“Transition, Transmission, Transition, Transmission”
For those of you who weren’t able to access the 2010 Harry Maslin Mix of TVC15 last week, here it is now on Spotify.
This mix was previously available on the 5.1 surround sound DVD only, as part of the 2010 Deluxe Edition of Station To Station.
Here’s a bit from Mr Maslin’s sleeve notes regarding the difficulty of mixing tracks in a pre-computer aided studio, taken from the David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976) book set book.
“The project was mixed at The Hit Factory in New York which was my home studio and wherein I was chief recording engineer. We had a custom built console utilizing the now classic API 550 equalizers in each channel module. It had no automation, so like all mixing in those days, the mix was somewhat of a performance in itself. Every pass had small differences and sometimes it came to editing different takes together to achieve the “final” mix. TVC 15 is a classic example of this. The 24 track tapes were packed with different instrument information ending up on the same track at times. This of course made it impossible to add EQ and dynamics processing to a track for a continuous mix pass. One cannot affect a piano, saxophone and maracas in the same manner; hence the song was mixed in sections. My assistant added a second pair of hands for the most demanding sections. The multi-track machine was an Ampex MM-1000…a beast of a machine, but very reliable and the 2 track machine was an Ampex AG-440. The outboard possessing equipment was very similar to what Cherokee had in L.A..” – HARRY MASLIN – June 2010
Our picture is of Harry and David in the studio, taken by Geoff MacCormack.
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