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The final studio diary
entry of the album. We're well into the mix now, Chuck contemplates at the Neve 88R |
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The British Grove Neve 88R desk  As quick shot of Richard with the Monteleone Isabella |
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Dan behind the Rogers
mid 60's drumkit with a Sonor snare which was made for the
2003 tour which never happened. The song is 'Cleaning My Gun'. |
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Matt gets to sit at the organ station |
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Richard Bennett plays
Mark's Burns electric 12 string which appears more than once
on the new record. Here he plays on 'Cleaning My Gun'. |
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The room in all it's glory |
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Richard playing a new
Fylde bouzouki on 'Border Reiver'. |
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me and the B3 on 'Piper
To The End'. |
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Mark in one of the larger booths with
the 59 Les Paul |
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Glennius Worfeus with the Fiesta Red
Precision bass that we all love so dearly...we love him too! |
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The Big Man with his big bass on 'Before
Gas and TV'. |
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The twin remotes for the pair of Studer
A800 tape machines which can be seen through the window.
As you can see, Chuck has to be lightening quick to arm the
tracks once the take is in record. In actual fact it's either
Rich or Martin, our trusty assistants who man the analog
machines. As mentioned before, we use analog tape for most
of the recording whilst we're tracking. |
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Chuck ponders a piano
comp (on screen) Matt had just recorded an overdub on a song
(Remembrance Day) which Mark an I worked on back in 2006
but it never made it onto KTGC. We're all very glad it has
resurfaced as it's absolutely gorgeous. Matt replaced my
original piano part and of course made it his own and took
it to another level. |
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The classic Vox Continental (single manual
as opposed to my double) Both Matt and myself have used this
on the record. |
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During filming Richard takes a break
with the Burns 12 |
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Matty plays the piano
part on 'Remembrance Day' which was originally tracked with
the band back in 2007 but never made it on to the KTGC album.
We're all glad that it looks like it fits right in to this
new record. |
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Mark and Chuck show
the film crew around the place. |
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John McCusker, Michael McGoldrick and
Phil Cunningham working on 'Before Gas and TV'.
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L-R 1960 Gibson ES335 (blonde), Gibson
Southerner Jumbo 1953, MK sig
Strat, Gibson Les Paul special 1958, 1958
Gibson ES335, Don Grosh electric, MK Strat, 1960 Gibson ES330, Fender Fiesta Red Precision bass 1964, Gibson advanced 1938, Burns double 6 2006 |
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L-R MK Sig Strat, '59 Les Paul, Gibson Southerner, Don Grosh
electric, another MK Sig Strat, Fiesta Red Precision, Gibson
Advanced |
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Neumann U67 |
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The kids were invited in to sing on 'Remembrance Day' last Saturday (21st March), here they are during the first few takes. They all sang beautifully, of course. |
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The String session.. |
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a few shots from the string session we did at British Grove on Monday. That's Rupert Gregson-Williams conducting. The line up was 18 Violins, 6 Violas, 4 Cellos and 2 French Horns. You can see the M50's on the Decca tree above Rupert's head. |
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As ever the microphone array is something to behold during British Grove string dates. 2 Neumann M49's on the four cellos |
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Anthony Pleeth (far left) one of the finest cellists in the world, his father William, taught Jacqueline du Pré. The strings were used on Hard Shoulder, Border Reiver, Monteleone
and The Car Was The One. |
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We're all looking
forward to getting out on the road again in the Spring/Summer
of 2010. There will be lots of promo activity after the
album release so stay tuned for info on that. TTFN
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