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On the other hand these days you can record a number 1 single at home with a laptop for pretty much no cost. That wasn’t a possibility at all back then.
by basisword 5y ago
On the other hand these days you can record a number 1 single at home with a laptop for pretty much no cost. That wasn’t a possibility at all back then.
- asdff 5y agoPlenty of bands recorded their albums on cheap multitrack recorders in their garage.
- vidanay 5y agoBoston Boston is probably as close as you could get to that "back in the day".
- Turing_Machine 5y agoYep, but that was only really possible because Scholz was an MIT-trained engineer. Without that (or equivalent knowledge from other sources) it would have been tough. Nowadays you can buy the technology off the shelf.
- anamax 5y agoAnd, it wasn't Scholz' first rodeo.
- jawilson2 5y agoMcCartney? He probably had above-average home resources available though
- vidanay 5y agoThe band Boston and their debut album "Boston" is famous for having been recorded in Tom Scholz' basement. (Paul?) McCartney was not involved as far as I know.
- pstuart 5y agoReferring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCartney_(album) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCartney_(album) -- home recording in 1970.