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Victory - Carry the Party Forward

This track has been uploaded for the purpose of comparing the original unmastered track to the track as it was mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, and the track as it was mastered by automated online mastering service, Landr. I was in attendance for the mastering session in London which was with one of their senior mastering engineers using vintage equipment. This is as compares to Abbey Road Studio's online mastering service.

Mixed by: Doug Brady
Mastered by: Landr

When You're Free by Adrian Elton - Mastered by Landr

just a idea............ this post is just for fun

Jacky song 2

This is the first track that I recorded on my Tascam Porta Two 4 x track recorder back when I originally got it second hand in 1989. It featured a song that I'd written in 1988 for my first girlfriend, Danna. It felt like a special song which is why it obviously made the grade as my 'virgin' multi-track.

Something More Than Love 4 Track Version 1989

This is a song that I wrote for my first girlfriend, Danna, who tragically passed away at this time last year (15 October 2018), following a bravely fought battle with breast cancer. I wrote the song back in 1988 when I was 16 and head over heals in love with the prettiest girl I'd ever seen. I wrote the song in a state of revery that seems to still resonate so strongly.

It was the first song that I ever recorded on my Tascam Porta Two 4 x track recorder. And I played versions of it with some of my earliest originals bands, 'Alice In Wonderpants' and 'Five Bearded Women'.

The base of this current recording was originally created in 2004 when I recorded it in my home studio for an improvised EP that I put together for another girlfriend who had unofficially adopted the song as her own. But it was never properly finished until now - and most sadly at a time when it can't ever be enjoyed or listened to by its true owner.

To that end the track sounds as complete and as shimmery as it does thanks to the incredible talents of a few special people.

Firstly I'm indebted to Nick Karasavvidis from Karaland Records for his inspired drumming in the rain. I'm also in humble awe of the incredible generosity of Sharon Leibowitz who played her magnificent cello (a gorgeous instrument that dates back to the 1860s) with such maestro-grade finesse. And finally I was more than a little bit blessed to have Martin Pullan from Edensound bring his mixing and mastering prowess to the table which really lifted the finished track to ethereal new heights.

As always, I wear my Beatle influences on my sleeve, and this is a case in point. From the Mellotron flutes to the 'All You Need Is Love/I Am The Walrus' style cellos, to the electric sitar lead guitar and George Harrison inspired slide guitar lines. What can I say? I can't help myself.

Regardless, I hope that this moves those who loved Danna in the way that it moved me to write it originally - and to have now finished to this level.

Something More Than Love by Adrian Elton (2019 Mix)

This is a song I wrote in anticipation of the summer music festival scene. It's very inspired by The Beatles psychedelic period and includes every trick in the Beatle book from sitars to tablas to reverse guitars and a million and one harmonies. It even includes a John Lennon-esque chorus contrasted by a Paul McCartney-esque style verse. It also makes reference to 'All You Need Is Love' with an inverted 'Love Is All You Need' refrain. All the instrumentation and vocals were recorded at 'Dreamgoat Studios' except for the live drums that were performed and tracked at Karaland Studios by the inimitable Nick Karasavvidis. It was mixed by Doug Brady at Brady Music in Abbotsford, Melbourne, which was incredible as Doug has mixed for everyone from Spilt Enz to Lenny Kravitz. It was finally mastered at Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, London in late March 2013 by their senior mastering engineer, Steve Rooke, who has a CV that would make your head spin. Of note Steve mastered The Beatles Anthologies and Let It Be Naked. As you can imagine it was a profound privilege to master something so inspired by The Beatles, not only at Abbey Road, but with someone who has worked on so many Beatles and Paul McCartney related projects. Whilst there I was taken on an abbreviated tour and stood mere metres away from the Challen piano in Studio 3 that 'A Day In The Life' was recorded on. It was surreal as it was sublime.

When You're Free

This is a little groove I composed and recorded in 15 minutes to demonstrate the effect of some virtual horn instruments that I hand coded and cut up from solo'd source performances. While my preference is to always record final takes with real horn players - this has more realism than a lot of the more staid 'big band' kind of commercial horn collections. Note this isn't a perfectly resolved mix by any means. Just a quick proof of concept.

Victory - Carry the Party Forward

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