Jack Richardson produced albums by the Guess Who and had a hand in early Alice Cooper albums when he sent his protege, Bob Ezrin, to work with them.
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RIP Jack Richardson
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I was an assistant engineer at a studio outside Chicago in the early 80s. Jack came in to produce a vanity project for a wealthy friend of his. After the first keeper rhythm section take, he asked the engineer, my employer, to leader off the take as a keeper before continuing. My boss made a very sloppy leader edit, Jack inspected it, and fired him. Suddenly, I was promoted from assistant to engineer. Jack was very patient, clearly told me what he wanted and how he wanted it. He taught me the coolest method for cueing punch ins and outs... I learned a LOT about making records that week!
RIP and Thank you, Jack.
princeofdarkness56
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A legend.
What's a 'leader edit', and what was the cool method he shared for cueing a punch-in?
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Geoff
A leader edit is when you separate a keeper take/mix from the rest of the reel with plenty of white leader tape. It allows one to find desired takes easily, and to avoid recording over them by mistake.
Jack was under considerable time pressure to finish the project, and I was really just a beginner of an assistant: pretty intimidated by the whole deal. Jack said don't worry about making the punches, just hit the red button when I snap my fingers and hit the play button when I snap them again. He sat right next to me, snapped, and I punched. He knew what he wanted and I didn't blow a single punch. A great, patient guy and a great experience for me. /emoticons/default_wink.png