Elvis Costello sits down with Gear Club for a career-spanning conversation, from the tiny London room where My Aim Is True was recorded to the unpublished Bob Dylan lyrics he helped finish decades later.
Record of the week: Surf's Up
This week, we take a look at the acclaimed Surf's Up by The Beach Boys. In 2004, the album was included in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and ranked 61 on Pitchfork Media's "The Top 100 Albums Of The 1970s".
#104: The History Of Eventide with Founder Richard Factor
In this episode we present the history of Eventide, makers of revolutionary audio products for over 50 years, as told by founder and owner Richard Factor. Eventide's history stretches back to 1971, but Richard was tinkering with audio electronics well before that, paving the way for some of the first Eventide products.
Record of the week: Peaches en Regalia
In this Record of the Week, John and Stewart dig into "Peaches en Regalia" by Frank Zappa, the opening track from his 1969 masterpiece Hot Rats. They break down the recording techniques Zappa used across the album and how those techniques shaped one of the most celebrated instrumentals in rock history. Along the way, John shares his own story of accidentally reinventing the same trick decades later, and why Hot Rats still sounds like nothing else ever made.
Record of the week: Fat Old Sun
This week: Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd. John & Stewart hone in on production techniques used to create the piece, and dissect the wacky, experimental nature of this song in Atom Heart Mother in comparison to later Pink Floyd albums.
#103: Pearl Jam, Lollapalooza, and Life in the Studio with Tom Beaujour
This week on Record of the Week, we dig into one of the most overlooked and mysterious songs connected to The Band: “Out of This World,” tucked away on The Last Waltz Suite.
Record of the week: Out of the Blue
This week on Record of the Week, we dig into one of the most overlooked and mysterious songs connected to The Band: “Out of This World,” tucked away on The Last Waltz Suite.
#102: Rick Chertoff: The Producer Behind Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne & Decades of Hit Records
In this episode John and Stewart sit down for a chat with friend and mentor Rick Chertoff. Rick is a Producer and songwriter whose career started in A&R for Clive Davis's newly minted Arista records in 1974.
#101: Tad Kubler: In the studio and on the road with The Hold Steady
This time, we had the chance to visit Restoration Sound, the Brooklyn studio built and run by producer and engineer Lorenzo Wolff. Lorenzo showed us around the new control room, his collection of instruments, and of course, the “ego wall.”