Korgscrew
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Posted: May 05 2014, 19:14 |
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To make an educated guess...
Like you say, it's there in the Reflection soundtrack, and Througham is listed as one of the recording locations. Mike left The Beacon in late 1975 and Reflection is dated 1977. Like Lars says, the guitar sound is much more like the warmer Ommadawn-era sound as opposed to some of the brighter, more brittle sounds which are on Incantations (which I'm fairly sure are the L6-S). It does also have the sound of an Incantations-era production in the sound of the tuned percussion and the nature of the reverb. He also didn't stick around at The Beacon for long after Ommadawn was finished, but I get the impression he did do a fair bit of experimenting when he first got to Througham.
My best guess based on all that is that it's probably 1976, but probably later in the year - Portsmouth and Argiers, from January 1976, were recorded in the living room at Througham using the Manor Mobile, because the studio hadn't been installed. That's the most precise date I currently have relating to the installation of the studio there, though.
It was similar in Denham, incidentally - I don't know exactly what parts of Platinum were recorded there, but I suspect not huge amounts of it, because the studio wasn't installed (and wasn't ready until he began Five Miles Out...QE2 was another living room production! . That's likely the main reason why it was mixed at AIR. Not that it really helps date Woodhenge...
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