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by Bazilnerk
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: Other Artist Discussion
Topic: The Mamas & The Papas mono albums
Replies: 10
Views: 686

Re: The Mamas & The Papas mono albums

What i think is worse than throwing the mono was getting rid of the multi's Yes they'd have probably gone up in smoke in the Universal fire anyway, but there is a chance someone would have gone back and remixed before then. Imagine what you could do with the stage tapes. Oh well!
by Bazilnerk
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Other Artist Discussion
Topic: The Mamas & The Papas mono albums
Replies: 10
Views: 686

Re: The Mamas & The Papas mono albums

The original 1st Gen master tapes don;t exist and were thrown by ABC in the 1970's. A mono copy (2nd gen) for the first album was found in an overseas archive (There may have been other albums too but I don't remember those being reported). All the mono single masters are pretty much gone, hence all...
by Bazilnerk
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Other Artist Discussion
Topic: Billy Joel's NEW song "Turn the Lights Back On"
Replies: 8
Views: 692

Re: Billy Joel's NEW song "Turn the Lights Back On"

Do we know if Billy Joel's live performances 40-45 years ago sounded similar to the studio versions? As far as I know yes, all the same key. This is just used as a way to make him sound younger - Probably a good thing in many ways as we haven't heard his voice in a studio session for so long. The o...
by Bazilnerk
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Other Artist Discussion
Topic: Billy Joel's NEW song "Turn the Lights Back On"
Replies: 8
Views: 692

Re: Billy Joel's NEW song "Turn the Lights Back On"

Clever video. Not seen that before, although I've loved the song since I first heard it. One thing I've never seen commented on is that the single is actually sped up a semitone to give Billy a bit of a younger voice. - Watch the Grammy performance where it's in it's original key.... https://www.you...
by Bazilnerk
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Is Abbey Road studio next?
Replies: 14
Views: 926

Re: Is Abbey Road studio next?

alphabeatles wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:54 pm Great stories! I guess these console people previously worked as tape librarians for the BBC...
They weren't the only people to throw tapes away you know, Every archive in the world did - Including EMI!
by Bazilnerk
Tue Nov 21, 2023 10:03 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Star Club photos & interesting stuff
Replies: 108
Views: 12357

Re: Star Club photos & interesting stuff

Lord Reith wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:07 pm If you guys hadn't pursued Larry then who knows what might have become of the tape.
I'm sure they'd have tracked Larry down eventually. - Between auction listings and our Record Collector article, it wasn't exactly a state secret who owned the tape.
by Bazilnerk
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Star Club photos & interesting stuff
Replies: 108
Views: 12357

Re: Star Club photos & interesting stuff

I wonder that they did not hand out the tapes to the Beatles as requested in 1998 after the court case! The Beatles sued a company issuing a copy of the Lingasong "restoration". The company did not own the original tape. I wonder who this guy Larry is. I thought George got the tape after ...
by Bazilnerk
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Star Club photos & interesting stuff
Replies: 108
Views: 12357

Re: Star Club photos & interesting stuff

Well, I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief it is now in safe hands. I think the safety copy is only 7&1/2 ips isn't it, so not ideal and they may have applied filters to it. So I think ideally you'd want a new transfer, and plug any problem bits with the safety copy. I am just so glad th...
by Bazilnerk
Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Star Club photos & interesting stuff
Replies: 108
Views: 12357

Re: Star Club photos & interesting stuff

Lord Reith wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:38 am
Bazilnerk wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:55 pmI'm not surprised it was mouldy - Larry kept it in a frame on his living room wall!
Crikey. Unbelievable.
He was convinced it was totally unplayable, so not surprising.
by Bazilnerk
Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:55 pm
Forum: Misc.
Topic: Star Club photos & interesting stuff
Replies: 108
Views: 12357

Re: Star Club photos & interesting stuff

Peter talks at length about this in the latest Things We Said Today podcast. I listened to it yesterday (the podcast, that is!). He says he went to Apple and asked for a copy of the tape, and they said "We only have the rights to release it, we don't have the actual tape!" (that in itself...