The incursion of stereo into Spanish popular music: the English influence in the definition of a local sound through the professional exchanges between Madrid, Barcelona and London.

Abstract

In Spain, the role of the engineer and the music producer emerges at the beginningof the 60s from the “imitation” of the Anglo-Saxon model. The Englishprofessional experience of producers and engineers such as Alain Milhaudand Pepe Loeches, helps to import some of the technical methodologiesused in English recording studios into Spain. Production equipment fromAbbey Road is sent to the EMI studio in Barcelona, allowing stereo recordingsto be made with mixing consoles previously used in The Beatles’ productions.The introduction of stereo to Spanish productions does not seem tohave come much later than in other markets like the UK or the US.