Bob Oister
Hey Mark and Robby,
 
Been away from the forum for a couple of weeks so I'm late to the party, but this phenomenal cover of a great classic is total ear candy!
 
Spectacular musicianship by both of you, and the production work on this is out of this world.  Amazing detail in the performances, and pro quality clarity and texture in the great sounding mix.
 
Excellent collab, guys, top notch all the way around!
Bob

Thanks Bob! I've been lucked in to some sweet colabs lately 

This is proof that you can get a nice warm mix with digital gear. This sounds analog to me. Great mix! Love the guitars, vocals and everything else. Impressive piece of work.

It is a hell of a jam 
 
And there were no controlled substances involved?  (That anyone can prooooove, remember "an indictment is not a conviction") 
 
Well it was supposed to be a picture of Spicolli from Fast Times? But for whatever reason, they would not let me load it "on our time?

Leizer
Not familiar with the original, but this sounded great! Loved the brass and the organ. Everything fitting very good together.

Yeah :-) I did the brass and the organ! It's an honor to work with a musician and engineer as talented as Mr. no999, Mark is the man, and I was lucky to have been given the opportunity. I'm hoping we have a few more left in us. Thanks Leizer.

Very nice mix!  Very classic sounding.  I hear every instrument, but what's even greater, is I hear it as if it were off a 1970's LP saved to a nice Chome II tape!  :-) 
 
Not over mastered (or as I coined some years back, 'Smashtered') or over compressed. 
 
Excellent separation on everything.  Hey, that's not Ron Burgundy on the flute?  ;-) 
 
If you are trying to stay true to the era, Don't TOUCH IT! 
If, however, you wanted to bring it into 2013, then a little high-end sweetening with some BBE or Aural Exciter or PSP-WARMER on the entire mix (or carefully, at the mastering stage), you'd enter this century.  Should you?  No rules say you have to. 
 
Best to you!  Will be sure to look for more of your mixes as they pop up.  Nice going!  (Never heard the tune, either, so that was a nice treat alone!)
 
Be well,
As Always,
FR

You need to understand Mr. No999 (the mix master) he lays down over the top of a mix and changes color? (until you can't see him) I like to do the same thing as an artist :-) But he can do it both as an artist, and as an Engineer... So I will guarantee you that in fact, he listened carefully to the original, then "A/B'ed it." And tweaked it, until A was as close to B as he could get it :-) He's really good at that... Thanks FR! We were going for a tribute version 

Scott -  Thanks for the comment.  Appreciate it.   Enjoying your Christmas CD this afternoon.  
 
Old55 - Thank you, appreciate your listening.  I am glad we did one of your favorite L&M tunes up to expectation.
 
Leizer - Thanks, appreciate it.   The brass and organ are Kontakt samples.   I am pretty impressed with most of them...
 
Olemon - Thanks, the guitar parts were a lot of fun.   Got to try out my new Line6 HD500 on this one.    L&M have an alternate tuning on this song which took me a while to figure out.   Two E strings are tuned down to D.
 
Bob - Good to hear from you.   Appreciate it.  Couple more 70's covers in the works, then heading to the 80's;)
 
Daryl - Thanks for the listen.  There are some nice live videos of L&M on YouTube that are fairly recent.   They have a spectacular band. 
 
Clint - Thanks.   We were going for a vintage 70's sound so glad we accomplished that.   Using Waves Kramer Tape and SSL Console/SSL Bus Compressor on this one.  I think it gives it a nice analogue feel.
 
FR - Thanks, I know what you mean about over-compression, did it for years.    I may err on the side of too little compression as a result;(   Appreciate your comments on the mix, it was a bit of a challenge but very educational.   We were going for a vintage sound but I get your suggestion for a more 2013 sound.      Might be interesting to try it out.   Thanks again.

Regards
    
 

No love for your colab partner?

The Band19
No love for your colab partner?

 
Robby is the best collaborative partner in the known universe, excellent piano/organ/bass/misc instrument player, and holds the keys to the best Chili recipe in the Northern Hemisphere;)
 
There you go.......   You have my PayPal account information 
 
Seriously though, good job, I would have never thought to do this song and am glad we did.   Learned a lot on this one.  Your contributions were invaluable.
 
Regards