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Producer’s
Note
Prescribed
measurements of Rockdom are clearly absent from this recording.
Time and time again I was aghast at our seeming disregard
for the conventions of state-of-the-art recording. Two tracks
contained herein were recorded amongst suspicious laundry
items and posters of legendary musical figures. Whether this
was accidental or some warped kind of inspirational tactic
is something I’m yet to fathom.
As
is the danger in these surrounds all kinds of itinerants attempted
to place themselves in history… Babalouie barking at
an opportune moment, telephones ringing, doors slamming and
a particularly feisty government bus all made cheap attempts
to grab some limelight.
Moving
now to a pub close to our heart we endeavoured to capture
the ’Shins in all their live glory, though marrying great
performances with great sound proved most elusive. Finally,
aided by Sherman the boy genius we nailed this gem and endless
thanks go to Harold and the particularly enthusiastic whistler.
Now,
with the world at our feet, we entered a pleasure palace of
coded messages, secret keys and corporate finance. Who could
fail to be moved, coming down in the elevator at 9.00 a.m.
after an all night slog, to greet a foyer of eager finance
executives with blood on their breath.
Out
in the traffic, shades down, spinning the curvy rhythms and
threads through city blocks still yawning at the prospect
of another day, we head home happy in the thought that the
great elements of tension necessary in these pursuits had
fused happily in the Bottle Man.
Dave
Baby ’88
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