down...I do everytime I listen to it.
I think it was 3 track.

Wasn't Pet Sounds done on 4-track in the same studio? Must have been within months of that recording. Not that they would have used that new fangled four-track, who knows what could go wrong.

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