In July 1995 Jeanette was introduced to Geoff Stanton who was to become the producer of the album. After discussing what's what and what's not, they agreed on the initial method of recording the Album. CTS Studios was to play host to this particular project as it was big, lushious, flash and had a good rep! and also but not least, the studios were known to have accommodated a host of renouned artists and film music composers. "All the really good people go there"!!
In October of that year Jeanette was introduced to Paul Stroud and John Clarke, both formidable musicians and songwriters and proceeded to go through the selected tracks for the album, topping and tailing and generally finalising the arrangements. The lyrics and melodies, provided by Jeanette, were then individually scored by Geoff Stanton and Paul Stroud. Pre-production of the album commenced at Audio Creations and Salsifis Sound Studios in early December under the superb guidance of Paul Stroud wearing the hat of Musical Director (MD).
The acoustic sessions were recorded over the weekend of 16-17 December 1995 at CTS Studios in Wembley, London. All tracks were recorded onto 24 track analogue tape through the AMS Neve Capricorn Desk in Dolby SR. Emmy Award Winner Dick Lewzy engineered all recordings.
To achieve a live feel on the album, the acoustic and electric guitars, drums and bass were played together in the main room of Studio 2 with guide vocals. The main vocals were then laid down when the rest had sanely gone home to sleep.
| Band members: |
| Geoff Stanton |
Keyboards |
| Paul Stroud |
Acoustic Guitars |
| John Clark |
Electric guitar |
| Phil Mulford |
Bass and upright Bass |
| Geoff Dunn |
Drums |
In the months following the completion of the acoustics, we set about post-production. From this point on, all additional work was recorded onto the Apple Mac computers. John Clark added some guitar lines at Salsifis Sound. Geoff Stanton, Paul Stroud and Munch Moore added piano lines. Percussion was played live, and sequenced. Tim Falker added the alto saxophone to 'Staring Blind' and 'Self Survival'. Using the array of synthesisers available we added a variety of pads, chords and individual sounds which appear throughout the recording. In late 1996 we returned to Studio 2 for the final mix of all the tracks. Over 4 days of studio time, 11 tracks were completed and mixed down from the 24tk and the Mac onto DAT. The mastering was completed at CTS Digital Edit using Sonic Solutions on the Apple Mac system.
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