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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: EQing Motown |
| Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:48:24 -0500 |
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At 11:33 AM 8/19/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>They also did something interesting that became part of the signature
>Motown sound. The vocal- and overdub-less snake pit instrumental workouts
>were done to 8 tracks, then submixed to 2 or 3 tracks, leaving 1 or 2 open
>tracks for vocals. While the 8-tracks sounded fantastic, the 3- 4-tracks
>were crunchy and pleasantly distorted. Inevitably, the drum track was
>squashed and pushed into the red on the bouncedown. I dare anyone to try
>that nowadays!
I always wondered if they did that! I have read/heard that Gordy and Bob Crewe
were freinds, and Gordy borrowed many of Crewe's techniques to make sure his
records jumped out of AM radios.
Listening to the early recordings they mega-compressed everything, even the
vocals before the final mixdown. When did Motown start recording on 8-track?
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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