Re: Nagra Tapes

On 28 Nov 2003 18:00:13 -0600, spot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>it is being a fly on the wall when they boys are making their music. 
>listening to a full 16 min. nagra roll of the beatles playing george's 
>something, or jamming on john's i want you. any of the music for that 
>matter. some of these rolls are just reaching our ears today. in 2003 
>what a thrill it is to hear something you have not heard before by the 
>beatles. not all of the rolls are from twickenham. from jan. 02 - 15 the 
>four beatles recorded at twickenham. then jan. 22 - 31 the get back 
>sessions moved to the apple studios. billy preston joins the band for 
>most of the nagra rolls from the apple sessions. there is a plot to the 
>sessions and the dialog is interesting but for me it is about hearing 
>all the different takes and workng versions of songs released and 
>unreleased. there are A rolls as well as B rolls. i wonder if there are 
>any rolls from the beatles emi sessions and if we will ever hear them.
>thanks for your post.
>
>Mike T. wrote:
>> Okay, be gentle here as this might be a dumb question
>> 
>> I know what a Nagra 1/4" recorder is. (I use a Nagra-T everyday.) What I
>> don't understand is that the booted material from these, so called, Nagra
>> rolls is the filmed Twickenham sessions. Why are these desirable from a
>> music point of view. They'd be mono, mainly 'guide tracks' and certainly not
>> worth much as a 'music' bootleg.
>>
>> Why are the Nagra rolls so coveted? Is it simply for dialogue and off camera
>> stuff.


There are A and B rolls going,and where they cross over for a few
minutes, someone has taken the time to sync them up together 
and  because they are from 
2 different microphones at 2 different spots in the same room, you get
stereo sound...and for a few minutes it sounds really good....

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