Al Schmitt

Got exposed to the big fat band.

And, you know, I worked with Al Schmidt for 20 some years, which was a great experience.

And, you know, you work in a place like Capital, you've, like you said, you rack up a lot of credits and you get to work on a lot of cool stuff and meet a lot of great people and...

You know, I just feel so lucky.

That

was our line.

Al Schmidt and I had the line.

We lie to our wives every day when we say we're going to work because it's not really work.

So I'm wondering, um, looking into the future, and I assume you wanna do this job for longer as well, like how do you...

Is there a way that you even think about this, or how does one adapt over time as we get older with like just the natural decline in the top end and other things that just happen in life? Like, is that something you ever think about, and, and, and what, how, how is it that people, you know, take, take someone like Al Schmitt for example, like, um, or, or other people who made records up until a very, you know, old age.

How is it that they can make records although they do not sup- they shouldn't be, you know, hearing it much in, in the top end anymore?

You know, what is natural and can happen and happens, you know, you, you deal with it, meaning, you know, you, you try to expose yourself less and less to the situation.

Okay, so this album was released, uh, in November of 1969, and the genre is psychedelic rock.

And, uh, released on RCA Victor and produced by Al Schmitt.

And, um, if you're listening along, which we do encourage you to do, there are 10 songs on the album, and, uh, the first side ends a- after track four, which is Hey Frederick.

So, uh, if you wanna pause after the song Hey Frederick and, uh, listen to the halfway discussion.