SH Spotlight Russ Gary recording Creedence at Heider. Beatles, etc. Do you have any favorite pix?

It looked like screen shots from an hour-long programme on the history of Abbey Road Studios. They actually had footage of The Hollies recording 'On a carousel', Cilla Black recording 'Alfie', and much more.

 

It's from a video shot for the recording of "On a Carousel." The more common footage has them just doing the song but it's actually a long piece that shows them doing the backing track and seperate vocal sessions. Wish I had the whole thing but it's very rare.

EDIT: more accurate answer above!

By the way I heard that George Martin shot the Hollies footage but I don't know if that's true. It's very choppy.

 

These 2 are from the brochure for MUSICLAND Studios located in Germany.
Nice client list!

 

The video I referred to even had a brief bit of footage from November 1931 when Sir Edward Elgar conducted 'Pomp and circumstance' (as it's commonly known) at the inaugural recording session. Part of his instructions to the orchestra was 'Please play this tune as though you've never heard it before.'.

 

Is that on YouTube or anything like that?

PS: Mark, be on the lookout for something in your mailbox today or tomorrow.

 

Here is Kevin Godley in the studio. I grabbed this online, not sure of the date or the Album. I just love studio shots with microphones in them!!

 

Le Studio

Here are a couple of shots of Le Studio in Quebec, Canada.
Sadly, it's been sold off and is now being turned into a spa.

Le Studio

Rush (and many other bands) recorded several albums there, including Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals. They can be seen there in their video for "Limelight".

 

Listening during a mixing session for "Cosmo's Factory."

 

Beach Boys
Dino at Capitol Melrose
Frank and Nelson

 

FS and Billy May
First Capitol Session with Axl

 

The late, great Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, Neu!, Guru Guru, Devo, Eurythmics, Ultravox, etc.) at Windrose Studio, Hamburg:



Bohus Studio (ABBA, Status Quo, etc.) in 1977... Plush and velvet overload! Kinda looks like a giant Elmo from Sesame Street:

 

Acoustech Mastering facility, Camarillo, CA

Steve and Kevin's home from home:

 

Awesome! I was going to ask if there were any more pics from CCR sessions.

Thanks for that!

 

Capitol Records seems to have been pretty well documented when it comes to photography in the studios - were other labels less friendly to documenting sessions?

 

... as well as Police, Bowie and many others.
The McGarrigle Sisters (mom and aunt of Rufus Wainwright) still live nearby.

 

Sorry to shatter that image. Heh, maybe he wore a suit on the second date for the album.

 

Western, yes.

 

Karen and Richard Carpenter at the A&M Studio B console in 1970

 

here's a few mickey hart related shots.i went to his rolling thunder/barn studios in the mid 70's.too bad i was unprepared and had no camera.the last two are percussionist zakir hussain there.

 

more fogerty and zappa.

 

The great Gerry Marsden at the mic (from the movie Ferry Cross the Mersey):

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Two more of Carpenters in the studio. The first one is the group doing an early version of "Close To You". The second is of Karen and Richard singing the background harmonies on "Hurting Each Other." Both of these are taken from footage in the DVD CLOSE TO YOU: REMEMBERING THE CARPENTERS.

 

Neato, another shot of Tom Wilson in action.

 

Moonie, Shel Talmy and Townshend in the studio

 

Talk about a cold and clinical-looking place! I don't think I could get comfy and rock out in a hospital room.



Funny to see hippies out of their element and in such sterile surroundings like this. Bet it also seemed strange for some of the engineers and other workers at the studios at the time to be hosting such a different flavour of artist. Mrs. Mills and Mel Tormé they are not!