“When i took up my London post, Elektra was already using Souns Techniques for an instrumental series of Holzman’s devising called Signs of the Zodiac ( string players in London were better and cheaper than in New York ). I had to bring a wad of cash down there one day in February 1966 to pay the musicians and started chatting with John Wood, the heavy-set engineer. We got along pretty well and i liked the feel of the place. The control room looked down on the studio from a box above one side while the offices were built over the opposite side. It looked awkward, but the differing ceiling levels meant that you had three different acoustics in the same studio; you could move things around until you found the sweet spot for an instrument or a singer.”
Joe Boyd, in “White Bicycles, making music in the 1960’s”
( 2005 )
Ainda durante aquele verão e
também para a editora de Jac Holzman, Boyd trabalharia no álbum de estreia da
Incredible String Band.
“Lord of the Dance”, edição em Mono, inclui seis temas, todos da autoria de Carter, sendo que a canção título aproveita uma melodia tradicional.
A inimitável guitarra acústica de Martin Carthy surge em dois dos
títulos e John Wood foi o engenheiro de serviço.
