How much was added in the studio to Dave Davies and Pete Townshends guitar sound?
Nothing. The only thing was I double-tracked Townshend and that’s about it. We were only working with three-track at the time; in fact, I did “You Really Got Me” mono. So there wasn’t a whole lot of room to do anything. Not if you wanted to end up with any generation tape that wasn’t pure hiss. Of course, the tape wasn’t as good either at that time. Did the bands themselves ever express any frustration that the sound they got in the studio wasn’t as powerful as the sound they got live? Never expressed it to me. What you could get in the studio wasn’t nearly as good then. I always thought that given the time and equipment we were using, we did a pretty damn good job. Certainly, I think that the records they did in those days still stand up. You can still hear bass, drum, and guitars pounding out. What were the bands you enjoyed working with most? I liked working with all the bands I worked with. My problems I don’t think were ever with the bands, or if they were they were never voiced t
