Life After Abbey Road Studios: The EMI/Abbey Road Studios REDD.37 Console
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In its time since leaving Abbey Road Studios, the REDD.37 console has been meticulously maintained by former owner Chris Solberg and present console steward Alex Alvarez. Discover more about the legendary console by clicking here: bit.ly/REDD37VK
When are Behringer releasing a clone?? ;-)
never
@@moodyga40 bet your fun at parties.
fuck off kindly
If you know what to do, welcome to a behringer clone
@@whitegranite2105 what's your problem? It's a funny comment!
6:08 using a car key to unscrew the bolts of a historical piece of gear, probably the most iconic console in the world!
Exactly what I thought! Won't last long in their hands getting treated like that!
That part looks like some kind of easily replaceable lock. Most pro audio gear from that time was built to the highest standards, parts like console plates don't bend like they would in lots of new gear.
@@Signal_Glow grab a fucking screwdriver mate!
@@Signal_Glow go to bed grandpa!
Fantastic to see people caring for a piece of history :-)
There are a lot of "holy grail" pieces of Beatle history, and this desk has to be right up there with Paul's Hoffner. That desk gave us the sound of I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me, Love Me Do, and Twist and Shout. I don't know if it should be under a care taker or in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame or in the Smithsonian.
Damn - something about those old Beatle consoles gives me wood!
You should make a recording on it to show how it sounds and release the recording on RUclips! Of course we heard it with the beetles but I'd like to hear it now with a new recording. That would be incredible.
what a wonderful mixer, and the amazing story behind, I'm stunned
Beatles did use this console on the very earliest recordings. It was replaced by 1964 with a newer desk that they used on Help and later. This desk uses V72S amps and the later ones had Redd.47 amps throughout.
The REDD51 is the main Beatles console, 1964-68, Sadly it's gone, probably forever. Only one REDD51 still exists but it's not an Abbey Road desk.
They used a two track on the first two albums. Why do people spread misinformation so easily, even about the band they love most?
What's the misinformation you're talking about? This desk can work with 4 track recording, which Abbey Road had but didn't use on the earliest Beatles records.@@iutubsacs
I cannot even imagine the price tag...
Back in the early 80s, probably not too much. Studios were literally throwing away old valve stuff, including Fairchilds. This guy made a good investment. Lenny Kravitz pa8d through his nose. Now it's priceless, of course.
Like $100?
Many thanks for this. I always thought that, great as it is, the guitars on 'Abbey Road' would have sounded fantastic going through this, rather than the too-delicate-sounding TG12345 board/desk/console. Apparently that frustrated John and George, too, and they asked if they could get the most recent REDD back (the one after this one, I think), but were told they could not.
I think that Lenny Kravitz sold this REDD, somewhere in 2017. Clearly it should be residing in my (as yet non-existent)-because-it-is-all-too-expensive) Beatles collection.
2 of the 4 channels of his goatee are low in the mix....
Perry Levy this deserves top comment
Interesting. So Lenny Kravitz has the desk that everything the Beatles mixed up until Abbey Road and according to Rick Beato's new video, the desk that Abbey Road was done on is still there. (And Rick's video has 3.4 mil. views after one month.) People should know about this video.
Just amazing.
The ultimate summing mixer, right? That would be something..."I have the Apogee interface, Pro Tools, plug ins, and the REDD.37".
I’ll take the pre amps then
It would be great to use it constantly for two weeks in the studio, doing everything it can do.
Everything it can do probably wouldn't take as long as two weeks :D
A well made little video, thank you for making it!!
that's when music had personality and still playing to this day.music today don't have personality songs don't last long.that's why you hear the beatles songs to this day.they stood the test of time.great video guys.peace.
Those lucky bastards!!! I wish I had the paper to buy or the means to make such a high quality analog...someday!!
I'd be curious to hear a comparison with WAVES emulation of the board
That's the holy grail of vintage sound righ there!
yep, the holy grail is just a cup, but because Jesus drank from it it became holy. This is just an old bit of electronics that probably has noise, muddy top end and slow transients but because the Beatles played through it...it is a relic. I prefer to celebrate people than collect the cups they drank out of, but I am also glad everyone isn't like me.
No!, it give so much old tube mixer from begining of recording history to the end of 60s!, look some 50s mixer, thay are great, also was the first 8 track tube recorder build in 1957!!! And 4track tube was used from end 50s to end 60s (studer, telefunken) and 3track on 50s on ampex!. So it gave some beautyful tube gear from the 50s and 60s! Its only famous mixer becouse it was used for some beatles records, thats it! Sure, its a nice tube mixer, but i would buy it becouse its self (tube mixer) and not becouse beatles have also recorded about them, as some other that do! It give some tube mixer from 50s/60s and new rebuild thay are can buy every one! Thay begining in price is by 500 - 2500$ and if it have more channel it will be more expensive to 15.000$ and much more! ...that console cost alot becouse it was used for beatles in the 60s! ...would be interested what it cost now ;)
Actually the main beatles console was redd 51. That's the holy grail
@@kellyb0279 no its also no the holy grail! ...the redd 51 is a mixer like other from That time!
The best mixer was build in Germany and austria in the 40s and 50s to 60s! All tube with telefunken and siemens pre-amps, also klangfilm mixer the same!!! Thay are the best mixer back at the day! The tube tone make the sound! Thats it! Old tube mixer from that time 40s/50s!!!! And 60s! It give in musik not that "holi grail" mixer, the redd is only famous becouse also beatles have recording about it, but that made it not to the holy grail! By far not! ...best audio technik kame from germany/austria and was telefunken/simens/klangfilm/neuman... That are the high end gear from 50s/60s and up to 70s in World! And the tube self who made the sound!
@@bradmodd7856 i like you! And yes you have right! ...i love 50s technic becouse it sounds so beatyfull! ...but as you say, only becouse beatles plays truh that mixer all say "thats the holy grail in recording" ...stupid! The best and also today good mixers was and are old telefunken mixer from germany/austria ...klangfilm, wsw, telefunken, siemens, ...that are superb tube mixer!! And sound well! Very well!!!
I wish I still had my old TEAC 4 track reel to reel. So much easier to understand and use than these darn DAW programs.
Thanks VK,It is great to see one of the old girls living on in deserved majestey!
Waves cloned it to a 29 dollar plugin... Sounds exactly the same as the original. Cool stuff!
lol! thats a good one!
History and lots of love on one console, thanks for this moment.
Curiosity leads me to wonder what this unit might possibly bring at auction.
He is really confused about his dates. The first LP was recorded on a 2 track no mixing, or as George Martin called it "Direct stereo". I want to Hold Your Hand was the first 4 track Beatle song. Let it Be was recorded on a Mobile 8 track as the so called studio Magic Alex made was a farce.
Wow! Are you ever lucky to land such a prize!
I also noticed a rack of tubular bells in the background -- nice!
FABULOUS. legendary mix.
I’d rather have the Decca recording console that recorded the demos that inspired Dick Rowe to say “Guitar bands on the way out”.
Would have loved to see and hear it working.
Wow, what a work of art! I wonder what the price on it is?
Beautiful short film. Real passion and emotion.
Very cosy and nostalgic - I enjoyed it.
lenny kravitz is the lamest absolutely
rumour has it lenny rubbed his 4skin all over the console
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He doesn't say what he paid for it. That would have been helpful.
i love that i has giant levers lol "engage thrusters"
Coolest story ever told.
Is this the very Chris Solberg out of Santana?
The Beatles would be Beatles on any darned console.
The absolute truth. The console is not the music, but can be a tool to get to a certain sonic destination. Nothing more or less.
Sandro Sadhukhan You’re missing the point, DUDE. What a dumbass thing to say....
You are missing the point 'Dude'. I, like most people value the music, the gear becomes legendary only when legends use it, and in ways they use it despite it's limitations and quirks. Stop being asinine and learn to differentiate between what really counts and what are marketing gimmicks to glorify outdated gear.
@@sandrosadhukhan lol.. Your so spun up and self absorbed that you couldn't see I was agreeing with you. Another toxic RUclips commentator. Ignore on.
Sandro Sadhukhan Rubbish. It’s NOT just the Beatles who used that equipment, there were loads of artists who used the studios, and the equipment has a historical value all of its own!
To say that The Beatles would be The Beatles no matter what, is just stating the bleedin’ obvious!
THAT’S why you’ve missed the point.
DUDE.
I'd be happy with a desk like that, I don.t record my music with a band any way but live off the floor so I get that live energy instead of sterilizing the music trying to get it "perfect". Live shows are great partly because of those little inconsistencies. That plus I love the sound of valve gear, maybe someday I'll be able to get something like a Tree Audio console since I can't imagine I'll ever get that one. They do make quite a difference on your hydro bill though, it' scary! Nice to see that still being used to make music though, sure did stand the test of time like the Fairchild 670 etc. I wonder if the developers even considered that their designs would last as long as they did?
Aaj uske gherme ye machine kubhi ye studio me huwa kurti thi
Chris Solberg describes in the last few minutes of the video why I now listen to jazz from the '50s and early '60s. The recording gear was good enough and the musicians were practically live. I am reminded recently of when I bought 'Deep Purple In Rock'. Sydney Bechet was featured in the large record shop in Coventry, but the 'Rock album cover was displayed on every vertical surface including the stairwell. Guess who I listen to most now. ps When I was 14 or 15 I had no idea who Bechet was.
I heard several times Abbey Road (former EMI) staff saying no equipment is ever sold and leaves their studio. If that is the case, what happen to this historical board? Also i see Roger Waters has a similiar one in his studio in NYC. Can someone shed some light?
Is this REDD. 37 still working? Are there any llans to replace faulty capacitors and high resistors? I restore valve radios and amplifiers and love to hear the original sound come back by replacing faulty components. Well worth while, a nice bit of kit 👍
where is half his goatee tho?
Stylish a f in '82
Right?
This is some cool history.
it was the gear available at that time.george martin in my opinion was the mind and creator of the sound of the beatles.even though it is an historic piece of equipment,in the end it is just a tool used for the extension of thought.
Thanks for sharing this bit of history. That console has such a great legacy.
This console must have Amazing Grace :-)
im wondering if I can sync my DAW via MIDI with it.
HAHAhaa!
Purani magnet dumdar hoti thi
That’s the beautiful thing about England, we don’t get fire storms and 8ft floods. I think a lot of people would appreciate it if it came back home.
There are plenty of square states where nothing interesting ever happens.
The Bahamas may not be the best choice for a warehouse of priceless instruments.
Hoboken is not in the Bahamas
as a recording engineer my favorite part is at 5:58 to 6:02
Did you see the video with Jay Graydon where he quotes Dean Parks as saying "Before Pro Tools....there were pros"?
Quick, get it back to England before the US weather destroys it, twice it's escaped disaster, don't chance a third.
Things are always wet in Britain. That was my experience. Cold and wet music stores.
moonage daydream yeah right.
*Californian weather mind you.
It's not sitting in an alley out back, it's inside a climate controlled room with proper conditions. It ended up in the hands of people who are taking great care of it because they cared enough to make that happen.
What should it be on the Liverpool bus tours instead?
It should be stored in a safe location under museum conditions: in a concrete building, climate controlled, safe from floods and fire and hurricanes. It's a piece of history, just like a precious piece of art. It needs to be looked after really well.
so it's a mixer?
Very cool
Interesting that the console is so venerated because those first few Beatles albums sounded like cr*p. The songs were great, and the performances spirited (if a bit primitive), but the actual sound of the recordings - certainly as released to the world in general - was really poor. It wasn't until around Revolver that the records started *sounding* really good.
I did a bid years ago on eBay it was a emi desk I was so excited it came out of emi studios. I could only afford so much I thought I won the bid but lost it was the early 2000’s I know Kravitz won the bid he brought more than one out of that studio
Hey brother is it pronounced (eh-me) or (e-em-eye) studios?
@@doejohn6197 The three letters are pronounced separately, ee, em, eye. E.M.I stands for Electric and Musical Industries. :)
I was thinking of something very different when I heard that the Beatles used a four track recorder for some of there songs.
Where songs?
@@TheWolfbass Keep looking, they're over there.
This is a mixer. One needs both to make record. Mics can plug directly into a recorder but there’s not much control there. And no monitoring. You need both.
Get it back to England America's weather can't be trusted!
I would hate to have to move it though!
"In it was an ad for a four tracken recording consolen" - yeah that's not even close to german. Correct would be: "Vierspur Mischpult".
You must be German. Lol! It is what we call a joke. These joke things do not require precision and accuracy. 😋
Was it a German ad? Not Danish or Swedish where Konsolen is console. Maybe the ad was poorly translated to English. Besides, he is recalling an ad from over 30 years ago.
It was used on Let It Be because John Lennon's friend Magic Alex blew about £5 million (in today's money) building a non-existent 72 track studio and a quick fix was needed when the Beatles were recording in Apple studios.
@Exclusive Haunted
The only trick 'Magic' Alex could do was make other people's money disappear.
That that con-man could have gotten _any_ access to them, let alone money from them provides a clue to how poorly the band was managed. Brian Epstein was far from perfect (e.g. NEMS/Northern Songs), but they trusted him which allowed them to focus on what they did best -- make music. When Epstein died in August 1967 and they decided to manage themselves it was the beginning of the end. The following month they set up Fiftyshapes Ltd. to fund his 'inventions' and it was just one of many rat-holes down which they poured their profits.
4:58 Looks like the entrance to Vault 111 when you emerge in Fallout 4
wesmatron whoa!!!!! Hahah it rly does this comment needs more love
...but, if all the Angists and Triacs are gone...
awesome! Thanks so much.
The Holy Grail ; )
Ese kudar kehtehe cheezoki
But can it make a margharita?
DOes anyone know what this thing is worth?
Splendid !
Log nayi cheez ko nahi etna man jitna wo espe bhurosa
I thought Mark Knopfler had bought all these consoles for his British Grove studios
Every iteration of Brothers In Arms I've ever heard sounded splashy on top. I'm guessing they were not part of the Dire Straights catalog of instrumentation.
Mark bought many years ago the EMI redd from Milan EMI studios (italy), I know that 'ìcause I know the guy who originally bought it from EMI and than sold it to mark...the other console from the same studio is now owned by a collector here in Italy...next week I'm going to buy from him an Ampex MM1200 or spares and I hope he'll let me do some pics...!
@@rocketmanvideoclips The console you are talking about is not a REDD 37 but rather a REDD 51 and resides in Mr. Knopfler's British Grove studio together with a more recent TG, transistor console. I also live in Italy, I wish I could see in person the "other console".
what the fuck is up with Chris's facial hair lmao
Why was Let It Be recorded on it?
Because the new console installed at the Apple Studio failed to work in time for the 'Get Back' sessions, so it was ripped out. EMI saved the day by donating two desks to Apple because Abbey Road no longer used valve desks at that point (Jan 1969). They needed two because they were using a new 3M Studer 8-Track for recording.
John: Nope Chris got this one befor Mark was buying Equipment for studio.
i would love to record a track on it & take away the wavs :)
My God, what have we done to ourselves?
the music in this video kept me hooked
If Machines have a sole this one does
Amazing
Beatles are not in sister f****** console
That's a big bad Beatle board.
be great to hear it.
The background sounds makes absolutely no sense to me. Just annoying. I know, everybody is using sound behind talk. But why???
It should be moved to a rock and roll museum.
I would wire my guitar through this and master out to my iPad Mini. Over time, there would be 6-7 mics and some ladies singing gospel tunes coming over during the weekends. The sold productions should cover the electricity bill.
If I could even touch a knob that a Beatle hand touched.........
Fascinating documentary....but what is the American obsession for unsteady camera shots, and overly busy editing?
This console is only special because of the people that used it. Its not the gear but the guy using it. Cool piece of history though.
I wonder how well the waves emulation actually matches this thing bc honestly, that thing sounds like shit and I never use it lol I use the Ableton stock saturator 100x more
Background oise fu k off asshole
great story
I would never have sold that
Wheres the autotune then?
It's BEATLES not BEETLES.
Nah, Jimmy Hendricks told me it's The Bee-Tulls.
I guess you need to find someone who wants to buy it without first hearing it.
8 in, 4 out, it's all you need if you know how to play.
Jeez put this in a secure museum or Fort Knox , how the hell are you guys allowed to care for it ,you've lost most of your gear already in a flood .