Ep457: Hugh Cornwell - The Stranglers & Beyond

The Vinyl Guide Interview - For Record Collectors & Music Nerds

Hugh Cornwell takes us through early records of his life, rare records of the Stranglers, solo materials, analogue recording and more.

Topic Include:

• Aussie tour, New Album
• Does Hugh have a record collection?
• Early music in the Cornwell household
• Hugh’s early musical trainings
• Quitting PhD program to pursue music
• Formation and evolution of The Stranglers
• Recollection of the early UK punk scene
• Keyboards fill in a lot of sound
• United Artists investment in The Stranglers
• Bonus singles in early Stanglers albums
• Does Hugh have masters and tapes for post Stranglers material?
• Making materials available on vinyl
• Remixing and removing keyboards from recordings
• Running digital files to analogue provides improved sound
• Memories and learnings from Steve Albini
• Moments of Madness LP and road testing songs
• Leaving songs to be finished in the recording studio
• Song and lyric writing process
• Hugh’s movie Podcast
• Discussion of Silent movies
• Interview wrap up

Hugh Cornwell's Aussie tour info here

Preorder new LP "All The Fun of the Fair" here.

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