Thursday, February 25, 2010

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ABBEY ROAD

In the daily El Pais (Spain), days before the journalist published a note ; Diego A. Manrique commented on the cross where artists that ensued in England, ( least Roger Daltrey, in favor of the demolition ) in favor of retaining the Abbey Road recording studios such which are found in the present. That is more or less were before, when great musicians between 60 and 70 gave him the prestige they now have and made a powerful brand today, (more valuable even than the expensive building that contains them and all that is in there) , bearing the name of the street since 1931 work. There
discs recorded from war propaganda during World War II, or actors like Peter Sellers telling jokes, even the cream of world popular music.
the past 50 years the Abbey Road Studios have been entering Cliff Richard, (which was played with Paul McCartney's famous study 2, to the McCaa point had built a replica of the very near there) , The Shadows, The Beatles, (all his discography was recorded there, except Let It Be), Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, The Zombies, Al Stewart , David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Alan Parsons, U2, Paul McCartney ... until Gustavo Cerati or Divided recorded in ARS . U
na huge number of musicians or a huge number of musicians , because the quality has always been a requirement to enter and record their music in those legendary walls.
Curious fact: Neither John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded even one of his solo albums in the study.
integrates Abbey Road "tour Beatles' London, of course, of course, there recorded almost all their music and even took the photo that immortalized the zebra crossing, a few meters, illustrating his latest songs, baked right there , the passage through which today still coming hordes of tourists crossing the street setback them that, coming from the subway station to go back to cross it to take off the picture as the Beatles, stopping traffic, annoying and over again to drivers and should not understand the fascination with the curious recurring ( Beatle fan or not ) by reach that particular mecca.
At Abbey Road Studios, owned Electrical and Musical Industries, tourists do not come, they come to the gate. The photos inside are aware of the officers, no tours or anything like it, the closest thing is that leaving graffiti the walls containing the gates that enclose the building and thus immortalize the visit.
To go beyond is to be a musician, and good-paying for the services they offer, also the most qualified technical staff, including recording software, restoration of old recordings, digital remastering everything in life with tube equipment and analog technology.
The attempted sale of the Abbey Road studios by EMI ignited the debate in the United Kingdom. On the one hand, musicians and intellectuals in defense of maintaining the building and facilities as they are and on the other, the more liberal supporters to sell at any price a property located in one of the most expensive and most beautiful in London ( St. John's Wood) , any billionaire with the checkbook ready. These, paradoxically
were joined by advocates of free trade in mp3 format, believing there to finish the house in search of better uses.
Paul McCartney, who was rudely pushed him to the purchase and rescue of the study, came up with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe cooperative, meaning that employees will buy up paying with his job.
EMI withdrew Finally (for now) from the sale after the criticisms, the Labour government declared the property heritage and at least now not be demolished. The same procedure done to the homes of John Lennon and PaulMcCartney, as part of the Liverpool Beatles Tour.
In these times of protools and recordings at the foot of the bed, Internet self-promotion through social networks, studios such as Abbey Road, Air or Electric Lady, have become obsolete, but not too small but large and sophisticated.
They opt to self-record of novice musicians they hire, with digital editing programs can present their future hits record low cost.
only established artists have the possibility of having good education, seasoned producers, big budgets.
Not every musician can hire professional microphones inside these wonderful rooms, sound engineers mixed in endless tables with thousands of buttons, where a disc having at least the minimum guarantee of good sound. These subtleties
in current standard for music playback, not perceived.

Monday, February 15, 2010

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That Obscure Object of Desire

When I was young, went to record stores two to three times a month to buy LPs.
At the time of infamous free imports Martinez de Hoz (years '77 to '79), in any neighborhood home records were real black gold jewelry, most imported United States, but there were also British records, if they are looking for, there they were. It was a time when most growth my vinyl collection.
appliances in a house very near the Home station, I found " The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway " of Genesis, in another Moron (I think it was called "The Hollow ") I saw this awesome photo of a bass smashing his instrument on stage, with typography and layout of the disc equal to the debut of Elvis" The Pelvis .
I had never heard of that band, the disc was Argentina twice and was charged as a double (Go and sing to Joe Strummer ). So for that cover photo I bought the " London Calling" by The Clash, if it were a CD, would last long, he had not seen ....
the time and I ventured to go to Palomar "center" to buy discs, almost always ended in "the hole" (East Gallery) and when there was not what I wanted, I went to the other branch gives Maipu Street.
came home by train with that album that smelled of pineapple, to new, imported disc ...


... This morning I wanted to hear a new disc, but of course, is the P2P ...
Should we feel guilty about using it and listen to that record came out a few days or so that's out to have 15 minutes of order? Phew, what a dilemma ...
once said in this environment, those who have put us in their hands the tools were the same people who sell their content and there is the first leg loose why the downloads "illegal " the mass closure of music stores and decomposition of the music business as we knew 20 years ago the labels of .
is that the media introduced by as industry standard has become obsolete, short, is something that is not love.
The cd as an object has been distorted because of the immediacy and the network providing free, yes, yes, but also because buying a cd today, does not mean the same as it was 25 years ago, lost the mystical object simply because the cd collectible, never had.
The LP format was evolved in such a way that had become a work of art, the artwork of "Sgt Pepper's ...", deployed covers of Led Zeppelin albums, fantastic landscapes of Roger Dean, Hipgnosis assemblies ( long before the Photo Shop) ... and so many examples.
was exciting going to buy the latest album ... to see how you were.
The CD killed the artist's album or something.


someone in the past days Facebook , urging us to do graphic designers art in cds as before for LPs and we have a problem in this respect: size.
When working in the art for an LP, it was handmade in part and then the process is industrialized.
Now while most of the creative process is in the hands of the designer, the 12 X 12 cm from the cd do not give much of themselves, unless you apply pressure to the "book" in a plastic box, although rounded, or as a digipack , evolved over there.
In contrast, the generous measure 30 x 30 cm. LP. game was much more when it was a albumette (top down).
If there were budget, the lid was double (or triple), with inner envelope and disk cookie line with the overall design also had to do with the cassette version.
In the early 90's, when the cds were replacing the "LPs", the first thing that crossed my mind was how to make good art is that measure (12 x 12 cm.)? "and yes, they can but the size reduction conspires against it.
Because the CD is no longer an object of desire .


And the mp3 is a good format as shown "tasting dish, but not the food itself.


misses is that object that we would buy the record store with the heart a thousand, who do you miss it now?
A recent example:
Deluxe edition of 13 discs with a spectacular musical content: He deserved another treatment that EMI did with the collection of The Beatles remastered, including outtakes or unknown material, that they keep in their "trunks" ( and finally end up seeping into the network, such as 11-minute version of "Revolution I") .
is good that have improved the sound (what we had for 20 years) and very careful editing, graphical quality of packaging is appreciated, but not enough, we have been smitten by over 250 €, the same music without offering anything extra (Oops, thanks for the mini-documentaries !!!!).


I've been reading for the network that the digital sound "professional" no longer fits on a cd.: The 44100 kHz which is the standard audio are insufficient to be considered true "High Fidelity" and play a great team, those costing more than $ 15,000.
With vinyl, the inclusion in the pick up a good Shure cartridge or Pickering, we enhanced the sound and did not pay much dough.
But entertainment industry, not loose and now will not change the standard support cd, but lost every day (by downloads, to sell an outdated format in current times and not cling to the true artists, but the clown / a teen fashion).


So for them the cd is still great and current (as it is more than amortized) and it is foolish attempt to change standard, even if it means significantly improve sound quality, which is what before interested, but the industry insists on cds to sell generation iPod neither care about sound quality or the cover artist's design, but download the latest Hannah Montana in 15 minutes and also without having to pay.
Does he think the industry, which is easier and cheaper to try to cut the root P2P rather than to improve the standard?
For by the news coming from one side of the world think so.
Million Dollar dollar fines for downloading 24 songs (A sentence to a particular got that amount songs with Kazaa and similar news after appearing almost daily) .
Here in Spain, where we pay royalties on all electronic products, to offset the losses from the free exchange of files © , (so we sold him) will soon pursue the piracy, reaching cut the Internet connection and to be capable of closing blogs that contain, for example, a video from favorite band, if the label considered copyright violation and will not just close the blog but tougher penalties looming.
Law is falling, everything comes so fast as downloading an album.
To Be Continued ...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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ROCKOLA JOHN THE PADDY


Year: 1984, auction at Christie's, a certain John Midwinter , music promoter in Bristol buy a rickety jukebox ( jukebox, jukebox, phonograph) Swiss KB Discomatic , for 2500 pounds. The reason for its high price and that they were offering one of the most prestigious auction houses in the world, was because that was phonograph belonged to John Lennon , who had acquired it in 1965 and carried out on the road where the Beatles , carrying a collection of 40 discs with simple what-you wish-it was the best rock and rhythm and blues of the time. Midwinter
not buy it with the discs inside, but with a paper written in the handwriting of Lennon : the list is believed, was that of the singles that were on the jukebox.
took several years to fix the machine and went to get (or recharging) the disks Lennon
allegedly had chosen.
His idea was to make a documentary telling the story of famous
jukebox. While
, Midwinter got cancer and died without seeing the completion of the documentary itself was issued in 2004 in " The South Bank Show " for English television channel ITV, to coincide with the release of a set of 2 CDs. " John Lennon's Jukebox " (Virgin) compilation contains several (by no means all in the same versions) of the singles Lennon had loaded his ancestor's iPod.

The selection is luxury:
Wilson Pickett and "The Midnight Hour", "Rescue Me" Fontella Bass , "1, 2, 3", hit song Len Barry, the original version of "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Donovan, Barrett Strong, with the first single from Motown : "Money (That's What I Want)" Buddy Holly and disquito complete the first of September.
"Be Bop A Lula" by Gene Vincent , "Twist and Shout" by Isley Brothers , (who Beatles shared a stage), Larry Williams present several themes, including "Bad Boy", The Miracles, The Loving Spoonful and many more.

When the program XM Satellite Radio, "60 On 6 " completely gave " Lennon's Jukebox", which presented as a sign of good taste in music by Lennon and passion for collecting Midwinter, which made it possible to know the music that John heard in hotel rooms, mid-60s and during the rest of the crushing of rock and roll tour buried among adolescents shrill cries.


can hear the audible version of this note in "Universo Beat" in this link:
http://www.4shared.com/audio/ePaXBrbq/PROGRAMA_80__25-12-2010_.html

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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days ago, I walked a song going on in his head and soon I realized that it was " Cowboy Dreams", the British band Prefab Sprout a band that could not shine all that he deserved and was booked on the shelf for gourmets.
Your mentor: Paddy McAloon, who there composed, sang, played guitar and coproducĂ­a.
With its pop crooner's voice, his exquisite solos, closer to tasteful virtuosity and successful arrangements his songs were of Prefab Sprout a band that used to pass the FM AOR, yes, but on each disk could also find hidden gems, those that did not cut as a "hit single", but were probably the best songs.
His second album was called "Steve McQueen " was produced by Thomas Dolby and was released for sale in UK and around the world in 1985.
The U.S. fans had to wait for a wrong to be resolved between the band and the daughter of the late American actor, they wanted to sue for ownership misappropriation of name.

When she left the Union, changed the title to the same cover photo of the English edition.
So " Steve McQueen" and "Two Wheels Good " (its title in the U.S. edition), lived for years in the trays of disks with the same songs in their guts, "the CD of the American version has two bonus tracks- .
The third album was delayed a bit, about three years, because although they had recorded and ready one, the label (CBS) decided to file and edit it three years later.

urgently needed the break lists and, boy, if you had: " From Langley Park To Memphis " the following: left in 1988 and was their most successful LP, with musicians such as Stevie Wonder and Peter Towshend guests.
What made the album climb the charts was the inclusion of songs like " The King Of Rock And Roll ," "Hey Manhattan " and "Cars And Girls " (with lyrics that mentioned Bruce Springsteen mockingly ).
1990 is the year of " Jordan: The Comeback ", again produced by Thomas Dolby , is considered the best Prefab Sprout LP .
Again
criticism put him through the skies, while sales were not consistent.
Next: "Andromeda Heights " dates from 1997 and does not have the voice or the presence of Wendy Smith, co-vocalist and former fan of the group that one day went to an audition, he won and was part of him until he left.

After years of silence, Prefab Sprout released " The Gunman and Other Stories " in 2001, a bizarre approach to an Englishman country music, produced by Tony Visconti .
This would be the return of the band around the top, criticism failed to please but again missed the bulk buyers.
The name Prefab Sprout, Paddy Mc Aloon continued recording well into the 2000, but his time had past success.
works in 2005 playing several of their greatest hits with Prefab Sprout sound formats,
for a second hard of what would become the issue "Legacy" of "Steve McQueen , 2007 - extended and remastered.
Shortly after he was diagnosed with a neurological disorder that affects vision uneven retinal and will also alter the hearing in one ear.
Paddy However released shortly after his first (and only album solo): "I Trawl The Megahertz ."
also currently suffering from Meniere's disease , which also affects vision and ear.
There's an interview translated into Castilian, very new at this link:
http://www.ultrasonica.info/index.php/entrevistas/68/3372-prefab-sprout-11-2009.html , where he reviews the glory days of the band and present.

2009 brought us a surprise (albeit cheating): The Return of Prefab Sprout with new album: "Let Change The World With Music " which also marks the return to its original label ( CBS, now Sony ).
But ... the disc is actually the issue of post-produced demos that Paddy McAloon was recorded for what was to be the successor of " Jordan: The Comeback In 1993 and the same label that has released now rejected at the time by, in their opinion, too long and spiritual .
At 16, the music that was planned to be released in 1993, sounds in 2010 in good shape and there are several disks Prefab Sprout "lost" that Sony if you can recover.
None of the other band members participated in the album, although it McAloon dedicated to them, they are not estranged or anything, is that Paddy not have the money to pay his former teammates and the recording is only limited to edit the disk, not to join the band, but McAloon by his poor health and can not record accompanied by other musicians.