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Originally Posted by Mattsson  Whuiie!
I asked earlier about the recording of Elvis Costello's Brutal Youth. However, I also looove the sound of Costello's first album, My Aim is True (containing Alison)!
I managed to figure out that it was recorded during 1977 in a studio called Pathway Studios, a studio in north London. However, I have not been able to find any info about the Studio as it seems to be no longer around.
But does anyone know anything about Pathway Studios, and what console they were using back in those days?
Any info would be greatly appreciated! Just trying to figure out what gear was behind that sound... 
/R |
In case you didn't get any info on Pathway (aka Pathditz / Electric Landlady - a joke from Jake Riviera, from which Kirsty McaColl got the title of her Album) I built the desk for Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker back in 1974 or 5. It was a bit bigger than one of the contributors mentioned but not much - ther wasn't room in the contol room. The desk was 16-input with transformer coupled mic amps designed by David Robinson and descibed in his series in Studio Sound Magazine. EQ was originally from the same source and was based on an LCR network and used dicrete transistors. These were later replaced by a more controllable (but in my opinion not as interesting) IC based design.
I did a lot of the engineering at Pathway and did almost all of the early Stiff repetoire, including "My Aim Is True". Most of the distinctive sound on that album is achieved through the use of a single, fixed delay from the sync head of the multi-track, which I suggested to nick Lowe as an option and which he subsequently stuck on just about everything!
Great record, wonderful musicians.
If you want anymore infor, drop me an email and I'll try and dig out some details.
(by the way, I never worked for the BBC).
regards, Bazza