Another MIC live track released...Wendy live at the BBC

[Wah Wah Wah Ooooo]

Here ya go...

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-beach-boys-look-back-with-wendy-20130820

[Freddie French-Pounce]

That bass at the intro... well it's rough in a good way I guess. Shame the VOX are still double tracked, but ah well.

Good find though, i still think it's cool!

[drbeachboy]

That bass at the intro... well it's rough in a good way I guess. Shame the VOX are still double tracked, but ah well.

Good find though, i still think it's cool!

Why is that? I wasn't sure if it was double tracked or a lot of echo. How does one double track live vocals on the radio?

[Jesse Reiswig]

That bass at the intro... well it's rough in a good way I guess. Shame the VOX are still double tracked, but ah well.

Good find though, i still think it's cool!

Why is that? I wasn't sure if it was double tracked or a lot of echo. How does one double track live vocals on the radio?

Most BBC sessions weren't (and aren't to this day) actually live. They were typically recorded, very quickly (and usually "live" in the sense of being recorded all at once, vocals and instruments, directly to two track) in the BBC's own studios several days before being actually broadcast. By 1964 it was even typical for them to feature simple (usually vocal) overdubs like the ones on Wendy here. I'm writing a book about the history of BBC sessions, so we've stumbled on my area of expertise here!

[drbeachboy]

That bass at the intro... well it's rough in a good way I guess. Shame the VOX are still double tracked, but ah well.

Good find though, i still think it's cool!

Why is that? I wasn't sure if it was double tracked or a lot of echo. How does one double track live vocals on the radio?

Most BBC sessions weren't (and aren't to this day) actually live. They were typically recorded, very quickly (and usually "live" in the sense of being recorded all at once, vocals and instruments, directly to two track) in the BBC's own studios several days before being actually broadcast. By 1964 it was even typical for them to feature simple (usually vocal) overdubs like the ones on Wendy here. I'm writing a book about the history of BBC sessions, so we've stumbled on my area of expertise here!

Thank you very much for the explanation.

[Rocky Raccoon]

I love that we're slowly getting new cuts from the set everyday.  I think that's even better than the samples everyone's whining for.

[RangeRoverA1]

That bass at the intro... well it's rough in a good way I guess. Shame the VOX are still double tracked, but ah well.

Good find though, i still think it's cool!

Why is that? I wasn't sure if it was double tracked or a lot of echo. How does one double track live vocals on the radio?

Most BBC sessions weren't (and aren't to this day) actually live. They were typically recorded, very quickly (and usually "live" in the sense of being recorded all at once, vocals and instruments, directly to two track) in the BBC's own studios several days before being actually broadcast. By 1964 it was even typical for them to feature simple (usually vocal) overdubs like the ones on Wendy here. I'm writing a book about the history of BBC sessions, so we've stumbled on my area of expertise here!

Very interesting, Mr. Korthoff. I like reading such kind of stuff. Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us! And good luck with your book, feel free to inform us when it's going to be published. I think I'll order 1 copy.