ala1940 wrote:Once again a hit from the Legendary Joe Meek, amazing when you think what he used for a recording studio.
When you wish to record a symphony orchestra, or a string quartet, or any other musical ensemble which needs a suitable acoustic space, then having the right 'studio' is important.
But for pop music recorded with close mics like HITR, the fact that Joe used the second-floor front bedroom of a flat above a leather goods shop on the A1 trunk road out of London is irrelevent. HITR is a highly 'manufactured' record (as were most of Joe's big hits) and could have been made almost anywhere.
In fact, the only facet of 304 Holloway Road that was vital to the record were the uncarpeted stairs used, with heavy foot-stomping, to emphasise the chorus - "Come Right Back, etc . . . . . ."!
Ray
ps Those Burns guitars were not used, of course, to actually
make the record. They were supplied later, for publicity, when the band were famous.