I emailed Larry Alexander about recording details of
'Floodland', and this is what he wrote to me on
11 September:
Hi,
It was a long time ago, but here's what I remember about
recording The Sisters of Mercy Floodland album.
I engineered the two Jim Steinman tracks at the Power Station
in New York, ended up as co-producer on Dominion/Mother Russia.
I was then invited to go to England and co-produce the rest of the
album. I think the first studio was called Strawberry Studios in
Manchester. We worked there for a while, then moved over to Bath
to a studio called The Wool Hall. Next was Air Studios in London
where we finished up.
Larry
Larry Alexander on 'Floodland'
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Cool ... thanks for the link! ...robertzombie wrote:http://tapeop.com/interviews/95/larry-alexander-bonus/
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Yet another take on that saga. And presumably the least biased.Larry Alexander wrote:There was a bass player, Patricia Morrison, but he wouldn't let her do anything.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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Yeah, sounds very likely ...stufarq wrote:Yet another take on that saga. And presumably the least biased.Larry Alexander wrote:There was a bass player, Patricia Morrison, but he wouldn't let her do anything.
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I enjoyed that line about Pat too, and also the image of a perfectionist
having a pile of unlabelled master tapes which chimes with TJ's comments about the later VT sessions, with the dozens of near-identical takes which only
could distinguish. Thanks for posting the link.
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