Abbey Road's Master of Half Speed Vinyl Miles Showell Tells All

Miles Showell has been cutting vinyl for 40 years. Today, he works in Abbey Road studios where he has been perfecting the art of half-speed cutting, a technique which produces the best sounding vinyl ever made. In this video, we interview Miles in his mastering suite at Abbey Road about his not just half-speed cutting and its history, but also about his career, the equipment he uses both at work and at home, his work on The Beatles' Let It Be album and how he sees the future of vinyl.

Video chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Going into Abbey Road
2:12 - Studio tour
3:03 - Miles Showell interview begins. When did you cut your first record?
5:02 - What was the first record you cut.
5:50 - When did you first come across Half Speed Mastering?
8:27 - What percentage of your work is half speed?
9:48 - What qualities you need to be a mastering engineer?
10:43 - What percentage of your work is from digital sources and what is from analogue?
14:04 - How do you know when to stop making adjustments?
15:24 - Which is easiest media to work with?
17:14 - What equipment do you use?
21:33 - How different was it cutting records in the 60s?
24:59 - Is vinyl as good as it can get and are improvements coming?
28:12 - Is the vinyl bubble going to burst?
29:25 - What system do you use at home?
31:13 - What are your favourite albums you haven't worked on.
33:32 - What was it like working with Glyn Johns on Get Back?
35:07 - What is your favourite Beatles album?
36:51 - Thank yous and outro.

Links to music and websites mentioned in this video:
Lou Sern - Swiss Boy:    • Lou Sern - Swiss Boy (1985)  
Vertere Acoustics: https://www.vertereacoustics.com/
Abbey Road Studios: https://www.abbeyroad.com/
Abbey Road Store: https://shop.abbeyroad.com/

Stan Ricker Cuttings (Discogs links)
1812 Overture: https://www.discogs.com/release/22052...
Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker – I've Got The Music In Me: https://www.discogs.com/release/12291...
Virgil Fox – The Fox Touch • Volume One: https://www.discogs.com/release/23562...

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