domingo, 27 de octubre de 2013

WHITER



En el 45º aniversario del lanzamiento de "The Beatles" (mundialmente conocido como "el álbum blanco"), quisimos rendirle un homenaje a esta obra maestra con aquellas canciones que no formaron parte del disco definitivo. 
Como si se tratara de un tercer volumen, o un disco posterior, tomamos aquellas canciones compuestas para el álbum y descartadas, otras que se escribieron durante 1968, y algunas que quizás datan de algunos años anteriores (adoptando la actitud que Los Beatles han tenido más de una vez) adaptándolas al estilo del álbum blanco (como sucedió con "I'll follow the sun", compuesta en 1960 e incluida recién 4 años después en "Beatles For Sale", o "One after 909", del mismo año, e intentada como single en 1963, pero recién oficialmente elegida por la banda para "Let it Be".
Ejecutar este proyecto implicó situarnos en el clima de grabación del álbum blanco, las técnicas de grabación, los posibles arreglos elegidos, los instrumentos utilizados, y sobre todo el sonido impreso al disco.
El resultado fue el álbum más blanco (como lo llamó Ringo en "Anthology"), o simplemente "WHITER".

TRACKLIST:
1) SPIRITUAL REGENERATION (Lennon/McCartney)
2) NOT GUILTY (Harrison)
3) THE HAPPY RISHIKESH SONG (Lennon/McCartney)
4) CASTWALK (Lennon/McCartney)
5) COME AND GET IT (Lennon/McCartney)
6) SOUR MILK SEA (Harrison)
7) A CASE OF THE BLUES (Lennon/McCartney)
8) WOMAN (Lennon/McCartney)
9) CHILD OF NATURE (Lennon/McCartney)
10) STEP INSIDE LOVE (Lennon/McCartney)
11) PENINA (Lennon/McCartney)
12) CIRCLES (Harrison)
13) WHAT'S THE NEW MARY JANE (Lennon/McCartney)
14) GOODBYE (Lennon/McCartney)
15) EVERYONE HAD A HARD YEAR (Lennon/McCartney)

PRODUCIDO POR OCTAVIO CAVALLI.
Arreglos y dirección musical: Octavio Cavalli
-Batería, percusión, bajo, piano, teclados, sintetizadores, guitarra acústica, guitarra clásica, primera guitarra, segunda guitarra, armónica: OCTAVIO CAVALLI.
-Primera guitarra, segunda guitarra: MAX GONZALEZ.
-Voces y coros: OCTAVIO CAVALLI

LINK DE DESCARGA:





martes, 25 de junio de 2013

FAITHFUL


Reproducir a través de un estudio de grabación los sonidos creados por los Beatles es una tarea casi de investigación. Sería propicio decir que es imposible (pues los Beatles fueron únicos e irrepetibles)... pero es (con esfuerzo) bastante posible.
Disco tras disco, hemos tratado de perfeccionar nuestra forma de escuchar, investigar e identificar cada sonido, cada instrumento utilizado, cada micrófono ecualizado, cada técnica y truco utilizada. Esto es así, pues los Beatles experimentaban constantemente en sus grabaciones, y esto se intensificó más desde que abandonaron las actuaciones en vivo, allá por agosto de 1966.
Desde hace unos años, hemos hechos discos temáticos. En esta oportunidad, volvimos a una vieja fórmula: elegir canciones de nuestro gusto, algunas clásicas antológicas, y otras piezas perdidas por ahí entre la discografía oficial Beatle. Pero en este volumen, encontrarán eso: 20 canciones pertenecientes a los álbumes oficiales (incluyendo Past Masters) grabadas respetando lo más fielmente posible cada arreglo, cada sonido, cada detalle de la grabación y la mezcla, que (sin desmerecer los grupos clones repartidos alrededor del mundo), en este tributo se reduce a tan solo dos músicos: Octavio Cavalli & Max Gonzalez.-
Esperamos que este material nuevo, fresco y recientemente terminado, sea de su agrado.-
Debajo de esta reseña encontrarán el link para que lo descarguen a través de mediafire. Sólo tienen que abrir el archivo winrar y allí encontrarán la carpeta con las canciones en orden, y para aquellos que quieran armarlo en la clásica cajita de CD plástica, también verán las láminas frontal, interna y trasera.-
Muchas gracias, y hasta la próxima:

Tracklist:
1) REVOLUTION (Lennon/McCartney)
2) WHEN I GET HOME (Lennon/¨McCartney)
3) EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (Lennon/McCartney)
4) THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD (Lennon/McCartney)
5) A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (Lennon/McCartney)
6) SOMETHING (Harrison)
7) EVERY LITTLE THING (Lennon/McCartney)
8) YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY (Lennon/McCartney)
9) OH! DARLING (Lennon/McCartney)
10) I CALL YOUR NAME (Lennon/McCartney)
11) CAN'T BUY ME LOVE (Lennon/McCartney)
12) DOCTOR ROBERT (Lennon/McCartney)
13) YOU LIKE ME TOO MUCH (Harrison)
14) NOT A SECOND TIME (Lennon/McCartney)
15) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Lennon/McCartney)
16) EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT ME AND MY MONKEY (Lennon/McCartney)
17) YESTERDAY (Lennon/McCartney)
18) BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE (Lennon/McCartney)
19) BAD BOY (Williams)
20) GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END (Lennon/McCartney)

Producido por OCTAVIO CAVALLI & MAX GONZALEZ (respetando los arreglos originales)
Ingeniero de sonido, grabación, mezcla y masteración: Octavio Cavalli
Asistente de sonido, grabación, mezcla y masterización: Max Gonzalez
-Batería, percusión, bajo, piano, teclados, sintetizador minimoog, guitarra acústica de 6 y 12 cuerdas, armónica, armonio, órgano hammond, primera guitarra eléctrica, guitarra rítmica: OCTAVIO CAVALLI
-Primera guitarra eléctrica, guitarra rítmica: MAX GONZALEZ
Grabado en estudio Rex, entre enero y junio de 2013.-

LINK DE DESCARGA:


jueves, 2 de agosto de 2012

BENDITO LENNON


En esta oportunidad, un album recopilatorio personal y lo mas exacto posible a las grabaciones originales dedicado a la carrera solista de John Lennon. Disfruten su contenido pues es bastante variado, abajo está el link para descargarlo.
TRACKLIST
1.- Power to the people / New York City
2.- Isolation
3.- What you got
4.- Jealous guy
5.- Mother
6.- Beautiful boy (darling boy)
7.- Mind games
8.- God
9.- Be my baby
10.- Oh my love
11.- Watching the wheels
12.- Woman
13.- Imagine
14.- Working class hero
15.- (Just like) Starting over

Instrumentos y voces: Octavio Cavalli
Ing. de grabación y mezcla: Octavio Cavalli
Grabado en Estudio Rex (Buenos Aires) entre julio de 2011 y julio de 2012

Download by clicking the link below:
http://www.mediafire.com/?i9sk95twks5kj8o

domingo, 5 de diciembre de 2010

"Somewhere in Dakota" (las canciones inéditas de John Lennon)



Between 1975-1980, John Lennon stayed away from musical world and recording studios. He preferred being houseband and father, but it didn't prevent him from composing, and recording his new songs in his living-room at his apartment, in the Dakota Building.

That impressive building, located in the upper-west side in Manhattan witnessed the process of many songs that John Lennon never recorded in a studio, or finished in some cases.

SOMEWHERE IN DAKOTA is a tribute to those years, and it compiles 12 fresh and original John Lennon songs, completed, arranged and recorded like John could have done it he published them for a solo album.


Tracklist:

1.- Help me to help myself

2.- Real life

3.- A friend of Dorothy

4.- Solitude

5.- You saved my soul

6.- Grow old with me (A wedding song)

7.- Serve yourself

8.- Sally and Billy

9.- One of the boys

10.- Now and then

11.- India

12.- Dear John


Octavio Cavalli: All instruments and Vocals

Recorded in Rex Studio between April and December 2010 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)


Link to download:


domingo, 6 de diciembre de 2009

THE REMAKES VOL. 1





In this occasion, Octavio Cavalli & Max Gonzalez decided to remake one of the most respected and important album not only in Beatles' carrer, but also in rock-pop history.


RUBBER SOUL marks the beginning of a crucial change in the band's career, and it's clearly seen in its sound, compositions, lyricis, arrangements (musical and vocals).


Being the sixth album by this Studio Beatles Tribute Band (and the sixth of the Fab Four), we realised that we had never recorded a complete album. Until this time, we had been choosing songs from different albums and reunited them in a sort of compilation (including hits and other tracks). We have made the effort of complete original Lennon/McCartney/Harrison demos, and let them to lead the main vocals. Also we compile some material from previous recordings and shared with you what happens inside the studio when certain tracks are not included in published albums.


Our last album tended to be what The Beatles could have released in ther time with songs they wrote for other artists and never included in official albums.


Now, we chose to follow their steps, song by song, remaking the record that made them grow as professional musicians, to prove one more time year after year, that The Beatles were not only a band for teen and screaming girls.




Drums, percussion, bass, piano, keyboards, acoustic guitars, lead and rythim guitar: OCTAVIO CAVALLI


Lead and Rythim guitar: MAX GONZALEZ


Vocals: OCTAVIO CAVALLI




Sound, recording, mix and mastering engineer: OCTAVIO CAVALLI


Sound, recording, mix and mastering assistant: MAX GONZALEZ


RECORDED IN REX STUDIO (Buenos Aires, Argentina) between September and December 2009.-




TRACKLIST


1.- DRIVE MY CAR (Lennon/McCartney)


2.- NORWEGIAN WOOD -This bird has flown- (Lennon/McCartney)


3.- YOU WON'T SEE ME (Lennon/McCartney)


4.- NOWHERE MAN (Lennon/McCartney)


5.- THINK FOR YOURSELF (Harrison)


6.- THE WORD (Lennon/McCartney)


7.- MICHELLE (Lennon/McCartney)


8.- WHAT GOES ON (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey)


9.- GIRL (Lennon/McCartney)


10.- I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU (Lennon/McCartney)


11.- IN MY LIFE (Lennon/McCartney)


12.- WAIT (Lennon/McCartney)


13.- IF I NEEDED SOMEONE (Harrison)


14.- RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (Lennon/McCartney)


15.- DAY TRIPPER (Lennon/McCartney)


16.- WE CAN WORK IT OUT (Lennon/McCartney)




DOWNLOAD THE FULL ALBUM FREE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:



http://www.mediafire.com/?msd3vm6sasv242w

lunes, 20 de julio de 2009

"LOST": The lost Lennon&McCartney songs...


The Beatles were considered the most influential rock-pop group of the 60's. During their early years (1962/1965) they had not only composed excellent songs, but also selected numbers from favourite artists to their repertoire. So (live and in studio) in their albums they included fresh own material and covers, being these in most cases better performed than original versions.
During their 5 records (and in some singles) the group have recorded own compositions and other's, showing in their official discography that they could be prolific authors and brilliant performers of other artists' work. Depending on which L.P. we pick the proportion of Lennon/McCartney songs or covers is different, but it's undeniable that The Beatles had got past their antecessors, and brought their audience original and fresh songs.
Through those years, the Beatles used to play covers in the BBC programs and much of those tracks were not included in their albums like other cases (Baby it's you, Mr. Moonlight, Words of love, etc). Besides, John & Paul had became greatly creatives at the time of writing. Some songs were especially written for contemporary artists (who were mainly beginning their careers) and The Beatles didn't include them in their own songbook, reamining completely unheard by them.
This time, Octavio Cavalli & Max Gonzalez have imagined an album that the Beatles could have made and never recorded. They took those Beatle tunes (plus some favourite covers) and the result was this "LOST" album, a careful selection of songs, played them faithfully attached to the Beatles style of performing and studio sound.
As technical information, this CD was made using an open reel-to-reel 4 track machine for the recording, leaving to digital the mixing and mastering.

Octavio Cavalli: Acoustic guitar, Rythim & Lead guitars, spanish guitar, piano, keyboards, bass, drums & percussion, bongos.
Max Gonzalez: Rythim & Lead guitar.
Vocals: Octavio Cavalli & Max Gonzalez

TRACKLIST:

1.- I'M IN LOVE (Lennon/McCartney)
2.- I'LL BE ON MY WAY (Lennon/McCartney)
3.- SOLDIER OF LOVE (Cason/Moon)
4.- IT'S FOR YOU (Lennon/McCartney)
5.- KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY (Goffin/King)
6.- NOBODY I KNOW (Lennon/McCartney)
7.- I'LL KEEP YOU SATISFIED (Lennon/McCartney)
8.- A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE (Lennon/McCartney)
9.- LOVE OF THE LOVED (Lennon/McCartney)
10.- FROM A WINDOW (Lennon/McCartney)
11.- ONE AND ONE IS TWO (Lennon/McCartney)
12.- TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY (Goffin/King)
13.- I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN (Lennon/McCartney)
14.- BAD TO ME (Lennon/McCartney)
15.- LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE (John/Tourner/McDougal)

Download the full album by clicking the link below:

http://www.mediafire.com/?caiz8gcnz4t3bkc

jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2008

A YEAR IN THE LIFE






This Album is the result of months and months of hard work inside the recording studio. New songs were chosen from the official Beatles records. We dealt with new arrangements, new mix sounds, new sound effects, and new instruments (like Mini-moog Synthetizer used for Here Comes The Sun and Because tracks)...


The effort of capturing every single detail, sound, vocal phrasing, pronunciation, double track vocal, arrangement, made of this album our evolution beyond "Over Me" (the previous official beatle songs recordings) and something completely different from the album we worked under the band-name of "Virtual Beatles".


In the reviews of this new album, it says we reached the top of guiding the work of The Beatles like in a Museum. We take you back to those songs, without changing ANYTHING, so that you can listen to the real Beatles music, not played by them of course, but just like they used to do in the moment they were taped and tracked for the world to enjoy.


TRACKLIST:

1.- Misery

2.- This boy

3.- Good day sunshine

4.- I'll be back

5.- Chains

6.- You're going to lose that girl

7.- I want to hold your hand

8.- All my loving

9.- Happiness is a warm gun

10.- Things we said today

11.- Please mister postman

12.- Taxman

13.- Because

14.- Anna (Go to him)

15.- Help!

16.- Here comes the sun

17.- In my life


-Drums, Percussion, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Mini-Moog, Classic guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead & Rythm guitar, harmonica: OCTAVIO CAVALLI

-Lead & Rythm Guitar: MAX GONZALEZ

-Lead and Backing Vocals: OCTAVIO CAVALLI


Recorded in "ESTUDIO ARTEFACTO" between May and November 2008

Sound, Mix & Mastering Engineer: OCTAVIO CAVALLI

Sound, Mix & Mastering Assistant: MAX GONZALEZ


LINK TO DOWNLOAD:

sábado, 26 de abril de 2008

THE VIRTUAL BEATLES "WITH A LITTLE HELP..."



The Album is here, for you to download and enjoy! These recordings are a tribute to the Beatles Reunion occured in 1994, when Jeff Lynne produced the finishing of two Lennon demos with the surviving Beatles. We chose some demos by John, Paul & George (of those songs we thought had good quality of sound and composition) and tried to capture the sound that Lynne would have given to them if a COMPLETE reunion album had been made. We did it respectful and carefully. We don't have a profesional studio, or full time or knowledge to make it sound as an official recording, but we did our best. Some demos are not quite good as Free As A Bird, or Now And Then, where the vocals are at front and clear, but we managed as well. Hope you like it! and thanks for writing and waiting for this material!


TRACKLIST:

1.- Free as a bird

2.- I don't want to do it

3.- Real Love

4.- You saved my soul

5.- Your school

6.- Let it down

7.- Now and then

8.- India

9.- You know what to do

10.- Help me to help myself

11.- Nowhere to go

12.- Grow old with me

13.- Goodbye


Credits:

GEORGE HARRISON: Guitars and vocal

PAUL McCARTNEY: Piano, Bass, Guitar on Goodbye and Vocal

JOHN LENNON: Piano, guitars, vocal.

With a little help from:

OCTAVIO CAVALLI: Drums & Perc., Guitars, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals.

MAX GONZALEZ: Guitars.


Recorded in Artefacto Studio (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

between November 2007 & April 2008

Recording produced by OCTAVIO CAVALLI & MAX GONZALEZ

Mix & Mastering Engineer: Octavio Cavalli

Mix & Mastering Assistant: Max Gonzalez


LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL ALBUM:


martes, 12 de febrero de 2008

"OVER ME (The Beatles recorded in detail")" Is HERE!



Hi everybody! Well, as we promised (until we all are waiting the new "beatle" album) we present OVER ME, a CD fully attached to the Vintage Beatle Sound.


This CD was recorded during 2007 by us, two beatle musicians who were playing in bands for the last 10 years.


Max Gonzalez and I, mostly are used to roleplay John Lennon on stage, but at this point we sort of encouraged playing the four beatles parts inside the recording studio...


After we chose the songs, we began to listen very carefully to every single arrangement, guitars and basses parts, drums, editing matters, vocals, and the next step was to get the closest original sound during the mix and mastering sessions.


It was not that easy, mainly because the Beatles didn't record on digital source, and the sound effects were not "plugins" or "directx", but we tried our best.


Personally, I played in several beatle tribute bands, visiting the UK in 2003 representing our country in the International Beatle Week in Liverpool for 10 gigs, also toured latinamerican countries until 2007 where I played Paul McCartney for The Beats at Vía Funchal in Sao Paulo (Brazil).


Max Gonzalez plays in bands since 1998, and his devotion for The Beatles, and John Lennon made us meet up some years ago for jamming, then made close friends, and know taking part of the "Virtual Beatles" new album, finishing home demos.


In this album you will find beatle songs played and recorded faithfully, while we all wait the project we're working on nowadays (some tracks have been published on you tube as "the beatles now and then", of "john lennon free as a bird (remake)...


Until the full album is complete, we hope you enjoy this CD and leave your comments if you like.


You have the link at the bottom to download it.!


The album has a possible "With The Beatles sound" version of the ballad they used to play in Hamburg called "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE"




TRACKLIST:


1.- I FEEL FINE


2.- FROM ME TO YOU


3.- TWO OF US


4.- NORWEGIAN WOOD (This Bird has flown)


5.- I SAW HER STANDING THERE


6.- DON'T LET ME DOWN


7.- I'M LOOKING THROUGH YOU


8.- AND I LOVE HER


9.- YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME


10.- THINK FOR YOURSELF


11.- ALL I'VE GOT TO DO


12.- COME TOGETHER


13.- I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN


14.- I'M ONLY SLEEPING


15.- SHE LOVES YOU


16.- TWIST AND SHOUT


17.- WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN (All my life)




Octavio Cavalli: Drums & Perc; Bass; Fuzz Bass; Keyboads; Classic Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Slide Guitar; Lead & Rythm Guitar; Harmonica; Organ; Vocals & Backing Vocals.-


Max Gonzalez: Lead & Rythm Guitar; Acoustic Guitar; Drums in You Really Got a Hold on Me.


Patricio Pérez: Guest (Vocal and Higher harmony in Think for yourself)






Recorded in Artefacto Studio during 2007


Sound engineer, Mix and Mastering: Octavio Cavalli


Sincro, mix & master assistant: Max Gonzalez



To download the full album click on the link below:


http://www.mediafire.com/?av143ty0a33ibwf