A perfectionist to the bitter end, Lee Mavers,
maverick frontman of The La's, was having a spot of bother in the recording
studio one day while trying to recreate an authentic 60's sound. He'd already
insisted on shipping in a vintage Abbey Road mixing desk, as previously
used by The Beatles, but something just wasn't right.
Finally, Lee thought that he'd put his finger
on the problem. " It's the valves in the desk, " he told the studio manager.
" They're too new, we need to find some old '60's valves. "
After days of frantic searching, some original
valves were finally tracked down in a wharehouse in Germany and freighted
over. The recording commenced all over again, but still it was not right.
Days passed and then Lee announced he'd solved the problem: " The valves
are OK, but they need some dust, they're too clean. They don't have original
60's dust on them, la. "
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It's the valves in the desk.. "
