Foxy Lady mix

I was listing to Jimi Hendrix Foxy Lady on Spotify with headphones on and noticed that right before he sings the pre-chorus you can hear him clearing his throat. There is no one way now a days that would slide, guess back then it wasn't a big deal. And to be honest I wouldn't have notice if I wasn't listing to it with headphones on. Also I think I've heard that song a million times and never noticed it.

yeah, hendrix smendrix! 

you're right there are a lot of things that slipped through on recordings back in the 60's, 70's and even 80's that would never make it through today.  I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but I know there are a lot of other things like that in older recordings.  I remember reading about some train noises, traffic noises, A/C coming on/off...lots of stuff.

It must be the spontaneity.

Listen to "Slow Down" by the Beatles.  John Lennon obviously doubled the lead vocal, because you can hear differences in the notes and the words.

Or at the end of the solo in "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen.  The singer comes in two bars early, realizes it, stops, then comes in again and keeps going.

Just for reference sake first clearing of the throat is at 1:07 then you you hear a sniff (he's got a cold or just did a line of go go juice) at 2:01 then another clearing of the throat at 2:05. So I get the fact that when it was recorded on to tape the tape tech guy was lazy and left it in there but when it got re-mastered to digital why didn't they take it out? It wouldn't be hard to do and the extra audio doesn't add to the song.

On The Ocean by led zep, you can hear a phone ringing, which suggests they actually had a phone in the live room, which cracks me up. You know, in case the dealer was calling or something. 

Just remember that the "mix" in those days was as much a "performance" as laying down the tracks.
Even in the little 8 track recordings I did in the early 70's, it was all hands on deck come mix time.
There was always something somewhere that required a quick pull down on the fader.

Foxy Lady was probably a 4 track master and bounced a couple of times.

On the mains in the CR they probably never noticed it...

As I have grown older, I have found myself appreciating these older recordings more and more........... complete with small minor random glitches instead of the surgically assembled music with micro-millisecond-microscopic editing of today ---------------- I went thru a phase for example where I would do 6-7 takes of a guitar solo, then comp them to create the "perfect" solo ----------- No More. ------- I think too much of this can sometimes suck the life out of music and turn it into something that sounds like it was put together piece by piece instead of capturing a dynamic live performance ---------------- Example .... I just finished recording a Hendrix style song. -- I improvised the solo three times and kept the full version of one of them, no comping or combining tracks. --- Even though I was off diatonic pitch on a bend here or there (like Hendrix often was) ------ and there are even 1-2 places where you can hear the strings on the bass "ping" against the fretboard. -------- Kept it .............. Not saying it was the right thing to do, but I am liking that "LIVE" sound better these days than the surgically edited versions ......... (example - this is the rough mix -- no final EQ treatments yet) www.rawsoundrecords.com/LOVE_CLOUD_NINE_Advance_Release_Promo_Version.mp3

Mike,

Love the tune..... 

Mike that was an awesome track. Love that wah wah effect

MikeSpitzer,

I would be careful to not over produce that track.

Just sayin'

Thanks for the comments guys ---- But for the original poster, I hope that demonstrated what I was referring to as that kind of captured LIVE feel --vs-- the super processed modern trend. -------- if curious, here are some YouTube videos of other songs for mu upcoming CD actually being manufactured at Disckmakers in a few weeks -- Thanks --- http://www.youtube.com/us...pitzer007?feature=mhee

For coming in early there's the mommas and papas "I saw here dreaming" where the lead vox comes in early - and they left it.  Original stutter effect. George Harrison (or maybe it was Paul) called it genius.

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Danny Danzi

It's a mazing how much more you hear when everything goes digital. Sometimes I hate it due to how analog is just perfect for some things...other times I love it because it really does bring some of these things to life for me.

One thing I noticed when I first heard the CD version of Electric Ladyland was the amount of audible tape hiss coming through, and not just in the quieter passages.  I wouldn't have wanted it to have been removed though.  It sort of sounded like it was supposed to be there.