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2:53 | | Performers |
Tom Petty (Vocal), Mike/Michael Campbell (6 String Guitars (Solos)), Mike/Michael Campbell (12 String Guitars (Solos)), Mike/Michael Campbell (Squeeze Box), Ron Blair (Electric Bass Guitar), Ron Blair (Acoustic Guitar), Stan Lynch (Drums), Stan Lynch (Vocal), Noah Shark (Maracas), Noah Shark (Beer Cans), Denny Cordell (Produced By), Noah Shark (Produced By), Noah Shark (Engineered By), Noah Shark (Mixed By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Max Reese (Engineered By), Max Reese (Mixed By) | | Comments | Recorded and mixed at: Shelter Studios, Hollywood, CA (Gone Gator Records/MCA Records) "It's funny how 'rock 'n' roll' comes up in the first two albums," Petty says. "Like we really felt we had to save it." He laughs. "To us it was this important thing that we thought was about to be lost. We wanted the phrase said. We always hated the phrase 'rock.' We always said we're in rock and roll. We liked the roll. That was where that came from, but it's really a juvenile song." This is the track on which the sound of Ron Blair's remote control helicopter was mixed in with Hollywood traffic, an arcade, and a ballgame to create a wall of ambient noise. "It really does work," Tom insists. "This huge bank of noise creates an atmosphere. You don't know what you're hearing. We did all that in one night." Stan Lynch asks to put in a word for the engineers: "Noah Shark and Max Reese were great. Really free, freaky wonderful guys that never produced records before but they sure as hell knew about rhythm, slapback echo, spacey trippy wonderful sounds. We were all broke and it was great. They were real cosmic characters, wonderful guys to run into. And they really loved records. I remember one of Noah Shark's favorite records was 'Godzilla' by Blue Oyster Cult. He just played that forever because the rhythm on it was so tight." | | Appears On | |
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