From the late seventies to the early eighties, I was hoppin' from the recording console to live sound, the repair bench and back again, hoping to be part of that elusive "hit tune" and on my way to fame and fortune.  In the process, I recorded some great stuff and, well, you know the story.  Here's somethign I didn't "mix," but did record while on tour...

Graham Parker and the Rumor: 21 April 1979

The first track below, "I Move Easy," was recorded in 1979 with the same Philadelphia R&B rhythm section that played for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
 

• TJ Tindall on guitar and bkg vox
• Carlton "Cotton" Kent on keys and bkg vox
• Larry Washington on percussion
• Earl Young on drums
• Ronnie Baker on bass
• Sam Peaks on sax, who played on Evelyn Champagne King's "Shame."
• Duke Williams on Hammond Organ
• Earl Scooter on those ass-kickin' high background vocals
• Willie Chambers (one of the Chambers Brothers) on lead vocal.

Nobody Gets You: Same as above.  Rough in-the-box-mix 25th April 2012

JAMAICA 88: Just about the same line-up as above but from 1975.  A rough mix from cassette by Carl Paroulo at Sigma Sound. (My first studio visit.).

Hurricane Jones
Words of Satisfaction:  Recorded May 1982 at Skyline Studios.  TJ Tindall, guitar;  Cotton Kent, keyboards;  Denny McDermott, drums;  Chas Leland, bass; Melinda "Hurricane" Jones, lead vocal.

Coming Up:  HURRICANE JONES,  Duke Williams and the Extremes

DOG TUNES

The "inspiration" for this music was the need to create content to test recording equipment for review.  All of these were digitized from cassette.  It's silly stuff and you're aloud to laugh and even hate it.  For me, it was a fun exercise.
 

• Let's Pretend: recorded in 1985 on tascam model 38 1/2-inch 8track with drum loop stolen from the intro of some 45.  I play "everything" but the guitar.  The "synth" is a white toy Casio with miniature keys and presets only.
• This is The Doghouse:  recorded in 1986 on a Tascam Model 388 1/4-inch "porta-studio" as an outgoing phone message.
• Oceanic: circa 1985 ~1988, this probably went straight to 2-track as it was sequenced using SYNTEK software for the Commodore 64 / 128.  Drums: Roland 727. Synth: Casio CZ-101, probably in 4-voice Mono mode.  I don't think there's a sampler, but if there is, it's an Akai S-612.