Marquee Moon Drums
Marquee Moon Drums
Anyone know what miking techniques were used? Also was there any compression done?
They sound pretty dry, so I'm assuming there's either no reverb on them or it's very subtle (room mics?)
They sound pretty dry, so I'm assuming there's either no reverb on them or it's very subtle (room mics?)
The liner notes to the excellent re-master contain this quote:
We got to the studio on 48th St. Andy wasn?t there?but the drums were set up?we were wondering about that. A long time later Andy comes in and says, ?Sorry I?m late. I came in early yesterday and set the drums up; let me play it for you.? He plays the tape of the drums. All of a sudden out of the speakers comes the John Bonham drum sound, that huge, compressed, smacked sound. Tom shook his head and said, ?No, no, no, no, no you?ve got to take that all down?that?s got to go. We don?t want that drum sound.? And Andy was flabbergasted, saying, ?I thought you hired me for that. That?s my trademark. So what the hell am I doing here?? We said, ?We want a dry sound, no reverb, no giant compression?nice, tight, smaller kit.? Andy didn?t know what to make of it. We said, ?We hired you because you did all these great guitar records and because you?re a master engineer.? And that softened him a bit. ?Oh, it?s a New York thing, right? Like a Velvets thing, right?? He said, undoing all the things he had done and starting over again. - Richard Lloyd (Marquee Moon 2003 reissue liner notes by Alan Licht)
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We got to the studio on 48th St. Andy wasn?t there?but the drums were set up?we were wondering about that. A long time later Andy comes in and says, ?Sorry I?m late. I came in early yesterday and set the drums up; let me play it for you.? He plays the tape of the drums. All of a sudden out of the speakers comes the John Bonham drum sound, that huge, compressed, smacked sound. Tom shook his head and said, ?No, no, no, no, no you?ve got to take that all down?that?s got to go. We don?t want that drum sound.? And Andy was flabbergasted, saying, ?I thought you hired me for that. That?s my trademark. So what the hell am I doing here?? We said, ?We want a dry sound, no reverb, no giant compression?nice, tight, smaller kit.? Andy didn?t know what to make of it. We said, ?We hired you because you did all these great guitar records and because you?re a master engineer.? And that softened him a bit. ?Oh, it?s a New York thing, right? Like a Velvets thing, right?? He said, undoing all the things he had done and starting over again. - Richard Lloyd (Marquee Moon 2003 reissue liner notes by Alan Licht)
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Billy Ficca lived a block away from me when I lived in Long Island city, nice guy, If I run into him again I'll be sure to ask if he remembers anything. I jammed with him a number of times when I was with Tuff Darts. Loud heavy drummer..he would have been amazing with the Bonham sound!
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