Teasing the Korean Posted July 27, 2010 Report Posted July 27, 2010 I KNOW YOU ARE NOT KIDDING!!! EQUALLY AMAZING IS "STONES" BY EMIL RICHARDS. Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Posted July 27, 2010 right you are TTK - emil was a monster on vibes.. but i am telling you blaine is da sh*t! wonder what ever happenned to him! Quote
jazzbo Posted July 27, 2010 Report Posted July 27, 2010 He played on a ton of records, he was a studio mainstay. Just look at Simon and Garfunkel records, for example. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 27, 2010 Report Posted July 27, 2010 right you are TTK - emil was a monster on vibes.. but i am telling you blaine is da sh*t! wonder what ever happenned to him! I mention "Stones" because there was a limited edition CD pairing of "Stones" and "Psychedelic Percussion." They go well together. Like a fine cabernet with drunken goat cheese. Quote
JSngry Posted July 28, 2010 Report Posted July 28, 2010 He played on a ton of records, he was a studio mainstay. Just look at Simon and Garfunkel records, for example. Hal Blaine's drums were the only instrument that Phil Spector never doubled/tripled/quadrupled/etc in his pursuit of The Wall Of Sound. Hal Blaine could - and did - ride that horse & drive that bus all by himself. Anybody not familiar, research The Wrecking Crew. Them folks defined a time, a place, a sound, and a people. Quote
GA Russell Posted July 28, 2010 Report Posted July 28, 2010 There are articles on both Blaine and The Wrecking Crew (and various members) on Wikipedia. Quote
mjzee Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 From the WSJ: Hal Blaine put his hand on my shoulder. "This is going to break your heart, but much of the music you heard in the '60s and early '70s wasn't recorded by the people you saw on the album covers," he said. "It was done by me and the musicians you see on these walls." Talk about a "Wizard of Oz" moment. Last week I traveled to Mr. Blaine's home here to talk about his prolific career as the Buddy Rich of rock and pop recordings. I also wanted to know more about his role as the ringleader of the Wrecking Crew—an ad hoc group of about 30 highly skilled Hollywood studio musicians who played the instruments on thousands of hit records released between 1961 and 1976. More here: Who Else Made More Hit Songs? Quote
BFrank Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Looks interesting. I'll have to read that. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 this record is insane Quote
mikeweil Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 I'm curious who else was in the "Wrecking Crew" besides Hal Blaine, Glen Gampbell and Leon Russell ... Quote
7/4 Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 I'm curious who else was in the "Wrecking Crew" besides Hal Blaine, Glen Gampbell and Leon Russell ... members. Quote
mikeweil Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 Okay, I could have asked Wiki rightaway: Roy Caton on trumpet/fluegal horn/contractor, Steve Douglas and Joe Migliori on Saxophones, Joe Osborn, Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman on Fender basses and Lyle Ritz and Jimmy Bond on upright basses. Guitars might be some combination of Tommy Tedesco (whose book, Tommy Tedesco: Confessions of a Guitar Player is a must read for students of this time and place), Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, Al Casey, Glen Campbell and Bill Pitman and the keyboards might be tickled by Don Randi, Leon Russell, Larry Knechtel, Michael Melvoin and/or Al Delory. When Blaine was not the drummer, or when two were used, as Phil Spector was sometimes inclined to do, the crew was typically driven by Earl Palmer. I'm curious who else was in the "Wrecking Crew" besides Hal Blaine, Glen Gampbell and Leon Russell ... members. Thanks - that's a far more impressive list. Quote
AllenLowe Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) though I agree that the Wrecking Crew was impressive, I always shudder slightly at articles that seem to say "see I told you those rock and rollers couldn't play." This is forgetting about Bloomfield, Zappa, Green, the Beatles, the Stones, and 4000 other groups that played for themselves on record and in concert - check out the whole Nuggets series to hear how impressive '60s rock and roll rhythm sections were - amazing stuff, idiomatic and new and original - though I HAVE told the story before of seeing the Doors in August of '67, and there guitar player, at least at that point, was NOT playing the lead parts - (as anyone in the audience could see) - Edited March 27, 2011 by AllenLowe Quote
.:.impossible Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 Funny that Emil is mentioned here. I think a lot of people associate him with Wrecking Crew. He was not a "member", correct? I have his Microtonal Blues Band impulse! lp. Haven't pulled it out in a while! May be time! Quote
mikeweil Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) I have his Microtonal Blues Band impulse! lp. Haven't pulled it out in a while! May be time! Besides Don Ellis' Columbia LPs this was the one that helped me learn to count and play odd time signatures. Edited March 27, 2011 by mikeweil Quote
JSngry Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 FWIW, Richards had two impulse! LPs. The second one is probably lesser-know & harder to find. Quote
.:.impossible Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 I have the former. I know about the latter, but have never seen or heard it. Pretty good? Quote
JSngry Posted March 28, 2011 Report Posted March 28, 2011 I like it...Doing some "soundological investimigations" might be a rewarding search for you... Quote
mikeweil Posted March 28, 2011 Report Posted March 28, 2011 The second is live and a bit looser than the studio album. The opening track in 76/4 is a knockout for any odd time fanatic! The live stuff sounds like they really had it down by then. Quote
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