Tom Dowd and the Language of Music

[strangecharm]

Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.
Comments?
Thanks,
sc

[William Sommerwerck]

I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
particularly insightful.

[William Sommerwerck]

I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
particularly insightful.

[Rick Ruskin]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:53:52 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
> wrote:

>I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
>particularly insightful.


See it and you'll understand just how wrong that reviewer was. I
thought it was great.


Rick Ruskin
Lion Dog Music - Seattle WA
http://liondogmusic.com

[Rick Ruskin]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:53:52 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
> wrote:

>I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
>particularly insightful.


See it and you'll understand just how wrong that reviewer was. I
thought it was great.


Rick Ruskin
Lion Dog Music - Seattle WA
http://liondogmusic.com

[Phil Brown]

>See it and you'll understand just how wrong that reviewer was. I
>thought it was great.
>

It opens in San Francisco today at the Roxie and the DVD is either out now or
Tuesday. I think for the audio community this film is pretty much review
proof. One thing I didn't know was that he was involved in the Bikini A bomb
tests.
Phil Brown

[Phil Brown]

>See it and you'll understand just how wrong that reviewer was. I
>thought it was great.
>

It opens in San Francisco today at the Roxie and the DVD is either out now or
Tuesday. I think for the audio community this film is pretty much review
proof. One thing I didn't know was that he was involved in the Bikini A bomb
tests.
Phil Brown

[Don Cooper]

strangecharm wrote:

> Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
> how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.

Saw it last year on the Sundance Channel. Wonderful!

What struck me most is how much Tom seemed to enjoy his work. And the
music was some of our favorite stuff of all time.

I've been waiting for the DVD, which debuts Tuesday, according to
another poster.

[Don Cooper]

strangecharm wrote:

> Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
> how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.

Saw it last year on the Sundance Channel. Wonderful!

What struck me most is how much Tom seemed to enjoy his work. And the
music was some of our favorite stuff of all time.

I've been waiting for the DVD, which debuts Tuesday, according to
another poster.

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"strangecharm" > wrote in message
om...
> Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
> how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.
> Comments?
> Thanks,
> sc

It was astounding.

[Ricky W. Hunt]

"strangecharm" > wrote in message
om...
> Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
> how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.
> Comments?
> Thanks,
> sc

It was astounding.

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
> particularly insightful.

It got a pretty good writeup (two, actually) in Friday's Washington
Post. I can't figure out where it's playing around here though. Not a
regular theater.

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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
> particularly insightful.

It got a pretty good writeup (two, actually) in Friday's Washington
Post. I can't figure out where it's playing around here though. Not a
regular theater.

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[John Noll]

Don Cooper wrote:
>
> strangecharm wrote:
>
>
>>Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
>>how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.
>
>
> Saw it last year on the Sundance Channel. Wonderful!
>
> What struck me most is how much Tom seemed to enjoy his work. And the
> music was some of our favorite stuff of all time.
>
> I've been waiting for the DVD, which debuts Tuesday, according to
> another poster.


Amazon says the DVD will be available 8/24.

--
--
John Noll

[John Noll]

Don Cooper wrote:
>
> strangecharm wrote:
>
>
>>Was wondering if anyone in the audio community had seen this film and
>>how it went over. It looks like a fitting tribute to a great man.
>
>
> Saw it last year on the Sundance Channel. Wonderful!
>
> What struck me most is how much Tom seemed to enjoy his work. And the
> music was some of our favorite stuff of all time.
>
> I've been waiting for the DVD, which debuts Tuesday, according to
> another poster.


Amazon says the DVD will be available 8/24.

--
--
John Noll

[Don Cooper]

John Noll wrote:

> Amazon says the DVD will be available 8/24.


Thanks. I'll get it ASAP.

[Don Cooper]

John Noll wrote:

> Amazon says the DVD will be available 8/24.


Thanks. I'll get it ASAP.

[Paul Motter]

By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
with George Martin. I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in
years, and I have yet to meet anyone else who has seen it. All I can
remember is that I saw it was on cable on day, put the VCR on record,
and I still have the tape.

FWIW - Go to Fry's Electronics and check out their huge selection of
concert & music Cds - there are hundreds of them available. I have a
Clapton one with a Layla Duo with Duane that is outstanding.

[Paul Motter]

By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
with George Martin. I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in
years, and I have yet to meet anyone else who has seen it. All I can
remember is that I saw it was on cable on day, put the VCR on record,
and I still have the tape.

FWIW - Go to Fry's Electronics and check out their huge selection of
concert & music Cds - there are hundreds of them available. I have a
Clapton one with a Layla Duo with Duane that is outstanding.

[Tommy B]

I'm sure it was. You should hear Duane on the multitrack of LAYLA. I had the
chance to play and solo a 16 trk safety, before we erased it. Amazingly
cool. When I saw Tommy doing that in the film. it was quite a deja-vu. Tommy
Dowd once told me, "90% of everything is crap", but he laughed when he said
it.
This was while he was remixing WEA's catolog in the great quad ficasco in
the 70's.

Tom


"Paul Motter" > wrote in message
om...
> By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
> anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
> with George Martin. I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in
> years, and I have yet to meet anyone else who has seen it. All I can
> remember is that I saw it was on cable on day, put the VCR on record,
> and I still have the tape.
>
> FWIW - Go to Fry's Electronics and check out their huge selection of
> concert & music Cds - there are hundreds of them available. I have a
> Clapton one with a Layla Duo with Duane that is outstanding.

[david gourley]

(Paul Motter) news:a7144799.0408131842.42c6baa4
@posting.google.com:

> By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
> anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
> with George Martin. I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in
> years, and I have yet to meet anyone else who has seen it. All I can
> remember is that I saw it was on cable on day, put the VCR on record,
> and I still have the tape.

Yes, I have that video and thought it was great!

david

[strangecharm]

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:<znr1092423261k@trad>...
> In article > writes:
>
> > I haven't seen it, but it got a so-so review in the Seattle P-I as being not
> > particularly insightful.
>
> It got a pretty good writeup (two, actually) in Friday's Washington
> Post. I can't figure out where it's playing around here though. Not a
> regular theater.

It's playing at Visions in Dupont Circle.
--sc (also of dc)

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> > I can't figure out where it's playing around here though. Not a
> > regular theater.
>
> It's playing at Visions in Dupont Circle.

As I said, not a regular theater. I found the Vision web site and it
shows its location. But maybe this is the excuse I need to buy a DVD
player. It's cheaper than going into DC to see a movie. <g>

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[Scott Dorsey]

In article <znr1092691768k@trad>, Mike Rivers > wrote:
>
>In article > writes:
>
>> > I can't figure out where it's playing around here though. Not a
>> > regular theater.
>>
>> It's playing at Visions in Dupont Circle.
>
>As I said, not a regular theater. I found the Vision web site and it
>shows its location. But maybe this is the excuse I need to buy a DVD
>player. It's cheaper than going into DC to see a movie. <g>

Visions is pretty regular. But if you wait long enough, it will probably
make it to the AFI.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Jay Kadis]

In article >,
(Paul Motter) wrote:

> By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
> anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
> with George Martin. I have it on video, but I haven't watched it in
> years, and I have yet to meet anyone else who has seen it. All I can
> remember is that I saw it was on cable on day, put the VCR on record,
> and I still have the tape.
>

[snip]

I have "The Making of Sergeant Pepper's" on VHS and show it to my recording
class every year. It's still relevent and each year the class seems suitably
impressed.

-Jay
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[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> Visions is pretty regular. But if you wait long enough, it will probably
> make it to the AFI.

What's the best $29 DVD player? Maybe it's time to get one.

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[Scott Dorsey]

In article <znr1092868524k@trad>, Mike Rivers > wrote:
>In article > writes:
>
>> Visions is pretty regular. But if you wait long enough, it will probably
>> make it to the AFI.
>
>What's the best $29 DVD player? Maybe it's time to get one.

Don't ask me, I haven't got a TV set yet. I'm waiting for them to get
perfected.
--scott


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[Don Cooper]

Paul Motter wrote:

> By the way - I saw this and it was great, but once again I ask - has
> anyone else ever seen the documentary, "The making of Sgt Peppers"
> with George Martin.


Yes. In fact, when Dowd put up the faders on "Layla" in this
documentary, it reminded me of Martin in that "Sgt. Pepper" special.


> FWIW - Go to Fry's Electronics and check out their huge selection of
> concert & music Cds - there are hundreds of them available. I have a
> Clapton one with a Layla Duo with Duane that is outstanding.


The "Layla" album?

[Don Cooper]

Scott Dorsey wrote:

> >What's the best $29 DVD player? Maybe it's time to get one.
>
> Don't ask me, I haven't got a TV set yet. I'm waiting for them to get
> perfected.


"I'm waiting for 3D-TV".
- Ralph Kramden