4 Iconic 60s Songs Produced by Shel Talmy
A couple of weeks ago, producer Shel Talmy died at the age of 87.
Talmy was born in Chicago but he moved to Britain in the mid-60s and worked with some big names from that period such as the Kinks and The Who.
In this video, we’re going to take a look at some of his best and most iconic productions.
Let’s begin.
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RIP Shel, you were the best
He loved the good looking lads, only he could think the Creation were anything.
Can anyone tell me what song is playing at the beginning of this video before Yesterday's Papers starts talking about The Kinks? Thank you in advance!
A very nice tribute to the man and his work. An amazing career and body of work. A great video.
I was unaware Sheldon Talmy passed ( Nov 13, 2024). His Production put THE KINKS & THE WHO on the map and vice versa. Regarding THE CREATION – one member in the 70s was a roadie for Led Zeppelin. THE EASYBEATS George Young is Angus Youngs brother! That is sad about Talmy not getting royalties for EASYBEATS. At the end of the day We all know who shot them to Stardom. Talmy used al the Great players on some sessions- Big Jim Sullivan, Nicky Hopkins as well as who have been mentioned. Thanks YP. Hey Ray Davies- Ive seen you in Koncert 17X with the Kinks and twice solo. I buy all the New Remastered CDs. How about some New Records? Fan for Life.
What a great producer he was. Thanks again for another excellent mini-doc. Really interesting to see how he went about recording the bands.
Bald Headed Woman!!!!
Shel Talmy on Facebook was a real highlight. Loved reading his stories about Ray Davies.
Sad how many were robbed of payment. Goes on throughout the entertainment community.
Lack of promotion for The Creation’s Making Time is nothing short of criminal. I recall a Shel Talmy interview where he stated it was one of his biggest regrets that they were never a huge band. That song plus Biff Bang Pow and Painter Man are amongst the greatest songs of the 60’s thanks to Talmy’s incredible production techniques.
We hear a different story in Australia about The Easybeats. Vanda and Young had many hits and are icons of the Australian music industry and helped AC/DC – that included members of the Young family – with production at Albert Studios in the early days with Bon Scott as lead singer, I understand. They also worked as a pair and released chart toppers under their banner Flash and The Pan like Down Among The Dead Men. Nevertheless, Shel Talmy was involved with 4 iconic hits that reside within my personal set of best songs and recordings and were anthems for the 1960's!
Une autre superbe vidéo. Passionnant de connaître les coulisses de ces chefs-d'œuvre!
Thank you for bringing this talented and kind man to my attention, may he rest in peace.
Easybeats story. Don't get involved with Aussies in business. Rupert Murdoch shoud have been a warning.
RIP. Never knew he did Friday, which is an all time fave of mine. Four of my favorite singles of the 60s, replacing the Creations with "I Can't Explain".
…then there was a dispute with The Who over the boys’ wish to discontinue working with Talmy. Talmy took the session tapes after claiming ownership on them, what resulted in ALL reissues of the album My Generation over the years being sourced from 2nd and sometimes 3rd generation tapes. Eventually, in 2001, all parties involved went to out-of-court discussion and solved the problem, what yielded the deluxe edition of the album in 2002, first time in stereo.
Thanks you as always Yesterday's Papers for another highly informative look behind some of the greatest moments in Rock music history. Where would these three great groups … The Kinks, The Who, The Easybeats … have been without Shel Talmy ? We know the answer.
Shel Talmy's not receiving a single royalty cheque for his work with the Easybeats is a cautionary tale as to what happens when you deal with Australians. I think the criminal tendency that has been inherited from their convict ancestors still manifests itself when doing business with Australians. There's many artists that have the grief with Australian music entrepreneur Robert Stigwood, and let's not forget what Australia's Rupert Murdoch has made out of both the UK and US media.
Absolutely fascinating hearing from Shel how he recorded these iconic tracks. It’s a shame The Creation didn’t get the promotion they deserved. The music biz particularly then was very cutthroat and Shel was also at the receiving end by the sounds of it.
Another cosmic vid – cheers ????✌️????
Just awesome production. Sounds great even coming out of a shitty AM radio…
Was an Incredible Visionary Genius
Although "You Really Got Me" was a big hit in the US (peaking at #7 I believe?), it didn't quite hit #1. That said, given the impact it had, it might as well have.
Your archival work is so good YP ????
A Chicago (by way of L.A.; he went to Fairfax High there) Jewish boy who played an integral role in the London sound of the '60s. Thank you for this beautiful vid, YP.
I love the insight from the man himself about the recording techniques. Would have been good to include I Can't Explain also.
A great encapsulation of an astounding production CV.
Fantastic vid…as ever. But..what exactly is double tracking? Is it two separate recordings of something placed together on a track or just one recording of something doubled? If that makes sense
A very informative video about Shel Talmy… I knew a good bit about him because I am such a Kinks’ fan, but you filled in so many blanks. Thanks very much…RIP Shel.
So interesting to hear about the recording techniques used and to be able to hear the actual stems. Wonderful episode YP!
Thanks! Very informative, I always appreciate learning new stuff about The Kinks.
I understand the WHO did not like him and resented his keeping contro; pg thier music or something like that.These producers do nothing but in those days tried to take all the money they could. Sometimes the credit for the accomplishment too. this guy without the Kinks/Who was a flop. Probably got the money however. I think the who sued him. It was a sign of the inferior quality of the british record industry then that groups had to go to these obscure ones.Now the producers are less trouble but no great groups. you can't win nas one could win.
Thanks for this. He's a fave of mine who made outstanding records!
Sad to hear of Shel's passing he was a great producer & i have one LP from 1970 which i got back then as my sister worked from a record store ordering the albums & the distributers would give, he loads of PROMO Lps & one was from a band called Rumpelstiltskin. They did two albums & i have both. What a great band & Shel did a fine job producing those two records. I have seen some of those album tracks here on YT & they were not well known but one fine Rock Band which both records still stand the test of time. Well worth hearing at least the first self-titled record. Check out the track called Make Me Make You, RIP Shel you rocked.
Superb, YP! So interesting to learnt how that unique raw and "electric" sound came about. In a studio recently, too clean, too perfect, and too much tech that ultimately kills the energy in music. Long live the 3/4 track!
Thanks for this.. thought provoking too..
I became interested in Shel Tamy's work(but haven't done enough research..!) precisely because of these tracks, quite simply intrigued by the quality and standard he consistently produced..
His comments shed quite a bit of light on how others(Jimmy Page..) having worked with him, appropiated his ideas, claiming for years that those were his own..
eg.. on several mikes and placement not only for drums but also guitar/amp..
Page was in two or three very public arguments with as many engineers who worked on the early Zeppelin albums.. refusing to acknowledge their input.. and never working with them again..
The years that Page blatantly lied about 'his solo' on, not only You Really Got Me.. but also on several of The Who's 45's..
Both Dave Davis and Pete Townshend were at pains trying to refute the lies from the 70's onward..!
Page's claims on the origins of the use of the violín bow is also very different..!!
Very surprised to hear about the Easybeats' royalties.. especially since Shel made sure he grabbed and held on to all the 45's Masters he produced of The Who..
(really very naive of Kit Lambert/Chris Stamp the
managers of The Who..!!) He refused to allow them to be used for any album/compilation until over 40 years later.. in 2004.. imagine that !!
All down to royalty disagreements.. I too waited that long for those recordings..!!
Talmy was versatile – in 1969 he produced the very successful album 'Basket of Light' for folk jazzers Pentangle.
Great video.