Favourite Recording Session?

I am often asked what my favourite recording studio session has been over the years...and I do have a few!

Probably at the top of my choice would be a recording session for the band "Echo and the Bunnymen".
They were recording a single which would be featured in the film "Lost Boys" and were asked to do a cover version of The Doors "People are Strange".

The record producer on this session was none other than Ray Manzarek the keyboard player from The Doors, who flew over to the UK especially for the session.

Magic moments during the session included a jam session with the band and Ray doing a version of "Light My Fire".
I particularly remember Ian McCulloch getting Ray to try a different type of English beer each day and he sure seemed to enjoy the experience!

Ray was a very nice laid-back sort of guy, with a good sense of humour, and we struck up an instant rapport. Unfortunately, a lot of the stories that Ray entertained us with during the recording session have been forgotten by me with the mists of time....but he certainly kept us amused.

I still wince a bit when I hear the finished song...because the piano tuner had not been available on the day of the recording and is slightly out of tune...varispeeding the track couldn't provide a cure, because the grand piano was out of tune with itself, but this didn't stop it being a top twenty hit.
Never have managed to see the film though...........


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