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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Larry Levine -RIP
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on: May 11, 2008, 10:19:18 PM
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LEVINE, Larry May 8, 1928 - May 8, 2008 He had a distinguished career as a recording engineer. After serving in the Korean War, he worked at Gold Star Recording Studios. He created the Wall of Sound with producer Phil Spector, for 26 straight hit records, as well as the engineer for Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. He earned a grammy award for "A Taste of Honey", was nominated for "Wings", and special effects for "Walking in the Rain". Larry ran the recording studio for A&M Records, and was on the board of Governers of NARAS. After leaving A&M, he engineered Phil Spector's box set, "Back to Mono". Larry recorded the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds), Righteous Brothers (You've Lost That Lovin Feeling), Eddie Cochran, Joe Cocker, Tina Turner, and Burt Bacharach. Larry is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Lyn; sons, Rick (Audrey), Rob (Sandy), and Michael; grandchildren, Lindsay, Abe, Matt and Alyssa; sister, Joyce Black (Stanley); nieces, nephews, and many cousins. He was a kind and generous gentleman who was deeply loved and admired, and will be greatly missed. Services will be held at Mount Sinai Mortuary, Monday, May 12th, at 2 p.m. Published in the Los Angeles Times on 5/11/2008.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Mark Linett Thread
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on: April 15, 2008, 12:52:29 PM
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It was done as a Disney kids album and I hired Jeff and Darian to do some of the Bg vocals which only made sense.
Sadly it was largely ignored by Disney.
BTW see if you can find the Karoke version as it has sing-a-log tracks......
Mark
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: new comp announced - June 10 - U.S. Singles
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on: April 12, 2008, 08:13:06 PM
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BTW the release date of the box has nothing to do with the POB release by Sony except perhaps that everyone wants to release B. Boys product in the summertime.....
I'm writing an article about the POB re release and I find the recent news (and timing) of the singles box quite interesting to say the least. I agree with the previous posting that said it was unfortunate that Brother has decided to release at the same time as POB trying to take the spotlight away from Dennis after all these years. One thing I learned in my interviews is that Mr. Linett and Mr. Boyd were not involved with the creation of the new album other than fetching the tapes from brother vault. Is that the reason for the timing of the singles box? I know I will be spending my money on Dennis and wait for a review copy of the singles box. [/quote] Neither Brother, Alan or myself have anything to do with the timing of the singles box , and you can ad EMI to the list of those having no say in when POB is released. As for the release date of the box, That's what EMI does..... decides what to put out and when. Would EMI have put out POB and the box at the same time? Probably not... but Sony does what it thinks best for Sony and btw they have already delayed POB at least twice. Besides I don't really see how one release can have anything but a positive effect on the other. And now I am done, since somehow the amount in the glass seemingly can never satisfy everyone, and in this case it would seem the only complaint is the glass is overflowing. Enough with the corny metaphors and all the rest. Buy em or don't whatever makes ya happy........
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: new comp announced - June 10 - U.S. Singles
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on: April 12, 2008, 08:04:12 PM
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Jon - I get how you feel, and to me it's just nice to know that the people working on this stuff care so much. You, Mark, and Alan and several more...I mean, if some of the people posting here knew how much the three of you care...
John, It is two totally difft. labels who don't pay attention to what the other is releasing and when...... It isn't like the movie business.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: new comp announced - June 10 - U.S. Singles
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on: April 12, 2008, 12:56:56 PM
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Any chance we'll have another podcast series from Brian, Mike, Al and Bruce (and Mr Marks for the tracks he played on) for this new release?
Also, am I right to assume it will include new stereo mixes like we had for WOTS last year? And will they be available to download as single tracks on I-Tunes etc? I thought the stereo versions of Kiss Me Baby and Please Let Me Wonder were great...so a stereo version of something like She Knows Me Too Well would really be somthing too.
Cheers
Off the top of my head, here's a ist of the new stereo mixes: When I grow Up To Be A Man She Knows Me Too Well Do You Wanna Dance - track Little St. Nick I have no idea regarding downloads or any possible podcast. That's EMI's department.....
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: new comp announced - June 10 - U.S. Singles
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on: April 12, 2008, 12:21:14 PM
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Mark, is the I Get Around track the same mix as appeared on the GV boxset, or did you tweak it at all?
Same mix. There's nothing to tweak since it is just two track stereo....... Wish we had more (like the vocals) but it is still one of my alltime favorites. Simply amazing how the record was conceptualized with that backing track. Not at all what you would expect.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: new comp announced - June 10 - U.S. Singles
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on: April 12, 2008, 07:29:28 AM
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Can't help noticing that the stereo "IGA" isn't announced as either a new remix or previously unreleased. I'm thinking, maybe live ? And btw it's not ALL the singles 1962-65. - not that I personally give a flying one, but "Barbara-*******-Ann" was released December 1965. Oh, and the price in the Uk is £72.99. Both "I Get Around" and "Do You Wanna Dance" are the backing tracks........ The press release needs correcting. BTW where did this announcement come from?
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Stack-o-Tracks 2- Your List
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on: April 05, 2008, 08:40:20 AM
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Some info for you Capitol Only!? Geez, I don't know if I can stick to that.
1. Farmer's Daughter 2. In The Parkin' Lot - MASTER IS LOST 3. Don't Back Down 4. Little Girl I Once Knew- Some of the session exists, but the master was recorded over and the multi with the vocals is lost 5. Do You Like Worms? 6. Celebrate the News 7. Little Pad 8. Kiss Me, Baby 9. Do you Wanna Dance- COMING SOON 10. Slip on Through 11. It's About Time 12. Don't Go Near the Water (cool track under there whether you like the song or not) 13. Surf's Up (Smile version would be bonus track) 14. Trader 15. Marcella 16. All This is That 17. All I Wanna Do 18. Live Again
But much more important is would be a Stack-O-Vocals LP.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Mark Linett Thread
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on: March 26, 2008, 07:52:47 PM
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Back the mic way away from the tympani, but then the sound of the room becomes very important. Frankly you might be better off with a good sample.
If it must be a close mic (but not too close like on a snare) try a dynamic and some reverb.
Tymps sound best with a lot of good ambiance like on "Here Today" or in a concert hall with no mic anywhere near them.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Mark Linett Thread
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on: March 08, 2008, 11:11:45 PM
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missed your last question. Direct boxes in that period were all custom made by the studios using various stock transformers. I have an old DI from the Record Plant in NY as well as several from Regent Sound in NYC......
I know united/ Western had their own custom DI's , but I've never seen one.
Mark
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Mark Linett Thread
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on: March 08, 2008, 11:09:03 PM
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Phase switches don't really turn up until the late 70's but studios had patch cords that would reverse the phase of a signal. I still use those same cables sometimes.
The picture you mention looks like mastering or mixdown room probably at Western tho it could be United. Because of the small number of tracks (this room looks like its setup for 4 track to mono mixing ) the final mix was often done this way rather than using the larger more expensive rooms.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / Ask The Honored Guests / Re: The Mark Linett Thread- 610 consoles
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on: March 08, 2008, 09:16:29 PM
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Got an e-mail notice saying that you'd posted....... You're correct the 610 console , and most consoles in this era , had only one reverb send on an input. In the case of the 610 consoles there were a total of three sends that were automatically selected along with the matching main output buss (left , center, right) that a particular chl was assigned to. So a mic assigned to left (track 1) would also be assigned to reverb send 1 which would be returned to the same left buss which wet out to the 1st chl of the 3 or 4 track tapedeck. The amount of reverb on a chl was driven first by the overall chl gain control and then the individual reverb send control. So a mic could have any amount of desired reverb (or tape slapback) added to it just like today. The combination of instruments (mics) to the three tracks (starting around 65 before that it was all mono) varied from track to track somewhat although the horns almost always got their own track which was usually track 2. Reverb and / or slap might be on 1, 2 or 3 main outputs and each required a separate device (chamber, plate or tape slap) and whatever the selection it was returned and added to the same output as the direct signal.
The console in Studio 3 at Western used unbalanced summing networks and was only capable of 3 and later 4 track output, so all the mics had to be combined to just those outputs. I don't know when that console was modified to allow 4 track outputs , but Brian never recorded to more than three tracks at a time with the live mono mix usually fed to track 4.
Hope that helps..... Let me know where I can see that article you mentioned where Putnam describes the signal path of the console....... Mark
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Recording Studios ...
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on: January 31, 2008, 09:17:56 PM
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Oceanway used to comprise 6050 Sunset- the old United Studios and 6000 Sunset- the old Western Recorders. The Beach Boys did almost no recording at United in the 60's and the 95 session was also at Western. Western Studio 3 was where most Beach Boys sessions were cut although they occasionally used Studio 2 (the Party album was cut there)
Brian's xmas album and several other smaller projects have been recorded in Oceanway (United's) Studio B.
The old World Pacific Studios has been owned by Neil Diamond for many years, and was where we recorded Brian's vocals for "Delirious Love" on Neil's last album.
Oh and Sunset Sound is at 6650 Sunset........and the old Radio Recorders (Help Me Rhonda, Dance Dance Dance and other tracks) is at the corner of Orange and Santa Monica although unlike the others it in no way resembles the original studios.
Mark
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: This Song Wants To Sleep With You Tonight
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on: December 29, 2007, 09:05:58 AM
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I dug out the tracksheet for the song and there is no indication that Carol played on the track or that it was recored elsewhere. It looks like Andy played bass and 6 string bass on it , and I believe the start date listed for the song is 8-4-94.
I'm guessing that Carol has mixed up the songs and is referring to the session for "Everything I Need" which was cut at Oceanway with a bunch of the Wrecking Crew players. I didn't engineer that one so I can't tell you who played on the date.
Mark
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: This Song Wants To Sleep With You Tonight
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on: December 27, 2007, 05:52:00 PM
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Yes, it was with what was left of the Wrecking Crew at the time. I remember Carol Kaye talking about the sessions. Her trademark bass is unmistakable in that song.
Nope its mostly Brian and Andy no wrecking crew that I can recall on that one, and I don't believe Carol played on any of the tracks that Brian and Andy cut around 1995- 96. We did have Frank Maraco and Tommy Morgan in for some songs, however.
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Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Brian doing Carl's \
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on: December 21, 2007, 10:50:23 PM
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He is, but I wonder who is helping him. That isn't all Brian. It doesn't sound like Jeff to me, either. But considering the recent past and obvious non-drummer drumming, I wonder if this is a Brian-and-Scott recording. In which case, the high vocals could well be Scott lending a hand. Er, a cord.
I believe the BW.com admin said that he'd post the recording details/credits as soon as he got them.
All the vocals were done by Brian.......... And the entire song was recorded and mixed yesterday. Mark
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