by Lind » Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:52 pm
Hey Jim, Thanks for your interest. I'll answer the second question first. It's the easiest:
No. I had absolutely nothing to do with those stunningly beautiful arrangements. That was all Jack. He took those twangy little guitar songs of mine and found a richness and lustre in them that would never have occurred to me. I had never recorded before (never REALLY recorded before) and knew my way around a studio the way a penguin knows his way around Miami. I was more than happy to defer the arrangements to the master. I'd have been fool to do otherwise.
On the other hand, Jack had no input on the writing. That was all me. He had no ambitions to step in, change melody lines or lyrics and claim co-authorship. The simple delineation of duties is right there on the album cover: Words and Music Bob Lind; Arranged and Produced by Jack Nitzsche.
As to your first question, every day that goes by puts that one further out of reach. I just have too many holes in my memory. For one thing, it took nine or ten sessions to cut the songs for DBC and Photographs. For another, I didn't know these people. I got to know many of them later. But at the time they were just a sea of faces. They were mostly people who had played on Spector's records. Jack brought them in because he knew they could deliver the goods. There were about 40 of them, collectively known as "The Wrecking Crew." But they all didn't play on all the dates. For instance there were three keyboard guys that I know of. Larry Knechtel, Don Randi and Leon Russell. They all played on my sessions but I have no recollection of which specific songs which one of them played on. (How's that for a convoluted sentence?)
Here are the people I KNOW are on " Elusive Butterfly:" Carole Kaye on bass, Cyrus Faryar and Jerry Yester on guitars. Hal Blaine on drums and Henry Diltz on banjo.
As to the other tunes, well...there may be some music historians who can answer that better than I can. Let's hope someone jumps in.
Again, thanks for your interest.
Hey Jim, Thanks for your interest. I'll answer the second question first. It's the easiest:
No. I had absolutely nothing to do with those stunningly beautiful arrangements. That was all Jack. He took those twangy little guitar songs of mine and found a richness and lustre in them that would never have occurred to me. I had never recorded before (never REALLY recorded before) and knew my way around a studio the way a penguin knows his way around Miami. I was more than happy to defer the arrangements to the master. I'd have been fool to do otherwise.
On the other hand, Jack had no input on the writing. That was all me. He had no ambitions to step in, change melody lines or lyrics and claim co-authorship. The simple delineation of duties is right there on the album cover: Words and Music Bob Lind; Arranged and Produced by Jack Nitzsche.
As to your first question, every day that goes by puts that one further out of reach. I just have too many holes in my memory. For one thing, it took nine or ten sessions to cut the songs for DBC and Photographs. For another, I didn't know these people. I got to know many of them later. But at the time they were just a sea of faces. They were mostly people who had played on Spector's records. Jack brought them in because he knew they could deliver the goods. There were about 40 of them, collectively known as "The Wrecking Crew." But they all didn't play on all the dates. For instance there were three keyboard guys that I know of. Larry Knechtel, Don Randi and Leon Russell. They all played on my sessions but I have no recollection of which specific songs which one of them played on. (How's that for a convoluted sentence?)
Here are the people I KNOW are on " Elusive Butterfly:" Carole Kaye on bass, Cyrus Faryar and Jerry Yester on guitars. Hal Blaine on drums and Henry Diltz on banjo.
As to the other tunes, well...there may be some music historians who can answer that better than I can. Let's hope someone jumps in.
Again, thanks for your interest.