Haven't been back to Hal's website for a while
http://www.halblaine.comBut well worth a visit. In the discography section you can look at different years with a lot of Jan and Dean tracks with Hal's notes. A few oddities - with notes against the wrong song - but well worth a read. As always, Hal is very complimentary about Jan's production and arrangement.
One example:
EVERYBODYS SOMEBODYS FOOL: (I've not heard of this track and am not sure if it is an error or a joke [Mark will know] ) but Hal notes: AIN'T IT THE TRUTH !! SOME OF US WERE REAL FOOLS!! ME AND EARL PALMER PLAYING DUAL IDENTICAL DRUM PARTS PLAYED THE %#$^ OUT OF JANS ARRANGEMENTS. JAN WAS ANOTHER BRIAN WILSON, HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED AND HOW TO GET THERE.. GREAT FUN. SOMETIMES ALL NIGHT, SOMETIMES JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, ALL AT WESTERN STUDIO 3 IN HOLLYWOOD, THE HITS STUDIO WHERE SO MANY NAME ARTISTS RECORDED WITH CHUCK BRITZ ON THE CONSOLE..
