This song has the PERFECT drum mix and sound ever. This is the standard  we should all strive to achieve in our drum mixes sonically? 


And it was recorded in the 70s and on tape 

Sonically this drum mix on this song makes my loins tingle. 



My 2 cents on drum mixing 


Mooch 

it's all about steve gadd....
and the arrangement.

the method of recording it.....
nah.

i'd have to say the 'recording' of steely dan's "Aja", which also has steve gadd, would trump this one handily.
i'm a big paul simon fan, and steely dan fan, but an even BIGGER steve gadd fan.


my point:

you are listening to a fantastic drummer........ could have been recorded anytime, anywhere, in any decent studio, and it would have sounded pretty much the same.

More mixing than recording...and I agree with my ol pal batsbrew...ol Steve is two hecks of a great drummer with a readily identifiable style.  His recent work with James Taylore is tres fab as well.

Well ya .... It is a good song and he is a good drummer .... But .... 


Someone find me a bad song with the same drum tones and mix sonically then ... LOL 

Hard to do I suppose 


I still think its recorded really well 

Well Phil Ramone is no dunderhead.  It WAS recorded very well indeed.

nothing to see here.....

yes, simon has always had excellent studio results, and worked with killer players.

I'll take Bonham from Led Zep II on, Alex.

Now that's a recorded drum sound.

i love bonhams sound on that album.

but i wouldn't put it in the 'pristine recordings' category for sure.

sounds like he's beating the sh!t out of his drums in a big hallway!!
LOL

over the years i've found that a lot of my favorite recorded drum sounds are from more obscure jazz-rock and/or fusion bands....

it's a studio-mentality approach to certain drum sounds.


i dig it.

but i also really like trashy drum sounds, when played by amazing musicians (charlie watts, ringo, moon, etc)