London Calling - continuing with my Clash obsession

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Bubba po

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If I keep going like this, I'm going to have enough for an album. :D

Comments welcome, as always. :)

Edited to say that extra backing vocals and howls were supplied by our very own Greg L. And a fine job he made of them!

Update with tweaks:



New version with convolution reverb

 
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That sounds fantastic!!!!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the drums might be too loud. At least, that's the impression I got when it first came in, but by the time we got to the first chorus, it seemed fine. I just spent the day mixing, so my ears might be wonky when it comes to levels.

But this sounds really great to me.
 
Yeah bubba that's cool. Sounds very authentic. Your voice even kind of sounds Strummer-esque. Like an older wiser Joe Strummer. Lol. I don't think the drums are too up front cuz the bass and vocals are way up there too. I'm hearing the guitars too low instead. Not crazy too low, but nudge em all up a few hairs. A little more geetar.
 
It's pretty good. Sort of weird to hear your version because I'm so use to theirs. I had just learned to play it too in rocksmith, but you beat me to making a cover lol

 
I'd lower the bass and that guitar on the right that feeds back over your vocal.
 
I think this recording kicks ass. IMO, its the best you've posted. i kind of agree with greg that the guitars could be nudged a tiny bit, but, they REALLY sound superb now so i dunno. The drums sound great too. Vocal is fantastic as well! There's really nothing to complain about here.
congrats on a killer recording Bubba Po!
 
Really really good reproduction.

You could maybe bring up the guitars a little bit and bring the bass down a little. But that's really nitpicky.

I liked it a bunch.
 
Yes, bring up the guitars some and add just a hint of bite. Back the vocal off some. There's a buildup of lows, maybe around 200Hz, especially in the bass. I haven't heard the original lately but I remember there being more reverb. I thought it sounded cool then and I think it would sound cool now.
 
A hair more axe and sweet as a nut she'll be.
I love the feedback/sustain.
This was their pop hit but it hit pop.
 
Totally slick. I'd be hard pressed to critique.
 
RAMI said:
That sounds fantastic!!!!

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the drums might be too loud. At least, that's the impression I got when it first came in, but by the time we got to the first chorus, it seemed fine. I just spent the day mixing, so my ears might be wonky when it comes to levels.

But this sounds really great to me.
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Thanks very much, Rami - it means a great deal coming from somebody as accomplished as yourself. I think part of the reason for the drums seeming too loud initially is that I do indeed have all the guitars a bit too low in the mix, as Greg and others have pointed out. :)

Greg_L said:
Yeah bubba that's cool. Sounds very authentic. Your voice even kind of sounds Strummer-esque. Like an older wiser Joe Strummer. Lol. I don't think the drums are too up front cuz the bass and vocals are way up there too. I'm hearing the guitars too low instead. Not crazy too low, but nudge em all up a few hairs. A little more geetar.
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As above, Greg, I've fixed it to my satisfaction with your advice. Thanks very much for your help!

FoulPhil said:
It's pretty good. Sort of weird to hear your version because I'm so use to theirs. I had just learned to play it too in rocksmith, but you beat me to making a cover lol

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Ha ha! Thanks, Phil, but you snooze, you lose! :D

Robus said:
I'd lower the bass and that guitar on the right that feeds back over your vocal.
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I've tailed off the feedbacking guitar, but since I tweaked the guitars up the bass and vocals seem to sit just right. :)
 
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rayc said:
A hair more axe and sweet as a nut she'll be.
I love the feedback/sustain.
This was their pop hit but it hit pop.
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Yeah, I'm following all you guys' advice - the guitars are up! Thanks, Ray. :thumbs up:


jimistone said:
I think this recording kicks ass. IMO, its the best you've posted. i kind of agree with greg that the guitars could be nudged a tiny bit, but, they REALLY sound superb now so i dunno. The drums sound great too. Vocal is fantastic as well! There's really nothing to complain about here.
congrats on a killer recording Bubba Po!
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Cheers, Jimi. I think the sustaining guitars weren't too far off right, but the left/right and centre rhythm guitars definitely have to come up. I think it's as good as I can get it, now.

bouldersoundguy said:
Yes, bring up the guitars some and add just a hint of bite. Back the vocal off some. There's a buildup of lows, maybe around 200Hz, especially in the bass. I haven't heard the original lately but I remember there being more reverb. I thought it sounded cool then and I think it would sound cool now.
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Thanks, this comment has made me smile. I love a big reverb myself, but I held back on my excess for this one - perhaps I ought to have gone with my instincts! :D Apparently they got the massive drum reverb by ambient miking the huge high ceiling in the studio in stereo and using a gate from the snare to bring the two ambient tracks into the mix in a very specific, controlled way. I wasn't sure how I could replicate that!
Track Rat said:
Totally slick. I'd be hard pressed to critique.
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Many thanks, Track Rat - I know you're a cracking recordist yourself, so I'm flattered.

Best get some more recording done, seeing as I'm now banned from Prime Time. :)
 
Bubba po said:
Thanks, this comment has made me smile. I love a big reverb myself, but I held back on my excess for this one - perhaps I ought to have gone with my instincts! :D Apparently they got the massive drum reverb by ambient miking the huge high ceiling in the studio in stereo and using a gate from the snare to bring the two ambient tracks into the mix in a very specific, controlled way. I wasn't sure how I could replicate that!
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Yes, I remember a pulsing effect they got from the reverb. I probably heard that song thousands of times, but most of them before I started recording so I didn't have the knowledge at the time to pick the mix apart. What you describe makes sense. Convolution reverb and a gate could simulate that reverb pretty effectively. I bet Greg could figure something out since he uses convolution reverbs.
 
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Greg doing the howls, eh... :)

So, what you're saying bubba, in the final analysis, when it's all cut and dried, when we get to the heart of the matter, at the very core, when it's all boiled down, when we peel away the layers of artifice as if from an onion and get down to the fundamentals, is that Greg is your bitch? :laughings:



Oh, and good job. Not bad for an outcast. :thumbs up::)
 
Armistice said:
Greg doing the howls, eh... :)

So, what you're saying bubba, in the final analysis, when it's all cut and dried, when we get to the heart of the matter, at the very core, when it's all boiled down, when we peel away the layers of artifice as if from an onion and get down to the fundamentals, is that Greg is your bitch? :laughings:
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Sounds great, Bubba. Really authentic to my untrained ear.
 
Nice!

The only thing I noticed and I may well be wrong is that the backing vox -London calling... - was "angrier" in the original. Many years since I've actually taken a listen to the original so Ima go find it and see...

*edit - I was wong! Like that's never happened. Very faithful - Great jerb, Bubba.
 
I listened to the second one through new headphones, so I'm not commenting on the mix. I liked how it sounded through the new cans though. Nice.
 
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