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Marvello 01:01 am UTC 09/27/08 |
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re: well I heard... - Willis 11:04 pm UTC 09/26/08 |
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If i can remember, wasn't there some to do about Jim not liking the decor and wanting some new carpet installed.
Although no finished recordings exist i do find a vague familiarity with some of the sounds and ideas on it.
The irony of course is the album was HYSTERIA which bcame a mega seller.
> ...that Jim wasted a lot of studio time just recording one
> guitar track and the Leps were afraid that the album would
> take forever to complete. A valid argument when dealing
> with a Jim project. They gave him the boot. And there was
> something about a helicopter too...
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> > The whole story is posted somewhere on this site, I
> > believe. I thought it was pretty funny. I used to love
> > the Leppard, but after reading what Jim said about Joe
> > Elliott and Police Academy III, I've never been able to
> > look at them quite the same again LOL
> >
> > > I recall that Jim wanted their sound to be more live and
> > > wanted to record tracks more than 3 or 4 notes at a time
> > > which was the method Mutt lange had used on their previous
> > > album/s. There was also mention of lots of record company
> > > and studio interference in the whole thingI don't think
> > > Jim was impressed by their intelligence and lack of
> > > interest in culture. It did lead to a story that Jim hired
> > > a taxi to drive to Paris. Wasn't this covered in the UK
> > > press (NME or Melody Maker) around the time of the release
> > > of Original Sin
> > >
> > > > He was producing their album. It was not because he
> > > > didn't fit their style. They just all didn't get along.
> > > >
> > > > > that Jim was producing an album for Def Leppard in the
> > > > > mid/late 80s, but got fired by them cause they didnt like
> > > > > his style?
> > > > >
> > > > > rumour or fact?
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