Our hero and his psychedelic chums discover the joys of country air, expensive mixing desks and whirlpool baths…
Dafydd Ieuan says:
“We’ve been to Spain, France, Rio… it gives you a different vibe, different food, different cheeses. But I’ll never forget the excitement of going into Rockfield. It was the first time we’d been to a proper studio with all the gear, let alone a residential one with jacuzzis. I was in it every day!”
“There were no distractions, no people turning up, no ‘extra-curriculars’. It was good to get away. We were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. We did it all in six weeks. We did everything almost live then; we didn’t use clicks or Pro Tools ’cos it was early days for that technology.”
“I’ve always been a Ringo fanatic, and everything I did was copying him, especially the rolls. I was doing the nicest, laziest rolls ever. So I might not have been the most technical drummer, but I was good enough for the job.”