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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Ozpeter on January 18, 2020, 10:56:59 PM
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Slightly off topic I admit.... This is my late father in law playing. He snuck into a theatre back in '58 while nobody was around, clutching a tape recorder (the sort with reels!), set it up, played this piece on the mighty Wurlitzer, and snuck out again quick before the caretaker woke up. I restored it from the tape at his request many years ago.
I guess in this forum I should be posting exactly what gear was used and how it was set up (well - "quickly" is the answer to that) but sadly that's lost in the mists of time.
It's under 3 minutes. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfr2Y2jvj0
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LOOOOLGreat story.
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Awesome
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caretaker: "HEY! Youre not supposed to be recording in here!!!!"
pops: "I'm wit------ I mean I *AM* the band. These are not the jedis youre looking for!"
caretaker: "What's a "Jedi"?"
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I'm now informed that the recording was made on a Philips 4 track machine fed from a Philiips dynamic mic. So now we know. :)
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OMG your pop-in law ROCKS! Was he ever a professional player? Did he play organ at home?
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Thanks - yes to both questions, although he made a living in all sorts of different ways, not just as a musician. He not only played well but was a lovely man, full of good humour and warmth. As it happens, he died 9 years ago this very day.
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When ya need a Whurli.. ya need a Wurli!!
Fantastic story!
Fantastic playing!
Fun 3 minutes!
Thanks for sharing!
....what city??
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That is very enjoyable, thanks for sharing.
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This is great! Very talented player, and a remarkably good recording given the era and situation.
I once happened upon a huge, deserted music hall attic in which multiple concert marimba of various sizes and other orchestral instruments were stored. Played my heart out on the most gigantic one for about 5 minutes. It was so deep and resonant it shook my entire body and seemingly the entire room. I pulled myself away and split before anyone wandered up to see what was going on. I'm certainly no marimba player though, and I didn't record it, but I sure wish I did!
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... which reminds me of the period of my recording career when I was working with a wealthy pianist who was a bit prone to not actually turning up for recording sessions. So I'd be in fine church acoustic with a grade one full size Steinway from the London hire fleet, fully prepared by their best technicians - and alone. So I would sit down for as long as I liked, and play... especially as nobody was there to hear!
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Slightly off topic I admit.... This is my late father in law playing. He snuck into a theatre back in '58 while nobody was around, clutching a tape recorder (the sort with reels!), set it up, played this piece on the mighty Wurlitzer, and snuck out again quick before the caretaker woke up. I restored it from the tape at his request many years ago.
I guess in this forum I should be posting exactly what gear was used and how it was set up (well - "quickly" is the answer to that) but sadly that's lost in the mists of time.
It's under 3 minutes. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfr2Y2jvj0
Oh wow, that happened only just up the road from me! Small world.