Even if he didn't invent multi-tracking, I found the program
incredibly interesting. He seems to be a musical man for all seasons.
 I used to hear him periodically on the Joey Reynolds radio show from
NYC; I should be doing what he's doing at age 92.

On 7/11/07, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Beware the legend/myth amplification factor -- based on their teaser, PBS did little or no
> fact-checking. Les Paul did not "invent" multi-tracking or over-dubbing as he's claimed over the
> years. ARSC Journal published the first-hand history of how the Ampex 300 8-track Sel-Sync "Octopus"
> came to be (see the article by Ross Snyder, ARSC Journal):
> http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/sel-sync/snyder_sel-sync.pdf
>
> "Overdubbing" (ie laying recorded sound on top of recorded sound or live sound played with recorded
> sound) goes back to the disk and optical film eras long before magnetic tape. And "multi-track"
> recording and mixing goes to the earliest days of optical sound in Hollywood (ie rooms of dubbers,
> carrying various dialog, music and SFX mixed to a final soundtrack). Furthermore, a musician playing
> many parts by himself goes back at least to Sidney Bechet "The Sheik of Araby", "Sidney Bechet's
> One Man Band", Bechet recorded over and over on different wax, overdubbing himself on clarinet
> ,soprano sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, and drums. Recorded in New York; April 18, 1941.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] new Les Paul doc on PBS - July 11
>
>
> >
> > In a message dated 7/6/2007 10:16:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > "Les Paul - Chasing Sound", a new documentary on the life of Les Paul, has
> > its TV debut on PBS - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 9pm (ET), part of their
> > "American Masters" series. See here for more info:
> > http://www.lespaulfilm.com/
> >
> >
> > Will be released on DVD in August with Bonus Footage - Coming from Koch Ent.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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