Rick-An Ordinary Fool
Well-Known Member
Since I don't know much about the recording business. How did it actually work with regard to the last few years like 1980-1983.
The Carpenters were a well established, well-known name at this point in 1980-1983.
So during these times when there career's were sorta in a holding pattern, they were not in the #1 charts anymore, how did it work with regard to A & M.
Did Richard & Karen always have a place at A & M? What I mean is could they just always pop in there & they had a designated studio room? Did they have to book in advance? Or could they just wake up one day & say hey were going in the recording studio today?
I guess it was different when they were actually going to record an ablum cause there were alot of different people involved so I would think that had to be planned event to get everyone at the studio at the same time.
BUT, like toward the end of there career, if Richard just wanted to take Karen in for some reading of music they were thinking of & track some rough cuts of stuff, WOULD something like this have to be planned & OK'D by A & M? Or could they just show up on there own & just play around with their own recordings? And if the latter was done how was unreleased cuts kept? At A & M on tapes or would Richard take the tape home with him?
Any thought about this would be cool to hear, since I've never been to an actual recording studio, I really have no idea about what really goes on & "how" it all happens.
All I know is the video of Richard & Karen singing in the studio on some of there older video's.
The Carpenters were a well established, well-known name at this point in 1980-1983.
So during these times when there career's were sorta in a holding pattern, they were not in the #1 charts anymore, how did it work with regard to A & M.
Did Richard & Karen always have a place at A & M? What I mean is could they just always pop in there & they had a designated studio room? Did they have to book in advance? Or could they just wake up one day & say hey were going in the recording studio today?
I guess it was different when they were actually going to record an ablum cause there were alot of different people involved so I would think that had to be planned event to get everyone at the studio at the same time.
BUT, like toward the end of there career, if Richard just wanted to take Karen in for some reading of music they were thinking of & track some rough cuts of stuff, WOULD something like this have to be planned & OK'D by A & M? Or could they just show up on there own & just play around with their own recordings? And if the latter was done how was unreleased cuts kept? At A & M on tapes or would Richard take the tape home with him?
Any thought about this would be cool to hear, since I've never been to an actual recording studio, I really have no idea about what really goes on & "how" it all happens.
All I know is the video of Richard & Karen singing in the studio on some of there older video's.