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Interesting, those observations about the Dan and Boston, they did get pretty clinical and precise, maybe obsessive?

I saw a recent interview with Becker and Fagen for the current Steely Dan tour, they actually consciously chose not to tour in their "prime" because they were so obsessed with making perfect records.

As for lab coats, at least with Abbey Road, it was part of the dress code.

Sir Cliff Richard, whose 1958 single "Move It" is considered England's first-ever rock-and-roll record.

It's also worth noting that Richard's first hit came from Abbey Road - especially considering that the studio wasn't exactly a rock-and-roll environment. At the time, it was among the most strict and buttoned-down of all the Londonstudios, with a precise apprenticeship structure and a rigid dress code. Balance engineers wore white shirts and neckties and sat in the control room. The maintenance engineers wore white lab coats and were the only ones allowed to set up microphones and other equipment. The "brown coats" were janitorial staff. Plus, because of a strong musicians' union, normal recording hours were fixed: 10 a.m. to one p.m., lunch break, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., and then seven to 10 p.m. Musicians would enter the studio on time, engineers would quickly set up the equipment, and within 10 minutes the session had started.

As far as a listening addiction, I went through the listening everyday thing years ago, I would just use headphones and let really complex Zappa and Jazz stuff wash over and filter through.

I don't do that kind of listening day to day now, but if I go for a few days without listening to any music, I notice an incredible shift in my mood toward the positive.

I do believe that music is like fish, great brain "food".