The first series of Sound of the Hound wraps up with something a bit different: an interview with legendary Pink Floyd and Nick Drake producer Joe Boyd. Just like Fred Gaisberg, Joe is an American who moved to London in his twenties to establish an overseas office for a record company. And just like Fred,Continue reading “We interview legendary record producer Joe Boyd in the finale to our first series of The Sound Of The Hound podcasts”
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Summer solstice
British summer time is in full swing and today’s Summer Solstice is a celebration of that! It turns out that EMI recording artists Pink Floyd have one of the world’s longest songs: “Echoes.”
Spinning Discs – Postscript
By Wayne Shevlin My previous blog on SOTH—Century of Spinning Plastic Discs—was an abstract musing on the nature of musical records as historical artefacts. It was originally written a few years ago, back when the great music emporiums—HMV, Virgin and Tower—still presided imperiously over the high street. Opening salvo of 2013: that abstract musing isContinue reading “Spinning Discs – Postscript”
We’ve been adding some new photos to our Recording Studios section: Dylan, Ziggy, U2, Joe Meek, Floyd
Hover your cursor over the Recording Studios item on the menu strip (above) and choose a Studio to go to. Currently showing Joe Meek in 1961, Bob Dylan in Columbia Records Studio A in 1963, Abbey Road Studio 3 in 1973 at the time of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon, Trident Studios, whereContinue reading “We’ve been adding some new photos to our Recording Studios section: Dylan, Ziggy, U2, Joe Meek, Floyd”
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