ABBEY ROAD Visit 3

[philc]

Hi all,

Well it went off great, the first hour as before was to take pictures and have a look around Studio 2 and stand in the very spot where it was all done, Beatles, Shadows and just about everyone else.

The first talk was about the early recording techniques etc the Ken Scott came in and went through many many stories about the Beatles and the recording situation at AR some of what he said was quite new to me and was surprising. He had his book there and later did a signing.

Here's some pics, sorry but there's a few of me in them

Phil



KEN SCOTT.



VARI-SPEED CONTROLLER.







MASTERING MACHINE.


THE TOP MIC IS WHAT MALCOLM ADDEY PREFERED TO USE FOR MIC'ING AMPS HE CHANGED TO THIS FROM THE U47, IT HAS ONLY A FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN SO  BLEED WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE TRACKS.



RECORDING DEVICES INCLUDING THE ALTEC AND FAIRCHILD COMPRESSORS.



THE FIRST DIGITAL MIXER, NOTICE THE RUBBER "Track" FADERS, ADAPTED FROM TOY TANK TRACKS.



70's MIXER USED ON "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" etc by PINK FLOYD.



CAR ENGINE EFFECTS SIMULATOR FOR EARLY RADIO PROGRAMS AND A RAIN MACHINE.



THIS IS THE PART OF THE STUDIO WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED.

[kipper]

thanks for puting pictures up phil looks like a good day was had by all. peter

[allclaphands]

Thanks Phil
For sharing your photos with us all very interesting.

Pete

[pluckit65]

Some great looking old gear but, nothing that would fit in the pocket. LOL

Regards

Roger

[sandra]

I know that you said you were taking a Tesco carrier bag with you Phil but I thought you were joking, until I saw you with one on the steps

I must admit you do look somewhat furtive in the 4th pic down though

Did you get George Martin to take your photos ?

Looks like you enjoyed yourself

[istvan]

Thank you!The pics are very good!
istvan

[philc]

Apr 27, 2014 14:10:00 GMT sandra said:

I know that you said you were taking a Tesco carrier bag with you Phil but I thought you were joking, until I saw you with one on the steps

Hi Sandra, did you notice that I am trying to keep that bag out of sight...it's also pretty heavy, a quick getaway was called for

Phil

PS. I will be doing some experiments tonight with an Altec compressor!

[sandra]

I hope you can use it to good effect when you do that Uriah Heep number I am still waiting to hear from you

[philc]

[philc]

Just a bit of trivia, Brian Kehew, co-writer and the guy that does the AR talks and is pictured in the echo chamber in the "Recording the Shadows" thread is also the keyboard player for the Who.

Phil