Ed Stasium, Pt. 1

Before Ed Stasium made his name as a producer/engineer of the Ramones, Talking Heads, Living Colour and the Smithereens—and before his muscular remix of the Replacements’ Tim on the new “Let It Bleed Edition” box set—he’d already experienced a career’s worth of colorful adventures. He discovered overdubbing via The Wonderful World of Disney, invested in a seafoam Strat to be played by him and Johnny Ramone, chased rock-star dreams, and engineered some key soul releases. How did Skull Snaps’ self-titled debut bond him with Living Colour’s Vernon Reid? How did he help Gladys Knight get the sound she wanted on “Midnight Train to Georgia”? Where do John & Yoko, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger and Jeff Beck fit in among Stasium’s joyfully told tales? Listen…