Making Records with Eric Valentine - Bob Margouleff on Stevie Wonder

[@RobertMargouleff]

Btw: the bass and horn unison part was actually written by Malcolm as I remember. Malcolm is an incredible Bass player.

[@gabrieleponticiello6842]

Mr. Margouleff, thank you for sharing your thoughts about the reality and the surreality of the making music process in the studio: priceless treasure!

[@michaelbeardmore5943]

I was honored to intern at Crystal Studios when Bob was the studio manager. He introduced me to my now love of bagals! Thanks Robert!

[@matiasruizoficial]

just insane

[@chrislink73]

the quality of content in these videos is off the damn charts. thank you so much! loved hearing about Tonto and Stevie's music and Bob's experiences.

[@noiseinthebasement8139]

Great video. Your enthusiasm for the material was obvious. Hey, it's Stevie, after all. Thanks, Eric!

[@simaojoseph]

It’s humbling and somehow reassuring; when you hear these stories, like the Malcom whispering lyrics and the big dead studio rooms, it builds confidence for go and do things your own personal way as long as it fits the purpose. I know I have been turned down on my ideas by teachers and colleagues so many times at audio school, most of the time based only on myths, just to find out later that your hero’s had done it just the way you thought. Or at least following their on MOTO and drive. Thank you mister Valentine.

[@spencerb2631]

The bit about Malcolm reciting the lyrics to Stevie while he played is amazing! Love hearing these kinds of stories, thank you for this episode Eric!

[@khaz606]

Wonderful to hear Bob Margouleff's take on recording Stevie. Hope you can get him in for longer interview. Let's hope YT and UMG keep this video up. I was lucky to catch your No One Knows video. I was hoping you'd do one for First He Giveth. Great channel. Love the Johnny Mercer theme. Can up please set up a channel on Bitchute too, they seem to understand fair use.

[@NURREDIN]

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[@gius_taakstudio]

this was a GREAT episode. bring it up ALGO!

[@LesonDeson]

The way you feel about this video and that multitrack is the way I feel about your videos and your productions, humbling and inspiring.

[@johnvcougar]

Oooh, I pricked my ears up at the mention of your recording stash! Totally beckons a series called "Eric's Stash". Very keen to hear more! Fantastic episode, fellow pea.

[@Ansid106]

Best Channel For Music Production by far!

[@sdanis]

Soooo awesome!! Thank you for sharing! 🙂

[@breakburrito]

Such a warm, smooth voice Stevie had! His feel on drums was badass too. What a beast. I'm going to tell singers to play the drum part first from now on.

[@Cookefan59]

This is a gold mine of a video. My childhood dream was to be an engineer on a Stevie Wonder recording. At 16 I had practically memorized the first edition of “Modern Recording Techniques” and was using the principles with my musician friends. I was also pretty good with electronics building speakers and amps from Radio Shack kits. This was just an incredibly enjoyable video. My boyhood engineering heroes were always Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margoulef. I really loved it when he mentioned the at Shure 58 mic which was my favorite mic when I was working with live bands in the mid 1970s. I was made very aware of them because I scoured the album covers over and over and would wonder who they were. It was a huge surprise to find them missing for the most part on “Songs In The Key of Life” project. I was very very disappointed in my musical idol Stevie Wonder, to find out how they were never compensated or even recognized properly for their huge contribution to those historic productions. In any case I truly really to me heart and soul enjoyed the hell outta this video. Thank you for going into the detail that you did for your production. If I could, I would ask about the engineering on my favorite track off of “Talking Book” album which is “I Believe When I Fall In Love” which still to this day blows my mind with its complexity, clarity and presence.

[@LAstudio8]

You channel is fantastic. Thanks!

[@fushpie]

Goosebumps when the main clav part was soloed!!! Thanks for an incredible interview. It would be great if you could get even more with Bob.

[@paulallen6849]

I listened to the multitracks of superstition at the neve factory in england. Amazing recording. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Awesome! Great insight into a legendary song.

[@samthesung4902]

Loved this more than i thought I would. I've played this song in a cover band more times than I can count. So I thought I had heard all of this that could be appreciated, and yet there's more.

[@dylankaminkow5411]

great video Eric! thanks again. always great to get an inside look into classics

[@bigkickleo]

LOVED this one, man!!! Keep 'em comin'!!! 🤘🏻🦁

[@henrikhansson1]

As usual, THANK YOU for doing this, Eric! You're the best!!!

[@MarshallBanananana]

Magnificent video! Let's hope it won't get taken down. BTW, U-HE Satin plugin might have the appropriate decoder for this, but I can't say for sure.

[@IKnokBeats]

So Tight!!!!!! What a learning experience, and things I learned.

[@amphlett7]

Listening to your mix made me want a full remix! Get the label to hire you for a remix project

[@omarchowdhury6992]

Amazing video as always Eric!!! I am loving all of these. Your insight and expertise is very much appreciated!!! Although I can imagine Stevie singing you are my sunshine in his beautiful way, I believe you meant to say you are the sunshine of my life ;-)

[@mrwev]

Haha! yeah "you are my sunshine" is definitely NOT on talking book :) Doah!

[@omarchowdhury6992]

MAKING RECORDS with ERIC VALENTINE that would be something else haha

[@mikedaviesuk]

What a vid, thanks so much Sir Valentine!

[@JeremyToy]

Also some of my favourite music. Fullfilingness First Finale is my absolute fav. Thank you for this insightful video.

[@jonautry3806]

Same!

[@MiguelVegMarques]

This is the first time I ever commented a KZbin video. I just want to thank you for the opportunity to watch this incredible piece of documented audio history.

[@juliussolovideo]

"Are you having fun?" How sweet Mr. Margouleff is! I´m crying and smiling at the same time. And surprised of the bass drum samba pattern in certain parts of the song as well! Never heard that before. Terrific content as usual, but in the warmest and sweetest way possible. Thank you Eric!

[@halashmore]

Eric, just found your channel. Fantastic. Amazing to hear the mistakes within each track. Especially, the horn section clam. BUT, I never noticed the mistakes as I had thought they were part of this iconic tune. Lesson learned, you don't always have to fix it in the mix. Cheers.

[@tommckeown6970]

Another great video. Thanks Eric!

[@christopher6673]

I'm blown away by the things he said, instantly made so much sense for the current project I'm dealing with. and your mix was totally badass too. Thanks for sharing!

[@jordanredroom]

This is amazing. Thank you Eric for these videos every week!

[@frankedge]

Hey Eric, many thanks for the deep insight into the history of music. This song is also one of my favorites and it is a nice reminder of a time when musicians were still allowed to be musicians and had all the time in the world to try out whatever they wanted. I'm looking forward to see more of this...

[@kamelhamlaoui9983]

Amazing documentary. History!!!

[@joelybarish4618]

Yet another stellar episode. I can't help but think your studio would've been more aptly named Sandalfoot though.

[@gwgw77]

That "era" where people knew what they were doing ... Indeed !!!

[@jimdavignon]

Great to hear your unbridled enthusiasm on this classic track. Thanks for an inside look at one of the best

[@Guitarist33764]

WOW! An incredibly useful video. Inspirational. Great conceptualizations. Game changing points of view and concepts. This one has a permanent place in my favorites.

[@johnraptis903]

Eric, you are seriously the man. Thanks for doing these videos! Awesome to see you geeking out and getting excited learning about how Bob did things (FYI - we geek out the same exact way learning about how you recorded some of our favorites!)

[@thechrisricci]

It must be pretty trippy to now own the studio where some of your favorite music was produced. Another great video. Thanks!

[@bluesnote1]

Eric & Bob - This was amazing. One of my favorite tracks of all times and I've tried to cop the clav part for many years and in so many bands - which I now know is impossible for one human to do. Thank you both for putting this out there it was so eye opening and entertaining!!

[@JoaoRelego]

Loved your mix! "Modernizing" records should be a thing.

[@foxytv4896]

Thank you ever so much for doing these videos!

[@livelikeus4980]

“Alright - but I only have ten minutes” Valentine: hold my beer.

[@arvik2735]

thanks! great insight into an amazing time

[@voluntarybutlertv]

Thanks so much for this Eric!!

[@doobz5655]

Superb Content and Analysis ! We must meet one day.

[@cocoliseo]

This is excellent stuff, Eric! Thanks for sharing it with us all. I love your channel.

[@monkeyxx]

Thank you for this "Dr. Valentine." I'm gonna spin the record now!

[@miguelluismusic4181]

digging this on a rainy sunday thanks eric

[@danivalles7638]

Oh man, Eric's Raw Mix sounds so HUGE it makes you rethink what are we doing wrong while arranging and recording a song. The only other time I listened a raw mix sounding so incredible was one song called Nobody Knows.

[@whatspadethinks]

Man, brilliant video. I subscribed and look forward to more. I can't tell you how much I appreciate another engineer/producer/musician getting palpably excited while demonstrating stuff. Too many cats on here look like their so done with it all or too cool for school; they'll interview some incredible person or they'll be in a beautiful studio with classic equipment and everything is just so perfunctory! When I hear music that truly moves me or if I see some incredible gear on display I get goosebumps, or my hair tingles on end and/or I'll start it to laugh because it's all just so cool . Just real emotion, and love for all things music. You obviously have that same type of passion brother, keep doing work...

[@TallerdelSebaRehbein]

those were the days, thank you guys ;)

[@jeffharmon2827]

This one is great. I love to hear about the history of Crystal. I think those custom console's they had there were fabulous.

[@TheMusicWiz]

Thanks for this! ...your enthusiasm is really contagious :) Love it!

[@lestudioproaudio]

Awesome video!! I remember the first time I heard this album and this song as a kid in 1974 which inspired me to pursue playing the drums and become a recording engineer. You should release your mix which sounds killer!! I would buy it!

[@thebrainrecordingstudios8976]

Holy shit! Thank you Eric, this was dope!

[@BottleneckMoses]

Brilliant - thank you again!

[@meshplates]

That was awesome! Loved that!

[@kiwimaccomboattack9765]

"Are you having fun? Yea this is one of my favorite songs! Oh ok.." lol .

[@espenandersen3138]

fantastic stuff - made my day :)

[@grimcharades213]

This was fantastic, thanks Eric!

[@TyboAudio]

Amazing stuff!! So inspiring 🙌

[@issiewizzie]

great analysis

[@cornerliston]

Great video. I believe Tonto is installed at Studio Bell/The National Music Centre in Calgary nowadays. Just realised that the last week when searching for other stuff. However I did not realise the history of Barefoot! : )

[@RobertMargouleff]

corner liston yes, Tonto is indeed inCalgary. It playable. Go and use it.

[@onecurbatatime]

soooo good. thanks ev!

[@Somebodysomewhere2]

you need to release your re mix version !

[@antoniorobbins6768]

That was incredible.

[@thaddeuscorea]

So great!

[@Journeymanlive]

then again brilliant ! I'm wondering if the sample delay on the duplicate kick track with crazy sub boost is for phase ? or just to push back in time the sub part. I have trouble hearing ( when I try it) how it is "better". anyway inspiring ! I'm rock so one drum mic right now. thanks

[@mrwev]

Its for both. Its spreads out the energy of the impact over time so it eats up less head room when it hits and also finds a sweet spot for the phase interaction between the 2

[@Journeymanlive]

@@mrwev very interesting trick thank you ! I think I'm holding a solid one-mic sound, M160 on Sonor Phonic Birch. keep it up Eric :)

[@chrismcwilliams2778]

So awesome..but if you get him back in there to talk to you can you ask him about Stevie as musician..especially as drummer and order of tracking parts..thanks for this

[@chrismcwilliams2778]

Also was Stevie using the joystick mentioned for the portamento?

[@chrismcwilliams2778]

Ive always wondered if he played acoustic bass on this or if it was all synths

[@chrismcwilliams2778]

Oh man those horns on the end hits!. DIDDLY DIDDLY DIT.. BUT not with the snare..!!!!

[@toddpurnick5848]

Damn, how amazing is this!

[@ericrobertsmusic]

Incredible!

[@claudius3124]

Hi! I'm a relatively new follower and I just want to say thank U for those amazing videos, especially this one which contains some invaluable stuff, really! Have a super nice day! ;-)

[@yarrowharvey819]

that was amazing!!!

[@EUGENELEONARD]

That was.fantastic....

[@Bcwilderness]

unreal, killer killer vid man, thats the sound jungle right there

[@Bcwilderness]

man havent stopped smiling this pisses everything on youtube, thanks eric these vids are giving music real value again, amazing

[@Richard_P_James]

Great to hear the original multitrack. Regarding Dolby, you can use the u-he Satin tape plugin to encode/decode (plus DBX and a few other iterations).

[@LegalDespotism2]

I have remnants of the originally purchased cork for The Crystal Treatment in the studio.

[@WarrenHenry]

Great video and a sly phone check by BM at 35:03😂

[@attherateofarobase]

Beautiful saturation on that vocal track

[@DavidHendersonMusicChannel]

Mind Blown!!! OMG!

[@drewleclair1281]

One of my favorites of yours. I can't help but wonder (and maybe someone already mentioned this), if the multitrack was transferred on a 16 track machine from the 24 tk tape....this would explain some of the down mixing phenomena, as well as the appearance of excessive bleed. Might also explain the clav "mult" situation. Maybe someone was in a rush to get the transfer in a pinch before getting caught...ha, just a thought.

[@therealjonwaters2571]

Brilliant!!!

[@larryboy1975]

How could someone dislike this, they must have clicked on the wrong video.

[@davewestner]

Great video man....you do a really good interview....way to keep things on track. Really interesting stuff. Thanks! I am likely wrong, but that mystery track sounds like it's in the mix 4 bars after the main clavs start, right after the snare fill. Would love to have these tracks in front of me to see if that is the case. My musical memory isn't good enough to A/B properly via YT vids. Looking forward to the next one!

[@davewestner]

and I swear I hear the cough in the left ear right before Stevie starts singing. Power of suggestion?

[@rawkinj6609]

I'm eating this stuff up!! Tks!

[@rocxNroll]

what does he says at 26:25? i cant understand

[@mrwev]

Bob says "It is as much music you can get on a 78 rpm record". Meaning 78 rpm records defined the standard pop song form.

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

hey eric, big fan! just wanted to say you can use u-he satin to decode various types of dolby and dbx noise reduction. all the best

[@mrwev]

I'll check that out!

[@taopagan]

super great!

[@bigkick1486]

Hello! Congratulations for the video, its amazing! I'm doing a research task for the College about Innervisions album by Stevie, so I need to know which equipment were used to make these records. Great part of these are mentioned on the video. But I would like to know if its possible, the console in which the songs are mixed and the acoustic piano model. Thanks a lot.

[@jjboogie1]

FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrKenward777]

Super cool!!

[@parachuteman4]

Jeff Beck tells a different story of superstition's origin. In the recent dvd bio-still on the run- he said that he was actually playing drums and Stevie came up with the riff. And then the track was recorded with Stevie playing drums. I will try to find the time point in the DVD. Another great video Eric. Bob is very cool

[@parachuteman4]

It is in the 4th chapter. Called Time to Wonder

[@RobertMargouleff]

Yes, Stevie originally wrote Superstition for Jeff Beck and then at the last minute decided to keep it for himself..

[@parachuteman4]

@@RobertMargouleff Thanks Robert!

[@RobertMargouleff]

parachuteman4 I honestly don’t remember the session clearly. 50 years ago. Heh🎯

[@jonoville]

Loved this a well. That mutitrack and Marvin Gaye's what's going on are what I load in pro tools after a bad day at the studio. It's just like talent pours off the tapes.

[@joelhisaw]

I'd be very interested to hear more about his experiments with binaural audio

[@larryboy1975]

This is really cool.