post retired, thanks all!

Here's a cover of the Beatles tune "Birthday" from their classic album "The White Album."  Music recorded & mixed by 6strings.  Vocals & handclapps recorded & mixed by Pluto.   
 
Birthday   
 
4/26/10 - Just added the Beatles I Am the Walrus cover.  Vocals & instruments by Pluto and recorded & mixed by Pluto. 
 
 
Edit - Songs retired, thanks all! 

Yeah the vocals did have a slight Lemmy sound to them. Suited the track well though.

This is a fantastic cover, full of energy and the mix you've done has a sound that captures that era well.

Top stuff.

Excellent; vox fills the panorama in this one.

Good job!

This sounds yummy! Tasty guitars and great vocals. Drums are perfect too. Happy Birthday!

I like how you've given this a harder 'edge'. One of the better versions I've heard. Mix is nice too.

Larry

dude! Love the vocals! Great guitar playing also!

A song I love to play. I think you did a great job of it. Terrific attention to detail. The downside: now the notion of covering it myself has been rendered superfluous. Well done.
Mark

nice job. really enjoyed.
ok, now for the nits.
The vocal maybe a little wide. It's almost 100% L & R.
It started falling apart when the piano came in. I think it's a frequency thing mostly (cut the lows and low mids). the track just seemed to mud up around 2:00. cleared up at the end.

Ok, suggestion/idea.
"it's my birthday too" YEA.
there is no, YEA. 
that's cool.
how about: do the 'Yea' on it's own centered, dry and telephony sounding maybe with an echo. idunno, just an idea. 

I agree with Timidi about the piano.  It sounds like it was overdubbed a year later onto the master.  If you can find the right mid-high frequencies and turn down everything below that, it will sit in the mix better.

Good job. I like the wide vox. Great guitar, and the drums were perfect. Even have a McCartney-esque bass tone happening. One of the best Beatles covers ever.

Ozz, blipp, montezuma, phillip, kennywteljazz, scottytunes, tap, slowmarching, pwtrash, chinchen, mcourter, timidi, clean, nemirn, dke and bitflipper....  thanks for commenting. 

It's great hearing from everyone and i'm glad you're diggin' the tune!  Hmmm... me sounding like Lemmie?  Well I'm not to familiar with his music, but I'll take it as a compliment,... thx! 

A little history behind this collab.  The first version  (instrumental) that 6strings sent me was too high a key for me to hit the high voc parts.  So i asked 6strings if he could re-track the instrumental in a lower key, and he was kind enough to re-track it for me.  It was a pleasure working with him too, top notch.  He sent me the lower key version, then i recorded and mixed my vocs in.  Then i sent it back to 6strings to clean it up a bit.  So there you go, a little background on the tune. 

I'll let 6strings comment on any music questions because he tracked all the instruments.

Feel free to keep the comments coming...  I love hearing from all of you!

Kind Regards,
Pluto

Great version! It is hard to make a good Beatles cover since the original is always so darn good. This is very close to the original, well done!

This is superbly done! Great performances, sound and mix! Listened again; also sounds great on desktop monitors, now that's something man! Way to go ;-)

The instruments are all Beatles but the vox are more towards a different style, which works for this one.

Nice job

Ron

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The instruments are all Beatles but the vox are more towards a different style, which works for this one.

Nice job

Ron

Thanks, rolifer... yeah, very hard to copy McCartney so i'm glad i was able to come up with a voc style that worked.