#wall of sound
It was a signal moment in the history of sound that set in motion a years-long work in progress that would culminate in what’s arguably the largest and technologically innovative public address system ever built, and it started not with a bang, but with something of a casual, stoned proposition.
This singular work of engineering would come to weigh over 70 tons, comprise dozens and then hundreds of amps, speakers, subwoofers, and tweeters, stand over three-stories tall and stretch nearly 100 feet wide. Its name could only be the Wall of Sound.
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Ramones:Rocket to Russia ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ stars review by Jon Savage, 1977
“This has to be the one (…)
(…)‘Rocket’ adds little new; only everything’s that little extra better. Production little short of brilliant: phased drums/guitar - subliminal, wall of sound massively echoed… pure soda cathedral(…)”
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