Live at Abbey Road Studios 2004
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Live at Abbey Road Studios 2004 is a live 2CD
and limited edition
DVD
/2CD and vinyl record
by Danish singer-songwriter Tim Christensen
, released in 2004. To date, it is the only officially released live solo recording of Christensen. The DVD appeared only in limited numbers and is now a rare item.
tour, held on 3 September 2004 in Studio 1 of the Abbey Road Studios
, marking the 10-year-anniversary of Christensen's professional career as a musician, which was made possible by the success of his 2003 album Honeyburst. Additionally, the band had a really good year and was on a roll, so Christensen was happy to have it documented.
Christensen explains: "Originally we were just supposed to do a few shows in london to a few representatives of the music business. But instead of playing at some kind of boring club, we decided we would play at Abbey Road. Only later did we decide to record it and release it to DVD." By the time the day of the recording had arrived, Christensen found recording the show outweighed impressing the audience with the possibility of being promoted worldwide, although the latter would be nice. The reason why Abbey Road was chosen was because of Christensen's intense love for The Beatles
, and in part was to make up for the disappointment Christensen experienced recording Rotator
there in 1995–96, this time making it a proper homage
to The Beatles, of whom Christensen has always been a big fan.
The concert was composed of two sets; one with full band, one unplugged. The setlists contained songs from the two solo albums that had been released by then, Secrets on Parade
(2000) and Honeyburst (2003), as well as from the eponymous debut album of Christensen's former band, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
(1994). The DVD includes interview and backstage footage, as well as the documentary
"Tim Christensen: From Roskilde to Abbey Road" by the Danish film maker Theis Molin, which follows Christensen and band from their 2004 performance on the Green Stage of the Roskilde Festival
to the show at the Abbey Road Studios. This music DVD was released in a time when the DVD market in Denmark was just starting to develop, whereas in other countries this was already an established market.
, except where noted.
Additional crew
Live at Abbey Road post-production
Live at Abbey Road recording
Live at Abbey Road crew
From Roskilde to Abbey Road crew and post-production
From Roskilde to Abbey Road recording
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...
and limited edition
Special edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
/2CD and vinyl record
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
by Danish singer-songwriter Tim Christensen
Tim Christensen
Tim Christensen is a Danish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, Mellotron, harmonium, keyboard, piano and organ...
, released in 2004. To date, it is the only officially released live solo recording of Christensen. The DVD appeared only in limited numbers and is now a rare item.
Overview
Live at Abbey Road Studios 2004 contains a recording of the final show of the HoneyburstHoneyburst
Honeyburst is the second studio album by Danish singer-songwriter Tim Christensen, released on 1 September 2003 on CD and vinyl.- Overview :...
tour, held on 3 September 2004 in Studio 1 of the Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, marking the 10-year-anniversary of Christensen's professional career as a musician, which was made possible by the success of his 2003 album Honeyburst. Additionally, the band had a really good year and was on a roll, so Christensen was happy to have it documented.
Christensen explains: "Originally we were just supposed to do a few shows in london to a few representatives of the music business. But instead of playing at some kind of boring club, we decided we would play at Abbey Road. Only later did we decide to record it and release it to DVD." By the time the day of the recording had arrived, Christensen found recording the show outweighed impressing the audience with the possibility of being promoted worldwide, although the latter would be nice. The reason why Abbey Road was chosen was because of Christensen's intense love for The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, and in part was to make up for the disappointment Christensen experienced recording Rotator
Rotator (album)
Rotator is the second and final studio album released by the Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy.- Overview :EMI-Medley head of A&R and producer Nick Foss had made an agreement with lead singer and guitarist Tim Christensen that if their debut album Dizzy Mizz Lizzy won gold , the next would be...
there in 1995–96, this time making it a proper homage
Homage
Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
to The Beatles, of whom Christensen has always been a big fan.
The concert was composed of two sets; one with full band, one unplugged. The setlists contained songs from the two solo albums that had been released by then, Secrets on Parade
Secrets on Parade
Secrets on Parade is the debut solo album by Danish singer-songwriter Tim Christensen, released on 5 October 2000 on CD and vinyl. It is considered the transitional work between the music he made with Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and his solo music...
(2000) and Honeyburst (2003), as well as from the eponymous debut album of Christensen's former band, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (album)
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy is the eponymous debut album of the Danish rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, released in on 4 March 1994.- Reception :Before the album was even recorded, the songs "Waterline" and "Silverflame" from the band's 1993 demo received heavy rotation on radio stations, including DR P3 and DR P4...
(1994). The DVD includes interview and backstage footage, as well as the documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
"Tim Christensen: From Roskilde to Abbey Road" by the Danish film maker Theis Molin, which follows Christensen and band from their 2004 performance on the Green Stage of the Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
to the show at the Abbey Road Studios. This music DVD was released in a time when the DVD market in Denmark was just starting to develop, whereas in other countries this was already an established market.
Track listing
All lyrics by Tim ChristensenTim Christensen
Tim Christensen is a Danish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, Mellotron, harmonium, keyboard, piano and organ...
, except where noted.
Personnel
Band- Tim ChristensenTim ChristensenTim Christensen is a Danish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, Mellotron, harmonium, keyboard, piano and organ...
– lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, graphic designDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a... - Lars Skjærbæk – guitars, MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, backing vocals - Nicolai Munch-Hansen – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Olaf Olsen – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional crew
- Dan Christensen - graphic design
- Rune Nissen-Petersen - executive producerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
- René Cambony - A&R
- Christian Odd - product managerProduct ManagerA product manager investigates, selects, and develops products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.A product manager considers numerous factors such as intended demographic, the products offered by the competition, and how well the product fits with the company's...
Live at Abbey Road post-production
- René Szczyrbak - film producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
- Bente Mikkelsen - production manager
- Jesper Bøjlund (STV Television) - line producerLine producerA line producer is the key manager during the daily operations of a motion picture production.The line producer supports the vision given by the director but does not have direct influence on the creative expression or narrative of the film....
- Morgens Zender - technical coordinator
- Søren Hansen - technical coordinator
- Sara Bruun - assistant
- Thomas Argiris - assistant
- Uffe Egeberg - editorEditingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
- Eystein Jakobsen - editor
- Adam Bendixen - editor, vision mixerVision mixerA vision mixer is a device used to select between several different video sources and in some cases Compositing video sources together to create special effects...
- Jakob Kahlen - graphics
- David Moritz - DVD authoringDVD authoringDVD authoring is the process of creating a DVD video capable of playing on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995...
- Peter Aagaard - sound mixer bonus material
Live at Abbey Road recording
- Anders-Christian Dahl - camera operatorCamera operatorA camera operator or cameraman is a professional operator of a film or video camera. In filmmaking, the leading cameraman is usually called a cinematographer, while a cameraman in a video production may be known as a television camera operator, video camera operator, or videographer, depending on...
- Uffe Egeberg - camera operator
- Preben Hjorth - camera operator
- Kim Refslund - camera operator
- Carsten Horsted - camera operator
- Christian Puggaard - steadicamSteadicamA Steadicam is a stabilizing mount for a motion picture camera that mechanically isolates it from the operator's movement, allowing a smooth shot even when moving quickly over an uneven surface...
- Michael Petersen - focus pullerFocus pullerA focus puller, or 1st assistant cameraman, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed....
- Gawian Kamelarczyk - camera assistant
Live at Abbey Road crew
- Finn Jansen - live sound engineerLive sound mixingLive sound mixing is the art of combining and processing a number of audio signals together to create a "mix" that the audience or performers at a live show hear. There can be a variety of different mixes required, depending on the performance requirements...
- Mads Nørregaard - monitor sound engineer
- Jonas Jacobsen - backlineBackline (stage)The term backline used to refer just to audio amplification equipment that stands behind the band on stage, including amplifiers for guitars, bass guitars and keyboards. In the US, backline has expanded in recent years to include the instruments that the musicians play, from guitars and bass...
technician - John Henry's Ltd - stagehandStagehandA stagehand is a person who works backstage or behind the scenes in theatres, film, television, or location performance. Their duties include setting up the scenery, lights, sound, props, rigging, and special effects for a production.-Types of stagehand:...
s - CrewCo - stagehands
- Woodlands (Worchestershire) Ltd - generators
- Kasper Christiansen – lighting designerLighting designerThe role of the lighting designer within theatre is to work with the director, choreographer, set designer, costume designer, and sound designer to create an overall 'look' for the show in response to the text, while keeping in mind issues of visibility, safety and cost...
- Jacob Bækmand - lighting crew, riggerRigger (entertainment)A rigger is one who works on ropes, booms, lifts, hoists and the like for a stage production .The term "rigger" originally referred to a person who attended to the rigging of a sailing ship. In the age of sail, trading followed seasonal patterns with ships leaving port at set times of the year to...
- Jonas Ritz - lighting crew, rigger
- Nils Laursen - lighting crew, rigger
- Frans Andersen - lighting crew, rigger
- Stine Hein (PDH) - live production
- Nicci Welsh - make-up artist
- Gitte Gammelgaard - still photographerUnit still photographerA unit still photographer or simply, stills photographer is a person who creates still photographic images specifically intended for use in the marketing and publicity of feature films in the motion picture industry and network television productions....
- Thomas Holm Jørgensen - journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
bonus material
From Roskilde to Abbey Road crew and post-production
- Theis Molin – directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... - Christoffer Dines Dreyer – editor
- Anders Vadgaard Christensen - online/colouristColor gradingColor grading or colour painting, is the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture, video image, or still image either electronically, photo-chemically or digitally. The photo-chemical process is also referred to as color timing and is typically performed at a photographic...
- Simon Levin - batch
- Niklas Schak (Greatmusic) - sound post-production
From Roskilde to Abbey Road recording
- SR P3-Live (Brodin, Jonsson & Ohde) - concert recording
- Lars Bonde – director of photographyCinematographerA cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
- Thomas Papapetros - concert photographer
- Henrik Bloch - concert photographer
- Troels Kampmann - concert photographer
- Nis Bysted Andersen - concert photographer
- Peter Lassen - concert photographer
- Eline Sørensen - concert photographer
- Theis Molin - concert photographer, still photographer
- Christoffer Dines Dreyer - concert photographer
- Anders Vadgaard Christensen - concert photographer
- Claus Christensen - still photographer
- Gitte Gammelgaard - still photographer