SH Spotlight Nat King Cole "LOVE IS THE THING" (1956) in new multi-channel SACD & 45 RPM LP from Analogue Prods.

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  1. MMM

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    I think we're up to about 44 now. :)
     
    MMM, Mar 11, 2013
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  2. jtaylor

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    Don't know, but I do see what appears to be a guitar leaning up in the corner. Never noticed that before.

    This is the only other one I've seen.

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  3. Steve Hoffman

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    Wow, the ONLY other picture? Man, that's not much for such an important record. So, his horn mic is a ribbon? Makes sense, unless they only had one Neumann in the place..
     
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  4. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    I think that just about every trumpet "spot mic" ever photographed in the Capitol tower (or Melrose, for that matter) was a 44 ribbon. Seems to me I may have a shot somewhere of Harry James at Melrose with a 77 ribbon.
     
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  5. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Nope, I lied. That one's an RCA 44, too!
    HarryJamesRCA44 CApitolSHTV.jpg
     
    MLutthans, Mar 11, 2013
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  6. rxcory

    rxcory proud jazz band/marching band parent

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    I love the mood captured on these After Midnight photos. Just as chill as the record sounds.
     
    rxcory, Mar 11, 2013
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  7. Steve Hoffman

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    Only two pics from that album. Too bad, I would have loved to see the entire layout of Nat's first album at the Capitol Tower.
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 11, 2013
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  8. jtaylor

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    New music keeps turning up, largely thanks to you; new photographs probably will too at some point.
     
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  9. Steve Hoffman

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    Let's hope so...

    I'm all about letting the music speak for itself but I dig the old studio photos. Makes them more human, the artists, I mean..
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 11, 2013
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  10. lukejosephchung

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    Love coming back to these long multi-year threads about subjects like this...the information you get from Steve, the Gorts and other Forum members about these classic old albums are like little treasure nuggets from a musical gold mine..."Love Is The Thing" & "After Midnight" were magical in the way they were made and sound...thankfully, Steve and Kevin Gray both labored long and hard to make these two and five other classic Capitol albums live again in both 45 RPM LP's and hybrid SACD's that everyone who owns copies of cherish and treasure!!! Thanks again to BOTH of you and to Analogue Productions' Chad Kassem for making all of this possible!!!:love:
    P.S...can't wait to hear what Steve and Stephen Marsh did with "Welcome To The Club" for Audio Fidelity on hybrid SACD...it's currently slated for release on March 19th!!!:goodie:
     
    lukejosephchung, Mar 11, 2013
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  11. Steve Hoffman

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    A: Nat is just chillin' on the piano bench. He's not near a microphone.
    A: Probably, yes.
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 11, 2013
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  12. Kkfan

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    Amazing pictures!

    They add so much value to the music by showing how that music was made.

    Thanks!
     
    Kkfan, Mar 11, 2013
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  13. coleman

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    I thought for a moment that the mic in the distance behind him may have been his, but then the other picture was throwing me off. The pictures looked very different to me because I didn't know Nat would be singing with baffles around him.

    So, uh, when's our Nat King Cole Appreciation Society Capitol Records Tour? :whistle:
     
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  14. DLant

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    Certainly on my wish list; to tour the Tower and maybe sneak inside the old Melrose studios, I'm presuming the building is still there?
     
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  15. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Yes, but the interior has been largely re-purposed.
     
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  16. Steve Hoffman

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    What's in there now?
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 13, 2013
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  17. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    I'm not at home right now, and I don't recall the details, but it's all walled off in little compartments, i.e., cubicles, work areas, etc. Seems to me that is has something to do with video editing or something along those lines, but don't quote me. I can get details for you later tonight. The echo chambers are still up on the roof, and look really goofy because they intentionally had odd angles to avoid standing waves. If MMM sees this, he can chime in with the info before me, probably.
     
    MLutthans, Mar 13, 2013
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  18. DLant

    DLant The Upstate Gort Staff

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    For me, even knowing that the building has been re-used (which is better than torn down), I would still loved to just stand within the hallowed walls.
     
    DLant, Mar 13, 2013
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  19. MMM

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    Sounds about right. The pictures I was given - while relatively new - are not exactly current either, so things might have changed since then.
     
    MMM, Mar 14, 2013
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  20. Steve Hoffman

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    Marty, Matt, they would have only built those echo chambers around 1953, is that correct? They weren't in use for very long then, less than three years.
     
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  21. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

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    Hmm

    The first mixing board at Melrose in 1949 had an unEQd input channel that at some point was used for reverb return, but maybe from a different chamber or source? I dunno....
     
    MLutthans, Mar 14, 2013
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  22. Steve Hoffman

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    As you know, there wasn't any reveb on records (except as a special effect like a cave or something in a kiddie record) until 1952... So, I can't imagine building special chambers until the Hi-Fi craze of 1953 started....
     
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  23. Evan

    Evan Senior Member

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    This is one cool thread and I love the pictures of Nat in the studio!:righton:
     
    Evan, Mar 14, 2013
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  24. MMM

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    Steve, I'm not sure when they were built. I'll have to see if John Palladino remembers. Would KHJ have had use for them, before Capitol used the facility?
     
    MMM, Mar 14, 2013
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  25. Steve Hoffman

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    KHJ? Didn't they come after Capitol left? KHJ was there when I was a kid and watched "Engineer Bill"..
     
    Steve Hoffman, Mar 14, 2013
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