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Dangerous Dreams (RCA, Criteria Sound,
Miami, FL 1986)
These cuts are from the Dangerous Dreams (Dreams)
album. This is a record that has hardly been heard by anyone. Which
is a shame because we spent a long year writing, arranging and recording demos
in our own studio and three months recording it (we had the luxury of working
"bankers hours" - 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. and, after all it was Miami so why the
rush). Then upon completion, the project was cut short by a major
corporate takeover. To ad insult to injury, this record was recorded
digitally (Mitsubishi 32 track on 2" tape) but was only pressed as a phonograph
record. So there is no CD. The phonograph record was not well
mastered.
RCA only pressed approximately 16,000 copies of this record before the bloodless
coup where GE Corp. swallowed NBC Corp. (RCA's parent) whole, spitting out RCA
(to BMG) and leaving us well, forgotten. You can't buy this record and you
can't find these songs on any collection.
They were ripped from a CD that my brother made from the phonograph record.
I remastered the ripped WAVs to give them that full modern sound. Note:
Dreams was the only record I ever recorded that I did not
participate in the mastering. RCA insisted on sending it down to Criteria
Sounds own mastering lab. I remember listening to a test
pressing in one of our executive's office and pronouncing it cr*p. To
RCA's credit they did go back and re-master for a second time and produced a
second test pressing. But it was not much better.
Produced by the legendary Pete Solley (www.petersolleyproductions.com) and wonderfully engineered by Trevor Hallesy.
They worked hard and performed their magic. You can hear the
transformation from our 8 track versions to "big time" product.
Dig Myself a Hole - Album Cut (Streams)
Dig Myself a Hole
- Album Cut (Download)
(This file is 4.3 MB). A tune whose genesis was in a drum pattern I had
dialed up in our "new-fangled" TR-707 drum machine with a wacky side-stick
pattern. Mike made that beat his own but much bigger. I can't say
enough good about the playing (after all we did play it), but to be fair, Pete
and Trevor blew this one out! Buzz saw power cords and that gunshot tom;
they put an edge on everything. The also got the best out of the rhythm
section because we were crankin'.
Dig Myself A Hole 9/20/85 Cassette (Streams)
Dig Myself A
Hole 9/20/85 Cassette (Download)
(This file is 2.3 MB). Experience the
creative process at work. Taken from a cassette dub off our 8 track dated 9/20/85. We we
were freestyling over this beat I cooked up on our 707 drum machine.
Recorded in our studio. Live performance.
Things You Left Behind - Album
Cut (Streams)
Things You Left Behind
- Album Cut
(Download)
(This file is 3.7 MB). The follow up to
88 Lines only darker. Based on one of my drum/bass riffs, it's pure
camp. But Marc's style of camp is uncomfortably close to the truth and you can't
help but feel that he's taking it personally while making light. Then some
listeners perceive Marc's campy lyrics as "smug." Maybe so.
Well, "f" 'em if they can't
take a joke - even if the truest things are said in jest..
Things You Left Behind 9/20/85 Cassette (Stream)
Things You Left Behind
9/20/85 Cassette (Download)
(This file is 4.6 MB). From the 9/20/85
8 track cassette dub. Like "Dig" above, Live performance (I
think). Very close
to the studio version. Recorded about 5 months before we went into the
studio to do it for real.
The Veil - Album Cut
(Streams)
The Veil
- Album Cut
(Download)
(This file is 4.7 MB). This is our "Stairway
to Heaven." A little Led Zep, a little Deep Purple. That's real Hammond B3 in
there - the real deal! I have no recollection as to how we came up
with this elaborate arrangement except that I do remember that it was a tune
that we worked out as a band in live rehearsal, but really honed in live
performance.
The Veil 11/11/85 Reel-to-Reel (Streams)
The Veil
11/11/85 Reel-to-Reel (Download)
(This file is 4.7 MB). This version is an 8 track studio version done in
our studio, direct from the 2 track reel-to-reel master. We had the
arrangement down by the time we recorded this version. Mike was severely
held back playing a primitive electronics drum set.
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