Sound City

finally got to watch Dave Grohl`s "Sound City" on BluRay with the 5.1 cranked.
Absolutely essential viewing for anyone who has ever pressed the Record button.
check it out
cheers
tony

It's definitely the forum Tony
 
And I'm waiting for the Blu-Ray to come down just a little more in price on Amazon

Ps... The Stevie Nicks song isn't the great either. She's had plastic surgery on her face of nose or something. You would have thought the doctor would have pulled the snot out of  her nose while he was at it so she would sing a little better no? 

hey Rimshot.
just wondering if you realised the significance of the studio when you were there or was it just another day at the office for you-did you feel the "magic"?

Thanks for sharing your story Jimmy. That must have been a lot of work and a lot of fun.

I watched the movie and was surprised to learn how many of my favorite albums were on the list.

I was also interested when I realized that so many of them had a sonic signature that tied them together.

The sound of those drums defined a sound for me. Realizing there was a specific relationship seemed like kind-of-a-big-deal when I watched the movie.


Are there any leak tapes of Sue Sadd and the Next?


best regards,
mike

mike_mccue


Thanks for sharing your story Jimmy. That must have been a lot of work and a lot of fun.

I watched the movie and was surprised to learn how many of my favorite albums were on the list.

I was also interested when I realized that so many of them had a sonic signature that tied them together.

The sound of those drums defined a sound for me. Realizing there was a specific relationship seemed like kind-of-a-big-deal when I watched the movie.


Are there any leak tapes of Sue Sadd and the Next?


best regards,
mike

H Mike, 

Sorry, no leak tapes for Sue Saad.  You can look up Sue Saad and listen to a number of songs we did for films.  Those track were done in my Sound Logic Recording Studios studio I built in Los Angeles.  

Interesting view on the sound signature.  At Sound City Studio A, it was a large echoing room.  Drums had a live, crisp feel to them.  I recorded my on a slightly elevated floor.  Tom Petty recorded his on a high platform ( I think to reduce phasing from the floor relfections).  The control room monitors were extremely bright and rather hard on the ears.  They did translate incredibly well.  

Rimshot

Missed this first time round, so I just watched it and found it very interesting. Whilst I've never particularly been a Nirvana / Foo Fighters fan, the more I see of Dave Grohl, the man, the more I think what a cool guy he would be to hang out with. Seems a genuinely nice guy with a great sense of humour and a very deep appreciation of all styles of music.

Here's hoping it comes out on Netflix soon....

It was on cable last night. I was flipping channels and happened upon it on channel 66..( VHS-1 ? ) ....... I caught it just a few minutes in and watched the entire show.  My wife, who usually doesn't like the shows on that channel happened to be walking through when Stevie Nicks was singing.... and she stopped to watch for a minute or two.
 
Dave's love for the music and that old console and 2" tape is commendable. It was good to see that ...as they said in the documentary.... the console didn't get bubble wrapped and stored in some warehouse or museum somewhere...that instead,  people are still able to use it. That was a labor of love.

And what was Paul playing? Some kind of electric-uke/banjo/dobro mixup. Sounded okay though.

timidi
I'd like to watch it. How do I do that?
 
Here's a snippet of a review.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/31/170592850/sound-city-music-and-memories-in-an-l-a-landmark
That's a Gibson Barney Kessel guitar BTW.
Had one for awhile. Looks just like mine actually.
 
rimshot, sounds like we were doing LA around the same time frame. I think I left around 83.
Ever hear of Salty Dog or Salty Puppy or Platinum Recording studios? I worked there.
Actually, I don't recall 'Sound City' except after the fact since it's famous..
 

Hey Tim, 
 
Sorry, I just saw your post.  I worked at The Record Plant, Capital Records Studios, Sound City, A&M, CBS, and a bunch of good smaller studios mostly as a studio drummer.  
I played with Sue Saad at Madam Wong's with Danny Elfman from Oingo Bongo, The Londoner (that's where we played before signing with Planet Records), The Whiskey, The Troubador, and then we opened for UFO at the Long Beach Sports Arena.  My studio was on Glendale Blvd. at Highway 5 near Los Feliz in the little town of Atwater.  The Beastie Boys took it over.  Sue Saad also opened for Tom Petty, The Baby's, and Boomtown Rats up in the Northwest.  I'll stop there.  
 
Jimmy
 
 
 

Great documentary, I saw it on the way to Europe. Everyone they released a revamped digital version of the Neve Console? Although i have yet to look into it at all :P

Moshkiae

Mooch4056
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None the less... If Paul wanted me to record a bad song with him...I'd be honored. 

I would tell him, thanks, but no thanks! I would rather record with his brother, since he has some humor, though I doubt that anyone here in the Coffee House has ever heard of him!

No, none of us has ever heard of 'Mike McGear', lead singer with 'The Scaffold', painful 'comedy' group from the early '70's.
 
Best forgotten, IMO.

Hi,
 
Hehehehe!
 
Scaffold, Grimms, and Mike McGear's solo album ... I have them all, and they are much more enjoyable than so much of the crap that Paul has put together over the years. You could take 5 of Paul's albums and make a decent one out of it, and I still would not buy it. In fact, not bothered since "Band on the Run".
 
The last McCartney album I really liked and still love listening to it is .... RAM! But that's an album that no one seems to like! Long cuts, too!
 
Honestly, Paul is becoming like the Rolling Stones ... that the media thinks anything they do is fine and whatever, and they are not! If it were Johnny Shchmoe's Coffe House Band, no one would give a crap and listen to that pile of junk, but because it is the "gods", they can **** on us, and we're supposed to be in awe!
 
Get over it! Paul's time is dead and gone! Loved his work earlier, but he's not been relevant for 30 years!

Moshkiae
Hi,
 
Hehehehe!
 
Scaffold, Grimms, and Mike McGear's solo album ... I have them all, and they are much more enjoyable than so much of the crap that Paul has put together over the years. You could take 5 of Paul's albums and make a decent one out of it, and I still would not buy it. In fact, not bothered since "Band on the Run".
 
The last McCartney album I really liked and still love listening to it is .... RAM! But that's an album that no one seems to like! Long cuts, too!
 
Honestly, Paul is becoming like the Rolling Stones ... that the media thinks anything they do is fine and whatever, and they are not! If it were Johnny Shchmoe's Coffe House Band, no one would give a crap and listen to that pile of junk, but because it is the "gods", they can **** on us, and we're supposed to be in awe!
 
Get over it! Paul's time is dead and gone! Loved his work earlier, but he's not been relevant for 30 years!

Agree 100% Ram is the only McCartney album I like too.