John Ashton talks about producing Alice

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OMG !!! :eek: :eek:

If you haven't seen this yet, you are in for a treat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tC-k5q-Lz1A
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On the Sex Wax n Rock n Roll FB page John Ashton wrote: Alice 8:2 Mixer. I used one just like this as the front end for my trusty Tascam Portastudio 144 on which I recorded the demos I produced for the Sisters Of Mercy in 1982 at Andrews house in Leeds.. The songs were Alice, Floorshow, 1969, & Good Things. The following week we were all off to Kenny Giles Studio in sunny Bridlington to do it all again but this time on an 8 track machine! The rest as they say, is history. Footnote: On the way there Craig Adams serenaded us with an a cappella version of Bohemian Rhapsody that went on for a good portion of the journey. Fun times!

You can see the Mixer photo on the FB page where there are links to other great videos :

https://www.facebook.com/sexwaxnrocknroll
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15:53 min. ... Wow, that's quite extensive and detailled ... ;D ;D ;D ...

COOL !!! Thanks for the link !!! ... :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: ...
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That's cool.
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:OMG !!! :eek: :eek:

If you haven't seen this yet, you are in for a treat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tC-k5q-Lz1A
The link sends me to a youtube page that claiming that the video is private... :(

Edit: I tried to remove the 's' off 'https'. Still won't work.
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Try it here :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQm27kgh ... e=youtu.be
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If all fails, there should be a way to share it elsewhere ... :wink: ...
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Try it here :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQm27kgh ... e=youtu.be
Many thanks ! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Try it here :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQm27kgh ... e=youtu.be
fantastic - what a great find -

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Genuinely interesting and honest.
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Try it here :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuQm27kgh ... e=youtu.be
This link worked! Thanks!
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Jolly interesting. Thanks for pointing it out
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Very interesting. As much as it may "kill the mystery" my inner music gear and production nerd gets a big kick out of stuff like this (just hearing him talk about manual step sequencing on old drum machines....:notworthy: how's that for "hands on"!) For instance I would LOVE to see a Classic Albums (or some such) documentary on the making of F&L&A.
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Very interesting, thanks for posting NVL :notworthy:
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one of the best pieces of film I've seen about Sisters stuff! Very insightfull...
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Great piece! I really enjoyed that. Funny to think of them playing their respective 'Alice's' too each other! I was always curious if there was any overlap between the two.

Nice to hear him talk so generous about those times and Andrew, especially when there's no obvious mention of him getting a production credit on the records.
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Great thanks.
A historical track for me.

It would be nice to get the link to old discussion of the song's lyrics.
They are still unclear to me :lol:
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bangles wrote:Great piece! I really enjoyed that. Funny to think of them playing their respective 'Alice's' too each other! I was always curious if there was any overlap between the two.

Nice to hear him talk so generous about those times and Andrew, especially when there's no obvious mention of him getting a production credit on the records.
There was a credit on the label of the record itself.
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:
bangles wrote:Great piece! I really enjoyed that. Funny to think of them playing their respective 'Alice's' too each other! I was always curious if there was any overlap between the two.

Nice to hear him talk so generous about those times and Andrew, especially when there's no obvious mention of him getting a production credit on the records.
There was a credit on the label of the record itself.
Standing corrected. I'd only looked at the 12" presuming the credits would be the same on the 7". Although going by what John is saying in the video, it sounds like he produced the e.p. not just the single?
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really good video,thanx for sharing,i really enjoyed that :)
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