It seems ever since these friends hooked back up they have been collaborating
on a number of recordings and tours.
Pete had been down in Australia with Dave backing up Eric Bibb a couple
of months ago. Now they are together again on a U.K. tour again with Bibb.
When not on tour they also found time to help out Producer Mark Daghorn
with one of his projects. Mark owns the studio where a good part of "Living
Out Of Time" was recorded.
Mark sent me the following :
One Of the
longest projects I have ever been involved in is an album called Radiocity
by Sharp Practise. Having produced the band’s first album, Hiya, in a little
over four weeks, I was expecting
a similar time frame
on this album when we started work on it during May 2000, but due to a
number of line up changes, and material being dropped/added, I have now
finished this album and mixed it five times already.
One of the
key problems was the change of vocalist on four occasions, resulting in
the need to
re record vocals and
remix the album.
When the
band’s main man, Nigel Clothier settled on vocalist/guitarist Anthony Kempster
during the summer of this year, we started tracking the vocals on the albums
ten songs, and it quickly became apparent that there was a lot of inconsistencies
with the bass and drums, mainly due to the fact that they were recorded
in several different sessions, but also because the songs had developed
and changed a lot since the rhythm tracks were laid down.
So, after
my experience of recording Dave Bronze
and Pete Thompson
on Robin Trower’s
Living’ Out Of Time album last year, I decided that these could well be
the guys for the job. Luckily we all had a couple of days where it slotted
in to our schedules and we got down to business at the end of October.
The guys
did an absolutely top job, putting fantastic new rhythm tracks down on
the album, and they really have brought it to life. I honestly believe
them to be one of the finest rhythm sections in the business.
So, just
a few vocals left to do, then mix the album ready for release early next
year. Without a doubt, Pete and Dave’s contributions have brought it to
life, and are very special - Big thanks to them.
Mark
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