Ep439: Jack Douglas - Producer Part 1
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Jack Douglas has worked with hundreds of artists including Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, The Who, Alice Cooper and produced John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Double Fantasy". Today Jack shares stories and memories of those artists as well as his recent production of Silverplanes' "Airbus" album.
Starting up w Jack
Getting involved in Silverplanes
Geoff Emerick’s final album mix
Silverplanes “Airbus” LP held back for 5 years
New record labels – Make Records and Confidential Records
Jack’s production involvement with Silverplanes
Jack’s early career – working with The Who on “Who’s Next”
How Jack works with eccentric creative people
Getting the best performance from creative people
John Lennon was the easiest creative person Jack worked with
Recollections of the “Fame” session with John Lennon and David Bowie
John’s reaction to the Aerosmith cover of “Come Together”
Working with George Martin in London
Working on “Grow Old With Me” with Ringo
The John Lennon demo tapes for Double Fantasy
What was John hoping to accomplish with Double Fantasy
Cheap Trick was originally considered as the backup band for John Lennon
Earl Slick was the wildcard of the “Double Fantasy” sessions
The end segment and dreamscape on “Watching the Wheels”
John tells Jack why he selected him to produce “Double Fantasy”
Ensuring Yoko’s tracks were more commercially viable than past works
The secrecy around the “Double Fantasy” sessions
What was John’s record collection like in The Dakota?
John listened to rap, reggae and was curious about punk
The New York Dolls recording sessions
Connecting up with Aerosmith
John was aware of Aerosmith
The recording of “Double Fantasy”
Making Quadraphonic mixes of Aerosmith and other artists
Sequencing records for the constraints of vinyl
John’s final session was the final mix of “Walking on Thin Ice”
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