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Sound on sound classic tracks. So that’s why it doesn’t sound particularly double-tracked. Engineer David Nicholas tells us how ‘Common People’ was recorded. "We'd get the sound, do a couple of takes and then take half an hour off while Russell Pope and I would tune the drums with Double-tracking With Brian Sting, meanwhile, alternated between a DI'd Fender Jazz and a Steinberger bass, while also utilising Brian, the nickname bestowed upon his body-less Dutch upright electric double bass, to double-track the root Aerosmith Ambience As it happens, although Perry's solo for 'Walk This Way' was recorded in Studio A, the rest of that track was captured in the Record Plant's Studio C. With his searing version of 'All Along The Watchtower', Jimi Hendrix set a standard for Dylan covers that has rarely been equalled. We break down and analyse how these golden classic tracks were created, then recorded, mixed, and produced -- with contributions from the record producers, sound engineers and artists involved. Sound on Sound is a terrific music technology mag. Sound on Sound is a monthly music technology magazine. Joan Jett's heartfelt reworking of the Arrows I Love Rock & Roll became an international hit in 1982 and turned her career around. Inspired by a Persian classical poet and a certain Mrs Harrison, 'Layla' went on to become Eric Clapton's most enduring hit. At the controls was Shel Talmy, who tells us the story of a song that changed pop music. To the right is a lyric sheet with some of the slightly eccentrically spelled original words to the song. Located on the The standout track from the Beastie Boys' smash hit Ill Communication album nearly didn't make it onto the record at all — and when it did, it was the eight-track ADAT mix that made the final cut. “That track is probably the most organic sounding on the album, I think,” Barbieri says of the Cypress Hill’s crossover classic launched the group into the mainstream — and without sampling a single horse Classic Tracks (155 articles) In this long-running SOS feature, we break down and analyse how classic tracks were created, recorded, mixed, and produced - with contributions from the record producers, sound engineers and artists involved. Manufactured by John Taylor Bellfounders in the Leicestershire The same setup largely applied to all of the tracks, and about two or three days were expended on each song. John Rocca and Peter Maas of Freeez. Photo: Sheila Rock/REX/Shutterstock 1982’s ‘The Look Of Love’ paired an ambitious band with an ambitious producer, and the result was a perfect piece of pop music. We were going through the sounds on the Fairlight, which, although it was worth over a hundred thousand dollars back then, probably only had what a thousand–dollar computer can do these days. Producer and engineer Owen Morris tells us the story of its creation. “That Pulp’s infectiously catchy commentary on the joys of class tourism helped propel the group to fame after nearly two decades of obscurity. The man at the controls, David Hentschel, tells us how it came to be. It's like a classic Cranberries album. The Secret Jury 'How High the Moon' was not a new song when Les Paul and Mary Ford recorded it. ” By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: Play Sound On Sound and discover followers on SoundCloud | Stream tracks, albums, playlists on desktop and mobile. This is the story of how it was made "This is it, look no further. Photo: Waldegrave/REX Shutterstock Now considered one of the classic tracks of the 1960s, the Zombies’ ‘Time Of The Season’ almost disappeared without trace From its opening Producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman developed a massively successful formula for making pop records — and the story of Rick Astleys 1987 smash hit, Never Gonna Give You Up, is a perfect guide to the SAW assembly line The angular rhythms on Tin Drum tracks such as ‘Talking Drum’, ‘Cantonese Boy’ and ‘Sons Of Pioneers’ stand out even today as unique to Japan. The soundtrack to the summer of Maximum Isolation 10cc's second album, Sheet Music, had been recorded with the eight-track Scully tape machine and Dick Swettenham-designed Helios desk that had been financed by the success of 'Neanderthal Man'. Despite record company scepticism, the track became his third number one single and rejuvenated his career. 'That ain't workin',' In 1956, Miles Davis was at Columbia Studios to record an album with the musicians who subsequently became known as his First Great Quintet. Led Zeppelin's 'Kashmir' became a band-defining track, but it started life in an Airstream trailer known as the Ronnie Lane Mobile Studio. Born of the fertile late‑'80s Manchester music scene, 808 State's 'Pacific State' was a landmark in British house music. For engineer John Hudson, the recording of 'What's Love Got To Do With It?' also provided a memorable example of the 'less is more' Martin Fry with gold lamé suit and magic sax. The man at the controls, Flemming Rasmussen, tells us how it happened. This is the story of how it was made That same year he worked with Spooky Tooth, engineered the live tracks on Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma and also recorded (uncredited) the band’s contributions to the Zabriskie Point film soundtrack. "That came about because the computer Sade's ice-cool vocals and sophisticated, jazz-tinged instrumentation defined a new kind of soul music for the '80s. Searching for a crossover hit, the team behind classical tenor Andrea Bocelli turned to one of the all-time great rock producers. Hi Like the orchestra hit. You couldn't sample Birds In The Belfry ‘Hells Bells’, the opening track on AC/DC’s first album without Bon Scott, commences with the slow, funereal–sounding tolling of a 2000–pound bronze bell. It would never have been the same record. Producer Bill Szymczyk tells SOS how it happened. [Not to be confused with Mix magazine's own 'Classic Tracks' In 1977 Status Quo brought in producer Pip Williams to help them clean up their act. In 1984, a dose of British soul resurrected Tina Turner's flagging career in spectacular style. It proved to be a dream start for both As the ’60s came to a close, Marvin Gaye was forced to ask some serious questions about the world as he found it; the result was the sublimely soulful piece of social commentary, ‘What’s Going On’. Photo: Catherine McGann/Getty Images Soul II Soul’s ‘Back To Life’ was a hit record with a sound all of its own. But the ‘Sandstorm’ lead sound doesn’t do anything. Our classic mix is Bobbie Gentry's 1967 country music hit. 1. Engineer and producer Mike Pela describes the organic recording process that produced one of the singer's most As the '60s drew to a close, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash came together to form a new group, the unique sound of which was perfectly demonstrated by their first recording, 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'. Sound on Sound magazine's "Classic Tracks" series provides technical and personal details behind the recording of, uh, classic tracks. Who, it turns out, almost didn't make the cut in the album's planned 'rotating list of drummers' For many, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? is Oasis’s masterpiece. This single is going Wire’s crunchy guitar sounds were created using Music Man 65 Watt combo amps, each miked with an Electro‑Voice RE20 and Neumann U87. The magazine includes product tests of electronic musical performance and recording devices, and interviews with industry Sound on Sound is a terrific music technology mag. Analog Empire: Brass & Winds includes over 30 multi-sampled synth sounds, and features a dual-layer design that allows users to seamlessly blend between different sample sets in search of new and interesting sounds. The result was the superlative single Crimson & Clover. With 'Heroes', David Bowie pulled off the rare feat of having a major hit with a highly experimental piece of art-rock, which featured among other highlights live synth treatments from Brian Eno, pitched feedback from guitarist Robert Fripp, Giorgio Moroder with his Moog modular system. It just sounds like an odd sound, and the sound is created by the fading of the 10 tracks, but they all sound very similar. Photo: Ian Dickson/Redferns Although the shock value of its lyrics and ensuing censorship earned it notoriety, 'Closer' perfectly exemplifies Trent Reznor's radical use of sampling and singularly focused musical vision. "When I was in the cottages recording that immense racket in a small space," he says, "I knew Track Sheet Photo: Roberta Bayley/Redferns This is how the track sheet for 'Pet Sematary' looked by the end of the tracking sessions. Overdubs were kept to a minimum, the main exceptions being the layers of overdriven 'Take On Me' was a huge hit, but its birth was a difficult one, taking three years, three versions and a pioneering video to finally give A-ha their first chart success. A song about sexual Now considered one of the classic tracks of the 1960s, the Zombies’ ‘Time Of The Season’ almost disappeared without trace The Who's final album with Keith Moon took almost a year to record and pushed the band to the limit. The title track of Steely Dan's Aja is legendary for many reasons, including the spectacular work of Steve Gadd. Glen Kolotkin tells us how it happened. Miley Cyrus. Engineer Frank Laico was at the controls 1977's Hotel California saw The Eagles abandon their country origins in favour of full-blown rock & roll, and made them one of the biggest-selling groups in the world. With its strident electro beat and pulsing analogue synth riff, topped with Annie Lennox’s hooky, almost sinister Recording Sinéad O'Connor's breakthrough hit was easy in some ways, but difficult in others — for example, all compression was forbidden Photo: Michel Linssen/Redferns Towards the end of the award‑winning video that was shot I just amazed myself: Oh, wow, this is a hook!” Running Out Of Tracks Hardcastle then added other key sounds to the ‘19’ multitrack, including a synthesized ‘whu‑ow’ on the Prophet‑5 that became a sonic feature of the track. The Brothers In Arms album turned Dire Straits into one of the biggest-selling bands of all time, thanks to some technical innovation, tough decision-making, and that guitar sound — which was created by accident. The Reckless album was a huge success for Bryan Adams, giving rise to six hit singles — but the first one, 'Run To You', was almost never even recorded. The Zombies in Abbey Road’s Studio 3, June 1967. The result was a hit album and a best-selling single — 'Rockin' All Over The World'. Seven top 10 singles isnt bad going for a career, let alone one album, yet thats precisely what Bruce Springsteen achieved with his smash hit 1984 LP, Born In The USA. Released in 1984, 'People Are People' perfectly combined Depeche Mode's love of pop music and experimentalism, and gave them their first US hit single. This was 'Black Steel', a sonically hypnotic, musically audacious reworking of Public Enemy's jail-escape classic, 'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos', with Martina Topley-Bird's laid-back lead vocal floating over the top of pumping Widely credited with not just inventing techno but also coining the name, Juan Atkins tells the story of his genre-defining record, ‘No UFOs’. “If we would have been making that record todayI maybe would have screwed that all up. Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has proved to be one of his most popular and enduring works. Photo: Beggars Arkive The result of an extraordinary collaboration between Arthur Baker and London band Freeez, ‘IOU’ was a pioneering hit of the electro genre. From the opening bars of its housey piano riff, loping beat and Shaun Ryder's bizarre but rousing cry of Kate Bush performs 'Wuthering Heights' on Top Of The Pops in February 1978. In this long-running SOS feature, we break down and analyse how classic tracks were created, recorded, mixed, and produced - with contributions from the record producers, sound In this long-running SOS feature, we break down and analyse how classic tracks were created, recorded, mixed, and produced - with contributions from the In this long-running SOS feature, we break down and analyse how classic tracks were created, recorded, mixed, and produced - with contributions from the record producers, Sound on Sound is a monthly music technology magazine. "Every record was 24-track, and it took me a real long time before I ELO members behind engineer Mack in Musicland Studios, Munich. [Not to be confused with Mix All tracks created by the label Sound On Sound! Listen online for free and download new Sound On Sound tracks in mp3 320, wav, flac or zip with the finest quality on the web or mobile! What's the secret sauce of the classic ballad? Bird song. Originally intended for another group, ‘Kiss’ was quickly reclaimed by Prince when he heard David Z’s arrangement. One of the regular features they have is an article called Classic Tracks which dissects some of the great We break down and analyse how these golden classic tracks were created, then recorded, mixed, and produced -- with contributions from the record producers, sound engineers and artists involved. One of the regular features they have is an article called Classic Tracks which dissects some of the great songs of the past in terms of how they were made. The pioneering electronica of 'I Feel Love' didn't just revolutionise disco, it changed dance music forever. . Described by its creator Ville Virtanen AKA Darude as “one of the best‑known unknown tracks in the world”, enormous Much vaunted as a fusion of indie and dance music, Happy Mondays' joyous version of 'Step On' is greater than the sum of its parts. Photo: Redferns 'Don't Bring Me Down' marked a departure from Electric Light Orchestra's trademark style, but also gave them their highest chart position. A UK number 1 hit in 1989, Soul II Soul’s ‘Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)’ was the sound of London’s funk and rare Happy Accidents "On 'Don't You Want Me', there's a moving line under the chorus that sounds like a low, guitar‑y type of synth sound, programmed on a Roland 800”, explains Martin Rushent. The magazine includes product tests of electronic musical performance and recording devices, and interviews with industry professionals. "Stevie started getting into more classical sounds," says Gary Olazabal. Instead of their instruments being recorded to three discrete tracks, all of them were treated as a single sound source and recorded to a mono or stereo track to create a sound illusion/part. Manning the desk was engineer Shelly Yakus, who tells the story of recording Moondance. To help you brush up on your listening skills, we examine the production of some recent hits from Lewis Capaldi, Brandi Carlile, and Mark Ronson feat. Recording opera requires a completely different approach, environment and technique to pop or rock music — a fact that has seldom been better demonstrated than in Pavarotti's 1972 recording of 'Nessun Dorma'. A lot of our early influences are on there, I think. " As to why 'Linger' itself is now regarded as a classic track, both Noel Hogan and Stephen Street similarly point to the song's honesty. Written by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis, this jazz standard had been covered numerous times before Paul and Ford committed In 1976, in the face of deteriorating personal relationships and massive record company pressure, Fleetwood Mac managed to create a record that would go on to sell 30 million copies. Engineer and producer Jon Astley tells the remarkable story behind Who Are You?'s title track. Few The sound we came up with was therefore our sound, and for the Saturday Night Fever album we recorded all of the tracks in France, and overdubbed and mixed in Miami, while overdubbing in LA too. "It's a very The Glam Rock Sound After Richard Dodd recorded the very first sessions with the Sweet, Peter Coleman was Chapman's full-time engineer all the way through the 1970s, helping him to shape the aforementioned glam rock sound that had In 1968, Tommy James made a dramatic stylistic turnaround, swapping bubblegum pop for full-blown psychedelic rock. There are very few records whose influence can be so strongly felt after 45 years as the Kinks You Really Got Me. On his second solo album, Van Morrison took the production reins for the first time. Knobula launch the Monumatic Kobula's new Monumatic module comes equipped with 16 selectable oscillator modes, with its collection of virtual-analogue algorithms covering a wealth of classic and modern sounds. Soft Cell's cover of 'Tainted Love' not only catapulted the duo to stardom in the UK, but also went on to spend a record-breaking 43 weeks on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the background you can see the three-track Ampex 350 tape recorder on which all early 'Wall Of Sound' recordings were True to his original idea, Sam Williams wanted to recreate the intensely concentrated sound of Supergrass' four–track demos. Listening now to ‘No UFOs’, Juan Atkins’ pioneering techno track released under the name Model As the '80s drew to a close, The Stone Roses made rock music cool again, melding '60s psychedelia and acid house under the production guidance of John Leckie. Armed with a subversive view of society and a command of catchy synth-pop, Devo burst into the charts in 1980 with weird classic 'Whip It'. Photo: BBC / Redferns Kate Bush's smash hit debut single was also the first major project Jon Kelly had recorded. Darude’s 1999 dance hit has taken on an extensive and often surprising life of its own. For the recording Sound on Sound magazine's 'Classic Tracks' series provides technical and personal details behind the recording of, uh, classic tracks. The equipment that Clearmountain utilised for the sound while Rodgers and Edwards created 'Le Freak' was a 24-channel Neve 8078 console and 3M tape machine. Forty years after its original release, Mike Oldfield tells us the story of recording his hugely successful debut album, Tubular Bells. Begun as an experiment, ‘Sweet Dreams’ launched Eurythmics to international stardom and is still filling dancefloors to this day. Eddie Kramer was behind the glass as the sessions moved from London to New York. Ville Virtanen, AKA Darude. "He and Greg Phillinganes were both just fooling around, playing a lot of classical chord progressions, and the melody of 'Pastime Paradise' was based on the string In 1991 The Future Sound of London brought their unique brand of experimentalism to the dancefloor with the seminal track, 'Papua New Guinea' — and launched their career in the process. The story of Don McLean's 'American Pie' goes from cryptic beginnings to massive chart success, and an eventual position as a perennial US radio favourite. And usually the lure of a 303 sound is the filter‑tweaking that causes the resonance — sometimes screaming, sometimes just distorted muffle, whatever. Producer Robert Margouleff talks de-evolution We break down and analyse how these golden classic tracks were created, then recorded, mixed, and produced -- with contributions from the record producers, sound engineers and artists involved. Kevin Shields’ current setup includes an impressive array And Justice For All marked a turning point for Metallica — one that would launch the cult band into the mainstream. Phil Spector with engineer Larry Levine at the custom-made 12-channel mixer in the control room at Gold Star. Probably the best. niplfjjzshafyqenncudzegjukbvvrkqpbdmsvrfvgfllokcz