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Norm van Maastricht
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Posted 4 May 2012 11:32 am |
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Hi folks...
Still working on the Paul Yandell book. In the quotes I have by him he talks a good deal about studio A and Studio B and remarks " I always wondered, and I never thought to ask Chet, (and I remember when they did it) was why did they shut down Studio B. It was the best studio in town. It was my favorite studio to work in. Jerry Reed did about all of his recording there..."
Anyone have any backstory on why Studio B was shut down?
Thanks in advance
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Chas. J. Wagner
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Posted 5 May 2012 6:41 am
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Here's an interesting article...
http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_b.html
It states...
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After a growing power struggle between the musicians' union and the crew at studio B the union threatened to close down B if the union employees could not perform their "duties", deemed superfluous. Their bluff was called and in 1977 after a successful 20-year run Studio B was closed.
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David Beckner
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Posted 5 May 2012 6:52 am
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I was in Nashville a couple days ago and had the chance to go down to the HALL OF FAME. They had several pieces of literature about STUDIO B .
You can also take a tour of the studio.
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Kevin Hatton
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Posted 5 May 2012 7:28 am
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| Thats a shame. |
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Norm van Maastricht
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Posted 5 May 2012 9:09 am
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The article claims the union shut it down somehow. I suppose it's possible but seems odd they would shut down studio B and not Studio A since RCA owned both at the time and I assume studio A kept running.
It just seems odd they would have shuttered a perfecty good, and 'mojo heavy' room
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Steve Hinson
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Posted 5 May 2012 9:47 am
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I think people just quit recording there,basically...when it got to where artists and producers could record wherever they wanted to,they were ready for a change...that's just the way people are...I've recorded in B several times,but it's been a while...several people tried to make a go of it before the CMHOF took it over...Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have done albums there recently,and I think there is an API console residing in the control room now...the mojo of that room can't be denied!
"Big Victor"(the A room)is still in use as a studio...I worked there four or five times last year...some great records came to life there!
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 5 May 2012 9:51 am
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| It should be noted that back in the day...an RCA artist HAD to record in an RCA studio...I think maybe Waylon was the first one to get out of that situation,and after that people just drifted away from there and into the independent studios... |
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Norm van Maastricht
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California, USA
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Posted 5 May 2012 3:05 pm
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Interestimg stuff.
I have to say... I frequent two guitar sites, the mister guitar "chetboard" and the gretschpages and here. Your site has more working musicians on it (or seems to) FYI I have a much modified gretsch country gentleman (1961 single cutaway... looks like Chet's mid sixties '59) starionary bracket bigsby and all that... but what I actually have been playing for the past 25 years or so is a 1935 RegalDobro. I use a 6.5 oz ernie ball steel I've had for about 40 years. Buck Graves fan.
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Franklin
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Posted 6 May 2012 5:50 am
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| Norm van Maastricht wrote: |
The article claims the union shut it down somehow. I suppose it's possible but seems odd they would shut down studio B and not Studio A since RCA owned both at the time and I assume studio A kept running.
It just seems odd they would have shuttered a perfecty good, and 'mojo heavy' room |
Norm,
I'm not sure if that article is correct....Assuming its right, the engineers back then were mostly union members, not true today....This is a right to work state and maybe other studios had broken away from having to abide by the unions engineering rules. Bringing in gifted non union engineers could be the reason to blackball a specific studio.....Most of those 2nd machine engineers did not survive the freelance transition because most could not make a tight punch if their life depended on it. Yet, the unions rules demand the producer/artists/musicians could not touch the machines. Only the union engineer could do the task. How frustrating that is especially after they lose great parts or a completely great take because of a botched punch.........I can understand artists and producers moving to find a union free environment for engineering.
Studio B had a nice vibe but there were plenty of vibey choices back then as is true today....Personally when considering the other choices from that period. I would not pick studio B over "Bradleys Barn", "Clements," "Quad" or "The Quanset Hut".....
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Norm van Maastricht
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California, USA
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Posted 6 May 2012 12:12 pm
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that makes sense. Thanks
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