Ep334: Jack Endino - Producer, Mixer, Noisemonger

Jack Endino was at the epicentre of the grunge and alternative music scene, recording and producing music from Nirvana, TAD, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees & more. Jack shares his history working with the vinyl format, preserving master tapes and continuing the legacy.

Topics include:

• Jack has a lot of music in his house
• What format is your preferred for casual listening?
• The difference in vinyl pressing in the 80s and now
• Are you surprised about the recent vinyl revival?
• Jack found Waterfront Nirvana Bleach in Chile
• Jack’s vinyl story on quality control incident
• Did you participate in the lacquer cutting process?
• Jack’s tour of a vinyl pressing plant
• Quick discuss on TMoQ bootleg records
• Difference in mastering for vinyl and digital
• Discussion of the remaster of Soundgarden Ultramega OK
• Riding balance of preserving original mix in a modern remix
• Discussion of the Volume Wars
• Communicating about the remaster to the record cutting engineer
• Discussing receiving and reviewing vinyl test pressings
• Discussing the quality of coloured v black vinyl
• Remaster of Nirvana Bleach: What’s changed in the modern remaster v the original?
• Managing the decaying of master and multitrack tapes
• Jack’s process of baking tapes
• Knowledge of master tapes destroying in the Universal Music fire
• Nirvana’s Inutero tapes
• Jack’s role in the Nirvana universe
• Nirvana recordings: what else is left?
• Inspecting Jack’s Waterfront Nirvana Bleach
• Vinyl: Set Myself On Fire
• More Vinyl: 10 Minute Warning
• More Vinyl: Krist Novoselic - Butterfly Launched from Spar Pole
• More Vinyl: Sky Cries Mary
• Jack’s thoughts on the future of vinyl
• Has he ever considered throwing his vinyl away?
• Wrapping up the interview

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