AEROSMITH guitarist Brad Whitford spoke to Ken Sharp from Goldmine Magazine recently about a number of topics including the band's classic catalog. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

GM: Share your impressions of the group’s seminal ‘70s albums starting with your debut self-titled album, Aerosmith.

BW: "My recollection of that first record is it was literally recorded on a recording console that was literally homemade. Part of it was cardboard with knobs the size of headlights. That’s what sticks out for me."

GM: Get Your Wings.

BW: "Recording in New York for the first time, that would be the real thing that stands out about that record. It also marked the beginning of our collaboration with our producer, Jack Douglas."

GM: Toys In The Attic.

BW: "There was more experimentation on that album. We recorded it at The Record Plant in New York. I remember setting up amplifiers in these hallways and 14th floor staircases to get echo from."

GM: Rocks.

BW: "We recorded about half of the Rocks album at our home warehouse where we rehearsed, so it was kind of our first experience with recording with a mobile truck, up in Waltham, Mass. It really made for some very unique sounds."

GM: Draw The Line.

BW: "Draw The Line was the beginning of the end [laughs]. Steven and Joe were disappearing kind of as people and musicians. I remember we recorded at an old estate... it was converted to a nunnery, a bunch of nuns lived there. The place was empty and we built a studio inside of it. Rented it out. It was a wild time. There must have been hundreds of acres of land there. But it was very difficult. We all showed up to go to work and Joe wasn’t there and Steven wasn’t there. So Jack Douglas, Tom (Hamilton), myself and Joey (Kramer) started writing our own music. It was like, “What are we gonna do?’ ‘I don’t know, let’s just play [laughs].’” So we started playing and [laughing] waited for those guys to show up."

GM: Lastly, Night In The Ruts.

BW: "Tensions were very high. It was taking forever to get anything done. There was a lot of wasted time in the studio. A lot of very, very frustrated people."

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