#album studio

[ricksaintlou]

Toronto. Album Studios. Feb 2019.

[classicrockblog1]

Women and Children First is the third studio album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released on March 26, 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. Produced by Ted Templeman, it was the first to feature compositions written solely by the band, and is described by critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine as "[the] record where the group started to get heavier, both sonically and, to a lesser extent, thematically."[1]

The album is somewhat different from their first two albums in the way that it features more studio overdubs, and less emphasis on backing vocals. "Could This Be Magic?", conversely, contains the only female backing vocal ever recorded for a Van Halen song; Nicolette Larson sings during some of the choruses. The rain sound in the background is not an effect. It was raining outside, and they decided to record the sound in stereo using two Neuman KM84 microphones, and added it to the track.

[zincproduction]

We love how it all comes together! On set with the Joe Fresh / Loblaws team shooting the Holiday campaign. 

[zincproduction]

Here's some behind the scene / set up for our Target Beaver Canoe shoot. We built our own "cottage" at Album Studio with photographer Hallie Burton.