"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Iain Churches wrote:
No. It's not a room, but a *very* contrived tape repeat with reverb
added to it. This became part of the very distinctive Bostic R+B
sound.

Using a tape delay to feed a reverb plate was common practice in TV in
the '60s and '70s before digital reverb units become the norm.

The track being discussed here, Earl Bostic's recording of Flamingo was
made in 1951, there were no reverb plates then.

Perhaps then you would explained where the 'reverb' came from?

I did just that, in an earlier post, in which I described the effect
as "contrived", I wrote:

+++ No. It's not a room, but a *very* contrived tape repeat with
reverb added to it. This became part of the very distinctive
Bostic R+B sound. The record was recorded in early 1950s,
and the effect made, it seems, with an Ampex 300 and a
Hammond spring reverb Proper plate reverbs like the
EMT 140 didn't appear until later. +++

Before plates, the common way was an 'echo room' with speaker and
microphone. But you've stated it was not a room.

No, not a room. The way this effect (something quite new at the time)
was put together is well documented because later when Arthur Bannister
was planning a recording with Lord Rockingham's X1 for Decca, he
contacted the engineer, then retired, at King Records and discussed
the technique at length with him.



Cheers
Iain




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