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(Eric Desrochers) writes:
John wrote:
Believe it or not, that "play just the snare, and we'll do the high-hat
next," etc. type of production was actually occuring on a regular basis in
the 80's, particularly in England. If I remember correctly, a few of the
Duran Duran records were made this way, and I think the producer on some
of those records (the late Alex Sadkin, I think) was famous for that. His
reasoning was that he wanted the cleanliness of each track, so he'd be
able to treat each drum without leakage.

Wow! I'm into 80s stuff and I'll be curious to hear actual examples of
this! Any particular songs??

I read an article about making one of the classic jazz albums from
that era a few months back .... I think it was in Mix. They talked about
recording the toms separately from the cymbals, separately from the snare
IIRC. Sorry I can't recall more details.