Have any bands ever recorded a whole album live direct to two-track at Electrical Audio? If so, which ones? I would like to check out a few such recordings.

i can't recall being around or being spoken to about any full bands going directly to 2 track, but i'm pretty sure phillip roebuck's record was done that way. he plays banjo and sings and has a kick drum/high hat backpack connected to spurs on his boots. the spurs are taken out actually, but the metal holders remain. if you can see him live it's really interesting. the record sounds nice too. and he is a nice man.

Robbie Fulk's 13 Hillbilly Giants was all done live-to-two-track.

I did a live to stereo recording, but not at Electrical. It's on a Kahoots record; done at Semaphore.

bob

I wish more bands would record live direct to two-track. Nothing annoys me more than when I see something like this:


*Vocals recorded in Studio A in January 2002

*Guitars recorded in Studio B in March 2002

*Bass guitar recorded in Studio C in June 2002

*Drums recorded in Studio D in August 2002

*Everything else recorded in Studio E in November 2002

*Song 1, 3, 6 and 7 mixed in Studio F in February 2003
*All other songs mixed in Studio G in March 2003


Yes I know I am exaggerating but what's the point of recording each instrument in different studios at different times and then glueing everything together on a mixing desk? Most modern music these days sounds like a robot recorded it...very mechanical and dry and with no eye contact between the band members.

There's a glam/rock/metal band in Chicago called Bobby Stratosphere & the Bloodclub. (Maybe they're just Bloodclub these days.) Anyway, I recorded their full-length LP live to 2-track a few years ago at Acme. We did the whole LP in a day and it was a bit strange recording a "big, rock" record that way. I haven't heard it in a few years, but we were all happy with the results at the time.

First Rev. H. Heat was recorded to 2 tracl

Bob,

Didnt you do a Boys Life record that was straight to tape? I love that cd.

I'm not afraid to admit I LOVE BOYS LIFE.

andyk

The Coctails' first two and a half records (Hip Hip Hooray lp, Hear Now Today lp, Songs for Children ep) were done live to two track... the third (Long Sound) was all live to 24 track... though none of those at Electrical.

Most (if not all) of the new Lightning Bolt record was done this way as well.