"Angst In My Pants" Brilliant title!
My first foray into recordings was with a Marconiphone reel to reel contraption that we bought super cheap at Oxfam.
It probably weighed the same as a Mini.
Myself and my drummer pal actually hitchhiked across the Netherlands with it to meet the other half of the band who had already gone ahead and scored some work on a farm in the boondocks somewhere (can't remember where now and couldn't even pronounce it then)
The other two had travelled light with a flute and acoustic guitar, we travelled not so light with two suitcases filled with the Marconiphone and spare reels, a Yamaha keyboard, a saxophone and my ABG!
We had stayed in for a month beforehand saving up two Giros each and somehow managed to get over there and land our jobs on the farm. We got sacked on the first day! 😂
Somehow we managed to stay out there for 8 months busking around, and had a great summer out there, recording absolutely bonkers music and comedy skits. It was 1994 and their hottest summer for a century.
The Marconiphone was left in the attic of a farmhouse when we headed home. It's probably still there as I bet no body has been bothered to try and lift it!
Thanks for the thread. Good memories that I'd forgotten had actually happened! 😊