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The Sound Engineers Behind Canada's Best Live Albums

The live album (see our live-albums feature) is (see our features) made (see our features) twice (see our features): once (see our features) by (see our features) the (see our features) band (see our features) on (see our features) stage (see our features), once (see our features) by (see our features) the (see our features) engineer (see our features) at (see our features) the (see our features) board (see our features). The (see our features) engineers (see our features) behind (see our features) the (see our features) canon (see our features):

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The engineers

  1. The Massey Hall '53 team — the consumer tape recorder (see our Massey feature) that caught (see our features) the greatest jazz concert (see our features) — the accident (see our happy-accidents feature) as (see our features) the masterpiece (see our features).
  2. The Massey Hall '71 engineer — the Neil Young solo night (see our Young features), shelved (see our features) for (see our features) decades (see our features), flawless (see our features) when (see our features) finally heard (see our features).
  3. **The Live Between Us team** — the Hip's arena communion (see our Hip features), captured (see our features) complete (see our features).
  4. **The Exit... Stage Left team** — the Rush musicianship (see our Rush features), proven (see our features) on (see our features) tape (see our features).
  5. The modern live-capture specialists — the current engineers (see our features) who record (see our features) the festival sets (see our festival features) and the archive (see our features) releases (see our features).

The engineer's art

The art (see our features): the balance (see our features) — the room (see our features) — the crowd (see our features) mixed (see our features) with (see our features) the band (see our features) — the document (see our features) that (see our features) breathes (see our features). The (see our features) live album (see our features) is (see our features) the (see our features) engineer's (see our features) argument (see our features) that (see our features) the (see our features) night (see our features) happened (see our features) — and (see our features) sounded (see our features) like (see our features) this (see our features). The (see our features) argument (see our features) persists (see our features). The (see our features) nights (see our features) live (see our features).

Frequently asked questions

Who recorded Canada’s classic live albums?

The engineers at the boards — from the Massey ’53 accident to the modern festival captures.

How are live albums recorded?

The FOH feed, room microphones, and crowd ambience mixed into a document that breathes.

Do live albums capture the real show?

They capture the engineer's argument that the night happened and sounded like this.

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