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Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:00 pm**

BadComrade wrote:
mw wrote:who is saying the albums "recorded at Electrical" aren't " really produced"?

Well, I'm pretty sure Steve would. He isn't a "producer", which is why he refers to himself as an engineer.

A producer usually has a lot of input on the sound of a band on record. Watch the documentary of the making of Aerosmith's album Pump for example, and you'll see the producer telling them to change lyrics, guitar parts, etc. Listen to an album recorded by Phil Spector, and you'll hear the "Phil Spector sound". The only thing on a recording that might give away the fact that Steve recorded it is the sound of the drums, and that's not even always the case.

Oh come on! Isn't steve always refered to as a controlling svengali?

Yeah, it is funny that you mention the Pump documentary....I often site that as an example of producers producing a band when discussing a more "documentary-like" approach to recording that Steve favors.....

Also, Pink Floyd is not perfection.

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:04 pm**

Well, I think that at the very least, we can all agree that Momentary Lapse of Reason is perfectly produced and recorded

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:24 pm**

glueman wrote:Well, I think that at the very least, we can all agree that Momentary Lapse of Reason is perfectly produced and recorded

.......it's just that the songs suck.

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:10 pm**

Pure L wrote:
glueman wrote:Well, I think that at the very least, we can all agree that Momentary Lapse of Reason is perfectly produced and recorded

.......it's just that the songs suck.

Oh the whole, they do, but the opening riff to Sorrow is incredible.

Posted: **Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:24 pm**

I like Meddle through Animals.

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:48 am**

Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.

Great production.

As time went on, their production got a little too "big production" for me. I still like it, but as the kids say, I liked their earlier stuff better.

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:48 am**

BadComrade wrote:*sigh*

You said that glueman was "so, so wrong" when he pointed to the list of bands recorded at Electrical. I said he was only "wrong" in the sense that they haven't been "produced". I never implied that you were saying Steve or any of the other engineers at Electrical did a "shit job".

not the fact that they haven't been produced... the fact that i can listen to a 30/40 year old album and still feel warm/fuzzy inside because 1*. i don't think anyone has come close to producing/mixing albums as good 2. they also have great songs

*possibly ok computer has if i'm truthful

oh and pink floyd on the whole produced their own albums, which is even more impressive!

Also, Pink Floyd is not perfection.

i think it really is... the recordings , the overdubs, the mixing... you just can't fault it, seriously

Posted: **Sun Jan 14, 2007 3:51 am**

scott wrote:Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.

Great production.

very experimental for the time too... ie hard panning on drums and whatnot

As time went on, their production got a little too "big production" for me. I still like it, but as the kids say, I liked their earlier stuff better.

true, but they backed up their production with great songs... a rarity for most bands as the plod along through their careers