Comments | hastings1066: producer note to self

hastings1066

producer note to self

Jan 27, 2009 08:09

Rubert Hine not good for Rush (if it is synthpop, he's good, otherwise, um, no).
Peter Collins good for everything that I know of that he's done and I've heard, especially Rush and Queensryche.

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jeffry_wynne January 27 2009, 21:59:16 UTC

...except 'Vapor Trails'. Worst Rush mix, ever. Makes 'Presto' sound full.

hastings1066 January 28 2009, 00:36:42 UTC

Vapor Trails was produced by Peter Northfield (Northfield was just an engineer on Operation:Mindcrime, Signals, etc). That said, the reviews I've seen blame Howie Weinberg for crappy mastering more than Northfield's mixing job. I haven't listened to VT end to end on actual CD on my home system in a long time, so I can't speak to it. I do like the tracks that overlap on Rush in Rio though, but haven't looked at who worked on that one...

Personally I'd put Roll the Bones as the worst mixed and produced (After _Rush_ itself, which uh, yeah not much you can do with it really ;), but then again I don't like a lot of things about Roll the Bones (it is one of 2 Rush albums (not counting retrospective, et al) I would own only if someone gave it to me).

jeffry_wynne January 28 2009, 01:31:03 UTC

ooops. I thinking 'Test for Echo'...I HATE that album, too (of course, it wasn't Peter Collins that mixed it - much like 'Counterparts', he produced but then stepped aside for the mixing.)

I actually like 'Roll the Bones', but nothing does it for me like "Middle-Rush" (Signals, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, Hold Your Fire). Hit-and-miss production-wise, but DAMN they could write a song in that period!