Alvin and the Chipmunks BLAST FROM THE PAST!!!!

dbbubba · 18th December 2007, 05:30 AM

I took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks yesterday.

While sitting there I started to recall being a little kid watching the original cartoon.
I could vividly recall really digging the fact that David Seville had a RECORDING STUDIO!
There were those tape recorders, reels of tape and, mics...

I could suddenly recall the rush I got hearing the beginning of the rythm track to "Christmas Don't be Late" (or whatever the title is.)
This was pre-Beatles and it just had such a magic sound.

Boy, have I progressed in my fifty two years or what?

So for me the progression was:
Chipmunks
Beatles
Led Zepplin
Frank Zappa
and on....

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 05:36 AM

my pop engineered a chipmonks album in the early 60's at cameo parkway records

Eric Greedy · 18th December 2007, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sigma

my pop engineered a chipmonks album in the early 60's at cameo parkway records

nice:)

dbbubba · 18th December 2007, 05:44 AM

That just reminded me that the bass player in my friend's band in Maryland suppossedly did some parts as one of the Chipmunks.
Strange though... I always associated that stuff as being cut out in L.A.
He never lived in L.A.

John Stephens mentioned being involved with the origination of the Chipmunks concept. It was a long time ago and John Stephens was... well... and interesting individual.

bunnerabb · 18th December 2007, 06:25 AM

I liked Clyde Crashcup.

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 07:07 AM

51 years for me..first record i was a preteen..jonny taylor "who's making love" stax records then i am the walrus which was a b side for i forget what single

then on to cream, hendrix savoy brown [raw sienna]
,
to king crimson ,pink floyd , lothar and the hand people, hawkwind , vander graff generator, soft machine, steve reich

elp, yes then jazz fusion then gawd knows it just split from there

then i went back to the 60's in the 90's and" discovered", fairport convention, dylan, nick drake, coltrane etc while listening to the pixies, screaming trees, television, richard hell , velvet underground and big star

dbbubba · 18th December 2007, 07:23 AM

Who's Makin' Love?

WOW!!!

My wife had a guy ask her to cut that song back in 1992.
It was one of the very last things I did before I sold out of that studio partnership.
I hired a bass player and drummer from a big time gospel/R&B group, I played GTRs and I had a a monster organ player (Tommy Young) play B3 as well as several class of '68 NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band horn players players.
It is a great track, but here's the wierd part...

I am recording a bunch of local bands while working on this cut and one night I play it for a band.
The kid playing bass says, "Johnny Taylor is my dad!"
It turns out that Johnny Taylor lived in Dallas.
Eventually we got him a copy and his kid said that he thought it was great, but I imagine that he was pretty well past that part of his life.
I am sure that he sang that song enough times to be sick of it and was probebly under-paid for it.
I never met him and he died not too long after that.
Still a great song!

I like your favorite band wanderings...
Crimson to Lothar and the Hand People... quite a leap!

I play a CD of Steve Reich in my truck and my 13 year old daughter calls it "Skeletons are ringing the front door playing Coke bottles."
Xylophones and piano ostinatos for days!
I see her point though.
I watched Steve Reich rehearse in 1988 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Intense!

I also see that you also like music that would bug most people.

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbbubba

Who's Makin' Love?

WOW!!!

My wife had a guy ask her to cut that song back in 1992.
It was one of the very last things I did before I sold out of that studio partnership.
I hired a bass player and drummer from a big time gospel/R&B group, I played GTRs and I had a a monster organ player (Tommy Young) play B3 as well as several class of '68 NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band horn players players.
It is a great track, but here's the wierd part...

I am recording a bunch of local bands while working on this cut and one night I play it for a band.
The kid playing bass says, "Johnny Taylor is my dad!"
It turns out that Johnny Taylor lived in Dallas.
Eventually we got him a copy and his kid said that he thought it was great, but I imagine that he was pretty well past that part of his life.
I am sure that he sang that song enough times to be sick of it and was probebly under-paid for it.
I never met him and he died not too long after that.
Still a great song!

I like your favorite band wanderings...
Crimson to Lothar and the Hand People... quite a leap!

I play a CD of Steve Reich in my truck and my 13 year old daughter calls it "Skeletons are ringing the front door playing Coke bottles."
Xylophones and piano ostinatos for days!
I see her point though.
I watched Steve Reich rehearse in 1988 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Intense!

I also see that you also like music that would bug most people.

my mom threw stevie reichs lp out our window it was the one with 'it's gonna rain" and "come out to show them" where he cut pieces up of a loop put them on 2 machines and sliced it so the 'song" started in time . slowly phased then went totally went out of time till it lined up again..which took about 9 or 10 minutes..she freaked just ran into my bedroom and pulled it off the turntable

i think john fry at ardent mixed the johnny taylor record..i was on the board of spars with him and mentioned i was my first 45

cool story about the song..ya never know who walks in the room sometime...yeah those old kats got the colon enlargement school of music ...F U T A

James Guitar · 18th December 2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sigma

my mom threw stevie reichs lp out our window it wsa the one with 'it's gonna rain" and "come out to show them" where he cut pieces up of a loop put themon 2 machines and sliced it so it started in time . totally went out of time till it agin lined up..which took about 9 or 10 minutes..she freaked just ran into my bedroom and pulled it off the turntable

yeah, i have that record somewhere. i used to listen to it a lot, and i cleared a lot of rooms

is it called "phase music"? can't remember. loved those miniscule track displacements over ten minutes! awesome!
-J

dbbubba · 18th December 2007, 07:44 AM

See?

Steve Reich had a musical question he needed answered!
"What would it sound like if I took a piece of music and cut the tape and re-spliced where the timeing was off, but would eventually...."

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Guitar

yeah, i have that record somewhere. i used to listen to it a lot, and i cleared a lot of rooms

is it called "phase music"? can't remember. loved those miniscule track displacements over ten minutes! awesome!
-J

the piano track was amazing he had 2 people start a repeating melody in sync while they played grand facing one another ..then 1 slowly retarded till it phased , created a new rythm, then a new melody then came back into time..the disipline of the piano players had to be intense

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbbubba

See?

Steve Reich had a musical question he needed answered!
"What would it sound like if I took a piece of music and cut the tape and re-spliced where the timeing was off, but would eventually...."

hahah tis true

Sigma · 18th December 2007, 07:49 AM

ooohh no!!! repeating loops

..... reich created rap music

James Guitar · 18th December 2007, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sigma

the piano track was amazing he had 2 people start a repeating melody in sync while they played grand facing one another ..then 1 slowly retarded till it phased , created a new rythm, then a new melody then came back into time..the disipline of the piano players had to be intense

i'm a really big fan of the Music For 18 Musicians album. great sonic quality to it.
hmmm. this thread as (d)evolved from alvin and the chipmunks to steve reich! hahaha

-J

bunnerabb · 18th December 2007, 08:28 AM

I met Clyde Crashcup.

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18th December 2007, 05:30 AM	#1
dbbubba Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,898	Alvin and the Chipmunks BLAST FROM THE PAST!!!! I took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks yesterday. While sitting there I started to recall being a little kid watching the original cartoon. I could vividly recall really digging the fact that David Seville had a RECORDING STUDIO! There were those tape recorders, reels of tape and, mics... I could suddenly recall the rush I got hearing the beginning of the rythm track to "Christmas Don't be Late" (or whatever the title is.) This was pre-Beatles and it just had such a magic sound. Boy, have I progressed in my fifty two years or what? So for me the progression was: Chipmunks Beatles Led Zepplin Frank Zappa and on.... __________________ Danny Brown

18th December 2007, 05:36 AM	#2
Sigma Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: phallicdelphia Posts: 2,585	my pop engineered a chipmonks album in the early 60's at cameo parkway records __________________ I believe that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human problem - the most important of all human problems"....alberta weintsein "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides." Artur Schnabel http://www.myspace.com/miketarsia http://miketarsia.com

18th December 2007, 05:44 AM	#4
dbbubba Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,898	That just reminded me that the bass player in my friend's band in Maryland suppossedly did some parts as one of the Chipmunks. Strange though... I always associated that stuff as being cut out in L.A. He never lived in L.A. John Stephens mentioned being involved with the origination of the Chipmunks concept. It was a long time ago and John Stephens was... well... and interesting individual. __________________ Danny Brown

18th December 2007, 06:25 AM	#5
bunnerabb Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Big Wide City Posts: 1,083	I liked Clyde Crashcup. __________________ "It CAN be done. You can drive a car with your feet, but that don't make it a good f*cking idea". - Chris Rock

18th December 2007, 07:07 AM	#6
Sigma Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: phallicdelphia Posts: 2,585	51 years for me..first record i was a preteen..jonny taylor "who's making love" stax records then i am the walrus which was a b side for i forget what single then on to cream, hendrix savoy brown [raw sienna] , to king crimson ,pink floyd , lothar and the hand people, hawkwind , vander graff generator, soft machine, steve reich elp, yes then jazz fusion then gawd knows it just split from there then i went back to the 60's in the 90's and" discovered", fairport convention, dylan, nick drake, coltrane etc while listening to the pixies, screaming trees, television, richard hell , velvet underground and big star __________________ I believe that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human problem - the most important of all human problems"....alberta weintsein "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides." Artur Schnabel http://www.myspace.com/miketarsia http://miketarsia.com

18th December 2007, 07:23 AM	#7
dbbubba Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,898	Who's Makin' Love? WOW!!! My wife had a guy ask her to cut that song back in 1992. It was one of the very last things I did before I sold out of that studio partnership. I hired a bass player and drummer from a big time gospel/R&B group, I played GTRs and I had a a monster organ player (Tommy Young) play B3 as well as several class of '68 NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band horn players players. It is a great track, but here's the wierd part... I am recording a bunch of local bands while working on this cut and one night I play it for a band. The kid playing bass says, "Johnny Taylor is my dad!" It turns out that Johnny Taylor lived in Dallas. Eventually we got him a copy and his kid said that he thought it was great, but I imagine that he was pretty well past that part of his life. I am sure that he sang that song enough times to be sick of it and was probebly under-paid for it. I never met him and he died not too long after that. Still a great song! I like your favorite band wanderings... Crimson to Lothar and the Hand People... quite a leap! I play a CD of Steve Reich in my truck and my 13 year old daughter calls it "Skeletons are ringing the front door playing Coke bottles." Xylophones and piano ostinatos for days! I see her point though. I watched Steve Reich rehearse in 1988 at the Dallas Museum of Art. Intense! I also see that you also like music that would bug most people. __________________ Danny Brown

18th December 2007, 07:44 AM	#10
dbbubba Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,898	See? Steve Reich had a musical question he needed answered! "What would it sound like if I took a piece of music and cut the tape and re-spliced where the timeing was off, but would eventually...." __________________ Danny Brown

18th December 2007, 07:49 AM	#13
Sigma Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: phallicdelphia Posts: 2,585	ooohh no!!! repeating loops..... reich created rap music __________________ I believe that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human problem - the most important of all human problems"....alberta weintsein "The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes, ah, that is where the art resides." Artur Schnabel http://www.myspace.com/miketarsia http://miketarsia.com

18th December 2007, 08:28 AM	#15
bunnerabb Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Big Wide City Posts: 1,083	I met Clyde Crashcup. __________________ "It CAN be done. You can drive a car with your feet, but that don't make it a good f*cking idea". - Chris Rock

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