I'm completely in love with this song and its performance by the Zombies titled,
The Way I Feel Inside. Was not released as a single but it did appear in one of the later scenes in Wes Anderson's
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which is where I heard it for the first time. The song was recorded in either 1964 or 1965 and released in the UK in 1965. I decided to try and recreate the recording and would love some help from some keen ears that can try and help me on how I might edit this recording to sound like the original as close as I can. The instruments are transcribed note for note. I tried to imitate very close the original vocalists tone, feel and nuances. Mine was recorded at a slower tempo to afford me more time to think about the following phrase as I was always hearing the original in my mind and trying to match that.
If you would, please listen to both tracks, they are short, and see if you can help me identify the sonic differences. I can hear them but I cannot exactly describe them. The original recording does seem to be "closer" to the speakers if that makes any sense. Like the singer is in the speaker or something. I don't know... I can't describe it as i said.
The original has three tracks:
1 - Vocal with reverb (would it be a plate reverb that they used in 1964?)
2 - Organ
3 - Bass guitar
Listen to the original
My recording has three tracks:
1 - Vocal with reverb, an IR preset in Logic Studios Space Designer titled "Vocal Plate."
2 - Organ, couldn't find an organ sound in Logic to exactly fit the softer original.
3 - Bass guitar.
Listen to my recording
As far as editing, I have no idea what they would have done in '65. Perhaps none on such a sparse arrangement of an already brief song. The sound, other than that of the original instruments and original vocal performance which is near impossible to recreate, could be largely a result of the studio gear I'm sure, mic, preamplifiers, placement, time of day or anything really.
I obviously can't recreate that for real but I would like to try if anyone can offer any suggestions.
So far what I have done is only to add "Vintage Warmer" to the vocal and to the mix. I feel that I am not even close (and probably never will be) to matching the original at the moment.
This recording was done as follows:
SE 2200a LCD mic (for vocals) > Apogee Duet > Logic Studio.
Thanks