Roy Wood  
				
				Off The Record
                                  
	     Video tape about recording different types of music
	     	          AM/FMreview by  Nigel Parker.				  

Roy Wood !
	what can you say that hasn't already been said about the man ?
For people to young to remember, Roy Wood was the GENIOUS behind "The Move,
E.L.O and Wizzard" to name but a few.
	
	Roy gives us a "backstage" look at recording a record from start to end
covering, mixing, EQ, computrs, samplers and etc. The only thing about the tape
for me was that it felt a little rushed and not long enough; skimming various 
areas where more time needed to be spent.

	The tape starts with Roy in his what looks like a garage! Its the best 
home setup I've seen! He gives us a brief show off of his mixing desk 24 track
tape machine, and row of samplers. Then sets about showing how a songs 
built up first by STRIPING a tape with time-code andding sampled drums, 
a bass and a little guitar.

	Then its OFF TO A REAL STUDIO with an engineer to re-record the drums 
with real drums or "bongo bashing" as he calls it, showing various miking tips
and tips the boring old 
HOW TO MAKE A POP SHIELD OUT OF A COATHANGER AND A PAIR OF TIGHTS just in case 
you didn't already know.

	The vocals are added and BACKING singers are realy Roy ovredubbing.     
          ( no expense is used what so ever ha ) and finally the mixing.
         
 	This is a good tape for an introduction though in 51 minutes it could
have gone into greater depth about subjects, if the funny flash titles are cut
between each section then extra time could have been spent on things like Fx
which were skimmed over very fast, Roys humor makes up for the shortfalls of
the video which would suit a beginner looking for information.

ROY WOOD   "off the record"
starnite video

no address on the video bought from a record shop for £14