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THE DIFFERENT PRODUCERS OF PRIEST’S ’70s ALBUMS

Rodger Bain, on Rocka Rolla:

“I do remember him falling asleep when we were mixing it because we were on the graveyard shift. We recorded it overnight, because of the budget being where it was. Night rates were a hell of a lot cheaper than day rates. We were all tired. It wasn’t really the way to do things. I don’t know what happened with Rodger. I think he … not so much gave up, but

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