ALICE COOPER "Love It To Death", join us for GOLD CD mastering. Artwork, restored?

Some pics. These are the one's I took. The other guys should have some too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42478597@N04/

 

Thanks for sharing the photos, hdsemaj!

 

Check out mine

Edit haha nevermind.

 

Haha, yep. I posted without refreshing!

These are great, by the way.

 

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.

 

What's in the bins in picture #24?

Looks like licorice

And I'm no expert but that tape box in picture #4 looks authentic, not a copy as some people 'elsewhere' have speculated AF might be using on some of their releases.

 

That's after the vinyl has been pressed the machine cuts that off so the record has a nice outside edge.

 

I see....makes sense

How long did the session last, do they master the whole thing in one shot?

 

I JUST GOT BACK from the mastering session! Ugh- what a drive! But wow what a great day! Informative, fun, and good barbecue! Thanks Steve! It's truly amazing how a little tweak here and there makes a HUGE difference. These tapes weren't super "Hi Fi" to begin with. Kevin and Steve are a great team, and it's fun trying to keep up with them.

 

I was there from 11 to 4. We went to lunch around 2. It wasn't one shot. There was a lot of flipping between songs and then Masters several times. It was recorded on RCA 1/4" tape if I recall correctly. A few times we A/B-ed the master with the original vinyl and CD. Side 2 master sounded a lot different than Side 1 with more treble to it. There was a bit of volume matching and there was NO COMPRESSION added and this was the Master Tape. Steve and Kevin played a bit from Yes - 90125 and that sounded amazing.

 

I have phone photos, BTW. Not great, but OK.

 

Very cool

Where is the "I'm jealous" smilie ?

 

Nice, thanks again Steve. What a fun day.

 

Great pic with the notes on the back of the reel. . . the gear pics and plant pics are interesting too.

 

Very nice! A day to remember, I'm sure

 

Wow, that looked like a great day for all that attended. 1/4" RCA master tapes recorded right in my home town by Nimbus 9 (Jack Richardson and Bob Ezrin). Looking forward to the AF version. Vincent Damon Furnier (Alice) would be proud I would think. This made me think, now what could Steve and co. do with Welcome To My Nightmare?

 

wow I'm even more bummed that work came up and I had to cancel, I am glad that someone was able to take my place as I felt really bad at canceling. Looks like you guy s had a great time, Steve thanks for giving music lovers a chance to sit in on sessions like this one.

 

Real cool - thanks for posting the pics!

 

A lot of Punk rock LPs being made at RTI!

 

Really sorry I couldn't attend this one, looks like it was a lot of fun. Thank you Steve for the very generous offer. What a fantastic opportunity it is for the forum members lucky enough to take advantage of it.

 

Getting to spend all day hearing the master tapes for Machine Head over and over and over? I hereby sign up right now! Please let me know a little ahead of time so I can make plane and hotel reservations!!!