Quadraholic
Registered: 02/25/08
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Quote: Originally Posted by StereoScoutQuote: Originally Posted by Quadraholic
The background humming/noise is also present in the Quad version of the song. Might have been a guide vocal that wasn't completely wiped properly?
I would have to say the worst offender for studio tom-foolery is Tommy James' "Mony Mony".
I once heard a story that the song was recorded in two sessions, the first session being the basic track of drums, organ, bass and Tommy's vocals. The following overdub session was apparently done late at night and either drugs or alcohol was available to all who participated.
If you listen to the quieter passages of the song, in the background you'll hear LOTS of unintelligible studio chatter and even MOCKERY and off-key singing of the song!!
Very noticeable in the Quad version of the song, specifically the channel with the handclaps and shouting.
And speaking of the quad Tommy James LP I've read it contains a unique pseudo stereo quad version of Hanky Panky. In which they were able to produce a quasi four channel sound of it. Anybody know anything about this unique pseudo stereo song on this LP ?
First off, it's a Quad-8-Track only release, no LP version. Also, there are several 'fake quad' songs on the tape. Hanky Panky uses the old EQ trick of highs to front right, lows to front left. The rear speakers are delayed by several milliseconds. And the crackle from the needledrop is also very evident at the beginning of the song.
'I think we're alone now" is also done the same way.
'Mirage' uses the normal stereo fronts, but the rears are mixed to mono with heavy delay. The same for 'Baby Baby, I can't take it no more"
'Mony Mony' and 'Ball of Fire' have vocals in front left only. No idea why 'BOF' is mixed so poorly, as it was recorded to 8 track multi.
Sugar on Sunday, Crystal Blue Persuasion, Crimson & Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine are the stars of the tape, with full, wide Quad mixes. I won't say they're *good* mixes as they make no sense. Also, the engineer seemed fond of making people dizzy with instruments moving around at random times.
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