Larry Alexander on 'Floodland'

[Fodderstompf]

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

[Quiff Boy]

strawberry studios in stockport is legendary. every post-punk band you love has recorded there at some point

http://www.strawberrynorth.co.uk/

[robertzombie]

http://tapeop.com/interviews/95/larry-alexander-bonus/

[Being645]

http://tapeop.com/interviews/95/larry-alexander-bonus/

Cool ... thanks for the link! ... ...

[stufarq]

There was a bass player, Patricia Morrison, but he wouldn't let her do anything.

Yet another take on that saga. And presumably the least biased.

[Being645]

There was a bass player, Patricia Morrison, but he wouldn't let her do anything.

Yet another take on that saga. And presumably the least biased.

Yeah, sounds very likely ... ...

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

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.