Category: Music
Up Tempo
Born two days before Elvis, Nino Tempo looked more like a nightclub performer than a Pop music impresario. But he put his studio experience as a member of the Wrecking Crew to good use, producing some excellent recordings in the Sixties, years after “Deep Purple,” Tempo’s big hit with his not unattractive sister April Stevens. This one in particular I think is a standout.
Sounding Board
Neil Innes is working on a documentary about Sound Techniques, a small, independent British recording studio in the Sixties that made its own mixing consoles.
Teaser #1 – The Origin of Sound Techniques from The Parts You Don't Hear on Vimeo.
OnPoint OnMartin
Boston’s WBUR “On Point” talk show has an hour on George Martin. I haven’t had a chance to listen to this yet, but engineer Geoff Emerick joins the discussion.
The other Beatle George
George Martin made it past the 50th anniversary of “Rubber Soul,” the last album engineered by the late Norman “Hurricane” Smith. It would have been nice for him to have lived to see the 50th anniversary of “Revolver,” the first album engineered by Geoff Emerick, but it was not to be.
Bachelorette Girl
With all of the recent notable musical deaths, a lesser name has been overlooked. Noreen Corcoran played Kelly on the relatively forgotten TV series “Bachelor Father.”