Plummer's Mines is a full service recording studio...
with over 20 years of experience recording everything from voiceovers and light jazz to the heaviest metal. Here you can record either digitally through our Pro Tools Mix Plus system (up to 64 tracks) or analog via our Tascam MSR-24S (24 tracks). After recording analog you have the option of mixing in the analog domain or transfering the tracks into Pro Tools and get all the editing and automation capabilities that come with it. This flexibility and quality will still fit within the budget of the working musician. Digital is $25/hour and analog is $30/hour plus tape costs. This will all be updated soon with equipment notes and MP3 samples. In the meantime visit www.plummersmines.com.
In case you were wondering:
During World War I, General Sir Hubert Plummer, in command of the British forces, was tasked to take Messines Ridge and to "straighten the line" prior to the 3rd Battle of Ypres, or Passchendaele, as it is better known. The German salient consisted of a series of complex trenches, and the British, whose trench system was no less complex, sought to tunnel towards and underneath these German trenches. On the British side, Australians, New Zealanders and Irish troops were to take Messines Ridge. The main British trenches were in three parallel lines: the front line, the support lines and the reserve line. There was a maze of centres for stretchers, dressing stations, water supply, kitchens and artillery in tunnels supporting the trench system. Dug out accommodation, at 15 to 35 feet below the surface, was linked by alleyways going down at 45 degrees.
The secret removal was necessary for both sides due to "spotter" aircraft who were constantly on the watch for mining activity. Not only had the tunnels to be dug, but they also had to be reinforced and ventilated. In these complicated and dangerous tasks engineers and miners used shovels, clay-kickers, picks and small miners trucks to remove excavated material. At Messines, the British and German forces mined towards each other with the British tunnels reaching under the Gerrnan lines. Experts used geophones to establish the position of the enemy and the direction of their digging. Offensive mines were laid and their position recorded. On 7 June 1917, nineteen of these mines were detonated. The blast could be heard in London!. Immense damage was caused and Messines Ridge was virtually blown away. Despite that, in the final assault on the position, 30% of the British forces were killed. One of the remaining mines exploded in 1955, while one remains.
Hence the name Plummer's Mines.
I never said it was fun or memorable, it just stuck for the past 20 years.
