Post by generalironbeak on May 2, 2023 6:05:43 GMT
So apparently before he recorded the 1994 self-titled album, Seal worked with Steve Lillywhite. I’ve tried to find info about this “album” of sorts, but there’s little info about it online except this section:
“Prior to the release of his second album, Seal began to record tracks at Conway Studios in Los Angeles with producer Steve Lillywhite and local musicians, including multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion, drummer Carla Azar, guitarist Chris Bruce and bassists Kirk Ross and Scott Thunes. These sessions yielded an early version of “Don’t Cry” as well as other songs that would appear on later albums with new productions. The band lineup during this period went through several incarnations, but the project was eventually dissolved and Seal reunited with producer Trevor Horn to re-work and complete the collection of songs that became Seal II.
Many people involved with the Lillywhite sessions described the sound as being transcendent and having captured Seal’s musical essence and creative instincts at the time. In the relaxed and upbeat Lillywhite environment, Seal was known to occasionally break out into lively Elvis impressions which brought a sense of levity to the sessions and invited his musicians to relax and connect more deeply with his vocal performances during takes. Lillywhite focused the “Tesla coil talent” of Seal and his hand-picked musicians and captured a sound that was described as organic, hypnotic, lush, honest and open with an ethereal and atmospheric back wall created by Lillywhite’s signature studio artistry and wizardry”
I don’t know for sure if this actually existed which is why I put it in the lesser known section, but I’m interested in finding out if it ever did, I’d like to know if any of the recordings still exist and what they sound like.
“Prior to the release of his second album, Seal began to record tracks at Conway Studios in Los Angeles with producer Steve Lillywhite and local musicians, including multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion, drummer Carla Azar, guitarist Chris Bruce and bassists Kirk Ross and Scott Thunes. These sessions yielded an early version of “Don’t Cry” as well as other songs that would appear on later albums with new productions. The band lineup during this period went through several incarnations, but the project was eventually dissolved and Seal reunited with producer Trevor Horn to re-work and complete the collection of songs that became Seal II.
Many people involved with the Lillywhite sessions described the sound as being transcendent and having captured Seal’s musical essence and creative instincts at the time. In the relaxed and upbeat Lillywhite environment, Seal was known to occasionally break out into lively Elvis impressions which brought a sense of levity to the sessions and invited his musicians to relax and connect more deeply with his vocal performances during takes. Lillywhite focused the “Tesla coil talent” of Seal and his hand-picked musicians and captured a sound that was described as organic, hypnotic, lush, honest and open with an ethereal and atmospheric back wall created by Lillywhite’s signature studio artistry and wizardry”
I don’t know for sure if this actually existed which is why I put it in the lesser known section, but I’m interested in finding out if it ever did, I’d like to know if any of the recordings still exist and what they sound like.
