On "Don't Stop..." in particular the production is awesome - just
listen to the percussion, for instance. In some ways the sound is
quite sparse, and there's a lot of space in the mix, but there's
really huge amounts going on. Look at the credits and you'll see it
took three percussionists to make it sound that way.
On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 12:54 PM, terrence grant wrote:
> I breathe an extra sigh of relief whenever I get around to a
> Quincy Jones
> produced track in a set, because I know without a doubt that the
> production
> will be top notch and the drumming will be tight. That man rocks
> my world.
>
>> From: icehouse@redshift.com
>> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 10:10:30 -0700
>> To: olaf@interactivelink.nl
>> Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>> Subject: Re Re Michael Jackson
>>
>> I am with you on that! I also use it a lot in my live sets
>> because I
>> usually drop a psuedo-disco set somewhere whenever I do parties
>> and the
>> attendees are older than 22 which they usually are for me! For all his
>> "eccentricities" Michael was certainly at the height of his
>> musical powers
>> during that part of his life and Quincy Jones, who I met a couple
>> of years
>> ago and talked to about this, regards those 2 albums as some of
>> his best
>> work as a producer. the musicianship on "Off the wall" is superb
>> and the
>> arrangements are excellent.
>>
>> leslie/The Power of Sound
>>
>> --
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>>
>> olaf@interactivelink.nl wrote:
>>> a month doesn't go by and i listen to off the wall..imho it's a
>>> classic
>>> album
>>>
>>> Olaf
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: John Book <johnbook9@yahoo.com>
>>> To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:57 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Michael Jackson
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- JSFact@aol.com wrote:
>>>>> << I will probably lose myself some street cred
>>>>> points here by
>>>>> mentioning the next one... Michael Jackson - Don't
>>>>> Stop Till You Get Enough
>>>>> ...isn't this just the perfect disco record? >>
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember when this was basically "underground"!
>>>>> It played fairly unnoticed
>>>>> in clubs for a year before people accepted the fact
>>>>> that little Michael
>>>>> Jackson had grown up, and with the help of Quincy
>>>>> Jones had done something
>>>>> quite remarkable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I was living in Honolulu, I remember this album
>>>> always being huge. There wasn't a day when I didn't
>>>> hear "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough", "Off The Wall",
>>>> or "Working Day And Night" and "Rock With You" on the
>>>> radio.
>>>>
>>>> p.e.a.c.e.
>>>> -John Book
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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