Elephant

What was it again? Was it vintage?

Yeah, it was the same vintage Gunne Sax dress that Meg White wore on the cover of The White Stripes album Elephant.

Pretty iconic.

That's a wild connection, but I wonder is it really worth that much? I mean, it's just a dress.

And first off, Meg's got the broken arm, or broken wrist.

This cast is pre-Elephant.

And the fact that the new iPod is out...

And they got the new look.

¶¶ hey there and welcome to riff revolution the podcast where the soul of rock and roll meets the steel of the open road i am your host clint barrett husband father writer rocker and proud member of the punishers l-e-m-c each week i will be bringing you a new album from as far back as the 1940s up to and around 2005.

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On this week's episode, I am bringing an album that was suggested to me through listener feedback yet again.

Pretty crazy.

So [laughs] he, uh, there is a couple of ele- you know, deep cuts off Elephant that I was pretty stoked for, uh, mainly Hypnotize, which we did an episode ab- um, uh, on not that long ago and- All these, let me think, Black Math we've done, Screwdriver we've done, Hypnotize, Heart is Button to Button, Ball and a Biscuit, Slowly Turning into You, so we've done all these songs on the podcast.

So to hear them, I don't know, just to, to, to hear them after these conversations live is, it's just fun.

It makes you appreciate them a little bit differently, because you're looking at them a little bit differently because of these conversations.

[laughs]

[laughs] And I think-- So I think that element of Dylan's lyr-lyricism kind of bled down to, to Jack's songwriting style at times, and "I think I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman".

And by the way, for me, w-the era of White Blood Cells into Elephant, I think was, was an apex for Jack in terms of wordplay-

Yeah

confirm that whatever this fucking album was, The Long Road is on the list? Is The Long Road on the list? It's not, no.

I reckon it would be Elephant.

It

is not on the list.

going to chuck that in the three for you.

Okay.

Next we have Elephant by the White Stripes.

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[upbeat music] Welcome to the Music Production Podcast.

This show is produced by Soundstock with over eleven million full tracks, music loops, sound effects, and music samples at soundstock.com. Today, we're breaking down how The White Stripes made Elephant huge using a tiny studio and just two musicians.

Let's dive into the techniques that turned a living room feel into an enormous sonic presence.

The Elephant album feels like a living room explosion, even though Jack and Meg were in a tiny studio.

What makes that sound gigantic is how they let the natural room become part of the mix instead of masking it.

They recorded mostly live with no overdubs to keep the groove unfiltered, letting every drum hit and guitar chord breathe into the room.

The gear was intentionally old.

A Neve ten seventy-three preamp, a vintage tube compressor, and an outboard reverb plate, all running at modest levels to preserve warmth without saturation.