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nce upon a time, recording studios had more than one room!
In addition to the control room where all the recording equipment lived,
there were other rooms where they locked people inside with various devices
which produced sound. These people were called musicians.
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John Lyle - Concert Master up
to 1985
Klara Korda - Head Second violinist
Picture taken 1978 |
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| Bob
Bernard - one of our finest trad jazz and mainstream trumpet
players |
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Noel Gilmore - tuned
percussionist 1978 |
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Ed Wilson from The Daly Wilson
Big Band 1977 |
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EMI
Studios 301, 1978
Front row from right to left:
Dave Rutledge, Bob Chalker, Errol Buddle, Charlie
Munroe |
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| Louise
Johnson - harp, 1978 |
Racing!
There's nothing like recording a string session to get an
engineer's heart pumping. Every microphone and headphone in the
studio pressed into service. The console and multitrack stretched
to the limit. Time is critical. Will channel 13 hang in
there? Will that cantankerous old valve microphone start
rumbling? It takes just one thing to go wrong to ruin the entire
session. Imagine the horror when an engineer discovered he was
getting radio interference just as he was about to press the record
button! It was an engineer's worst nightmare. After the
session, technicians tore the studio apart. They found nothing.
Everything was fine until next time they were about to start another string
session. Finally one day somebody discovered the reason...
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SPRUNG!
Lal Kuring 1978
(Above) Placing the bet...
(Right) Listening to races with earplug whilst
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| Disney On Parade session at
Festival Studios for Hanna Barberra in 1978 with musical director and
composer Dominique Fronteiera from LA |
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