This Bird Has Flown is the latest release in the famous artists musical tribute series from Sound Liaison. The album features 8 songs composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles performed by the Paul Berner Band.

Every recording situation has its own special challenges. In the case of the Paul Berner Band performing the music of the fab four from Liverpool, the challenge was to accept reed player Michael Moore’s request of being placed not in front of but “in the band” right next to bassist Paul Berner.

Before the musicians arrived, we had envisioned him fronting the band, not lined up between Paul and Ed. Eventually it turned out to be a blessing as the stereo image we created with the room microphones correlated perfectly with the spot microphones, even more so than if we had had it our way with Michael up front.

The 8 pieces of music were performed live in the studio in front of a select audience. (..)

– Frans de Rond, Recording & Mastering Engineer

You can read the complete Blog Post about this recording on NativeDSD’s Blog!

Paul Berner Band
Paul Berner – Acoustic Bass
Michael Moore – Clarinet and Alto Sax
Ed Verhoeff – Electric and Acoustic Guitar (Left Speaker)
Peter Tiehuis – Electric and Acoustic Guitar (Right Speaker)