Prefab Sprout  Paddy McAloon: From Langley Park To Memphis (And
Back)  Published in SOS March 2014 Bookmark and Share  People +
Opinion : Artists / Engineers / Producers / Programmers  Prefab
Sprout rose to fame in an era of indulgence and eye‑watering
studio budgets. These days, things are a little different...
Tom Doyle  "A lot of what goes on in a studio is on
a sub‑molecular level,” says Paddy McAloon. "The sound bashing
off the walls, the same old instruments that everyone uses, but
being played in a real live atmosphere. I still think things
from the '50s and '60s are the best‑sounding records. If
recording is done well, it will have that unique stamp. You
listen to a Peggy Lee or a Frank Sinatra or a Beach Boys record,
where they're done in what I assume to be rooms with
well‑designed acoustics, they have a sound.”  After over 30
years trading as Prefab Sprout — previously the songwriter and
leader of a four‑piece band, he now uses the name in effect as
a shop front for his solo career — McAloon knows