An album track from the "High 'n' Dry" era, this Def Leppard cover was recorded mainly to test out some production methods, and to experiment with guitar sounds. The main thrust of rhythm guitars is 6 dubs, using 4 different guitars.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Lead & Backing Vocals
Brad Richardson - Electric Guitars, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Luke Richardson & Gregory Slobodian
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
January 2019 - October 2021

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

You Got Me Runnin' (Def Leppard Cover)

This is a cover of a lesser known single by The Outlaws, one of many produced by Joe Meek in the 1960s.

A simple instrumental, this one was our way back into recording after lockdown. This time, not just one track, but an entire Christmas album delayed it's completion, but finally it is done. Greg got a cassette machine this time and that was great in the mastering process...

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2020-2022

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Indian Brave (The Outlaws Cover)

A cover of the first track of the first Kiss album, Strutter.

Again this one was started before the lockdowns, and since then we rerecorded the guitars and I did the vocals. It was a good test of improved techniques and I think the results are good and we will build on this one soon.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2019-2022

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Strutter (Kiss Cover)

Another cover, this time Spencer Davis Group's 1966 megahit, " Gimme Some Lovin' ".

This one was started in the summer of last year after all the lockdowns were pretty much over. It was a good one to ease back into recording, and while the bass is probably the weakest point here, all the rest served as a good starting point for what came next. The fun in this one was definitely the organ part, and the drums were of course great to do!

However this one was not without delays: as usual, we put it on hiatus to do a Christmas song, and last year of course an entire album, so at long last it is finished!

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Tambourines, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Organ, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Richardson and Gregory Slobodian
2021-2022

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group Cover)

This is the cover of Slade's "Far Far Away" I recorded for my college coursework.

I love the drum sound in this one.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Richardson
Spring 2015

Far Far Away (Slade Cover)

This is the cover of Mud's "Dyna-Mite" I recorded for my college coursework.

Recording the claps was pretty fun.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums, Claps

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Richardson
Spring 2015

Dyna-Mite (Mud Cover)

This is the cover of the mighty Status Quo's "Down Down" I recorded for my college coursework.

I'm quite proud of the bass and stereo stuff on this one.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Richardson
Spring 2015

Down Down (Status Quo Cover)

This is the cover of Sweet's "Teenage Rampage" I recorded for my college coursework.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Luke Richardson
Spring 2015

Teenage Rampage (Sweet Cover)

A festive cover of Slade's essential 1973 classic, "Merry Xmas Everybody".

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums, Piano
Gregory Slobodian - Accordion

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Christmas 2015

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade Cover) 2015

A cover of Mud's No.6 1974 hit, "Rocket" I recorded with my friend Greg.

There are loads of vocal and guitar harmonies in this one, but there's nothing I like more.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums
Gregory Slobodian - Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Spring 2016

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Rocket (Mud Cover)

A cover of the American B-Side to Sweet's classic 1975 hit, "Fox On The Run", (which I have also covered, and can be found here @lukerichardson ). One of Sweet's best self-penned songs, and a very suitable example of the bands arrangement style: it's, "Burn On The Flame"...

My friend Greg and I had some barely usable tracks left over from a previous project, so we decided to re-record the rest and finish what started as a bit of a cheat really to help some other people out.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Drums, Keyboards

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Spring-Summer 2016

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on soundcloud @gregoryslobodian

Burn On The Flame (Sweet Cover)

This is a very festive cover of Shakin' Stevens' No. 1 Christmas 1985 hit: "Merry Christmas Everyone".

Shaky's original version was actually recorded to be released in 1984, but that was the year that Bob Geldof enlisted Midge Ure, along with near enough all of the big names in the British music charts of the time, to release "Do They Know It's Christmas?" as Band Aid, in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Shaky's people decided it would be unlikely they would be able to compete with such a record, and that any sales they did make may cause detriment to the overall project, and so decided to put off the release until the following Christmas season.

This cover version was recorded in Autumn/Winter 2016, featuring myself on all instruments and vocals, with two exceptions. All saxophones have been skillfully played by Caitlin Laing, and the bass vocal in the last two verses was provided by Gregory Slobodian.

See if you can hear the ukelele after the key change!

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Drums, Bass Guitars, Keyboards, Sleigh Bells, Ukelele, Aluminium Box
Caitlin Laing - Saxophones
Gregory Slobodian - Bass Vocal

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Autumn-Winter 2016

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on soundcloud @gregoryslobodian

Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin' Stevens Cover)

My 'groovy' cover of The Bee Gees' 1978 UK and US number one hit single: "Night Fever".

The original song was first released on the soundtrack of the 1977 movie, "Saturday Night Fever", and was featured in the disco line dance sequence of the film, which features John Travolta (of "Grease" fame) in the starring role.

This cover has taken far too long to finish: it was started in May of last year. Greg and I ended up recording about six songs at once, and as we can only get recording time for a few hours each week...progress was slow (not to mention that this is the fourth or fifth final revision, and that two complete sets of vocals were abandoned before we were done).

There are lots of fun instruments in this too...It's surprisingly easy to get hand cramp when you're playing the triangle for 4 minutes straight! As a bonus, Greg managed to find some tortured old synth from the eighties, which we utilized fully for a half beat arpeggio at the end of each verse...

This cover was recorded mainly during the summer of 2016, and sat in the pot of songs to mix until Autumn, and then mastering was not completed until after our annual Christmas ditty was finished.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Guitars, Bass Guitars, Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizers
The A. Macintosh String Ensemble - Strings

Synthesized Strings Programmed by Luke Richardson
Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Spring-Winter 2016

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on soundcloud @gregoryslobodian

Night Fever (Bee Gees Cover)

This is a cover of the classic Doo-wop standard, 'Blue Moon' by The Marcels.

Listen for the ridiculous high notes at the end of the bridge!

The original song was written by Rodgers and Hart in 1934, but the doo-wop version was arranged in 1961 by the american group: The Marcels. Their version reached US and UK number one that same year, and has been covered by many artists since.

I particularly like the version by 70s glam rockers, Mud, which omits all the instruments except from claps, so I decided to just use a bass and hi-hat combination in this version.

Greg and I recorded this initially when we had some time left over at the end of another session, as I had been listening to the song that day. It was then ignored for a while so we could do this winter's christmas song, and then it was finished in the new year.

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Drums

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Autumn-Winter 2016/17

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on Soundcloud @gregoryslobodian

Blue Moon (Cover)

This is a cover of AC/DC's 'Jailbreak', the title track of their 1974 EP: '74 Jailbreak.

This time with an appearance of my brother on lead vocals and guitar, as well as Greg and guest Stewart on the clapping and finger clicking (except Greg, who has managed to not learn to click yet).

See if you can hear the yell around the solo.

Personnel
Brad Richardson - Lead and Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar
Luke Richardson - Drums, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, Shaker, Backing Vocals

Claps performed by Luke, Brad, Greg and Stewart Lord

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Summer 2017

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian

Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Jailbreak (AC/DC Cover)

A cover of Dion and the Belmonts' 1958 Doo-Wop staple, which gave Showaddywaddy a number 2 record in 1978 when they released their version.

This time featuring a guest drummer!

It's another that took ages to finish. We seem to continually finish recording, and then forget to mix for months...But it's nice to squeeze one in before Christmas!

Personnel
Luke Richardson - Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Piano
Gary Richardson - Drums

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Winter 2017

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

I Wonder Why (Showaddywaddy Cover)

IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAAAAS!!!

It's that time of year again for @gregoryslobodian and I to reveal our Christmas cover song!

This year it's Wizzard's mighty 1973 Christmas hit record, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"!!!

It's full of every instrument you could possibly imagine, as band leader Roy Wood tried to capture some rock and roll magic for Christmas. Taking some inspiration from an album released a decade earlier, 1963's "A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector", he put in the song every instrument he could get his hands on (And remember, Wizzard was a band of seven to begin with).

So in late September we were discussing what to do this year, and planning to avoid the last minute finishing nature of last year's effort. I suggested the really quite simple, "Lonely This Christmas" by Mud, of whom I am a fan judging by the covers we've already done. Greg was not enthused however, and suggested, "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" with the enthusiasm of a small boy asking his Dad to help him build a life sized space rocket out of Lego...

I quickly responded, "Greg. You're joking right?". "Why" he responds, as if my question was unjust. "Because, Greg...The song has two drummers in it, and a sax section". "Well maybe Caitlin will help us again", he responds, thinking he has solved all our problems and maybe world peace as well.

Little did he know...I begin to reel off the list: "Greg, its not just that...It's got timpani, and a glock. Tubular bells, god knows how many different shaky things, don't forget TWO very questionably phasy drum kits, maybe some hidden strings in the middle, about a billion stacked vocal dubs, a bleeding French Horn!...and a freaking CHILDREN'S CHOIR!!! Are you actually insane?"...then silence for a few seconds, as he prepares his response...

"That'll be alright", he replies, coolly...

Anyway, two weeks later we were hauling drums up and down stairs, loading and unloading, setting up microphones, using every available channel on the desk, and beginning the long task of leveling two drum kits played next to each other, with no isolation. Hours later, we did the first take. We went to listen...I was not impressed...

I said nothing, skipping through the track, isolating channels, and analyzing what we'd captured. After a few minutes I recalled the effort of carrying drums up streets and up stairs and in and out of cars, and said only this:

"We could have saved oursleves the effort of all these mics, and just piled the drums at the top of the stairs...shoved them down and recorded that instead"...

But a few takes later we were done, and now committed to doing this one, and determined to be finished in good time for Christmas...

Skip to the last day before the studio closes for Christmas, and we were just finishing the Master (which was another nightmare) on the last minute again...and the thing's done, and here it is...so I hope you appreciate the effort.

Huge thanks to Caitlin Laing for doing all the saxophones for us again, and assisting with the Children's Choir!

Personnel:
Luke and Gary Richardson - Twin Drum Kits
Caitlin Laing - Soprano, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones
Luke Richardson - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Timpani, Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel, Cowbell, Sleigh Bells, Tambourines, French Horn, Vocals, Cash Register

Featuring on claps - Luke, Brad, Greg and Stewart
And Starring "Holy Cross School for Juniors, Year 2, Mr. S' Class" (yes this is a joke, it was me, Greg and Caitlin)

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Autumn-Winter 2017

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian
Caitlin on soundcloud: @caitlin-laing-2

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Wizzard Cover)

A cover of The Beach Boys' Seminal Rock and Roll classic, "Fun, Fun, Fun", which reached No. 5 on the US singles chart in the same year...

Brian Wilson and Mike Love wrote the song in 1964, and based it on the hot-rod scene in California at the time, and their drummer Dennis Wilson's experiences in it.

The guitar intro clearly borrows from the style of play innovated by Chuck Berry, which would have been taking the US by storm at this time, and of course the usual Beach Boy vocal harmony lends it their signature sound.

Greg and I tried a few more old fashioned recording techniques on this one, especially on the drums, and we think they helped provide the correct feel to this one.

Also this is the first time we recorded organ (our favourite bit of the tune)

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Piano, Organ, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2017-2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Fun, Fun, Fun (The Beach Boys Cover)

This cover of The Ventures' classic from 1960, "Walk - Don't Run", is the first recording I've done lacking any vocals at all. Of course this is a departure from my usual taste, as the big vocal harmony sound is normally my main focus.

Though The Ventures recorded the most well known version of the tune, it was originally written and recorded by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith in 1954. Later recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956, The Venture's heard this version and recorded their own, and in the process gained their first #2 hit record.

Again recording this one with Greg, we aimed for an authentic 60s sound, and so used the Carol Kaye bass guitar mute trick, as well as feeding my tremolo equipped Stratocaster through a Fender amp to get the right sort of tone. I really like this one.

Although, I wasn't mad about all the rim shots on the near pristine 1970s Premier 2000 snare drum I was using for the track!

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2017-2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Walk - Don't Run (The Ventures Cover)

My Cover of ELO's 1978 single, "Sweet Talkin' Woman", which peaked at #6 on the UK chart.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass, Electric Guitars, Acoustic Guitar. Piano, Synthesizers, Vocoder, Vocals

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

This cover has a long, long story. It begins in the summer of 2016, when I suggested we record with my band. Unfortunately, that was difficult to begin with, because with only 8 outputs on the mixing console, we would be very limited as to how we record drums. At the time, however, we were very much trying to improve our drum sound and wanted to experiment with different mics and mixing techniques, and so it was decided we would record the band in phases as usual.

When it came to actually recording, my drummer and bassist (James and Stewart) came to provide their performances, and mainly for the fairest comparison to our old drum captures, I played a take also.

Then with this framework, Greg and I went in for many weeks laying down all the rest of the instrumentation, before we brought the band back to add in the vocal harmonies.

Just as things were looking like we'd got it in the bag...Christmas came and scuppered us, and we hurriedly set about working on that year's festive offering which was Shaky's "Merry Christmas Everyone" (which you can listen to here)
soundcloud.com/lukerichardson/merry-christmas-everyone

So, the holidays passed and in January 2017 we evaluated where we were up to.
"Well, we have to finish Night Fever, because not only is it really good, it's been nine months since we started it"
"Yes, but we also have Jailbreak, and Brad will want to hear that finished, and after all...it is also seven months old"
"And Blue Moon just needs mixing, so that'll be easy"
"Right! And we're half way through recording I Wonder Why as well, we should crack on with that!"

Anyway, by the time we'd done all that, it was about...well I don't remember, but it was well into the year, and we'd definitely started a couple more things by then also. We decided we needed to make a concerted effort to get this already probably a year-old project completed.

One Monday morning, probably in the summer, with the heat baring down on our backs, we walked into the studio. The light breeze was wafting the rancid stench of the river up our noses, and the settling car exhaust fumes suffocated everyone walking under the railway bridge. We opened up Sweet Talkin' Woman. I like to imagine that somewhere in the computer, where the little people that make it work live, the sun beamed in through the fan aperture, and bounced around in the dust they had blown off the project file.

We listened to what had been achieved so far. We listened intently and analysed what was there. We isolated every instrument and inspected the state of the recording. And then, we turned to each other with a gaze of wonderment, and said...

"What a load of rrrubbish!"

So anyway, we kept most of the original version, just replacing the electric guitars and improving the strings, layering in some better vocals and routing the mixing to make sense, and just as we were making some real progress...Christmas came along again and stopped us in our tracks.
soundcloud.com/lukerichardson/i-wish-it-could-be-christmas-everyday

So somehow, we're now in January 2018, with Greg's final assignment for University due, and four tracks for that to complete, and still Sweet Talkin' Woman, and one other unfinished project, and a plan to do some more before the summer.

So on the 22nd February 2018, we completed the final master for it, and both Greg and I are very pleased with this one, and even more so when you consider it took a total of 21 months!

Now, we did record another one with the band...just need to finish that now, can't seem to...Let It Go...

Sweet Talkin' Woman (ELO Cover)

My cover of Santo & Johnny's 1959 hit, "Sleep Walk". We really went for an authentic oldie sound on this, and it's turned out very well.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Sleep Walk (Santo & Johnny Cover)

The second adventure with slide guitars is another Santo & Johnny track, "Tear Drop"...

I'm very pleased with how these turned out, and they really wash as you listen.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Tear Drop (Santo & Johnny Cover)

The second of the Bee Gees covers, this time it's the absolute classic, "Stayin' Alive"!

This is another that took us a long time, in fact we discarded a full version of the song and started again from the beginning. Lots of instruments in this one as well...a first time for timbales and brass, which is in fact a composite of live trumpets and programmed sax and trombone.

We also used the old tape machine speed correction trick to match the pitch to the original...which was also sped up slightly.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass, Rhodes Piano, Synthesizers, Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Triangle, Timbales, Percussion, Trumpets, Vocals
The A. Macintosh String Ensemble - Strings

Synthesized Strings Programmed by Luke Richardson
Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
2016 - 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees Cover)

Here we go with the latest cover...this time "The Power of Love" of course by Huey Lewis and the News, and obviously was famously written for use in the classic 1985 film loved by everyone, "Back to the Future".

This one was loads of fun to do, and despite a couple of recording issues mainly affecting the recording to lag (and of course running out of channels as per usual) I'm pleased with how this one turned out.

When listening to the song, I was figuring out the synth parts, specifically in the bridge, and was noticed the layering of different keyboards within that section, and for a moment thought I could hear a Fender Rhodes electric piano...but of course, I quickly remembered,

"Rhodes? Where we're going, we don't need Rhodes!"

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Synthesizers, Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News Cover)

This time it's a fun one, The Beach Boys 1964 single, "All Summer Long".

This one was fun to record, as we weren't alone this time; a few friends came to help. Lots of washy vocals and dual plinky plonky xylophone parts (played on an instrument kindly lent to me by a friend) make this track an upbeat reflection on the summer.

This was the first track we tried using the tape machine to alter speed...recording onto tape deliberately too quickly, then slowing down the tape speed afterwards achieved a slightly flat pitch of the whole song, which matches the original Beach Boys recording. I was thrilled when it worked properly...We used the same trick for "Stayin' Alive" but digitally, as we couldn't get to the tape machine at the time.

Oh, and I can't forget to mention the flute, which I just about managed to figure out how to play in time for the session. Although I had to cheat and use a bit of editing for the solo (which includes the highest note possible to play on a flute...not bad for only having bought the flute a week prior!!).

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Xylophones, Flute, Vocals
Brad Richardson - Electric Guitar
Gary Richardson - Drums
Stewart Lord - Saxophones

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Spring 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

All Summer Long (The Beach Boys Cover)

An interesting cover this time...I again recorded this with Greg, and this was the final recording of his time at university, and the final recording in this long wave of covers we've done (although we intend on doing more soon). This time though, we decided that for our last recording in that environment, we'd re-record the first one we did and compare each one to see in which ways we've improved.

Hopefully you do actually agree we've improved, we like it.

There's further fun on this one though, as we decided to do no experimenting with the recording method, and use what we though was appropriate based on what we'd tried before. This, of course, means that we didn't have to compromise on anything and I think we made all the right calls...everything sounds fantastic to me!

And a large bit of excitement for me was the synthesizer parts. The original by Sweet used an ARP 2600 owned by Andy Scott (Sweet's guitarist), and on our original cover, I wasn't best pleased with the sounds I got out of my synth at the time, with my more basic set of skills...so on the run up to this project I spent some more time practicing programming, and also purchased my first truly analog synth. And so this cover features an ARP Odyssey, and I think the desired effect was achieved.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Synthesizers, Vocals

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Spring/Summer 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Fox On The Run (Sweet Cover) 2018

It's Christmas once again! Greg and I have been working on another festive cover, and this year it's Mud's 1974 chart topper, "Lonely This Christmas"

Always one of my favourites, I chose this one as our first attempt in our new recording setup, which although very limited, didn't reduce the quality of work in any measurable way. We mixed this in one session due to our impending deadline which we seem to get closer to each year, but the mood was calmed with Greg's addition of tinsel to the mixing desk.

So get your Santa hat and platform boots for this glam rock treat!

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Rhodes Piano, Glockenspiel, Vocals
Vernon (Ver) le'Speed - Bass Vocal

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Nov/Dec 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Lonely This Christmas (Mud Cover)

A cover of Status Quo's No.7 single from 1976, "Rain".

This is the final track I recorded with Greg at his Uni...

We turned the amps way up for this one, the studio windows were shaking! A simple setup mic-wise, and a basic raw rock sound was the result.

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitars, Vocals, Tambourine

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Spring/Summer 2018

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Rain (Status Quo Cover)

Once again, IT'S CHRISTMAAAAAASSS!

And adding another to the list of covers of my festive favourites, it's my absolute favourite one, Slade's 1973 No.1 Hit, "Merry Xmas Everybody".

I recorded this with my usual collaborator @gregoryslobodian , who got to play on the recording for a change, providing the accordion, whereas he usually is stuck manning the controls.

This one was fun to record, and thankfully shows massive improvement over my 2015 effort of the same song! We also have found some better ways to utilize our new recording venue, so we definitely learned a lot on this recording.

Merry Christmas!!

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Drums, Bass Guitar, Piano, Electric Guitars, Vocals
Gregory Slobodian - Accordion

Recorded and Mixed by Gregory Slobodian and Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
Nov/Dec 2019

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade Cover) 2019

I worked on this one during the quarantine period of 2020...I bought some recording stuff to fill the time, and so this is my first completely solo recording since I was in college.

I chose this song because it was a new exciting listen for me, and I didn't have to plan ahead what I wanted to record this time; I could just start straight away. Also I've played this tune in a marching band for years so it became a bit of a joke that it would always be played...

It's "Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, a No.8 UK hit in 1980 for them. They used mostly transistor organs for the keyboard parts, so I tried to be authentic, but unlike them I used my ARP Odyssey for the synth lines, as it was a good opportunity.

The "real" drums are unfortunately programmed as I had no access to my drums, but everything else aside from the actual drum machine is played fully by hand. The chimes are a sample of me playing on one of my old recordings, as I didn't have them with me either...

Mastered by my friend Greg, of course ;)

Personnel:
Luke Richardson - Bass Guitar, Organs, Synthesizers, Vocals, Chimes, Drum Machine & Drum Programming

Recorded and Mixed by Luke Richardson
Mastered by Gregory Slobodian
April/May 2020

Cover Art by Gregory Slobodian
Greg on Soundcloud: @gregoryslobodian

Enola Gay (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Cover)

26 year old Rock, Glam and Disco aficionado located in the north of England. 

As a multi-instrumentalist and keen recording engineer/producer, I'm currently uploading covers I completed with friends, while learning about recording.

Don't forget to try headphones!

Luke Richardson

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