Although it wasn't recorded at EA, I'm sort of surprised nobody mentioned Bedhead's 4 song EP as it clearly states that it was recorded live to 2 track in the notes.

I did this a lot with my go-nowhere guitar + drums duo (I think we were going to be corny and call ourselves "Duel") with a guy named Ian Meyer playing the drums. It was really fun, and I learned a ton about my past mistakes by keeping things simple.

I put my amp behind his kit to keep the guitar from being so off-center in the stereo image, so it was a good thing Ian wore those doofy "Vic Firth" ear protectors when we practiced. He stopped hitting his drums really hard, and I think that's when I stopped having as much fun. I guess I'm a caveman or something.

We recorded in the old tubing mill where I work, and all of the weird reflections and rattles sounded cool in the rests and quiet spots. I'd love to do more recordings like this since it's so cheap and easy.

Bob Weston wrote:I did a live to stereo recording, but not at Electrical. It's on a Kahoots record; done at Semaphore.

bob

i listened to this album (red light) yesterday for the first time in a while. i still like it. we did 22 songs, in order, in 2 days. i would love to do another live to two track album but would probably want to have more like 4-5 days and do a few less songs. also probably do it in a studio where the drummer could be in a separate room from the everyone else but still have visual contact. the bleed coming through 4 vocal mics sounds a bit boom boxy at times. still, it's a great way to record and nothing can beat walking out of the studio after two days with the album totally done.


-elisha