Title: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Johnny Robbo on July 15, 2016, 06:19:32 AM
Post by: Johnny Robbo on July 15, 2016, 06:19:32 AM
Kenny suggested this one & I thought it would be a cool song to cover. As always he did a sterling job on the vocals... cheers Kenny!
All the usual suspects involved in this one:
Drums - Cakewalk Studio Instruments "Slight Beef" kit (with Tiled Room reverb)
Bass - eBay no-name special into a bass preset I created on the Tonelab & a little compression in the mix
Clean & dirty rhythm guitars - tele recorded dry through the Tonelab (Dumble model for Clean; Soldano model for the crunch), double tracked L/R & a little Tiled Room reverb.
Slide guitar - tele through the Soldano setting again with a little slapback delay & Tiled Room added in the mix.
Then I added a little compression & EQ to Kenny's vocal parts & that was it. Finally it got a wash through the LANDR mastering service to add a little more polish & "oomph". I've mentioned this before & if you've never tried it, here's the un-mastered version for comparison:
http://geetarjohnny.fileburst.com/attachments/Waterloo%20Sunset%20(unmastered).mp3 (http://geetarjohnny.fileburst.com/attachments/Waterloo%20Sunset%20(unmastered).mp3)
I wouldn't describe myself as a big Kinks fan, but I really enjoyed doing this one!
Thanks for listening!
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Hook on July 15, 2016, 07:54:57 AM
Post by: Hook on July 15, 2016, 07:54:57 AM
Excellent job with this one, Kenny's vocal is awesome and of course the backer is really spot on.
Rock on!
Rock on!
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Farrell Jackson on July 15, 2016, 08:54:43 AM
Post by: Farrell Jackson on July 15, 2016, 08:54:43 AM
Great work on this Kinks' cover Johnny and Kenny! Excellent on all the vox and I dig the slide work. I gave the un-LANDRED version a listen also and the LANDR master sounds quite a bit better to my ears. Did you have to reduce the volume before you ran it through the LANDR process?
Farrell
Farrell
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Pete C on July 15, 2016, 09:24:30 AM
Post by: Pete C on July 15, 2016, 09:24:30 AM
Excellent cover - sounds very professional. Kenny's vocal is great and so is the backing. Brilliant work !
Pete
Pete
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: thetworegs on July 15, 2016, 10:42:36 AM
Post by: thetworegs on July 15, 2016, 10:42:36 AM
That's the way to do it chaps a great cover of a classic Bravo!!
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: tonyc on July 15, 2016, 11:31:00 AM
Post by: tonyc on July 15, 2016, 11:31:00 AM
great cover my favorite kinks song. you and kenny do a great job here love the vocals and the guitar work....tonyc
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: fenderbender on July 15, 2016, 12:47:51 PM
Post by: fenderbender on July 15, 2016, 12:47:51 PM
Brilliant version
You guys rock
Tommy
You guys rock
Tommy
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Mike_S on July 15, 2016, 01:32:34 PM
Post by: Mike_S on July 15, 2016, 01:32:34 PM
This is a great song. The Kinks are responsible for some classics I think. You guys have done this more than justice. Those vocals are brilliant and the instrumentation is great... lovely guitar sounds.
Mike
Mike
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Black Mary on July 15, 2016, 02:36:20 PM
Post by: Black Mary on July 15, 2016, 02:36:20 PM
Great stuff :-) This is an excellent version. So fresh and at the same time adhering to the original. The slide is gorgeous. Mix is spot on. Sounds astounding.
Cheers
BM
Cheers
BM
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Kenneth on July 15, 2016, 05:10:54 PM
Post by: Kenneth on July 15, 2016, 05:10:54 PM
Wow! The songs are more pro all the time here , this really sounds incredible.
Great work guys, it's as good as it gets.
Great work guys, it's as good as it gets.
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Groundy on July 15, 2016, 11:01:09 PM
Post by: Groundy on July 15, 2016, 11:01:09 PM
Excellent Guys, Just excellent........
Well done............
Alex
Well done............
Alex
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Blooby on July 16, 2016, 06:42:53 AM
Post by: Blooby on July 16, 2016, 06:42:53 AM
Wonderful post. The production is gob-smackingly good. The LANDR did create a nice, airy mix. Very interesting. Love the tone you chose for the slide and killer vocals.
Blooby
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: cuthbert on July 18, 2016, 12:35:57 PM
Post by: cuthbert on July 18, 2016, 12:35:57 PM
Ah, now that's wunnerful. :) One of my favorite Kinks songs, and an interesting update to the arrangement. Lots of power in those drums and guitars, and an excellent vocal (and very nice attention to detail on the backing vocals).
Top notch cover, guys!
Top notch cover, guys!
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: ODH on July 19, 2016, 12:16:01 AM
Post by: ODH on July 19, 2016, 12:16:01 AM
Probably my favourite Kinks song, tbh.
I was a little unsure when I heard the heavy guitars on the intro, but that soon dispelled. Fine job all round. I like the bass sound - real grit to it - but the guitars are (as usual) bang on. Cracking vocal too, Kenny, and backing vocal, as has been said.
I heard that the "Terry and Julie" was a reference to Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.
:)
I was a little unsure when I heard the heavy guitars on the intro, but that soon dispelled. Fine job all round. I like the bass sound - real grit to it - but the guitars are (as usual) bang on. Cracking vocal too, Kenny, and backing vocal, as has been said.
I heard that the "Terry and Julie" was a reference to Terence Stamp and Julie Christie.
:)
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: Redler on July 19, 2016, 04:34:47 PM
Post by: Redler on July 19, 2016, 04:34:47 PM
Great job with the backer, Johnny!! Kenny's interpretation on vocals is just stunning!
This works, gents!
This works, gents!
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: bruno on July 20, 2016, 03:30:49 AM
Post by: bruno on July 20, 2016, 03:30:49 AM
Excellent collab - I really like the snare sound on this, great playing from you both!
B
B
Title: Re: Waterloo Sunset - Robbomac cover The Kinks
Post by: hooper on August 21, 2016, 02:16:14 PM
Post by: hooper on August 21, 2016, 02:16:14 PM
Seems like this particular collab has been turning out some really nice results and this one certainly lives up to expectations. Great to hear the attention and effort that went into planning the arrangement and recording the tracks. The slide guitar (aw, heck... all the guitars) are especially good! Mighty fine job guys!