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Offline Snarnok

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Overdubbing
« on: July 11, 2013, 01:32:45 pm »

It seems that The Ventures never really got into overdubbing. Instead they would usually employ session musicians (makes sense regarding keyboard players eg. Leon Russell... as none of them could play that instrument). I can only think of one album off the top of my head : Hollywood Dynamic in which Bob Bogle triple dubbed his guitar. Can anyone think of any more? Interesting comparison to The Shadows who were very much into overdubbing guitar parts. The Ventures had the same technology to do this  - I'm surprised that Nokie never (?) overdubbed an extra guitar part or Mel overdubbed castanets, tambourine, etc.

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Re: Overdubbing
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 03:37:07 pm »
I can heer castinettes in Journey 2 the Stars.

There are many instances of lead geetar overdubbing.  Sunny River Twist, Counterpoint and Scratch are early-on examples of harmon E parts.

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Re: Overdubbing
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2013, 08:03:48 pm »
Also - Happy Together, notable for a counter melody by Nokie on the overdubbed lead.
Andy: lets not perpetuate the UF2 discussions here, particularly the errors - Nokie played lead on Out of Limits.  I dont know where this BS about Saraceno playing lead on that track originated from.
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Re: Overdubbing
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2013, 11:40:27 am »
My sentiments exactly Kanad 'bout repeating anything
'over there' on 'that topic.'   To read that 'bout OUT OF
LIMITS was pathetic- you'd think the playin' was rather
obvious' to ALL!

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Re: Overdubbing
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 02:17:34 am »
From what I've read the band was under pressure to crank out albums fast in the early-mid 60's. From an efficiency standpoint it made more sense to have a utility session guitarist (or two) on hand to play a long on the take rather then going back and overdubbing. I don't think that was the case in every instance though; it's obvious to the ear that Nokie did some overdubbing and Gerry did played multiple parts on their later albums.