Rockers include some interesting people. Brian May of Queen got his degree astrophysics and collaborated with NASA.
Then theres Alice Cooper.
According to Baxter he came up with the “Skunk” nickname himself. Supposedly he has vowed to take the reason to his grave. Probably an inside joke with someone about a person they know.
That acetate is a pretty cool momento.
The most interesting people hang out here!
The Doobies acetate is priceless - but only has a limited plays (30) due to the soft material so I rarely play it. It was interesting to watch the acetate being cut using a Japanese 10watt/channel 300B SET amplifier,
During that visit, hearing the master tape playback was amazing...and I thought I had a really great system. I’ve also heard Sinatra master tapes - easily the best, most lifelike sound I’ve ever heard.
Having my website listed in the mastering credits is really cool...and forever. My website is listed on 6 remastered projects by my friend - Rod Stewart, Peggy Lee, Searchers (UK), Eva Cassidy, Doobies and another that for the life of me I can’t recall.
As a final aside, my friend has gifted me so many CDRs burned direct from the master tapes - some are “dry” before the reverb was added for the commercial release. Some have studio chatter that was not on the commercial release.
A quick story...
My mastering friend and the president of his audiophile record label had agreed with Ray Charles to remaster a few of his albums.
They were instructed to bring a braille encoded check to Ray’s house.
When they knocked on the door, Ray answered, wearing his sunglasses and a very serious face.
The check was handed to Ray, he “read” it with his fingers, paused...and then with a HUGE smile said, “Boys, we have deal!”