Salon@615-Glyn Johns

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[@allenf.5907]

What he's done and who he's worked with - beyond amazing.

[@mark9058]

I had read his book, but this was better. I like that he admits to 'not' liking certain acts and artists and is willing to be honest about his failings also. Makes him just like us, human.

[@moreheff]

I have seen a few of these interviews that he has done to promote his book, but I think this one is my favourite. What an interesting (for want of a better word) life this man has had and one of the most influential men in popular music history. But many people would not have a clue who he is. The man deserves a knighthood or something !!!

[@geraldjensen9399]

It's that "or something" which suggests the ineffable qualities, traits, skills, sensitivities which are necessary to listen and respond "correctly" to sounds so as to best capture and present as significant music, maybe?

[@joycej928]

Watching him jump in and orchestrate questions with the audience gives a feel of how dynamic and quick Glyn is in making things happen. Fantastic!

[@Historian212]

All I can say to Mr. Johns is: Thank you.

[@deanoppergoalieclinics834]

Jeff Beck playing with the Tridents right before he joined the Yardbirds,that story is worth the price of admission,Thanks Glyn Johns,great book too!

[@jackflash5659]

This man worked with the Stones, the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Small Faces, Steve Miller Band and countless other bands/artists. You don't get to engineer for great bands unless you have talent.

[@seltaeb3302]

Yup, that's why they employ him. You wouldn't have a bad gas boiler repairman would you, so you get the best.

[@geraldjensen9399]

@@seltaeb3302 yes bad gas could even turn beatles around

[@owenfreed700]

Well said

[@lemncurry]

Don't forget the Eagles, Bob Dylan,The Band and Eric Clapton (just to add a bit more weight in the scale of this man's legacy)

[@adrianrosenlund-hudson8789]

The young Glyn was possibly the coolest looking man on the planet 😎

[@damon6852]

Instant thumbs up with anything featuring Glyn!

[@peteolson6093]

Early Small Faces is just as heavy as the subsequent music of Led Zeppelin - kid you not. There was a precedent for Zep's sound.

[@missyounorm33]

Just listen to the Small Faces of You need Lovin - the old Blues song - Jimmy/ Robert stole the Lyric and Whole Lotta Love and bobs your uncle

[@johngore7744]

Absolutely. Listen to the Small Faces ‘ You need Loving’ ( Willie Dixon / Muddy Waters ‘You Need Love). Sound familiar ? Way before Zeppelin. That’s why Jimmy Page wanted Steve Marriott to be the lead singer for ‘The New Yardbirds ‘ but Marriott formed Humble Pie.

[@johngore7744]

@@missyounorm33 I just realized I said the same thing as you. Lol.

[@floydroadheroes]

I have seen a few interviews from this great man! He always comes across as humble and honestly forthright! A total legend I think! What a great life he has had in music! Lucky him, but he deserves it!

[@JohnnyHands]

If you watched The Beatles: Get Back in 2021, you'll remember Glyn Johns as the producer for them in the film (George Martin was on camera a few times, but wasn't really involved since they were rehearsing for a recorded live show, not a studio recording. CORRECTION: Martin was scheduled to produce the live show that never happened, just not the rehearsals.) Glyn is the one that's always in charge in the control room, and you see him often talking to the boys in the rehearsal space as well.

[@bradmodd7856]

Phil Spector did a great job with that album though in the end...I just listened to Glynn John's mixes and they were pretty flat compared to Phil's versions of the same songs....I guess the documentary didn't want to give the murderer screen time

[@allenf.5907]

He was key in the entire process. And offering input - to the Beatles.

[@pcnorthumberland]

@@bradmodd7856 Spector wasn't around when the filming was being done - he worked with the tapes much much later without most of the band knowing - they talk about that in this video - Glyn Johns (perhaps inevitably) hated what Spector did but so did Macca. Its a matter of teste obviously but I think Spector's work on Let It Be was bloody awful, though he did wonderful work with Lennon and Harrison. Purely IMHO

[@missyounorm33]

@@bradmodd7856 Phil Spector slathered his schlocky violins and ham handed orchestral crap - yea he murdered the Album first

[@reimereason]

I love this man. Brilliant mind.

[@tisbonus]

I could listen to this man talk ALL day. Glyn Johns is the master and the measure of what a true icon means. Absolutely fukn phenomenal!

[@seltaeb3302]

He's not an icon, c'mon, a bit OTT. An interesting guy with interesting stories. Here in Britain, we takes people as we see him. Too much hyperbole in your coffee😉.

[@60s70s80sMusicFan]

A Glynn Johns recording was always done with a great attention to detail and sound textures.For example, Glynn knows how to mic drums well and his cymbal sound is warm with detail- not shrill or over-enhanced. His recordings with the Stones, The Who, Who's Next is a classic example of how Glynn can record musical detail, range and texture. Glynn's brother Andy also worked on many great albums working with Glynn on Joan Armatrading's output. One of the best examples of Glynn's engineering capability is the Stones Lady Jane. This about how great that song sounds and how it sounds better than anything else recorded at that time. The detail recorded from Brian's guitar, Jagger's vocals. She Smiled Sweetly from Between The Buttons is another. The entire album is a great example of Glynn's work.

[@francoispedro3694]

Lady Jane? In the Aftermath album? That's not him but Dave Hassinger (Jefferson Airplane first album, the Electric Prunes...) 😉

[@geraldjensen9399]

Recording, wherein science meets soul. What an interesting and amusing interview. Kinks, Who, Beatles, Zeppelin. Listening to Charlie, and then Keith when he enters at the beginning of Honky Tonk Women, I always felt I was in the room. Thanks for this, well done.

[@simu6244]

He is dressed so much more casually than in the Peter Jackson Get Back film. :)

[@digger65uk]

What a marvellous interview, what an amazing book. Wat we would all do to have been in Glyns shoes.

[@FVDaudio]

Spectacular... Thanks for share it!!

[@keithjackman8886]

That Harmonica Player - Brian, was Brian Wyles and the band was called the Night Shift. After which Jeff joined the Yard Birds.

[@Gbhbbgvsbnjhhdchhb]

Thanks Keith! For a moment there I thought it was Brian Jones!

[@joepalooka2145]

His discussion of the difference between his method of recording, and the current way things are done, is absolutely fantastic! He's 100% right! The proof is in the results that Glyn Johns got on so many classic recordings. So much music today is canned digital crap where the emotional content doesn't exist like it should. The greatest recordings of all time going back to the very beginning, like Louis Armstrong and Big Biederbecke and Charlie Parker and all those fanatastic recordings----- is done in the manner that Glyn Johns is talking about. It's about the music and how the musicians play with each other, first and foremost.

[@robinmayhew1]

Hi Joe, Glyn was an old school chum of mine and when we formed our band The Presidents he had just started at IBC Studios and we would go up to London and he would experiment with us. In 1964 he produced our version of Candy Man for Decca who sadly passed it to Brian Poole leaving us to release it as a B side. We did a follow up which somehow got lost at Decca and has just been found in LA in June 2018 and has just been released. I managed to get all the band back together and make a video :kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZvGfHqZgpWFqsU Please spread the word : -) Ive know 'got back into music and made my own album CD Shallow and Deeper check it out at robinmayhew.co.uk along with unique recordings made when I worked with David Bowie and Lou Reed.

[@butterflymoon6368]

Dunno man. Modern production is quite sweet.

[@louissanderson719]

@@butterflymoon6368 yep. And very efficient. Analogue out board gear is still mainstream. It’s much rather mix with ProTools that do what they did

[@garygustin1717]

This is the best! Love this interview!

[@finch45lear]

Wonderful chat and the host was great.

[@geraldjensen9399]

Yes, Paul K was a gas.

[@darthcheney7447]

Wow. Any of his stories could be a freaking movie.

[@mahatmacote6478]

It can not be a strange coincidence that it seemsI have liked practically everything Glyn has been involved in. Agreed regarding computer production, but then I am convinced vinyl spanks digital into a tin cup.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

I grew up with vinyl, but cd's were better.

[@mahatmacote6478]

@@lucasoheyze4597 better to carry and play in a car, but little more than that

[@lovbladkarl-olof3975]

Glyn Johns is fabulous

[@srwaite7]

Great interview! Thank you!

[@michaelbutler5013]

I just Noticed the Year Here 2015, I got to Meet Pete Townshend Again that Year in May, And even through seeing THE WHO in 2019 - With VIP Passes - 2015 Stands as the Most Recent time Seeing Him. Love Listening to Glyn's Story...So Much...Much I didn't know at all nor had a Clue.

[@GOGOLH]

Now we know why the Stones' first LP sounded so good.

[@m.mueller3161]

Glyn Johns produced their first session, not their first LP. 5 songs that haven't been released until 2012. Road Runner, Diddley Daddy, I Want To Be Loved (1st version), Baby What's Wrong and Bright Lights Big City. None of them have been included on The Rolling Stones Debut LP, which was produced by Andrew Oldham and Eric Easton. Glyn Johns produced lots of later Rolling Stones sessions.

[@mns8732]

I love it when the English believe and speak like they own the world.

[@bobburroughs6241]

Bought the classic Steve Miller album 'Sailor' in '68, engineered by Glyn.

[@bagoodale]

This is great!!!

[@aquamarine99911]

Talk about a guy being at ground zero. I collected a lot of late sixties and early 70's albums in my youth, and I'd see this guy's name on the record jacket over and over. And now, 30 to 50 years later, we can easily learn about the man behind the name. One of the advantages of living today. Believe me, back in the day we couldn't access clips of Deep Purple playing in Sweden or the Beatles playing Japan.

[@terrythekittieful]

Exactly, I've loved Deep Purple's version of 'Hush' for years and only a couple of months ago saw for the first time the video they made for that with Jon Lord looning around and the lead singer diving into the pool...it was priceless. And video gems like that are turning up all the time.

[@rca88]

32:58 "The more opportunities you get to postpone making a decision, the worse it gets, and the longer it takes."

[@robinmayhew1]

Glyn's first band The Presidents also recorded a follow up to Candy Man which was lost but found in 2018 in Los Angeles and I got the band back together - here's a link kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZvGfHqZgpWFqsU

[@Twotontessie]

This is fxcking awesome.

[@marcdesisto3811]

Loved it.

[@lowellprescott]

37:59 Beatles and Get Back/Let It Be

[@davidjones7544]

He wasn't an engineer. He was THE engineer.

[@ianmcdanielmusic]

super gem at 32:30 all in the brain. move quickly and make a choice

[@ianmcdanielmusic]

another at 36:00 about live tracking

[@debbieramsey-hanks3757]

Thank you

[@JamesBond-lq7bs]

18:05 they really should have toured the states, would have gone down a storm!

[@youjoker9647]

Totally. What a fantastic band.

[@familydogg1234]

So much info on the bands and artists we Love. There was another long interview by Glyn John's over an hour long which I can't seem to find. He talks alot in detail about IBC studios - anyone able to send me the info on ? Title?? I could be wrong I actually fell asleep after 12 . Desperately seeking. Lol thanx

[@mnbv990]

That was great.

[@nondeblah]

Who's the interviewer? This is more gold!

[@user-gl5kj1fm5x]

Paul Kennerly's story is quite interesting in its own way - married to Emylou Harris wrote a truck load of material that all kinds of people recorded from Emylou Harris to Ray Charles to Albert Lee and many others

[@Saybleu]

All the great music, I mean the "greats" come from Britain.

[@Twotontessie]

How do tame and focus Keith Moon? Amazing.

[@modspell]

Don't you love how the Brits fold their legs?

[@thekitowl]

Think you’ll find Joe Meek was an engineer who went on to production before Glyn.

[@user-gl5kj1fm5x]

Not sure what Joe Meek''s position was (production/sound engineer also i think owned the studio/business) but he was in the industry very early with Lord Such and Richie Blackmore and others in the British scene he was a lot older then the John's, Kramer's etc

[@thekitowl]

@@user-gl5kj1fm5x Meek was an engineer at Landsdown studios before starting up on his own at 304 Holloway Rd, a flat he converted into a studio. This is where he made his hits , Johnny remember me, have I the right, Telstar etc.

[@tyronerodgers]

He starts talking about the Get Back sessions from the 38:05 mark

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Thanks. But Im far more interested in hearing about Led Zeppelin.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Glynis is best in the studio

[@kayowen6375]

I read that the small faces and humble pie always wanted Glyn so with Marriott one of the best vocalist they couldn't go wrong

[@johngore7744]

Steve Marriott was Jimmy Pages first choice for ‘The New Yardbirds’ but Steve formed Humble Pie with Peter Frampton also on guitar.

[@tw364]

The best producer, period. I'd love to have seen Glyn run a Steely Dan session with all their pretentiousness and 18 different drummers. John's would blow shit on that studio rat crap.

[@regaltip8A]

Man I wouldn't wish Glyn to put up with the pompous Fagen and Becker. Love their music but as people they are smartarses

[@TheNaturalust]

Hahahaha....dude that is funny.

[@Chinawest1]

I read in a book somewhere that Andy replaced Glyn as an engineer working with Jimmy Miller, when his big brother was promoted to "Produce" The Eagles. Wikipages need to be edited I guess. Can anyone correct these details of the best ears in the biz...? Thanks

[@krisscanlon4051]

Yes I feel that is correct and will stand by that assessment. Andy took over engineer duties for his brother in service of Miller's productions. Island and Olympic were their studios as well. Richard Digby Smith 2nd engineer on those Miller cuts.

[@bonhzeppelin9882]

26:34 - 29:32 Led Zeppelin (brief retrospective).

[@saleconomos473]

Too brief for me. Wish he'd given a bit more info on his later time working with them.

[@tomcarl8021]

You Zeppelin super-fans are pathetic. They are the only band that ever existed in your minds. Instead of listening and appreciating this man's extraordinary career, you pinpoint and put the minutes up of precisely when he's talking about Led Zeppelin. You are exactly the idiot who spends hours and hours arguing with people that John Bonham is the greatest drummer in rock history as if he's an athlete. Fuck you.

[@butterflymoon6368]

@@tomcarl8021 wow. You need to chill out. People love their bands. So what? They're being positive. Why be a downer?

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Tom Carl, Far more Beatles fans have time stamped his Beatles discussion. You going to whine about them now? 😂

[@Gardosunron]

This guy is really funny as well as a great raconteur. What's up with the audience ? Is there an audience?

[@Frip36]

Maybe they got sick of hearing a guy say boring things about himself as if they were super interesting.

[@youjoker9647]

@@Frip36 he's talking about his experiences without giving away too much of the book. Don't listen to it if you don't like it. Weirdo

[@demonrouge3338]

I love Glyn and the interviewer is doing a fine job despite his inexperience but the interviewers mic is at one level Glyn’s is at another and the audiences is at another. I cannot find the balance on my headphones that won’t blow my head off every 10 seconds. It goes without saying Glen has nothing to do with the engineering of this interview.

[@seltaeb3302]

Well set it too mono.

[@shyrenegade]

He is right about computers ruining music. But as a musician, especially if you make rock or pop you can’t really release “uncorrected” music because the masses are too used to perfect recordings and they consider you amateur if you leave the human mistake in the recording. Maybe if everyone would stop correcting mistakes we could go back to “human” music.

[@raugil1mx]

Those "errors" could drive music to something unique and special which nowadays is lost in most modern music

[@pedroV2003]

Humble Pie boring?!! Not sure I can agree.

[@montysonful]

No audience mic. Good technique.

[@krisscanlon4051]

You want to record au naturel and capture the essence of the artist then Glyn is your man. Glyn was a sound photographer in essence. There is a large difference tween Zeppelin and Joan Armatrading and all acts in between. His Get Back is not the audio schlock Spector let it become.

[@butterflymoon6368]

What? Why the fk did you bring Joan armatrading into it? Leave her alone.

[@msmith2016]

So ironic that the audio for this is so bad. Next time, use omni lavs folks.

[@user-rg2sw1qq5x]

….and he had great style. Not as good as Clapton, but he was quite busy in the 60s and 70s.

[@missyounorm33]

Interview was around 2012 I think. Someone check me

[@simonschreyer4559]

35:15

[@tylerthompson1842]

He was the dude

[@clearfield2009]

when was this interview? why does nobody ever post the dates????????????

[@davesmith9070]

The question and ego session what a git shutting down that guy who asked about fazing

[@Frip36]

at what point?

[@catvalleyrecords8619]

He had already answered that in depth during the talk

[@TheGARCK]

Legend.

[@mayfield6209]

What is the man's name conducting the interview?

[@glitter-lk5dz]

0:12

[@padraiggillon]

17:49 Small Faces!

[@scottgunvaldsonmusic4116]

The interviewer sounds like Treebeard from Lord of the Rings.

[@joeserin9593]

The one person he didn't pan was Phil Spector. Phil Spector was more than washed up at that point.

[@norbertk9595]

He did say that the relationship between Lennon and Spector was a "really, REAlly strange combination of people," that Spector "puked all over" Johns' recordings, and that Let it Be is "just an awful, awful" recording.

[@danandersen813]

some people have a dreamlife,working in a studio,at the time where the best musicians played.Others must bite in a big apple,full of maggots!Im referrng,off course to my own life and not in New York.

[@butterflymoon6368]

Learn gratitude Dan.

[@danandersen813]

And,my good friend,its from two years ago,and then i felt much worse than i do now,even though i have my ups and downs still,thanks for your comment,my good pal!

[@danandersen813]

So ill try to take your advice and feel gratitude.The Dan that lived for two years ago,i actually dont know anymore.

[@danandersen813]

Butterfly moon, why don't you ask you tube to stop your comment to a answered nice comment from me, why do you like to still send a comment I've answered to nicely and positively, why does it go on? My comment was two years old, and still you get your advice to me up, as if I didn't answer I'd follow your advice. Then who is responsible for sending your comment still, when I have answered you!

[@danandersen813]

Butterfly moon, why do you go on bitch in around, one tends to get tired of you.

[@Thatmaninrio]

Not drunk, interviewer has just had too much clotted cream..

[@youjoker9647]

😂. Valium hangover....

[@jthunders]

That devon clotted cream is some heavy shit

[@nigelbarker8726]

When the interviewer and interviewee are mates......

[@billcobbett9259]

Surprised at Glyn letting them mike him up like that.

[@youjoker9647]

Yes, the sound is so up and down.

[@tomcoryell]

It bothers me a bit that I’m listening to an interview with an audio genius and the rustling of the mic is driving me crazy.....

[@youjoker9647]

Great interview but is the interviewer pissed or on Valium!?

[@The4preston]

Brilliant producer. But his praise for the Eagles? "Man, come on. I had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles man!"

[@silverapples75]

Ironically his mic is really badly positioned...! 😂

[@lamper2]

GLYN'S LET IT BE IS NOT GOOD

[@butterflymoon6368]

Let it be is not good at all. Their least good album.

[@angelicagonzalez151]

The only think that i don't like s bout her book is that got me the impression he jugzge people for first sight for example when the singers are shy she just not sure to work with them and sometimes like he said is very acerbic

[@peteryoungpeteryoung965]

The interviewer sounds drunk, there is no need for him, John's loves talking about himself and took over the interview.

[@kilkaserco]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJmbdISImtd1jKM :)

[@Frip36]

God, I hate when people qualify everything they're about to say 3 times before they get to the meat of it!

[@youjoker9647]

It's a form of palilalia

[@jonathonlee9081]

audio from 'lapel' mic. appalling. put on lapel of jacket next time

[@ZAPN2525]

audio sux

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Unlike a Hezbollah rocket the music Johns engineered and produced never killed innocent civilians. The host, in his intro, apparently thought he was being clever and humorous but ultimately and unnecessarily injected his own bias into the format.

[@urs-wernermerkli3035]

No boring record he ever did

[@youjoker9647]

Whilst I agree to a certain amount ie why not say 'A sound like Israeli phosphorus bombs blowing up' Hesbollah bombs/rockets do kill the odd innocent person.. Israeli kill far more innocent people. Prefer if no innocent people were killed or targeted. Must say though, it was a very odd analogy to mention Hesbollah?

[@butterflymoon6368]

Why are you talking politics?

[@charleswinokoor6023]

@@butterflymoon6368 Why are you talking shit?

[@4425evergreen]

Glyn Johns set the standard but this interview sucks