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I love all of Ken's work, but Crime Of The Century is my choice. It was my Dad's favourite album and it brings back nice memories whenever I listen to it Thanks Warren for this great conversation
Not sure I can answer this. I had a jazz album (I think Billy Cobham) and I thought it sounded astoundingly well recorded. Ken Scott. Then I looked to see what else he worked on and saw many of my favorite recordings (sonically and otherwise).
Crime Of The Century is still one of the greatest albums of all time. Genius upon genius! There’s no way you could follow that, a difficult and almost impossible challenge.
I’ve had the pleasure of spending some time with Ken and he absolutely just as you see here. He couldn’t be more natural and relaxed (I was with him “off duty “). His ear is second to none. His records still stand up today. The quality of “pop” he produced is astounding. Thank you so much for posting this
A wonderful interview, loved it. Thank you Warren & thank you Ken. What an incredible journey your life has been Warren, now sitting in Abbey Road & interviewing Ken in the same place where so much magic was created!
The production of Supertramp's Dreamer was epic. I even admire Ken Scott's lesser known productions, like the Dixie Dregs' What If (1978) and Level 42's True Colours (1984)!
My brother's band was signed with Ken in the late 70s. I got to hang with Ken and the band in the studio for about 4 months, he was recording an album for singer/songwriter Don Harrison and my brothers band were the musicians for that project. After that he recorded a few tracks for my brother's band. We spent a lot of time at Ken's house and did a lot of partying and heard a lot of interesting stories. It's great to hear some of them again and hear some new ones.
Unbelievable!! I thought I read all my liner notes during my use, but obviously I didn't....what fantastic guy, engineer producer, I'm deeply impressed. Thanks and all the bass-t from kayo
This is absolutely a wonderful interview, it still amazes me how much Ken appreciated the artists I loved, which was all the ones you discussed with each other. I could listen to Ken for hours, and now I must go and revisit all the music Ken touched! Thank you!!!
Ken has engineered and produced so many great albums like Bowie's Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladin Sane and Pinups, Procal Harum-A Salty Dog, Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and Crisis What Crisis?, Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, White Album- the list goes on. Great interview to see what Ken is up to these days.
I'm so glad that that in the Internet era these guys that engineered absolute masterpieces are finally given the credit they deserve. Norman Smith , Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott were behind the desk capturing the sounds of those classic albums. Sure, The Beatles, Bowie, Elton...where the talent, but they left everything technical to proffesionals.
A wonderful interview. KS being an immense source of information and Warren, such a respectful approach, allowing KS to expand upon each answer. Brilliant.
This was extraordinary, I could listen to Ken all day when he talks about all those recording sessions he did. Been listening to Hunky Dory in the last few days so that's in my head at the moment sonically, it sounds incredible and the Ronno clean guitar sound is amazing. Thanks so much for this Warren 👍🎸😃
Thank you so much Warren.I am a 64 y.o. music fan,not a musician ( love playing around with my ukulele),but I find this production talk ,and stories of how these magnificent albums were made fascinating.Wonderful to hear.👌🙏👂
A lot of the time, more often than not, recording sessions I've done with major artists are just that, very little drama, all work, great focus and thoroughly enjoyable!
Thank you Warren, and Mr. Scott! What a joy this interview has been. Like a great album I’m sure I will continue to return to it and find new bits and pieces.🙏🏻
Finally OMG. An in depth interview with a legend in the field of sound. My father taught me to always look at the credits to see "who did what" on a album, Ken's name kept popping up on so many that I just bought anything he graced, especially all the fusion/Jazz Rock one's. A special mention to Mick Waller, the drummer on the "Truth" album. He rocks a storm and I'd forgotten that R. Wood played bass on it.🔥 I've only watched the first half of this but will make time for part 2. Thanks for this.
I loved his quote that his instrument is the mixing console. I was trained on a Mackey live console in large church because of my interest in it. A couple of years later I was attending a church that I wanted to contribute playing any instrument. There was no place for an additional musician, so I was asked if I'd mind trying out running the live sound on a new digital Presonus. I took what I had learned before and made the live mixing my own. In a very short time, I also was calling my mixer board my instrument and I loved it. Wonderful interview!
Utterly fascinating discussion here. The level of detail you’re describing from 50-60 years ago of specific times from your day job is incredible. When I attempt to recall my own recording experiences in the 1990’s im flat out remembering an entire 5 minutes from that whole decade! Thank you both very much for sharing your stories
Very good interview!!! I love all the stories. Just hearing all the background information brings things to new light in regards to the process. As a drummer I particularly liked when Ken was talking about working with Jeff Porcaro and having him remove all the drum dampening from his drums in order to get the drum sound that he wanted to get. Jeff was initially opposed to the idea until he heard the drum sounds that Ken was able to get. From that point on Jeff didn't use any drum dampening on his drums. For me, that just confirms how I feel about drum sounds!!! I really enjoyed this interview. Thanks for sharing.
I was also intrigued by Ken Scott's comments regarding Jeff Pocaro and I wish he would have explained in more detail how he mic'ed the drums and the types of microphone and their placement. I am assuming it must have been a bit of a departure from what the L.A. audio engineers were doing if it changed Jeff Porcaro's outlook on his drum sounds. There's a pretty well known photo of Jeff in Bill Schnee's studio with ELAM251s all round, so gear was not a problem, but the technique must have been markedly different
@@percewoodbury1893 I agree, more details would be nice but I'm sure that was a long time ago and it's hard to say Ken would have remembered all the details. From what I've heard in interviews with Bill Schnee, he completely trusted Jeff and trusted him to not hit such an expensive mic. I've seen the video clips with the 251s here on RUclips from Jeff's instructional DVD. If you don't have it, get it!!! I'm surprised it hasn't been pulled from RUclips for copyright issues.
Listened recently to AMERICA debut that sounds gorgeous. The drums and acoustic guitars are natural and palpable. The wild revelation for me was the sound signature aligns perfectly with HUNKY DORY and can be instantly recognized as a Ken Scott production. Not many engineers can achieve this obvious identification with two disparate artists. Great interview.
Fantastic interview. I'm so interested hearing from these great engineers/producers who worked on all those songs. I also love how some of those 'happy accidents' were kept because they were in the moment! Thanks for doing these.
One of the greatest engineer-producers ever. Crime Of The Century still stands as a giant album after all these years - the quality of the sound and performances is staggering. Great (and long) interview, but I wish there was more time and questions spent on recording Crime. Seemed to be glossed over with no details, not sure why. Oh well, just great to hear Ken talk about all these amazing experiences. A true master.
The Bowie anecdote that Ken refers to with Life on Mars, was, 'My Way'. Bowie was given a chance to write English lyrics for a French song, called 'Comme d'habitude', but didn't get the job and it was given instead to Paul Anka. Or am I stating the obvious, here?
Thank you 🙏 for this incredible interview and a glimpse into the past from a different perspective. Recording, mixing, and mastering is just as an art form as is the musicians creativity. It is a team effort. Gratitude 🙏
I'm really enjoying this interview - about half way through and so much to think about and check-out tracks that I've not heard for a long time. Wonderful stuff!
Well done,You hit the Jackpot again Warren!Very smart move to make this an epic interview.Ken Scott is main popular music key figure,a great speaker and has a great point of view and (pun intended)take on things.
Fascinating interview, discussing many of my favourite albums. At 1:46:20 they're discussing the writing of Life on Mars, and mention the borrowing of a chord progression from "an Italian song" that David had submitted a lyric for. Don't know why they're coy about it, the winning lyric was My Way! And yes, very different songs, very same chords.
2:27:00 Stanley overdubbing. At half-speed. OK, oh yeah. Now I don't feel so bad. Caught Stanley at Lensic Theater, Santa Fe,NM. He played string bass almost the entire night. A real treat.
Great stuff……I always loved Ringo’s drum sound under Ken. Can’t claim to know him, but we had an exchange which confirmed my belief that Ken is a modest, decent man.
So much to "digest"! I have had to (gratefully) back up dozens of times to catch every little bit of important info, every minute of these 3+ hours, yet once again, literally worth every moment. if this has been brought up already, apologies for the repetition, yet regarding to the late Mick Ronson, his great guitar work carried over well after the peak-of-Bowie/glam era. That is, listen to his work on Ellen Foley's We Belong to the Night ('79) and you could easily mistake him for a then-young Steve Lukather (or at least, how Luke' sounded later into the 80's and 90's w/Toto and others).
Warren, many thanks for this, as well as making it a 3 hour+ special, even then there's still room for a follow up, if Ken's up for it. Ripped Truth some 20+ years ago to put on my iPod classic, took a listen today, wow, what a recording. Really open and spacious, haven't looked at the LP sleeve since then, but yes, Nicky Hopkins on joanna, and as for Keith's timpani, never knew it was him, loved the fact that Rod was on a trailing mic lead, yes you can hear the change in audio of the guys playing in the studio as he walks around. Have played the album a few times over the years as background, but stuck the Bose noiseless cans on, really fantastic capture of the musicians playing, really love the openness of the recording. Also the early Billy Cobham stuff, never knew it was Ken, Spectrum one of my all time favourite albums. Part 3 tomorrow. Cheers me old china.
Life On Mars was done because Bowies publisher gave him a french song to put words to, which he did. The publisher didn't think much of the words, but didn't tell Bowie. Paul Anka rewrote the words, and the song became My Way. When Bowie heard it ihe was really pissed off and said he'd do his own my way.. apparently the verse chords are the same.. great interview, so many great stories and knowledge
I agree with other commenters that this is one of the best interviews I have seen. Ken is one of the best engineers/producers in the history of recorded music. The only thing missing here is that I wish Ken was asked how he feels about being the inspiration for the Ken LeGrange character (played by Roger Allam) in the Brian Pern TV series. (Ken's colleague Roy Thomas Baker was also the basis for the Ray Thomas character.)
@@Producelikeapro A while ago since I finished upgrading and aligning my new monitors I called my wife to come up for a listen I played here Space Oddity and Walk on the Wildside She burst crying Incredible impact Then when she left I played Birds of Fire and Spectrum Goosebumps We live for goosebump moments and music is the most emotional experience
I always love a Ken Scott interview, and this one was probably the best I used to bump in to Lou Reed in New York over the years, and I have a few anecdotes. 😎 Ken confused music producer and commercial jingle writer from Detroit, Billy Davis, with Billy Davis Jr. of The 5th Dimension and Marilyn McCoo's husband. "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" was written by both Rogers: Greenway and Cook, Bill Backer, and Billy Davis. It was released in November, 1971. I was in kindergarten at the time, and it was a HUGE hit in the New York Metro area; it was played in Top 40 rotation on every major AM radio station.
Amazing interview! But RUclips phuking sucks...I seriously had about 45 long advertisements throughout...I was on a ladder...had to come down every time. Does RUclips seriously think I would use any of the scam health services or money making scam programs??? Its a waste of my life
I don't know how much you use youtube . I have it on 12 -18 hours a day to listen to talks music as well as watching videos , so I pay 12 99 a month for no ads on two devices . No I'm not in their employ, in fact I have many criticisms of RUclips...but I urge you to try it ....I think like most things you can trial it for free.
love your stuff, Warren. Has certainly taught me a lot, and your personality make it all the better. As an avid lover of all things dub and reggae, I would love to see something regarding that; especially how the likes of yourself, guests, and industry counterparts generally use/used certain pieces of kit for productions compared to that of people like King Tubby, Jah Shaka, Scratch Perry, etc. More specifically, I would love to understand more of the how/why/& what about of reggae studios makes them incompatible for 'traditional(?)' recording and producing, despite using the same industry-standard gear (presumably).
@@Producelikeapro You are very welcome, Ken Scott is a recording god and little reported . He made so many great sounding albums most of which I own. There were some mentioned that i did not know he did. That is probably because I have them on CD and the type is so small they may as well be on microfilm.
1971: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (engineer): I forgot how many times i've listened to that complex, difficult album and finding it an absolute masterpiece. Bowie & Hamill shared some similarity in their voice timbre...
As a life-long Beatles fan, I’ve noticed that, considering the amount of books detailing the minutiae of their career, there has never been a book where the focus is on all of the recording engineers. I know some of them have released biographies, and their have been books about recording specific albums, but it would be great to have a full overview of all of the recording staff and their efforts/achievements /breakthroughs in recording The Beatles in a kind of chronological order. Anyone else agree it would make an excellent read?
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I love all of Ken's work, but Crime Of The Century is my choice. It was my Dad's favourite album and it brings back nice memories whenever I listen to it
Thanks Warren for this great conversation
@@WalterSobchak1000 Yes, for sure. Crime of the Century.
Crime Of The Century of course!
The best album in the history of rock!
Not sure I can answer this. I had a jazz album (I think Billy Cobham) and I thought it sounded astoundingly well recorded. Ken Scott. Then I looked to see what else he worked on and saw many of my favorite recordings (sonically and otherwise).
@@WalterSobchak1000masterpiece. By every metric.
Ken Scott's contribution to the world of music cannot be overstated. So much great history. Thanks Warren!
Agreed 100%!
3 hours with Ken Scott and Warren? So looking forward to this! Thank you Warren!
AW shucks! Thanks ever so much!
Crime of the Century is an insanely well-produced and mixed record. Unparalleled.
Agreed 100%!
Been on the hunt for this album for over a year, nobody's giving 'em up
Crime Of The Century is still one of the greatest albums of all time. Genius upon genius! There’s no way you could follow that, a difficult and almost impossible challenge.
Thanks ever so much for sharing and yes, I agree!
An amazing production. In my Top 10 Albums of all time!
I’ve had the pleasure of spending some time with Ken and he absolutely just as you see here. He couldn’t be more natural and relaxed (I was with him “off duty “). His ear is second to none. His records still stand up today. The quality of “pop” he produced is astounding. Thank you so much for posting this
A wonderful interview, loved it. Thank you Warren & thank you Ken. What an incredible journey your life has been Warren, now sitting in Abbey Road & interviewing Ken in the same place where so much magic was created!
Thanks Dave! That means a lot!
The production of Supertramp's Dreamer was epic. I even admire Ken Scott's lesser known productions, like the Dixie Dregs' What If (1978) and Level 42's True Colours (1984)!
Love The Dixie Dregs!
My brother's band was signed with Ken in the late 70s. I got to hang with Ken and the band in the studio for about 4 months, he was recording an album for singer/songwriter Don Harrison and my brothers band were the musicians for that project. After that he recorded a few tracks for my brother's band. We spent a lot of time at Ken's house and did a lot of partying and heard a lot of interesting stories. It's great to hear some of them again and hear some new ones.
Unbelievable!! I thought I read all my liner notes during my use, but obviously I didn't....what fantastic guy, engineer producer, I'm deeply impressed. Thanks and all the bass-t from kayo
Thanks ever is much!
This is absolutely a wonderful interview, it still amazes me how much Ken appreciated the artists I loved, which was all the ones you discussed with each other. I could listen to Ken for hours, and now I must go and revisit all the music Ken touched! Thank you!!!
Thanks Jack for the amazing comment!
I love these interviews with producing, recording and mixing legends. Thank you, Ken and Warren!
More to come! Thanks ever so much!
oh boy, sitting down with a mug of cocoa for this one. Thanks Warren and Ken.
Thanks ever so much!
Ken has engineered and produced so many great albums like Bowie's Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladin Sane and Pinups, Procal Harum-A Salty Dog, Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and Crisis What Crisis?, Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, White Album- the list goes on. Great interview to see what Ken is up to these days.
What A Treat 🤩 One hour. More than 2 to go.
This is MAD 🤪 Such an incredible story telling.
Thank U Dearly 🙏
It is for these interviews that made RUclips premium so much more worth it for me. ❤
Wow! Thanks ever so much!
Why Premium?
@@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn So I can listen to the interview all the way through without being interrupted by ads.
One of the best interviews on recording 🎙️ thank you Ken & Warren!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm so glad that that in the Internet era these guys that engineered absolute masterpieces are finally given the credit they deserve. Norman Smith , Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott were behind the desk capturing the sounds of those classic albums. Sure, The Beatles, Bowie, Elton...where the talent, but they left everything technical to proffesionals.
Ken is an incredible talent! We are blessed with the marvellous albums he has made!
My super hero producer - made some of the greatest records of all time - thx for the long form interview JPMusic
Very well said! Thanks for sharing!
Warren, thank you so much for this incredible interview. I was glued to every second of it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A wonderful interview. KS being an immense source of information and Warren, such a respectful approach, allowing KS to expand upon each answer. Brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much!
This was extraordinary, I could listen to Ken all day when he talks about all those recording sessions he did. Been listening to Hunky Dory in the last few days so that's in my head at the moment sonically, it sounds incredible and the Ronno clean guitar sound is amazing. Thanks so much for this Warren 👍🎸😃
Thank you so much Warren.I am a 64 y.o. music fan,not a musician ( love playing around with my ukulele),but I find this production talk ,and stories of how these magnificent albums were made fascinating.Wonderful to hear.👌🙏👂
What a privilege to have been able to have this conversation and that it was shared with us!… thankyou
I love the way no secrets are given x Hands down the best interview ive listened to on you tube. The passion is palpable x
A lot of the time, more often than not, recording sessions I've done with major artists are just that, very little drama, all work, great focus and thoroughly enjoyable!
@@Producelikeapro ♥♥♥
35:45 Ha! I did exactly that, and came back to hear you you say you'd hoped ppl would go listen. What an amazing sounding track 💗
Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
Ken is wonderful! Had the chance to watch a lecture of his late in College just before COVID. Very intelligent and so very important!
Thanks ever so much for the great comment!!
You tick off some bucket lists Warren, but talking to Ken Scott at Abbey Road is pretty phenomenal!
Yes, hugely important interview!!
I’ve been binging on these vids over the last few days, excellent series …so much so that I’ve subscribed.
Welcome aboard! Thanks ever so much
Amazing interview!
Lots of information and great stories.
Thanks Ken and Warren❤️❤️🎶🎶
You’re very welcome
Thank you Warren, and Mr. Scott! What a joy this interview has been. Like a great album I’m sure I will continue to return to it and find new bits and pieces.🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
His sound is simply amazing. Was/ is
Agreed 100%!
It certainly IS!
Finally OMG. An in depth interview with a legend in the field of sound. My father taught me to always look at the credits to see "who did what" on a album, Ken's name kept popping up on so many that I just bought anything he graced, especially all the fusion/Jazz Rock one's. A special mention to Mick Waller, the drummer on the "Truth" album. He rocks a storm and I'd forgotten that R. Wood played bass on it.🔥 I've only watched the first half of this but will make time for part 2. Thanks for this.
Thanks ever so much Peter!
I loved his quote that his instrument is the mixing console.
I was trained on a Mackey live console in large church because of my interest in it. A couple of years later I was attending a church that I wanted to contribute playing any instrument. There was no place for an additional musician, so I was asked if I'd mind trying out running the live sound on a new digital Presonus. I took what I had learned before and made the live mixing my own.
In a very short time, I also was calling my mixer board my instrument and I loved it.
Wonderful interview!
Utterly fascinating discussion here. The level of detail you’re describing from 50-60 years ago of specific times from your day job is incredible. When I attempt to recall my own recording experiences in the 1990’s im flat out remembering an entire 5 minutes from that whole decade!
Thank you both very much for sharing your stories
Wow! Thanks ever so much! That really means a lot
Fantastic and fascinating interview, the time flew by. Wonderful!
Thanks ever so much!
This guy produced Crafty Hands by the prog formation Happy the Man, which IMO is a masterpiece.
Can't wait to listen to this one. Ken has such an amazing body of work!
Thanks for listening!!
Very good interview!!! I love all the stories. Just hearing all the background information brings things to new light in regards to the process. As a drummer I particularly liked when Ken was talking about working with Jeff Porcaro and having him remove all the drum dampening from his drums in order to get the drum sound that he wanted to get. Jeff was initially opposed to the idea until he heard the drum sounds that Ken was able to get. From that point on Jeff didn't use any drum dampening on his drums. For me, that just confirms how I feel about drum sounds!!! I really enjoyed this interview. Thanks for sharing.
I was also intrigued by Ken Scott's comments regarding Jeff Pocaro and I wish he would have explained in more detail how he mic'ed the drums and the types of microphone and their placement. I am assuming it must have been a bit of a departure from what the L.A. audio engineers were doing if it changed Jeff Porcaro's outlook on his drum sounds. There's a pretty well known photo of Jeff in Bill Schnee's studio with ELAM251s all round, so gear was not a problem, but the technique must have been markedly different
@@percewoodbury1893 I agree, more details would be nice but I'm sure that was a long time ago and it's hard to say Ken would have remembered all the details. From what I've heard in interviews with Bill Schnee, he completely trusted Jeff and trusted him to not hit such an expensive mic. I've seen the video clips with the 251s here on RUclips from Jeff's instructional DVD. If you don't have it, get it!!! I'm surprised it hasn't been pulled from RUclips for copyright issues.
Listened recently to AMERICA debut that sounds gorgeous. The drums and acoustic guitars are natural and palpable. The wild revelation for me was the sound signature aligns perfectly with HUNKY DORY and can be instantly recognized as a Ken Scott production. Not many engineers can achieve this obvious identification with two disparate artists. Great interview.
That was a brillisnt interview! 3 hours well spent!
Thanks ever so much!
Thank you Warren - such a great interview with one of the Greatest!!
My pleasure!
Fantastic interview. I'm so interested hearing from these great engineers/producers who worked on all those songs. I also love how some of those 'happy accidents' were kept because they were in the moment!
Thanks for doing these.
One of the greatest engineer-producers ever. Crime Of The Century still stands as a giant album after all these years - the quality of the sound and performances is staggering. Great (and long) interview, but I wish there was more time and questions spent on recording Crime. Seemed to be glossed over with no details, not sure why. Oh well, just great to hear Ken talk about all these amazing experiences. A true master.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
This is an amazing interview, thank you.
Thanks ever so much!
The Bowie anecdote that Ken refers to with Life on Mars, was, 'My Way'. Bowie was given a chance to write English lyrics for a French song, called 'Comme d'habitude', but didn't get the job and it was given instead to Paul Anka. Or am I stating the obvious, here?
Yest yet ordered the Bowie box set Rock&Roll Star.
Looking very much forward to listening to it!! Cleared my schedule for the weekend.
🖖
Very exciting indeed!
Thank you 🙏 for this incredible interview and a glimpse into the past from a different perspective.
Recording, mixing, and mastering is just as an art form as is the musicians creativity. It is a team effort.
Gratitude 🙏
Thank you Warren - that was one helluva an interview.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much
So amazing to hear you both talking about so many of my favorite recordings.
AW shucks! Thanks ever so much!
I'm really enjoying this interview - about half way through and so much to think about and check-out tracks that I've not heard for a long time. Wonderful stuff!
Thanks ever so much!
So funny to stumble across this - I'm right in the middle of Ken's book right now. GREAT book!
That's amazing!
Superb, Superb, Superb!
Thanks ever so much!
Probably the best interview that I’ve ever heard.
WOW! Thanks Mike!
Thank you very much for interviews like this, you & Rick Beaton are a wealth of info for aspiring gents like me
Thanks ever so much!
Amazing interview! One of the best I've seen in ages.
Wow, thank you!
The Spectrum Album with Tommy was AMAZING !!
Marvellous!
I like Ken Scott's production of Happy The Man's first two albums : Happy The Man (1977) and Crafty Hands (1978).
I never heard of the band until now and i‘m sitting here in my Studio shocked at how good these recordings are. Thank you so much Buddy ✨✌️
Happy The Man is probably one of my favorite bands of all time
I can’t imagine what it must have been beeing in the studio while recording the piano solo on Aladdin Sane. My god.
Incredible indeed!
Thank you so much for this wonderful interview. I enjoyed every single minute of it!!
Great interview. Such knowledge. Can tell Warren is in Heaven
Thanks ever so much!
That is a great point about John's songs. Totally get what Ken means by saying John's songs being specific to John.
Well done,You hit the Jackpot again Warren!Very smart move to make this an epic interview.Ken Scott is main popular music key figure,a great speaker and has a great point of view and (pun intended)take on things.
Astounding interview, wow!
Thanks ever so much!
That was awesome, thanx again Sir Warren !
Thanks Danny!
Thanks Warren and Ken. Wonderful.🙏🙏🙏
Thanks ever so much Andrew!
Fascinating interview, discussing many of my favourite albums. At 1:46:20 they're discussing the writing of Life on Mars, and mention the borrowing of a chord progression from "an Italian song" that David had submitted a lyric for. Don't know why they're coy about it, the winning lyric was My Way! And yes, very different songs, very same chords.
What a legend!Love his work!
Me too! Such an honour to be able to hang and talk to him!
2:27:00 Stanley overdubbing. At half-speed. OK, oh yeah. Now I don't feel so bad. Caught Stanley at Lensic Theater, Santa Fe,NM. He played string bass almost the entire night. A real treat.
Whatever you have to do to make it great!
We can mention two masterpieces produced by him among the many: Cobham’s Spectrum, and Birds of fire Mahavishnu Orchestra
Yes, many masterpieces recorded by Ken!
Good interview!! Thank you guys for sharing!!
Thanks ever so much!
What a TREAT - thank you both!
Glad you enjoyed it!
There was something mysterious and magickal about the Jeff Beck Truth/ Led Zeppelin I album period for me. The Beatles too!
Agreed 100%!
Rudi’s in Love, the Locomotive, now that’s a tune… will have to dig out the 45 of this one, thanks for reminding me of it.
Marvellous!
Great stuff……I always loved Ringo’s drum sound under Ken. Can’t claim to know him, but we had an exchange which confirmed my belief that Ken is a modest, decent man.
Thank you Warren.
Thanks ever so much!
So much to "digest"! I have had to (gratefully) back up dozens of times to catch every little bit of important info, every minute of these 3+ hours, yet once again, literally worth every moment.
if this has been brought up already, apologies for the repetition, yet regarding to the late Mick Ronson, his great guitar work carried over well after the peak-of-Bowie/glam era. That is, listen to his work on Ellen Foley's We Belong to the Night ('79) and you could easily mistake him for a then-young Steve Lukather (or at least, how Luke' sounded later into the 80's and 90's w/Toto and others).
Thanks David for sharing that! Huge fan of Mick Ronson!
Warren, many thanks for this, as well as making it a 3 hour+ special, even then there's still room for a follow up, if Ken's up for it.
Ripped Truth some 20+ years ago to put on my iPod classic, took a listen today, wow, what a recording. Really open and spacious, haven't looked at the LP sleeve since then, but yes, Nicky Hopkins on joanna, and as for Keith's timpani, never knew it was him, loved the fact that Rod was on a trailing mic lead, yes you can hear the change in audio of the guys playing in the studio as he walks around. Have played the album a few times over the years as background, but stuck the Bose noiseless cans on, really fantastic capture of the musicians playing, really love the openness of the recording.
Also the early Billy Cobham stuff, never knew it was Ken, Spectrum one of my all time favourite albums.
Part 3 tomorrow.
Cheers me old china.
Life On Mars was done because Bowies publisher gave him a french song to put words to, which he did. The publisher didn't think much of the words, but didn't tell Bowie. Paul Anka rewrote the words, and the song became My Way. When Bowie heard it ihe was really pissed off and said he'd do his own my way.. apparently the verse chords are the same.. great interview, so many great stories and knowledge
I agree with other commenters that this is one of the best interviews I have seen. Ken is one of the best engineers/producers in the history of recorded music. The only thing missing here is that I wish Ken was asked how he feels about being the inspiration for the Ken LeGrange character (played by Roger Allam) in the Brian Pern TV series. (Ken's colleague Roy Thomas Baker was also the basis for the Ray Thomas character.)
Thanks ever so much! Sp glad you enjoyed the interview as much as I did!
Great interview. Important interview!
Thanks ever so much!
A living legend
Yes, agreed!
@@Producelikeapro A while ago since I finished upgrading and aligning my new monitors I called my wife to come up for a listen
I played here Space Oddity and Walk on the Wildside She burst crying Incredible impact Then when she left I played Birds of Fire and Spectrum Goosebumps We live for goosebump moments and music is the most emotional experience
That was amazing !
I always love a Ken Scott interview, and this one was probably the best
I used to bump in to Lou Reed in New York over the years, and I have a few anecdotes. 😎
Ken confused music producer and commercial jingle writer from Detroit, Billy Davis, with Billy Davis Jr. of The 5th Dimension and Marilyn McCoo's husband.
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" was written by both Rogers: Greenway and Cook, Bill Backer, and Billy Davis. It was released in November, 1971. I was in kindergarten at the time, and it was a HUGE hit in the New York Metro area; it was played in Top 40 rotation on every major AM radio station.
Wow! Thanks ever so much!
That was great thank you! I learned a lot about Ken Scott.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic interview with a fascinating person. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
And yes, Ken IS fascinating!!
Amazing interview! But RUclips phuking sucks...I seriously had about 45 long advertisements throughout...I was on a ladder...had to come down every time. Does RUclips seriously think I would use any of the scam health services or money making scam programs??? Its a waste of my life
Yes, unfortunately RUclips bases the Ads on the viewers habits! So I often get kids toys because my daughter is using my account!
I don't know how much you use youtube . I have it on 12 -18 hours a day to listen to talks music as well as watching videos , so I pay 12
99 a month for no ads on two devices .
No I'm not in their employ, in fact I have many criticisms of RUclips...but I urge you to try it ....I think like most things you can trial it for free.
I don’t see or hear ads 🤷🏼♂️
Unfortunately buying premium makes things much easier 😢
And then they have the cheek to put their propagandised fact check censorship labels on content.
Brilliant! Many thanks.
Thanks very much!
love your stuff, Warren. Has certainly taught me a lot, and your personality make it all the better.
As an avid lover of all things dub and reggae, I would love to see something regarding that; especially how the likes of yourself, guests, and industry counterparts generally use/used certain pieces of kit for productions compared to that of people like King Tubby, Jah Shaka, Scratch Perry, etc.
More specifically, I would love to understand more of the how/why/& what about of reggae studios makes them incompatible for 'traditional(?)' recording and producing, despite using the same industry-standard gear (presumably).
Oh Yeah! 🙌
Thanks ever so much!
Epic episode
Thanks ever so much
Brilliant interview thank you.
Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro You are very welcome, Ken Scott is a recording god and little reported . He made so many great sounding albums most of which I own. There were some mentioned that i did not know he did. That is probably because I have them on CD and the type is so small they may as well be on microfilm.
Thanks ever so much!
1971: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (engineer): I forgot how many times i've listened to that complex, difficult album and finding it an absolute masterpiece. Bowie & Hamill shared some similarity in their voice timbre...
Yes, masterpiece
Thank you so very much. 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤️
You are so welcome
I'll always remember Ken Scott for producing the Dixie Dregs' _What If_ album which I think is the quintessential jazz-rock fusion album.
Love the Dixie Dregs!
The magician behind Spectrum
As a life-long Beatles fan, I’ve noticed that, considering the amount of books detailing the minutiae of their career, there has never been a book where the focus is on all of the recording engineers. I know some of them have released biographies, and their have been books about recording specific albums, but it would be great to have a full overview of all of the recording staff and their efforts/achievements /breakthroughs in recording The Beatles in a kind of chronological order.
Anyone else agree it would make an excellent read?
Sorry…’there’, instead of ‘their’. It’s very early in the morning and I have just woken up!
But thanks for the great work you did.... legendary
Agreed 100%!
Has to be Hunky Dory. Magnificent album.
HUGE fan!!
Ken Scott....the greatest jazzrock engineer/co-producer....Mahavishnu, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham and Jeff Beck!! !!!
Agreed 100%!