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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2021 15:27:59 GMT
Do you think that some producers were better/bad at getting the most out of one instrument than others. Have you ever thought a (whoever) produced album always has amazing drums, or vice versa, they always sound shite on a (whoever) produced album, but the rest of the instruments always sound fine.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Aug 31, 2021 15:29:21 GMT
Martin Hannett famously was keen to get the 'right' drum sound. David Axelrod too, I think.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 31, 2021 16:57:57 GMT
I can't imagine hiring a producer based solely on their prowess at capturing the nuances of one particular instrument, but any act that plans on featuring a cowbell in their recording could do a lot worse than bringing David Lucas on board.
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2021 16:59:26 GMT
Steve Albini was also noted for his drum sound.
To be pedantic, Hannett and Albini were also engineers, which is really where this tends to come in. The producer obviously has a say in how things sound, but it's the engineer who "gets" the sounds.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2021 17:04:44 GMT
I was using drums as an example, it could be a producer that made the guitar sound awesome for example, but everything else, meh etc.
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2021 17:12:59 GMT
The band Cul de Sac made an album with John Fahey, late in his life/career. Their guitarist Glenn Jones told me that John thought their engineer, Jon Williams (ex-Volcano Suns!!), was the best he'd ever worked with at recording acoustic guitar. And he'd been making acoustic guitar records for a long time at that point.
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Post by fearlessfreap on Aug 31, 2021 17:27:32 GMT
Willie Mitchell at Hi got a great drum sound.
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Post by sloopjohnc on Aug 31, 2021 17:56:42 GMT
All of Steve Lillywhite's productions seem to feature drums a lot too.
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Post by Half Machine Lipschitz on Aug 31, 2021 18:03:30 GMT
All of Steve Lillywhite's productions seem to feature drums a lot too. Could it be that he works with a lot of bands that have drummers? |
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2021 18:06:06 GMT
All of Steve Lillywhite's productions seem to feature drums a lot too. I remember CREEM's review of Marshall Crenshaw's second album referring to Lillywhite's "disinclination to treat drums as anything less than cannon fire". |
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Post by sloopjohnc on Aug 31, 2021 18:48:38 GMT
All of Steve Lillywhite's productions seem to feature drums a lot too. I remember CREEM's review of Marshall Crenshaw's second album referring to Lillywhite's "disinclination to treat drums as anything less than cannon fire".  I was trying to be diplomatic. The XTC albums especially. His brother, Adrian Lillywhite, was the drummer for the Members. He produced their Chelsea Nightclub album. Probably one of his first. |
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Post by clive gash on Aug 31, 2021 19:14:31 GMT
Ichabod Elijah-Webster was positively frumious with his mic/eq techniques during the recording of Ian “Iain” Parkinson’s The Lore of the Land . Now there was a fellow who could make the fret squeak sing!
Of course, things went south when The Mayking’s Melody Band hired I E-W for their sophomore effort …and a Breeze Did Play ‘Pon the Lips, but that’s another story.
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Post by peter on Aug 31, 2021 19:59:28 GMT
John thought their engineer, Jon Williams (ex-Volcano Suns!!), was the best he'd ever worked with at recording acoustic guitar. And he'd been making acoustic guitar records for a long time at that point. I think of John Wood producing Pink Moon for sumptuous acoustic guitar sound. I would say its the perfect acoustic guitar sound but I've never heard The Epiphany Of Glenn Jones. |
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2021 20:15:48 GMT
John thought their engineer, Jon Williams (ex-Volcano Suns!!), was the best he'd ever worked with at recording acoustic guitar. And he'd been making acoustic guitar records for a long time at that point. I think of John Wood producing Pink Moon for sumptuous acoustic guitar sound. I would say its the perfect acoustic guitar sound but I've never heard The Epiphany Of Glenn Jones. I was pretty surprised by Fahey's comment. Mind you (and this is nothing against Jon Williams, who certainly did a fine job), Fahey was a little nuts, especially by that time. As for acoustic guitar recording, I think it's hard to beat Side 2 of Big Star's first (engineered by John Fry, possibly with some help from Chris Bell). |
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