Vintage shots from days gone by!

The car today.

 

Yes. Phil Spector is said to have developed his 'Wall Of Sound' studio technique on the Ronettes early recording sessions. Spector employed double and triple instrumentation lineups, like two and three complete drummers and drum sets, two or three bass players, five lead guitars, five saxophonists, etc, all playing the same parts. He would then run this through an echo chamber to give that thunder effect you hear, and BOOM!, you had the wall of sound.

Word is that he didn't like the multitracking that was becoming popular at the time. With multitracking, you could use one bass player to double and triple himself by laying a bass track, rewinding the tape, then have him play the same thing, accompanying himself by listening to his first track through headphones, on a new track. I guess that Spector didn't like this because you lose the fatness and studio presence that live players in the studio gives.

The basic nucleus of his studio orchestra was known as the 'Wrecking Crew.'

 

Certainly a Speedster for sure. The body and radiator shell are most likely home made or were perhaps an aftermarket kit.

 

The car on the left looks like a Packard and has a 41 plate, but the front dosen't look right. should have grills on each side of the radiator
? hood looks ok

 

Great tech info there, Automaclism! THANKS!!!

The Wrecking Crew was not a formal "band" but often worked together. Among the "regulars" were: Glen Campbell ( a prolific session player and one-time Beachboys sub before going solo); Larry Knechtel (session player with way too many credits to list, but a regular in the '70s mega-band, Bread); Leon Russell (session player & scored with Snuff Garrett for Gary Lewis, Glen Campbell and Joe Cocker, etc., before going solo); arranger/producer Jack Nitzsche (later with Neil Young & Crazy Horse); arranger/producer Sonny Bono (a proven songwriter, arranger and performer in his own right, even before Cher came along -- whom Sonny managed to stardom,BTW).

 

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Looks like maybe a '38 or '39?

 

I get the impression Bug was a common term, Deuce Daddy Don said his mother referred to such a car as a bug. Louis Ross' 1904 Lightning Bug may have been the first Bug and a subsequent nameless Stanley was quickly nicknamed Woggle-Bug prompting Stanley to try a couple of official names which didn't stick.





then almost 20 years later we have the Kissel Goldenbug

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woggle-Bug

 

With the curved pointy rear body work that would be a Torpedo Speedster
(They were made to be more aerodynamic - Just ignore the buldozer nose)

 

Been there, seen that. It's in the Forney Museum in Denver.

 

So, what year's the Mack?

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WWII era - Scrap drive truck picking up - Detroit MI area;

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Judy Garland on-set

 

Carole Lombard

 

Doris Day

 

Sidney Poitier and Ann Bancroft

 

Flushed with the success of the bullet-proof vest, they immediately moved on to test the bullet-proof hair pomade which was erm... less successful !

 

No problemo, Jimi. And I agree with you.....Sonny Bono never got the credit he deserved for his brains and creativity.

 

Thanks for a wild look into our not so distant past.

 

Same job:

 

Doris Day early B&W camel toe !!!

 

Mack is mid 40's I think