1982 and Daniel Ash is recording the first single by his new project, he looks over at a stack of 2 inch reel to reel boxes and sees the words 'tones on tail'.
Similarly Beck, looking for a title for that throwaway track during the sessions for Mutations takes note of a strip of tape stuck on the studio phone that says 'runners: dial zero'
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:04 (eight years ago)
Superfuzz Bigmuff
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:06 (eight years ago)
Jacket Made In Canada (Arcwelder)
― Fake posts from a failing poster (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:09 (eight years ago)
Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:10 (eight years ago)
is Califone too obvious?
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:18 (eight years ago)
Not at all
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:20 (eight years ago)
Pussy Galore "SM57"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:20 (eight years ago)
A bunch of Stereolab songs (wow and flutter, captain easychord, etc)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:27 (eight years ago)
steppenwolf, "hodge, podge, strained through a leslie"
― “a tub of horses” (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 15:39 (eight years ago)
"Check My Machine" - Paul McCartney (first thing he recorded on the reel to reel that he made McCartney II on)
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:34 (eight years ago)
basically every post-comeback aphex twin track
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:35 (eight years ago)
The KLF - "3 A.M. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)" <- SSL being a brand of mixing consoles.
― naus, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:53 (eight years ago)
hahah I didn't know that
Polysics have an album called "A.S.D.R.M." of which the first four letters stand for Attack Sustain Delay Release
― frogbs, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:54 (eight years ago)
The Aural Exciters
― naus, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:55 (eight years ago)
LFO
― naus, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 16:56 (eight years ago)
http://img.audiofanzine.com/images/u/product/normal/sw-amplification-echo-dek-67402.jpg
― mark e, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:08 (eight years ago)
Sunn O)))
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:21 (eight years ago)
Beefheart, "Golden Birdies"
And the panataloon duck white goose neck quackedWebcor, Webcor
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:24 (eight years ago)
D-Nice "The TR808 Is Comin"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:27 (eight years ago)
the lyrics to can's 'all gates open' are partially about noise gates on vocal mics
― bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:43 (eight years ago)
"Sequential Circuits" - Panda Bear
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:43 (eight years ago)
http://www.dubsounds.com/image_files/FR-6-BIG.jpg
― bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:44 (eight years ago)
fatboy slim, 'everybody needs a 303'
― bayland rippenkroeger, stunt artiste (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 19:48 (eight years ago)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51pSSy5VKLL.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:03 (eight years ago)
The Tragically Hip and Super Furry Animals both having albums called Phantom Power.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:21 (eight years ago)
this doesn't really count but McCartney's 'Memory Almost Full' came from a message his iPod or Blackberry displayed
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:23 (eight years ago)
Blur - Optigan 1
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:39 (eight years ago)
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:53 (eight years ago)
oops rushomancy already covered them
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 20:54 (eight years ago)
Sublime - Had A DAT
― how's life, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:15 (eight years ago)
808 state
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:20 (eight years ago)
we've got a fuzzbox and we're gonna use it
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)
delay tactics
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:23 (eight years ago)
Deep Purple - Machine Head
― how's life, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:26 (eight years ago)
― frogbs, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 11:54 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
also ... Polysics/Korg Polysix of course
― chinavision!, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:29 (eight years ago)
george harrison "wah-wah"
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:33 (eight years ago)
Mono/Poly
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:34 (eight years ago)
The Grid, 456. (It's a brand of audiotape used in studios.)Synergy, Sequencer.
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:41 (eight years ago)
Terry Riley - Songs for the Ten Voices of the Two Prophets.
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:43 (eight years ago)
Captain Obviousing buthttp://i.imgur.com/q7PhhUe.png
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:56 (eight years ago)
http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0002/279/MI0002279950.jpg?partner=allrovi.com
Redd Kross: Phaseshifter
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:48 (eight years ago)
Shellac - 1000 Hurts is a play on 1000 Hz reference tone iirc
― Transform All Suffering Into Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:56 (eight years ago)
mission of burma - tremelo
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:58 (eight years ago)
Germs "Lexicon Devil"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:03 (eight years ago)
― frogbs, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 4:54 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
*Decaysorry to nitpick, but synth programming is kind of A Thing for me
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:12 (eight years ago)
The Who, "Premier Drums"https://youtu.be/4Te4A9HXBI0
"Rotosound Strings"https://youtu.be/EHTT578wdfM
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:16 (eight years ago)
There are plenty of titles based on recording studio in-jokes too - Inspiral Carpets' LP "Devil Hopping" was apparently making fun of the way their producer said "developing"
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 23:31 (eight years ago)
Ian Pooley - "Chord Memory"
― naus, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:00 (eight years ago)
R.E.M. - E-Bow the Letter
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:34 (eight years ago)
MC5 - "Black To Comm"
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 03:57 (eight years ago)