tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post4971366826214447115..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: September 1974: The Wall of SoundLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-35198623253084256942022-02-10T20:17:46.724-08:002022-02-10T20:17:46.724-08:00Not much new info in this piece, since it mainly r...Not much new info in this piece, since it mainly repeats text from the Dead's own technical blurb (also printed in their newsletter) for the benefit of English readers; so see that piece for more details. But this has a few extra comments from Rock Scully, including the road crew's role in checking the sound balance so the band didn't screw up their own mix. <br />Note that this sound system wasn't called the "Wall of Sound" yet; that didn't become the commonly used name for it til years later.<br /><br />The comment that the Beach Boys "used it and loved it" may have been a slight fib. (Maybe Scully was hoping in vain that other bands might adopt the Wall of Sound.)<br />The Beach Boys' road manager recalled the Oakland 6/8/74 show: <br />"I knew the Dead's crew already and they showed me the in and outs of the wall of sound concept. Amazing!! No monitor console, they each mixed their own monitors onstage! Which is why The Beach Boys had their own PA system. Our production manager didn't trust the concept of the wall of sound... After we did the set change, Owsley Stanley came up to me on the side of stage to ask me why the Beach Boys weren't using the wall of sound. He told me he had designed the PA himself and was a bit upset by our decision not to use it. I explained to him it was not my call."<br />http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-8-1974-oakland-coliseum-stadium.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com