Old material dug out from the loft...

[ShergoldSnickers]

Walman recently pointed out a link to some great stuff he'd done on his Shergold bass a number of years ago, and this got me thinking. Where's all my old stuff? Well I've dug out some of the best of a pretty awful collection. This was done in the early 80s on a Fostex 250 4 track - the first generation one and with numerous bounces involved, and before I'd learned the discipline of playing less :blush: :blush: :blush: The band was named Sign Language.

It's weird to hear this again. Hmmm... spot the influences.

The download links are below. Go on - get yours up here as well :brow:

Track 1 [url="https://files.me.com/ianhalstead/3kubz5.mp3"]Morning People[/url]
Track 2 [url="https://files.me.com/ianhalstead/ec5cxz.mp3"]Empty Stations[/url]
Track 3 [url="https://files.me.com/ianhalstead/y6jwsw.mp3"]Victim[/url]

Edited August 14, 2010 by ShergoldSnickers

[WalMan]

This should be subtitled "Spot the influences"

Here's a couple more from the sessions I picked up last week. Four track Revox I think it was in a little studio in sunny Bognor, and more overplaying

All That's Fiction
[url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/ATF/im_always_with_you.mp3"]I'm Always With You[/url] - Shergold fretless Marathon

[url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/ATF/medal.mp3"]Medal[/url] - Shergold fretted Marathon

and what started this reverie

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=98732"]Girl on my wall[/url] - Shergold fretted Marathon

ATF then became [url="http://www.myspace.com/akindoffury"]A Kind Of Fury[/url] and eventually morphed into my current lot when the old vocalist ran off to NZ

[BigRedX]

My old stuff is all out there for public consumption...

My very first band despite being ridiculed when we were at school for playing weird sh*t that we'd written ourselves instead of rock covers like all the other bands were doing and not having proper electric guitars and drums, happened to be in the right place at the right time to be part of the DIY cassette movement of the late 70s early 80s, and appeared on the now cult classic "Angst In My Pants" double EP.

As a result of this we were asked to produce a best of CD by Hyped2Death records who are seemingly on a mission to rerelease every DIY recording of that era.

You can hear snippets of 4 of our songs [url="http://hyped2death.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=39"]here[/url]. The recordings range from live onto stereo cassette to full 16 track studio recordings with overdubs. Some of the songs don't even have any bass on them since we didn't actually own a bass guitar until I bought mine in 1981.

For fans of LoFi DIY post punk only...

[ShergoldSnickers]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='925673' date='Aug 15 2010, 04:25 PM']My old stuff is all out there for public consumption...

My very first band despite being ridiculed when we were at school for playing weird sh*t that we'd written ourselves instead of rock covers like all the other bands were doing and not having proper electric guitars and drums, happened to be in the right place at the right time to be part of the DIY cassette movement of the late 70s early 80s, and appeared on the now cult classic "Angst In My Pants" double EP.

As a result of this we were asked to produce a best of CD by Hyped2Death records who are seemingly on a mission to rerelease every DIY recording of that era.

You can hear snippets of 4 of our songs [url="http://hyped2death.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=31&products_id=39"]here[/url]. The recordings range from live onto stereo cassette to full 16 track studio recordings with overdubs. Some of the songs don't even have any bass on them since we didn't actually own a bass guitar until I bought mine in 1981.

For fans of LoFi DIY post punk only...[/quote]
All instantly evocative of the era - I'm taken right back there despite never having heard the tracks before - I liked 'Obsesion and Guilt' in particular.

[ShergoldSnickers]

[quote name='WalMan' post='925559' date='Aug 15 2010, 01:34 PM']ATF then became [url="http://www.myspace.com/akindoffury"]A Kind Of Fury[/url] and ....[/quote]
Yes, the shorts indeed...

[derrenleepoole]

I've just been doing exactly the same thing recently. I've up some stuff and will just have to share

[warwickhunt]

A recent house move had me digging about and I uncovered a few bits and pieces.

Morgan Le Fay - circa 92/93 with my 91 Red Streamer Stage I (Oddly enough our very own WoT went on to further things with this very same band)

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=17158"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...st&id=17158[/url]

The Black Banana Band - 92/93 with Streamer Corvette 'Infinette'

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=17161"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=attach...st&id=17161[/url]

Edited August 16, 2010 by warwickhunt

[BigRedX]

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='926117' date='Aug 16 2010, 08:19 AM']All instantly evocative of the era - I'm taken right back there despite never having heard the tracks before - I liked 'Obsesion and Guilt' in particular.[/quote]
Thanks!

That was done in the 16 track studio. IIRC we booked 2½ hours to record and mix the one track for a compilation LP (that never got released as the person organising it did a runner with both our money and the master tape). Instrumentation is Burns Sonic Bass, Wasp Synth, Boss Dr Rhythm Drum Machine, a cheap Syndrum and assorted acoustic percussion instruments. The speed of the song was partially dictated by the amount of time we'd been allocated on the record and how long it would take the two of us playing to do all the overdubs that 16 tracks would allow and still have time to mix the track before our money ran out!

I also enjoyed "Morning People". Some nifty fretless bass playing (on your Shergold?) and not particularly over-busy when compared with what others were doing at the time!

[ShergoldSnickers]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='926166' date='Aug 16 2010, 09:29 AM']Thanks!

That was done in the 16 track studio. IIRC we booked 2½ hours to record and mix the one track for a compilation LP (that never got released as the person organising it did a runner with both our money and the master tape).[/quote]
That sounds remarkably familiar. A band I was helping to record had a 'manager' who did the same thing. This was around '85 or '86. The guitarist was a fairly quiet and timid bloke but he tracked the manager down after a couple of months and really did him over a treat. I'm not sure who was more surprised - the guitarist or the manager.

[quote]I also enjoyed "Morning People". Some nifty fretless bass playing (on your Shergold?) and not particularly over-busy when compared with what others were doing at the time![/quote]
Thanks BidRedX. Yes, all the stuff was done on the current Marathon bass, including the rudimentary slap and pull stuff that actually doesn't sound too bad without the frets!