12/31/2022 0 Comments Westlake audio studio manager in 1979![]() Myth:John Peel had a hand in setting up CargoĪ recent TV programme claimed that John Peel and one of his groups “ Tractor” had a hand in setting up Cargo Studios but neither John nor Tractor had anything whatsoever to do with Cargo, other than the studio building was leased from Chris Hewitt, Tractors manager. So where was the Birdy Song recorded… answers on a post card……. Ha.ha nice one John you had me going for a second there.I was starting to hear mark e smith in my head going” I’m only a poor little sparrow” in his own dulcet tones…glad to be proved wrong, glad you have a sense of humour, and glad you would have kept it quiet…awful song. Seriously the Birdy Song wasn’t recorded at Cargo and if it had been I think I would have kept very quiet about it WESTLAKE AUDIO STUDIO MANAGER IN 1979 FULLMark E Smith and the Fall recorded in Cargo, Mark was adamant that I gave him the full Birdy sound treatment and I think I achieved that for him. It was after hearing the Birdy Song that Factory sent Joy Division into Cargo with producer Martin Hannett believing that only Hannett could give JD that true “Birdy” feel, you can hear it on “Atmosphere” but more famously on Durrutti Column “Sketch for Summer”. ……….there has been some good stuff recorded at Cargo but at the time we were in there (1979) recording a demo the engineer was proud to tell us that the “Birdy Song” had been done there, which didn’t exactly fill us with hope. ![]() Myth: The Birdy Song was recorded at Cargoįoz from the Salford punk band “The Change” wrote Several myths have surrounded Cargo so now would be a good time to sort them out. ![]()
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