Gil Evans wrote a number of large-ensemble arrangements in the late fifties and early sixties intended for recording sessions only.

As the two couples began supporting each other during recording sessions, the sound of the girls ' voices convinced the songwriters to model their ' group ' on the like of MOR acts Blue Mink, Middle of the Road and The Sweet.

In April / May 2007, Andersson worked on the film soundtrack, re-recording the old ABBA songs with musicians from the old ABBA recording sessions.

They went to Nashville for three recording sessions with producer Owen Bradley.

They were also to be his last formal recording studio sessions.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

Following the recording sessions with Tim, Neil began writing and recording a third Crowded House album with Hester and Seymour, but these tracks were rejected by the record company, so Neil asked Tim if Crowded House could use the Finn songs.

Atkins began working on recording sessions, performing on WSM-AM and the Opry.

His love for numerous styles of music can be traced from his early recording of stride-pianist James P. Johnson's " Johnson Rag ," all the way to the rock stylings of Eric Johnson, an invited guest on Atkins's recording sessions who, when Chet attempted to copy his influential rocker " Cliffs of Dover ," led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of " Londonderry Air ( Danny Boy ).

The track " Long May You Run " is a different mix to that found on the album of the same name, featuring the harmonies of the full Crosby Stills & Nash before David Crosby and Graham Nash left the recording sessions.

The fruit of the Philadelphia recording sessions was Young Americans ( 1975 ).

In 1981, Devo contributed a cover of " Workin ' in the Coal Mine ," recording during the Freedom of Choice sessions, to the film Heavy Metal.

Recording sessions for Sweetheart of the Rodeo commenced at Columbia Records ' recording studios in the Music Row area of Nashville on March 9, 1968.

He was initially reluctant because he thought the recording sessions would be too much trouble.

During primitive recording sessions in the garage, Berry served as producer and arranger, and experimented with multi-part vocal arrangements ( five years before he started working professionally with Brian Wilson )

However, Townshend attributed the cause to years of headphone use during recording sessions.

However, when recording sessions began Atlantic wanted more of a rock sound and didn't initially like " Cowboy ," " Devil Without A Cause " and " Only God Knows Why.

After auditioning " Monday Morning Blues " at his home, he took part in two recording sessions, in Memphis and New York City ( see Discography below ).

In these early years, recording sessions where Davis was the leader were the exception rather than the rule ; his next date as leader would not come until 1947.

A contract with Capitol Records granted the nonet several recording sessions between January 1949 and April 1950.

The most important Prestige recordings of this period ( Dig, Blue Haze, Bags ' Groove, Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants, and Walkin ') originated mostly from recording sessions in 1951 and 1954, after Davis ' recovery from his addiction.

Before leaving Prestige, however, Davis had to fulfill his obligations during two days of recording sessions in 1956.

Similarly, although The Beatles ' productions were credited to George Martin throughout their recording career, many sources now attest that Lennon and McCartney in particular had an increasing influence on the production process as the group's career progressed, and especially after the band retired from touring in 1966.

As the 1960s progressed, Chess's recording enterprise branched out into other genres including gospel, traditional jazz, spoken word, comedy, and more.

As the year progressed, Ballard frequently missed public appearances ; and sometimes missed recording sessions as well.

During the recording of the album, her cancer progressed to the point that she was in a great deal of pain.

Numerous musicians of various musical genres began recording Paxton's songs as the 1960s progressed.

As recording progressed, " Yellow " was one of a couple of songs that they " couldn't quite get on analogue ".

He started his musical education with Piano lessons but soon got bored and progressed onto violin lessons and church choirs and made his first theremin at age eleven, and first began recording songs with his violin, voice, and car boot sale organs on a four-track tape recorder at age twelve.

As the recording sessions on the new album progressed, U2 decided they would not be ready to finish their album for the mid-year production deadline, and pushed back the release date by several months.

While convalescing in his Virginia home he wrote a book recording his prison experiences and escape, entitled: They Shall Not Have Me Published originally in ( Helion's ) English by Dutton & Co. of New York, in 1943, the book was received by the press as a work of astonishing literary power and one of the most realistic accounts of World War 2, from the French side.

special equipment required for registering respiration and for recording the contraction of smooth muscles under various conditions was developed by the Instruments Section ( Victor Jackman, W. C. Barnes, J. F. Reiss ) ; ;

In all of this extensive and expensive effort, the camera was downgraded to the status of recording instrument for art work produced elsewhere by the actor or by the author.

It was about that time, a board member said later, that Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., State superintendent of schools, told Dr. Jenkins and a number of other education officials that he would not talk to them with a recording machine sitting in front of him.

The very first recording was made for RCA Victor in 1929 with Nathaniel Shilkret conducting the Victor Symphony Orchestra, drawn from members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Gershwin was on hand to " supervise " the recording ; however, Shilkret was reported to be in charge and eventually asked the composer to leave the recording studio.

Then, a little later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief celesta solo during the slow section, so he hastily asked Gershwin if he might play the solo ; Gershwin said he could and so he briefly participated in the actual recording.

He compares this to the work of the historian Thucydides, who found it difficult recording speeches verbatim but instead had the speakers say what he felt was appropriate for them to say on the occasion while adhering as much as possible to the general sense.

DiFranco was one of the first independent artists to own her own label, which has allowed her a considerable degree of creative freedom over the years, including, for example, providing all instrumentals and vocals and recording the album herself at her home on an analog 8-track reel to reel, and handling much of the artwork and packaging design for her 2004 album Educated Guess.

This effect is now done electronically using DSP, but originally the effect was created by playing the same recording on two synchronized tape players, and then mixing the signals together.

During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

He played it over the phone, and she was offered a recording contract, five weeks before her 16th birthday.

A soundtrack recording was released on LP, and a DVD release was issued in June 2007.

The concert was recorded by Columbia Records, preserving for the first time musical passages and numbers not included on the original Broadway cast recording.

It was recorded for the original Broadway cast recording but not included on the LP release ; it was reinstated on a later CD release.

Unfortunately, the drawings are long gone ; no recording was made.

An English-language version, simply titled Kristina, was staged in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City for two nights in September 2009, yielding a live recording, and at the Royal Albert Hall for one night in April 2010.

The song was originally written for movie and recording star Divine, who was unable to record the song before his death in 1988.

In the liner notes to Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection, Billy Altman notes that " Peggy Sue " was originally written as " Cindy Lou " ( after Holly's niece ), but Holly changed it prior to recording as a tip of the hat to Crickets drummer Jerry Allison's girlfriend, Peggy Sue Gerron.