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Soundgarden | Black Hole Sun (vocal only, drums only)
“Black Hole Sun” was a hit single off of Soundgarden’s 1994 Superunknown album. The track occupied the top spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 7 weeks in 1994 and helped the album sell over 7 million copies. The track was recorded at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington and produced by Michael Beinhorn and Soundgarden.
VOCAL (Chris Cornell):
DRUMS (Matt Cameron):
The Who | Summertime Blues (guitar only)
The Who covered Eddie Cochran’s classic “Summertime Blues” on their 1970 album Live at Leeds. The track went to #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and #38 on the UK Singles chart. It was recorded at the University of Leeds in the U.K. and produced by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.
GUITAR only (Pete Townshend):
Queen | I Want It All (guitars/keyboards)
“I Want It All” was a track on the 1989 Queen album The Miracle. It reached #3 on both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The track was written by Brian May, whose multi-layered guitar and keyboard parts you hear here. It was recorded at Olympic Studios and Townhouse Studios in London, England, and Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, and produced by Queen and David Richards.
RHYTHM/LEAD ELECTRIC GUITARS TRACK (Brian May):
ACOUSTIC GUITAR/RHYTHM ELECTRIC GUITAR; KEYBOARDS (Brian May):
Queen | We Will Rock You (vocal only)
“We Will Rock You” is one of Queen’s most recognizable hits, appearing first on the 1977 album News of the World. It helped the album selling more than 10 million copies around the world and has become an oft-used sports anthem everywhere. It was recorded at Basing Street and Wessex Studios in London and produced by Queen assisted by Mike Stone.
VOCAL only (Freddie Mercury R.I.P.):
Pink Floyd | Money (multitrack/discussion)
April 29th, 2013
Posted in 1970's, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, multitrack master, rock, vocal only “Money” appeared on Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The track went to #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. The album was recorded at Abbey Road studios in London and produced by Pink Floyd. This audio-only video contains BBC commentators, drummer Nick Mason, and Dark Side engineer Alan Parsons discussing and playing back segments of the multitrack.
GUITAR (David Gilmour), BASS (Roger Waters), KEYS (Richard Wright), DRUMS (Nick Mason), VOCAL (David Gilmour) only and overall discussion of multitrack (from BBC radio):
Aerosmith | Sweet Emotion (guitar only)
“Sweet Emotion” was a hit off Aerosmith’s 1975 album Toys in the Attic. A major feature of the tune, which peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, is guitarist Joe Perry’s talkbox guitar work which clearly emotes the title of the song in the intro and other spots. The effect Perry used is a now discontinued talk box called The Bag, made by Kustom Electronics. The track was produced by Jack Douglas and recorded at The Record Plant.
GUITAR only (Joe Perry):
