Donnington

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, M Holmes wrote:

=> I tried this last time but in general the talking in the crowds make
=> this less than worthwhile in terms of results. If anyone knows of a way
=> to get a desk tape done then that would be better.

At the last Allman Brothers Band gig I went to there was this taper with
a seemingly never-ending mic stand that he extended about 20 feet into
the air above the crowd around him.  Great for minimising chit chat on
your recordings, I guess. :-)

Then again, the ABB allow taping, so you can get better recordings than
with bands that forbid it.

Speaking of chit chat, I was listening to a recording of the Hawkwind
1975 Reading Festival show yesterday, and had to chuckle at the taper
and his friend editorialising whilst watching the gig.  I doubt he
realised his comments would be immortalised for posterity.  I
particularly liked the part where he was pontificating on exactly when
he would do the tape flip (a great tension-builder!:).  I never thought
I'd hear a taper discuss that on tape... ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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