Eno's Preference [I didn't know that]

Some days I take the tube to the studio, and recently I've been reading the excellent Eno biography by David Sheppard 'On Some Faraway Beach' on the way up. Its been particularly good on days when I have worked with Foxxy because he's in the book quite a bit. Today I read about Eno's [and Connie's] favorite brand of mixing console:

So that means many amazing albums have been at least tracked on an MCI [JH-500?] desk. From the Compass Point website:

In the late '70's and mid 80's, Compass Point was one of the great recording studios of the world. Artists came from around the world to record in the Bahamas. Many major producers utilised the facilities, including Chris Blackwell himself, in his role as record producer. The resulting records sold in the many millions of copies worldwide. AC/DC's Back In Black, widely regarded as the ultimate, and largest selling, hard rock album of all time, and soon to be largest selling ALBUM of all time, was just one of the many great albums recorded at Compass Point Studios. Some of the well known artists who were a part of early Compass Point were:

AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, U2, Robert Palmer, The B-52's, Talking Heads, Dire Straits, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, The Cure, Adam Ant, James Brown, Duran Duran, David Bowie, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Mick Jagger, Whitesnake, Status Quo, Tom Tom Club, Madness, Spandau Ballet, Third World, Grace Jones, Joe Cocker, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Eurythmics, Julio Iglesias, Power Station, Roxy Music, Thompson Twins, Wings, Julian Lennon, Bad Company, Average White Band, Carly Simon, and many others

Here is Chris Blackwell [Island founder] and engineers at the desk

Ridiculous Snare Patch

I spent a few hours making a drum sequence for TW, [atoms] and here is the the anatomy of the snare sound:

DDA DMR12

32 channels, split design, 12 groups. In Hessen, Germany. The second pic is from google images. Here's the manual

Neve Melbourn

$25k [£15k], in Florida

Yamaha SK50

And a nice 80s era Yamaha organ/string/synth. Bargain?

Korg PS3100

Heres another one for this brief series of big synths on the bay. Its in germany 'touched by sound'. BIN 4990 euros [£4500]

ARP 2600

Mid-era 2600 in CA USA currently $4150 [£2550]

Roland 100M

I've been posting alot of ebay auctions and thats because I spend a lot of time looking at ebay auctions. So I might as well keep up doing so, as a record of interesting things I see there with the condition, price, bids and location. Theres no point in linking to the actual auctions as ebay remove them after a while. Here is a very nice standard 100M in NY USA. I will put the seller's text and updates in the comments

Actually...

The seller of the Big Moog in the previous post would do well to buy this little Moog Modular system, which has got 1 hour left on the bay and is currently only £2200. It would go perfectly in the missing spaces, and also add some RA Moog era oscillators, which are different and most people agree sound better than the later ones. He could then sell the whole system for £35k!

Big Synths, Big Price

Here are two eBay deals today for anyone looking to spend their xmas bonus. First up is a Moog System 55 from the 80s [not complete - its missing 1/4 of its modules] Price - BIN = £28500

Next up is a mint Yamaha CS80 with all its original accessories. Lets face it these two items would make the perfect combination. The weird thing is I was thinking about what my favorite all time synth was this morning for an interview I've been asked to do and I decided that it was totally between these two. Price - BIN = £14500