Bob Dylan’s Engineer Says ‘People Broke Down Crying’ Listening To New Album

Al Schmitt, who engineered the upcoming Bob Dylan album, Shadows in the Night, says that the guys in the studio were brought to tears listening to the album. The LP is a compilation of Frank Sinatra covers. “People broke down crying, listening to the record,” Schmitt told Something Else Reviews. “It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard Dylan do.”More »

By on January 15, 2015

Al Schmitt, who engineered the upcoming Bob Dylan album, Shadows in the Night, says that the guys in the studio were brought to tears listening to the album. The LP is a compilation of Frank Sinatra covers. “People broke down crying, listening to the record,” Schmitt told Something Else Reviews. “It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard Dylan do.” Schmitt also dished on Dylan’s work habits while recording at Capitol Records’ legendary Studio B recording space in Los Angeles. “He came in to the room and he started looking around and talking. He liked the acoustics. He said, ‘Boy, this one sounds really nice. Where would I be singing?’ I said, ‘Right where you’re standing.’ So, that’s where the mic went, the vocal mic. And then it was his band. We had an acoustic guitar, an upright bass, light brushes on the drums, an electric guitar and a steel guitar. No headphones, everybody around him. When he couldn’t hear enough of the rhythm guitar, we just moved him closer. Everything was live. . . . There was no tuning, and there was no fixing. Everything was what it was. That’s part of the charm of the record.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «