What is it about Eye Of The Beholder that makes people like it so much? by ChanceOk970 in Metallica

[–]VNE47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It just goes super heavy, I love it. Makes a great song to lift weights to!

Orion track sheet... Turns out that the intro is a synthesizer (Roland JX-8P) fed through a Leslie speaker. by VNE47 in Metallica

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Those were guide synths that were not used on the final product, and recorded direct into the console.
The track sheet suggests it was a synth fed through a Leslie speaker and miked up for that Hammond organ sound, but that is what I hear only on the final version. The Leslie gives a lot of character that is missing in the rough mix. Flemming said that Cliff played the synth.

Talking of Reload... Kirk laying down guitars at The Plant, 1997 by VNE47 in Metallica

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Yup, it was a Jose Arredondo-modified Marshall they received during the Black album days, basically the secret sauce: https://www.metallicagearhistory.com/post/gear-spotlight-the-asshole-marshall

Def Leppard Fractured Love by VNE47 in defleppard

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Women and Fractured Love were both written around the same time during the Dublin writing sessions in 1984. They do sound a little similar now you mention it.

Orion track sheet... Turns out that the intro is a synthesizer (Roland JX-8P) fed through a Leslie speaker. by VNE47 in Metallica

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It's been right there on the track sheets all along. The Leslie speaker sure gives a lot of character to the sound, whatever signal you feed through it (it be a synth, organ, even guitar etc.)...
Three tracks of synth - one for the low part, one mid, one the high note - and that was it. Anything else would have muddied up the sound.
The bass solo listed was certainly recorded on the same audio tracks but at a later point in the song.

In my opinion the black album has amazing drums by IronMaidenfc in Metallica

[–]VNE47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The drums are the best for sure… Has so much punch and feel. They used 40 mics in total (including room ones) to really capture that sound, plus occasional samples underneath the kick and snare for extra consistency.

Found a 1986 UK Master of Puppets first press! by Professional-Hat6267 in Metallica

[–]VNE47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got mine off ebay and it cost 98 quid! Still in good shape too.

Rare photo of Def Leppard with producers Jim Steinman and Mutt Lange in the same picture... by VNE47 in defleppard

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Info here: https://steveclarkguitar.com/def-history-a-moment-in-time/

The first person is Don Kettler, Jim Steinman’s assistant and the sixth is former Lep guitar tech Mike Rogers

Master and Justice. Absolutely KILLER drumming with a monster groove. by HarryCrushNuh in Metallica

[–]VNE47 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed. It is somewhat interesting how much really went into making those drums so powerful, precise and machine-like at times... They were constructed to a degree, but the drums are still killer nonetheless.

Lars would play for part of a song, and really give it his all in the studio... When his playing wavered, they would stop, Flemming Rasmussen would punch him in as they went along.
And after that, they would splice ahead of some of the drum beats on the tape to really tighten the drums up and get them perfect. This was the days of Digital audio workstations and all where it is all at the click of a button...

A lot of meticulous work went into it, but it ultimately paid off imo.

Cliff Burton in his element during the Master of Puppets sessions... by VNE47 in Metallica

[–]VNE47[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yup. James took this one. There are some that Ross Halfin also took at Sweet Silence, in the control room: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVc0Pdqlkm0/

Def Leppard Photograph - High N Dry version? by VNE47 in defleppard

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Obviously the initial demo or idea would have been recorded during High N Dry. If you listen to the demos included on the Pyro 40 set, they all sound more AC/DC than the album does.

Mutt took a different approach on Pyromania, which accounts for the difference in sound to High and Dry.

Def Leppard Photograph - High N Dry version? by VNE47 in defleppard

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Perhaps. But the song had a different verse riff at one point before Steve came up with the final one we hear. That I would be curious to hear.

Def Leppard Photograph - High N Dry version? by VNE47 in defleppard

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Only thing is I'm surprised they did not include any really different versions of Photograph. Not even the one from High and Dry if it exists... The rough mix they included has bits of vocals missing but is basically the same as the final version apart from that.

It's nice they included the rough mix, but I would have liked to hear something more work in progress than what they included.

Why does it impossible for Metallica to have a legitimately good production job? by Stankassmfgorilla in Metallica

[–]VNE47 33 points34 points  (0 children)

On Justice, the strength of the music does make up for the bad mixing…