Blue Seas Saga: Pressure Drop Sessions

Here are some additional thoughts on Robert Palmer's Pressure Drop sessions at Blue Seas Recording Studios. You can check out the "Blue Seas Saga" in our current issue.

PHILL BROWN, ENGINEER ON  PRESSURE DROP ALBUM
 
On the studio [Hunt Valley]: "The 'live' room was not large but a great acoustic space and big enough for our lineup of drums, bass, percussion, two
guitars, various keyboards and a lead vocal. There were good mics and the desk was fantastic - a truly beautiful sound."
 
On the Pressure Drop sessions, "From Robert and my point of view we were all having a ball. A brilliant 'one-off' American band [Little Feat], some cool songs, Robert
singing live and singing his heart out. A wonderful studio, great food, humor, some good grass...What's not having a good time?"
 

STEVE SMITH, PRODUCER OF PRESSURE DROP
 
"Robert and I had a great time [in Baltimore] and loved it. At our hotel we met the guy that owned Head Sportswear who was Austrian and we would go sailing with him on his boat in the Chesapeake Bay every weekend drinking schnapps and listening to Beethoven's 9th at full blast. If you do that in a 30-mile tailwind at 12 at night, it can be quite exciting, especially the chorus at the end of the 9th. We both loved it."