KLAATU TRACK FACTS

by John Woloschuk

Title of Work: Little Neutrino
Words By:
 Dee Long
Music By:
 Dee Long
Lead Vocal:
 Dee Long
Backup Vocals:
 n/a
Instrumentation:
Dee:
 acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizers
Terry:
 Drums, tympani, cymbal
John:
 synthesizer (vocal melody)

Recorded At:
 Toronto Sound Studios
Recording Period:
 October 1974 - September 1975 (mixed 06-Dec-1975)
Initial Release Date:
 August 1976 (3:47 E.S.T. album)
Remarks:
 On October 18, 1974 work commenced on this track. A single Gibson 12-string acoustic guitar was recorded using a very short and slightly detuned tape delay. This process was repeated a second time to "double-track" the 12-string guitar. All other instrumentation on the initial session was performed on a Moog Sonic V synthesizer which was used to emulate the sound of flutes, strings and bass.   

Virtually all of the sound effects heard on this track were created by producer Terry Brown using a combination of tape delays, plate echoes, and recording with the tape spooling backwards on the tape deck or varying the tape speed during recording.

The simulated vocal was produced by patching the sound of the Moog Sonic V synthesizer though an artificial larynx which Dee used to silently "mouth" the lyrics as John simultaneously played the corresponding melody on the synthesizer.

The original 16-track recording was transferred to 24-track tape format on March 27, 1975 at Sounds Interchange studios in Toronto, Canada.

KLAATU MULTI-TRACK INFO

Tape Format:
 16-Track recorded at 15 ips
Comments:
 Tracks #1 through #16 were transferred to 24-Track tape on March 27, 1975

Track #
                            
Track #
                            
1
 Space effects (intro)
 2
 Space effects (intro)
3
 Bass drum and cymbals
 4
 Space effects (intro)
5
 Acoustic 12-string #1 (Gibson)
 6
 Acoustic 12-string  #1 (detuned)
7
 Acoustic 12-string #2 (Gibson)
 8
 Acoustic 12-string  #2 (detuned)
9
 Synthesizer - flute
 10
 Synthesizer - flute
11
 Synthesizer - bass
 12
 Synthesizer - arpeggio
13
 Synthesizer - arpeggio octave higher
 14
 Synthesizer - choruses and strings
15
 Synthesizer - choruses and strings
 16
 Synthesizer - bass and climbing in end
17
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 18
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19
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 20
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21
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 22
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23
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 24
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