Ep429: Eddie Kramer - Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin & more
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Eddie Kramer, engineer, producer and reknown audio guru, shares some memories of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, KISS, discusses vinyl records, analogue recordings, use of AI in music, the latest recordings of the Hendrix archive & more. Topics include;
- Interview start
- New Jimi Hendrix recording from 1967
- Will Eddie use AI for Hendrix recordings?
- Continually mining the Hendrix archive
- The story of Hendrix at the Hollywood Bowl
- Does Eddie still listen to records?
- Why does vinyl sound better than digital formats?
- The story of the Led Zeppelin II RL Ludwig master
- Memories of "Band of Gypsies" album
- Jimi bringing Eddie over to New York
- The partnership of Eddie Kramer and Jimi Hendrix
- Rumoured tapes of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa
- Working with Zappa family and archive
- Rumoured recording of Jimi, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin
- Continually finding new Hendrix recordings
- Projects Eddie unfortunately missed
- Working with KISS on "Alive"
- Working with AC/DC for "Highway to Hell" demos
- The story of Led Zeppelin into to "Black Country Woman"
- Interview wrapup
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Eddie Kramer, and you're listening to Nate on The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:04.1 | This episode is brought to you by VMGVinyl.com. |
| 0:07.8 | Professional record cleaning, restoration, rejuvenation, and grading. |
| 0:11.9 | Refresh your records with VMGVinyl.com. |
| 0:15.1 | And with that, on with the show. |
| 0:18.9 | Oh, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome to episode 429 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music |
| 0:26.9 | nerds. |
| 0:27.9 | And ladies and gentlemen, here we are, December 2020, with what is likely the last |
| 0:33.0 | episode of the Vinyl Guide of the Year. |
| 0:36.3 | And I do want to take a few moments to thank everyone, |
| 0:40.4 | all you listeners, for all your ear time this year. I know you have many choices of what to |
| 0:46.3 | spend time listening to, and I truly appreciate the fact that you choose this podcast to |
| 0:52.7 | spend time with. That's a hugely gratifying thing to me. |
| 0:56.7 | And the reason I stay at it, week in, week out. And again, I'm very grateful to each and every one of you, |
| 1:02.8 | the listeners, the Patreon supporters, our sponsors, and just everyone that's keeping the vinyl record |
| 1:09.4 | and music industry going. It's not always |
| 1:11.6 | easy times, but it's worthwhile, especially when we find those records we love. So again, |
| 1:16.9 | much love to everyone out there that is listening, manufacturing, enjoying, and just part of the |
| 1:24.6 | process of getting those records into the hands of people around the world. |
| 1:28.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:29.3 | Now today, I am very pleased to be sharing a conversation I had with a guest I've always wanted to have on the show for many years. |
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