No kidding!
I think that I mentioned that I thought that Tom Dowd was just a confused old wino who'd wandered in off the street until he mentioned Jeep's name... that was the first thing that I twigged to!
Talking about 20 years ago, my mum arrived in town yesterday for a 2-week visit with her grandson. -She brought with her a 20-year old (exactly... November 1984!) magazine -"Sound Engineer" -I think it might have been a realtively short-lived publication, but my name is in it a couple of times, including a 4-page spread on Amazon Studios and the SSL we'd just put in. the photos were taken by my dad, -a few years before he passed away.
I was thoroughly enjoying reading the adverts for all the products which look so dinky now... Audio Kinetics fader automation (the old 'Melkuist' system) and the like. There was a SONY ad in there with the consoles still being produced.
The magazine is in perfect condition, and I'll keep it very carefully!
Incidentally, the Smiths 'Meat Is Murder' session was referred to in there... -the famous "Morrissey-decking" session. -Was it really twenty years ago?!?!?!?
There were tales of the Trident Di-An being so unreliable that people from Trident were dragged out of bed at gunpoint (I kid you not) to fix them! -Harrison actually made the whole system work, probably before Euphonix, though Euphonix probably made a better go of it overall. Trident definately came out bottom of the heap on that score, I'm afraid!
Keith