Two more cover songs uploaded

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I don't recall if I already uploaded the first one, from Phil Collins' first band Flaming Youth and their ARK II album in 1969. I recorded it in 1988 and this is a cleaneed up cassette, no points for recording techniques or sound! A little ditty about a 134 year old man with so many transplants all he has left is his brain. And not much of that. :)

The second is a cover from Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt LP, That Day Is Done. I believe it was mainly Elvis Costello's song. I covered it in 1989 and took it to a press conference with Paul in 1990 but was to gobsmacked being there to think to give it to his people. Drat. Again, a *severely* noise-reduced cassette copy and the NR artifacts will be quite clear, but it sounds better here than it ever did on cassette.

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Jul 25, 2007 04:42 pm

Bumpity bump bump

(Tower of Power)

:)

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Jul 25, 2007 04:57 pm

I like them. Nice soft tunes. Mixes are decent but seemed a bit uneven on the first tune...was there some phasing and flanging on that or something? Something was distracting, not sure what tho...the first one was much smoother.

Good songs, just need some production work.

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Jul 25, 2007 07:23 pm

Thanks. Yes, these are all old tapes and I have spruced them up as best as I can but like lipstck on a pig...the recordings I still have left tend to get less well recorded (I obviously started posting my better ones first).

I suppose there's not much point posting any more tunes, either the performances or the production sufers from various inadequacies.

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Jul 25, 2007 07:23 pm

why not post them? nobody's recording are perfect, the tunes themselves are good.

Ne'er ate 'er
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Jul 25, 2007 07:30 pm

For me, it's not about who has the coolest VST plugin, whose guitar tone is better or whatever; I like the diversity. Keep posting 'em, McMerkin.

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Jul 26, 2007 11:02 am

Kewl. Knowing what makes a good recording and then offering these feels a bit weird, but most are indeed twenty, thirty years old and recorded purely for my own amusement, so little attention was paid to more than getting them down on tape.

Now if I ever get around to recording somethng NEW, why, it will sound absolutely perfect. :)

Ne'er ate 'er
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Jul 26, 2007 11:06 am

Haa...I'd give a week's pay to have some of the old cassettes from my garage band days in the late 70s that are long lost...would be amusing and embarrassing simultaneously.

Czar of Midi
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Jul 27, 2007 09:42 pm

McMerkin, like I've said before. Most of us listen knowing that these are transfered from old tapes so we gotta take that into account. I listen knowing that and listen more for the cool factor of the song itself. And as I stated before, I kind of have a thing for that warm sound of something that was done in a not so perfect situation.

These are both good tunes and you covered them well. Everything is there for the listening if one just takes into account how they were done in the first place. And for what they are they are good indeed.

I personally liked em both.

Ne'er ate 'er
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Jul 27, 2007 11:39 pm

What Noize said, and:

McMerkin, I'm one of the very few members of this board with old fashioned tastes and sensibilities. I'm an audiophile for sure, and I strive for the highest quality as you do. I know that we think alike when it comes to how music should sound, and we both know the beauty of digital recording. I also know we share a soft spot for nostalgia, and I fully understand where you're coming from.

There's absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about for having recorded live music in the (gasp) analog format. Even if it's from a lowly (oh my god) cassette. It's all we less-than-wealthy musicians had to work with, 'back then', in the long lost 20th century. Many of the newbies forget that digital audio hasn't always existed. The smart ones are mindful of the heritage.

If they're not, they should be. Keep the faith.



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Jul 28, 2007 12:25 am

LOL....thanks for the kind words. I wasn't quite ready to throw myself off a cliff just yet but I was close. :-D

I prefer the warmer sound myself and will always be a reel to reel tape man over digital, except at the moment I have no reel and I do have a new digital board.

I was lazy and took the most expedient copies I could find on cassette when really I SHOULD have gone to the source tapoes and done it right (especially given all the time I spent fixing up those crappy cassette dubs!).

sigh

One day, perhaps...but realistically I doubt it will ever get done.

Some of the best music ever released was flawed, either in performance or production, so I know that it can be overlooked if the song itself is really well done.

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