Silver Blue and Gold (Bad Company Cover -Forum Collab)

Posting a cover of Bad Company's Silver Blue and Gold for mixing critique.   Spent a lot of time trying to get away from the overly brittle sound of some of my previous mixes.   Drums are Superior Drummer, Piano is NI Vienna Pop Piano, Guitars are all Podfarm 2.5 Amp Sims, Mandolin is mic'ed, Bass is fretless, playing through an LA-610 Signature Pre-amp, by the singer of this cover version of SBG.  Pretty good singer, see if you can guess who it is;)
 
Look forward to opinions.   Hope you enjoy.
 
 
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11827177&q=hi&newref=1
Regards
 
 
 

Sounds great! Is the singer Robbie?

Great job on the cover.  I'll bet this singer could do justice to Journey if he has the range.

Sounds really good.

Since the vox sounds so much like Steve Perry rather than Paul Rodgers  I would have listed it as a Perry Company cover.

Vicente - Thanks for the listen.   You called it, Robby is the singer and bass player.
 
Daren - Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.   Wow, PR is one of my favorite singers, and I think Robby's, he should be thrilled with that compliment;)
 
Lynn - Thank you.  Funny you mentioned Journey, I never heard that quality in the vocals until you mentioned it.  Now I can't not hear a little SP in it.
 
TheBand19 - The bass certainly contributed to the song but I think stating that the bass "made the song" is going out on a limb a bit  I would give you this, the vocals made the song...
 
Ed - Thanks, I knew eventually I would get one out that sounded good to you;)  This forum has been invaluable for learning the art of mixing.   The playing is much easier, and more fun than the mixing,  I have to admit.
 
Herb  -  Thanks for the listen, I tried to play this a little more laid back than the 1975 BC version.   I saw BC do this live and they did it a little more like this version than their original recording.   I was surprised to read that BC never released Silver Blue and Gold as a single, even though it is one of their more popular songs.
 
 
 
 

Oh yes, I forgot you fixed my keyboard parts.  In my defense, my MIDI controller was taking a dive and is stillin the shop;(
 
Regards

Great job guys... everything makes this work very well...

Hi, Mark and Robby,
 
Absolutely fantastic job on this excellent Bad Company cover!
 
Very true to the original, with great performances on all of the instruments, dynamite vocals and a crisp, clean, modern sounding mix.
 
Spectacular playing and production, guys!
Bob

Outstanding job on this, guys.

The production is fantastic and Robby's vocal is perfect!

I'm not familiar with the original but I can't imagine it's any better ( or even as good ) as this.

I do this song as a 3 piece in the Rock Band I'm in if you can imagine that lol. Great tune. You did a wonderful job on this!!! I LOVE IT! This recording is Fantastic! 

Janet - Thanks for the comment.  Don't pump up the singer too much, he may start charging me to do these collabs;)   Glad you liked the guitar solo, I am actually pretty happy with the way the guitars came out for a change.
 
Frank - Thanks for the listen, appreciate it.
 
Bob- Good to hear from you, I thought you might like some BC.  I am pretty happy with the mix, they seem to be getting better over time.  I have to keep up with the rest of you guys putting out radio ready stuff.
 
Makke - Thanks for the comment, like your recent Tele guitar playing post too.  Good stuff.
 
Gary - Thanks for the comment.   The original is pretty darn close to this one.   We did it maybe a little looser.
 
Scott - Thanks for stopping by for a listen.  Appreciate the comment.   Grant will appreciate it too;)
 
Bill - I can imagine that it would sound pretty good as a 3 piece.   Take the piano out and it is really a 3 piece performance with the exception of the guitar harmonies during the solo.   Glad you liked it, spent a lot of time trying to get it right.   Fortunately my mix templates get updated as I go so they should only get better down the road. 
 
Mark - Thanks for the listen and comment.  

I really appreciate and respect some of the great bass players here, Warren you hold down the bottom :-) Bapu represents, but Tanton is the best bass player (IMO) so if I can do a good bass track? That other bass players who I respect can listen to and comment on? :-) I think Wayne from Wayne's World said it best? Shawing! "Tent pole..."

Sounds good here.

Thanks for sharing.

My absolute favorite BC song! I like your's better than the original. The toms need a HP filter but this is most excellent and I love the fretless!

Well done!

Bad company can be Good company under the right Circumstances...