
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours with Carolyn Kendrick
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The Importance of Reverb in Music
Fleetwood Mac recorded Songbird at the Zellerbach auditorium in Berkeley. Ken Kelly, according to himself, heard Songbird and thought it would sound good with some reaver. It's interesting that they just recorded in an auditorium, which is sometimes a little bit harder to control sound wise than if you're in like a chamber situation. Tom Waits said about that album he did in the mid-80s that everybody likes, rain dogs: "It isn't closing time"
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