Interesting, but I suspect the drums are simply different heads and tuning rather than completely different sets.
I would agree that the snare on Crazy is possibly a smaller model than his normal Lugwig 6 1/2" one but I suspect they were actually basically the same kit.
I own the same spec ludwig kit as Rogers standard kit and simply by changing the heads and re-tuning i would say it is possible to get all those tom and bass sounds from the same kit.
I have always really wanted to know which lits he used to record which albums but there is really no detail out there that can be considered accurate. certainly he used multiple drums and occassionaly a smaller bass drum here and there. The roll on Fat Bottomed Girls was almost certainly played on the kit over to the side in teh gatefold sleeve due to the number of toms in the fill. But I feel Jazz was one of the few times he actually set up two kits in the studio. However when recording was broken by months apart he may well have had other kits in different studios as needed.
If anyone has accurate info on what kit was used where I would love to see it.
But after nearly 40 years of playing drums I can say that with care a huge range of tones are available on a single kit if you know what you are doing and in a studio I am confident my kit would match all three of those tracks in terms of tone once they have been tuned/dampened/EQ'd etc
My guess is all were played on the Ludwig Black kit from 78-79
Proko · Member since
Mountain studios had a small recording room (which is what you probably saw in the tour with David Richards) and a hall (which belonged to the casino - in the picture). The hall was used for 'Live' sound. Hope this helps.
Bohardy · Member since
Further info on this from Queen Unseen by Ratty:
"For Jazz, we were lucky to have the use of The Salon, a vast sectioned-off area of the casino arena. (It can be seen in the gatefold photograph on the Jazz album.)"
Fireplace · Member since
Speaking about David Richards, the last time I read about him on this board, some claimed he was seriously ill and quite bitter about all things Queen. Has anyone got any news?
Sebastian · Member since
As a curiosity, that same casino hall was the one where they recorded the backing tracks for both Innuendo and Was It All Worth It.
zadigadabop · Member since
It might be the 'geek' in me but I always wonder what the studios looked like. I had always assumed Mountain Studios was larger and had multiple rooms. I also can't picture the Salon being transformed into a usable sound recording space. I guess they really were after a more live sound instead of how we do it these days with individual tracks.
Judging by the google maps location and the fact that they used the Salon makes me think this was a much more intimate place. I wish they kept it as a museum or something instead of making the studio into a bar (I think I read that?). Super Bear studios (now Villa Saint Benoît) still has the basic feel of the original. BTW, the tour program I have for Jazz has a photo taken there that looks like they are sitting on a mushroom. It's in the illustrated lyrics. I always wondered about that photo because and now I know.
dysan · Member since
As for brian being pasted in - it might be an effect of the flash making a shadow aura around him. Unless of course he is taken from an alternate which means there are multiple versions from the same angle which seems enticing.
Ricardo Inclan · Member since
IT IS Mountain studios in Montreux, BEFORE it was tear appart and reduced A LOT before your visit. DEFINITIVELY.
It´s well documented "Jazz" was recorded in Super Bear AND Mountain.
Montreaux Jazz festival was perfomed in this very Room every year for a LONG time.
Reggards.
Sebastian · Member since
Yeah, just like you don't expect people to look the same now as they did in 1978, places also change.
