al mcguire Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 You can record a performance or you can perform a recording These guys were brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 I love that song. I had no idea how intricate the making of it was. Thanks for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Brilliant! The level of creative experimentation that went into this --- and the result! This insight into the process is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Cool! Thanks Al! Here's another (rather similar of course) version of the story. This notes how the song started out as a Bossa Nova that the band didn't really like...And then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundmanjohn Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 And of course, mixed on one of Dick Swettenham's lovely Helios desks. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 oooh Helios, http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/tale-three-helios/424497 Helios the 1st console manufacturer to build an ergonometric console, where everything was less than an arms length away. No more lost time because mixer never needed to stand up or sit down. The result was increased production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Hi Jim, love seeing the guys further down the road. They were definitely creative studio rats. The made a 3 LP set Consequences that was unlike anything I had ever heard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequences_(Godley_%26_Creme_album) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Consequences! I had a chance a few years ago to sit down with Lol Creme and talk about Consequences, and especially the Gismo/Gizmotron, the mechanical device he and Kevin Godley developed with a series of serrated wheels that created bowed-string effects on guitars and bass. He said Consequences started out as a single to demonstrate the Gizmotron. Was just going to be a short project before they returned to 10cc. But it being the 70s, both aesthetically and pharmacologically, the project grew into a triple album. Creme said something like, "The album came out within a couple week of Never Mind The Bollocks, which made Consequences look like the last gasp of the pompous previous generation of rock. Which it was." He didn't seem too rueful, btw. Not everything works out, and that's OK. I keep a broken Gizmotron on a shelf behind my desk to remind me of that. This is an interesting clip from 1977 on the Gizmo. Helios (and Consequences, iirc) cameo at 2:45: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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