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The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

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Mixing Poorly

Chris Perry did not yet understand the band he was working with. The engineer, Mike Hedges, who would go on to produce the next album, said the band didn't really know what was going on. Everything was new for everyone except Chris. Robert knew what he wanted, but he didn't know how to express it. We used very little technology. He just wanted to use his old top 20 guitar, which cost 20 GW quid and Woolworths,. And then finally, Chris Perry convinced him to get a jazz master. But I heard I read somewhere that he still insisted the pickups from the top 20 be put on the jazz master. So whatever that means.

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