Phill Brown recalls the making of the Small Faces’ album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake. As a tape operator at Olympic Studios, he provides insights into the recording techniques, studio dynamics, and the relationship between the group and engineer Glyn Johns on this landmark album. He also reflects on working on Jimi Hendrix’s All Along the Watchtower and The Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil before discussing his work as a sound engineer with artists including Led Zeppelin and Bob Marley.
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This episode is part of The CAT Club (Classic Album Thursdays)
Podcasts also available: Arthur Brown on The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Philip Norman on John Lennon, Rob Chapman on Syd Barrett, Richard Digby Smith: The life and times of a recording studio engineer
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