Like Snuff Garrett. I feel, early in Pop music, there were better recording engineers - great pride in sound quality.

Jim replied....

Perhaps because they did not have the technology - they had to depend on their ears.

"Sergeant Pepper" was on just 4 tracks and what's wrong with it?

When Nashville went 4 track, somebody asked Chet Atkins what would be the advantage of 16 track.

He thought for a moment, and said - "well I suppose it would be fine for producers who do not know what to do next".

Now Chet was a producer.

And if you really want to know what real producers back in the fifties with just two tracks could do - listen to Norman Petty and any Buddy Holly track you like.

And of course Snuff Garrett is in the same mould.

And from the same area.

The Tex-Mex sound.

And you thought I was not watching your posts!

• RE: Johnny Burnette - Dreamin' - 1960 - John 06/15/2012 16:35:54 EDT (0)