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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: EQing Motown |
| Date | Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:55:06 -0500 |
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Yeah "Jimmy Mack" is a H-D-H production, but its never been issued in true
stereo before - and I now know know why. This multi-track version is lacking
extra handlaps and other little overdubs that proably were added onto a mono
mixdown. Theres a alternate stereo mix that is an earler, slower, inferior
take
that has popped up on many compilations.
I just made a synch-up of "Jimmy Mack" and compressed "smashed" it twice with
two different plug-in compressors with Sound Forge, and still havent matched
the density of the original 45.
Much of the gear at the original "snakepit" studio was hand-built. And no
other studio since has match the high-level combination of EQ, compression and
reverb that Motown Studio 1 had.
Billy
At 10:42 PM 8/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Have fun with the EQ, Billy. I have a Holland-Dozier-Holland interview
floating
>around here somewhere that talks about how those guys used to chain a
bunch of
>EQs together to get their sound. Not sure if Jimmy Mack is an HDH production,
>though...
>
>Greg,
>who picked up the first Motown Singles box set for $20 this weekend...
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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