[kj] Implosion (now Pink Floyd/DSoTM)

[Jiri]

Parsons recently came and spoke with the audio engineering students at 
the university where I work. He was an engaging speaker, especially with 
all the recording "geeks" probing him. Stories about the Beatles and 
Pink Floyd, etc. Said he worries cheap/easy home computer recording 
nowadays is taking the "talent" out of recorded music with fake 
instruments, etc. ("my electronic beatbox got the job done") -- a 
sentiment I understand, but I figure the more people who can express 
themselves through music the better; doesn't mean anyone else has to buy 
or listen to it if it's no good.

This reminds me: I never did get the remastered Dark Side of the Moon, 
but I suppose if I can appreciate remastered '90s-era Killing Joke, 
surely I could get something out of remastered DSotM...right?

Jiri

Christof hamille wrote:

>> From Wikipedia
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> Recording
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> Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London between June 1972 and January 
> 1973, the album contains some of the most intricate uses of 
> instruments and sound effects in the studio up to that time, including 
> the sound of someone running around a microphone, and the recording of 
> multiple clocks going off. A quadraphonic version was also released, 
> with some re-mixing and different takes. In making DSotM, Pink Floyd 
> perfected other effects such as doubletracking of vocals and guitars 
> (allowing David Gilmour to harmonise flawlessly with himself), flanged 
> vocals and odd trickery with reverb and panning of sound between the 
> channels. To this day, The Dark Side of the Moon is a reference 
> standard that audiophiles use to test the fidelity of audio equipment. 
> Another feature of the album is the snippets of dialogue between and 
> over the tracks. Pink Floyd interviewed various people, asking 
> questions related to the central themes of the album, such as violence 
> and death. Roadie "Roger the Hat" features more than once ("give 'em a 
> quick, short, sharp, shock ...", "live for today, gone tomorrow, 
> that's me..."). The words "there is no dark side of the Moon really 
> ... matter of fact it's all dark" over the closing heartbeats come 
> from the studio doorman at the time, Gerry Driscoll. Paul and Linda 
> McCartney were also interviewed, but their answers were considered too 
> cautious for inclusion. McCartney's bandmate Henry McCullough 
> contributed the famous line "I don't know, I was really drunk at the 
> time". The monologue about the "geezers" who were "cruisin' for a 
> brusin" comes from a conversation Roger Waters taped with his 
> girlfriend about whether he was right to beat up several men in a 
> recent bar fight.
>
> Alan Parsons engineered the album while on staff at Abbey Road. He 
> once said in an interview that he swapped shifts with colleagues in 
> order to work on the whole project.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
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> Chris
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>> From: Phillipps Marc <Marc.Phillipps at enfield.nhs.uk>
>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
>> <gathering at misera.net>
>> To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" 
>> <gathering at misera.net>
>> Subject: RE: [kj] Implosion (again)
>> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:01:07 -0000
>>
>> >Didn't Pink Floyd record DSotM in a university lecture theatre?
>>
>> Abbey Road I think?
>>
>> They did record Live At Pompeii at . . Pompeii
>>
>> Bjork recorded on of the tracks on her debut album in the loo at either
>> Factory or Cream didn't she?
>>
>>
>> Marc (now moved and cold in Hertfordshire . . picture of the new 
>> place here:
>> http://www.marcphillipps.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dchfe6.jpg)
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