Some cool pics of '70's studios

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:27 pm

Too young to remember those?

I love this Preservation Sound blog for this kinda stuff.

Go down to the 2-2-13 post.

Nick Sevilla · Post by **Nick Sevilla** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:03 pm

You're gonna laugh, but I recognize the band on this Neve drawing advert:

It is the Nitty Gritty Dirt band. The guy playing the banjo,on the left, is John McEuen.

I have seen that picture somewhere...

LOL.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:05 pm

Gotta love how the banjo's mic'd.

supafuzz · Post by **supafuzz** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:03 am

thanks for the link!! My studio is named Super 70 so you know I was totally in heaven!

RoyMatthews · Post by **RoyMatthews** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:50 pm

This seemed like a relevant thread for this:
http://youtu.be/KmQWtGn889E?t=1m32s

It's from an episode of "3-2-1 Contact". They had a segment about recording the theme song. I really wish I could find a better quality version but this is all I could find.

What's great about it, besides the 70s/80s-ness of it, is how they show how rough around the edges recording can be.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:15 pm

"Punch the last 'contact'!"

I don't recall the show, but I do recall the song. Note the only monitors seem to be Auratones? (There's probably some soffit-mounteds around or sompin'.)

RoyMatthews · Post by **RoyMatthews** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:19 pm

vvv wrote:"Punch the last 'contact'!"

I don't recall the show, but I do recall the song. Note the only monitors seem to be Auratones? (There's probably some soffit-mounteds around or sompin'.)

I swear they keep saying "contract".

I noticed the speaker thing too. I'm sure they have some soffit mounted speakers. Wasn't that a standard thing back in those days?

I'm trying to figure out what compressor is on top of the patch bay. If it's a Roger Mayer RM58 I'm going to lose it.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:42 pm

RoyMatthews wrote:This seemed like a relevant thread for this:
http://youtu.be/KmQWtGn889E?t=1m32s

It's from an episode of "3-2-1 Contact". They had a segment about recording the theme song. I really wish I could find a better quality version but this is all I could find.

What's great about it, besides the 70s/80s-ness of it, is how they show how rough around the edges recording can be.

Love this!

Gregg Juke · Post by **Gregg Juke** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:22 pm

I remember the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band too!

That "contract" video was awesome.
I also dug the Bowser cameo at the end...

GJ

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:30 pm

michael brauer at mediasound.

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:59 pm

what a great blog, thanks!

Nick Sevilla · Post by **Nick Sevilla** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:53 am

vvv wrote:

Gotta love how the banjo's mic'd.

Yes, this was a live show picture, so why he is not really in front of the mic.
Mostly he likes that mic to be a Neumann KM84 or now the KM184.

Cheers

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:56 am

Kinda looks like mebbe a 635a, there ...

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Some cool pics of '70's studios

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