Hi Conja,
It's from the film "Give my regards to Broad St." There are other
interesting clips in the film of a studio session where some members
of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble are playing back up.
I believe that that's Geoff Bryant playing the horn solo on a Paxman
double descant, and, if you watch carefully, you can see him switch to
the high F side to play that high "D" using the first finger.
Many years ago, I asked Alan Civil about the original recording, and
he told me that it was done in one take (after some practising) and he
used a [sic] "small Alex" for the solo. Evidently, it had already been
recorded, (09 May 1966 according to the notes I have) when George
Martin contacted Alan personally about a [sic] "tricky bit of horn
work"; the horn obligato as well as the clavichord were overdubbed
some 10 days later on 19 May, 1966.
Apparently during the recording session, Paul, ever the perfectionist,
asked George Martin if he could get Alan to try a second take "in case
he might do it a bit better"; George, recognizing brilliance,
demurred. The rest is, as they say, history.
Sincerely,
martin bender
On 4-May-09, at 8:55 AM, Conja Summerlin wrote:
This looks to have been done in the 80's. Does anybody know anything
about
it other than, it's a good recording?
Conja
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:09 AM, Sarah Hogan <pax25h...@aol.com> wrote:
Sorry if this has already been posted... For No One - in the
studio, on
youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5gwd3FvPYM&feature=related
Sarah Hogan
On May 4, 2009, at 2:27 AM, Conja Summerlin wrote:
If you read the book, you could see that there was some discussion of
that.
The speed of the cd is based on the wrong lp speed if it's an e-
flat.
Also,
the harpsichord was tuned in between pitches. So, the intonation
isn't
necessarily right on. There is an anecdote about how Michael
Thompson had
learned it from a slow lp when he was a kid but when he was asked
to play
it
for some gala and received the sheet music, it was an f. (or was it
actually
a g? I can't remember the passage.)
So, yes, you can argue with science. :)
Conja
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:51 AM, <valkh...@aol.com> wrote:
I did a spectrum analysis on the high note. It is about 830Hz
(+/- a few
Hz) - which puts it at a concert A flat. This would make the high
note an
E
flat.
You can't argue with science.
I don't know what tempo Paul originally recorded it at, but that
recording
(whatever speed they played the record at) is a concert E flat.
-William
In a message dated 5/3/2009 11:36:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
conja.summer...@gmail.com writes:
It's horn pitch f. Have a listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9PLTIQXKUs
Conja
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