TOT Dolly Parton at Glastonbury

[Bill]

In message , Andy Burns writes

Sad, though, because it implies she is now being mixed as a pop performer rather than country. That, plus the guest ego-guitar player.

Buck Owens was known for having demanded the removal of drum screens on a BBC show maybe 30 years ago because he wanted the whole band to be able to hear each other.

It would be interesting to know how the Dolly sound got separated from the vision so as to make it look like miming.

Did anyone hear the absolutely dire live thing of Wet Wet Wet at the Commonwealth Games on the Ken Bruce show the other week? There was so much overall compression that the sound was almost turned inside out, and utterly unlistenable.

[The Natural Philosopher]

The amazing thing is that they get connected at all. Totally different feeds.

[Bill]

But isn't there still something like timecode to sync them all up again?

[stuart noble]

The real stars don't mind spending a bit on the band. I'm not fond of country, but those guys were good. Doesn't half make a difference

[Nightjar]

Sue Menhenick was in Pan's People, Ruby Flipper and Legs & Co.

[Jabba]

ARW wrote

If she get's 'em out, it will probably for the gurlies - if the rumours are true.

[bert]

In message , ARW writes

Did anybody ask her to?

[ARW]

It would have been rude not to.

[Andy Burns]

It's the tattoos on her tatas she wants to keep under wraps, apparently.

[JimK]

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If she get's 'em out, it will probably for the gurlies - if the rumours are true/q

If she did what are the odds they could be put away again? :-)

Jim K

[Jabba]

JimK wrote

I think she can still touch her knees.

[Jabba]

The Natural Philosopher wrote

Would that be Left Tit & Right Tit ?

[Bob Eager]

Especially the one that lived next door to me...

[Malcolm Race]

[The Medway Handyman]

There is a Youtube video of Squeeze on TOTP. They were told they had to mime, so they all swapped instruments. Jules Holland on drums, Tilbrook on keyboards etc.

[John Williamson]

[stuart noble]

[Dave Plowman (News)]

In article , Nightjar > Acoustic screens to help prevent him 'spilling' on other mics.

I don't think an onstage drum kit on TOTP was ever live. Despite having mics around it for 'looks'. Usually have pads over the drums so the drummer can look like he's playing. (Backing track pre-recorded)

Depending on when exactly, vocals may have been live or mimed. Changed over the years. Early TOPT did have a live band (Johnny Pearson) providing the backing, but that wasn't usually featured 'in shot' so could use normal screens. Even earlier TOTP were mimed to the actual records.

At one time a featured on stage band was part of many TV shows. Even something like the Des O'Connor show on Thames which was basically a chat show. It's on that sort of thing you'd see - (or not since the idea was to make them less visible) clear plastic acoustic screens. Drums tend to be situated at the back of a band, so spill onto the mics at the front pointing towards them. And are more difficult to play quietly, as it were.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You are wrong there. It changed from miming to the actual records, to totally live, to miming to a specially recorded track, to singing live to a backing track and any combination of the above, depending on when.

It may well have been mimed on the occasion(s) you were there.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Trouble with that and using cardiod mics (perhaps the most common for a band) is the mics at the front are pointing at the drums. They would therefore be better at the front, if that is the object.

Drums are often the loudest thing in a band - so positioning them at the back and high may help the 'overall' balance as heard by the audience or whatever. Which can be very different from the multi-miked 'recorded' sound.