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It's just the normal noises in here!

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Just finished watching a great documentary called Sound City about the recording studio of the same name in Van Nuys, CA. It was famous for recording many great rock albums starting in the 1970s. It was also famous for the Neve Board they bought, for 75,000 dollars in the early 1970s.

Tom Petty's “Damn the Torpedoes” album was recorded there in 1978-79, and at the start of the song Even the Losers, there is a woman's voice that says “It's just the normal noises in here!” In this Sound City documentary, they interviewed Tom Petty and some other members of his band, and they spoke about the recording of that album. But, he was never asked about it, nor did any of the other band members mention it. They spoke at some length about the fact that many songs on that album were recorded "straight to tape" in one take, rather than recording tracks separately... I went Googling and apparently the story behind the voice is still a mystery. It was pointed out that the studio manager during this time was a woman named Jemima Eddy, so maybe it was her.
 
I've been listening to a lot of Tom Petty lately on the "8-track" while flying.
 
Watched that last week. Kudos to Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana, etc.) for saving that historic board and putting it back to work making magic sounds for our ears to enjoy. Finding out that Buckingham Nicks was the first album created on that board was cool. One of my favorite albums.
 
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