Russ Terrana interview

[ralpht]

Many thanks to Carlo Overhulser for sending this my way. I'll have to ask Russ when this was done. Quite comprehensive.

http://tapeop.com/interviews/105/russ-terrana/

[theboyfromxtown]

A must read and have done so already. Loved it. Great link.

Have to say that the mono 45 mix of Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours, is the only version I will every listen to.

[dvus7]

This is the information I like!!!!

[sansradio]

Thanks, Ralph! Great interview.

[drlorne]

That was an informative read..thanks Ralph and Carlo

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Hey, thanks for providing this cool interview, Ralph. I really enjoyed it! If there were a Mt. Rushmore of the world's best recording engineers/mixers/remixers, it would include Russ Terrana for Motown, Larry Levine [[Phil Spector's recording engineer), and Tom Moulton [["A Tom Moulton Mix") for The Philly Sound.. - Gary

[soulster]

Thank you Ralph [[and Russ)!

This is the kind of stuff I like to see here, and what could make this forum great. More, please!

I'm wondering which J5 single it was. It would have to be a single that had two releases. I wonder if it was "Mama's Pearl". Hmmmm...what's the history of the song "Forever Came Today". Isn't there like two or three mixes of that?

[captainjames]

good stuff !!!!

[thomas96]

Great stuff. Ralph, any way you could get Mike McLean to come back to the forum?

[Methuselah2]

No question about it--a stellar interview. A fascinating read. Many thanks for posting, Ralph.

[Methuselah2]

All that--plus Russ in 1960s 'continental pants' and no shirt pocket protector.

"Russ, you look sharp!"

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[mysterysinger]

Great link which I enjoyed reading. The information about the drums is fascinating I think - there is an article on the web which gives a bit of an insight but the Russ interview hints of a confused picture which seems to be true. Clearly whatever kit was there was hybrid [[that's not unusual of course). http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2009/06/secrets-of-motown/#_

[Sotosound]

Lovely stuff. Insights such as this are what I joined up for.

Many, many thanks for sharing this with us.

[ralpht]

Thomas,
Mike has been emailing me lately. I'll see if he will agree to come back on the forum.

[soulster]

I think he might if he sees that there is still a demand for technical discussion.

I's like to post a link to a Bob Ludwig interview in this month's Tape Op magazine, but it requires one to subscribe for free. I know Ludwig doesn't do much R&B, but he gives an interesting insight to the actual process. I notice the mastering guys here don't go into much detail about what they do on this forum, but I hope they know that there is a group of SDF members who love it. Actually, Ralph, I think it would be cool if you could set up a tech talk section. Then, I think Mike, and the others, would come back and participate more.

[alanh]

Thanks for the link Ralph. Great read.