| Recording Schedule and Notes for Come On In |
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| Basic
Tracks - Recorded 5/31/77 - 6/03/77 at Studio 55, 5505
Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA |
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| Overdub
Tracks - Recorded 6/08/77 - 6/20/77 at Location
Recorders, 2201 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA |
| Mixed
- June 23-28, 1977 at Studio 55. |
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| Tuesday,
May 31, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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started setting up at 8:30 AM in Studio B. The actual time of recording was
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM. |
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the day we met Leo Sayer and saw a string session being recorded in Studio A
for his album. |
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| Song
Of Love - 2nd take |
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| My
Prayer - 4th or 5th take |
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| Ocean
Blue - 1st take almost; ended up being 4th or 5th take |
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| Wednesday,
June 1, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| We
started at 11:00 and had a 1/2 hour delay due to some equipment problems.
Recorded 12 PM - 7:00 PM. |
| Bill
Maxwell and Jesse Dixon came in and played us the new Carly Simon song with
electric toms. |
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| Ocean
Blue - tried to get a better take but the machine broke |
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| Blessed
Trinity - 3rd or 4th take |
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| Light
Of The World - had problems. Pieced it together and
finally fixed it. |
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| Thursday,
June 2, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| Had
lots of equipment problems today, with pops and clicks. Recording tech tried
to fix it and messed |
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up more - got chewed out by the manager/owner. Recorded from 11:00 AM to 7:00
PM. |
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| Born
Over Again - 4th take. Also did Fender Rhodes overdub. |
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| Midnight
Hiway - 3rd take |
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| Forgiveness - 1st take. Also did Fender Rhodes overdub. |
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| The
End - 3rd take |
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| Friday,
June 3, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| Watched
Leo Sayer doing vocals on his album; saw string session set-up for Diana
Ross. Saw Lee Ritenour |
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Yamaha electric guitar on session. Recording time was 11:30 AM to 6:00 PM. |
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| The
Way Things Are - multiple takes |
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| Come
On In - several takes |
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| Wednesday,
June 8, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Things
went real well today. We recorded lead vocals from 11:30 AM to 6:30 PM. |
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| Born
Over Again - fairly good, a few places that were hard |
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| Come
On In - fairly good, a few trouble spots |
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| Blessed
Trinity - problems, over and over |
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| My
Prayer - real quick, only a few punches |
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| Thursday,
June 9, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
lead vocals from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM |
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| The
End - spent a couple of hours |
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| Forgiveness - Several hours, fine-toothed comb; harmony vocal went fast |
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| The
Way Things Are - not too hard |
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| Friday,
June 9, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
lead vocals. |
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| Midnight
Hiway |
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| Song
Of Love |
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| Ocean
Blue |
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| Monday,
June 13, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
background vocals. |
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| Song
Of Love - 5 hours |
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| My
Prayer - easy |
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| Midnight
Hiway - easy |
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| Tuesday,
June 14, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
background vocals. |
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| Come
On In - 4 hours, problems |
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| The
Way Things Are - pretty good |
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| The
End - pretty good |
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| Wednesday,
June 15, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
background vocals. |
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| Ocean
Blue - pretty good |
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| Born
Over Again - long time |
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| Blessed
Trinity - problems, half finished |
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| Thursday,
June 16, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
background vocals and instrumental overdubs. |
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| Blessed
Trinity - more work on vocals |
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| Blessed
Trinity - electric guitar lead, bass, steel |
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| Song
Of Love - steel |
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| Friday,
June 17, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
instrumental overdubs. |
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| Ocean
Blue - electric guitar fills |
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| Midnight
Hiway - acoustic guitar, steel |
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| The
End - steel |
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| My
Prayer - steel |
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| Monday,
June 20, 1977 |
Locations Recorders,
Burbank, CA |
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| Recorded
instrumental overdubs. Previewed recording for Billy Ray. |
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| Strings
- Forgiveness and Ocean Blue |
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| Strings
- repair work on Forgiveness |
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| Electric
guitar leads - Come On In, The End, The
Ways Things Are |
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| Thursday,
June 23, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| Recorded
instrumental overdubs and began mixing. |
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| Electric
guitar fills - Ocean Blue, Midnight Hiway, The Ways Things Are, Blessed Trinity |
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| Electric
guitar lead by Al - Midnight Hiway |
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| Dobro
- Come On In, My Prayer |
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| Friday,
June 24, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| Watched
Diana Ross record closed session with producer Richard Perry. |
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| Monday,
June 27, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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| Tuesday,
June 28, 1977 |
Studio 55, Hollywood, CA |
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