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re: Jim's involvement in Bat 3?

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Rob 06:18 pm UTC 04/15/08
In reply to: re: Jim's involvement in Bat 3? - daveake 07:24 pm UTC 04/14/08

I got the impression that it was partly due to Meat not being willing to wait for Jim (which, given Jim's fabulously lengthy timescales, I can kinda understand).

But yes, with Jim calling the shots Bat 3 could still have been an excellent album.

> If it would have been on Jim's terms - with Jim in charge,
> using musicians of his choice, insisting on Meat repeating
> the damn vocals till he gets it right, etc etc., then yes
> it would have been a top-notch product. Personally I
> doubt that was the option otherwise surely Jim would have
> taken the job?
>
> Dave
>
> > Difference is with Bat 3 Jim would have effectively been
> > in charge (day to day), and no doubt produced a top-notch
> > product (or better than the Bat 3 we did get), whereas
> > with DOTV it appears Jim was treated as just the
> > 'hired-help', and Sonnenberg & Crawford were the clowns
> > running the circus.
> >
> > > > ... and yet Jim appears to have been the
> > > > one to back away?
> > >
> > > Maybe because, post DotV, Jim had learnt how to avoid a
> > > train wreck before it's too late?
> > >
> > > Dave


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