Recording Sessions
Date: February 27 & April 2, 2000
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), JP (B), CK (D)
Notes: Demos. All tracks recorded 4/2 except as noted. These are amongst the only exisitng recordings with John on bass.
1. Pretty Thoughts (2/27)
2. Dictator
3. 2nd Time
4. Acting Beautiful
5. One Last Chance
6. Looking Down
7. Twin Peaks
8. Midnight
9. Stars
Date: July 2000
Recorded at: The In Out practice space, underneath Cafe Brazil, Allston, MA
Engineering: Andy Abrahamson
Method: 8 Track Reel To Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: Demos. I believe Andy still has the master reel.
1. Crash Safely
2. The Only Reason (2 Takes)
3. Some People
4. Acting Beautiful
5. Pretty Thoughts
6. One Last Chance
7. Looking Down (3 Takes)
8. 2nd Time
9. Twin Peaks (Vocal)
10. Twin Peaks (Inst.)
11. Stars
12. Dictator (2 Takes)
13. Fistfight (aka Modern Man)
14. "A" (Jam)
Date: September 4-6, 2000
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Demos aka the "Hi-Fi Demos". My reference tape is missing (purloined accidentally by Mike C., I think), but I still at least have the track listing.
1. Stars
2. Crash Safely (2 Takes)
3. The Only Reason
4. White Fuel
5. Midnight
6. 2nd Time
7. One Last Chance (2 Takes)
8. Looking Down
9. Pretty Thoughts
10. Twin peaks (2 Takes)
11. Acting Beautiful
12. Tight Rope Walker
13. Mersh (aka The Who Song aka Endless Bummer)
14. Dictator
Date: October 23-24, 2000
Recorded at: Fort Apache Studios (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G/K), NB (B/K/V), CK (D/V), Brian Brown (Percussion), Tricia Beland (Trumpet)
Notes: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive recording and mixing sessions. At this time "Midnight" had only one trumpet part palced on it (as a rough guide) played by Tricia Beland, NB's then girlfriend. Basics were done the first day with a few overdubs, mixing and the rest of the overdubs the next. The finished product was mastered soon after by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Newton, MA.
1. Crash Safely
2. 2nd Time
3. Looking Down
4. The Only Reason
5. Tight Rope Walker (2 Takes)
6. Midnight
7. Dictator
Date: March-May 2001
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: If The Blues Were Red Demos.
March 12-April 1:
1. Midnight (3/12)
2. Black And White (3/25)
3. Funk 69 (3/25)
4. Infinity (3/25)
5. Straight 8 (3/25)
6. Moment of Truth (3/28)
7. Straight 8 (3/28)
8. Looking Down (4/1)
9. One Last Chance
10. Pretty Thoughts
11. Some People 2
12. Tupelo
13. Twin Peaks
14. The Visit (2 Takes)
15. Acting Beautiful
16. Stars
17. Rubber Bullets (2 Takes)
May 7 & 9:
1. Black And White
2. My Solution
3. Pretty Thoughts
4. Stars (2 Takes)
5. Twin Peaks
6. White Fuel
Date: June 5-9, 2001
Recorded at: Easley-McCain Studio, Memphis, TN
Engineering: Stuart Sikes
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G/K/V), NB (B/K/V), CK (D/K/V/P)
Notes: If The Blues Were Red sessions. Some mixing was completed here (at least "White Fuel", "One Last Chance", and "Infinity"), the rest later at Ft. Apache.
1. Rubber Bullets
2. Acting Beautiful
3. Funk 69
4. The Visit
5. Black And White
6. White Fuel
7. Infinity (Between 8 And 9)
8. Twin Peaks (Miles Between [What I Said And I Did])
9. One Last Chance
10. Pretty Thoughts
11. Stars
12. Looking Down (Remake)
13. Straight 8 (The Screws)
14. My Solution (In Out cover)
15. The Only Reason Blues (Acoustic)
Date: September 10-12, 2001
Studio: Ft. Apache (Little Room), Camp St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown
Method: 24 track Reel to Reel
Personnel: same as above plus Kevin Flansberg (Coronet)
Notes: Overdub sessions
1. The Visit (Guitar and Vocals)
2. Rubber Bullets (Vocals)
3. Midnight (Vocals, Guitar, and Coronet)
Date: November 2001
Studio: Ft. Apache (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Stuart Sikes And Brian Brown
Method: 24 Track Reel To Reel To 2 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: N/A
Notes: If The Blues Were Red mixing/transferring sessions. I believe this took 2 or 3 days at the most. The finished product was mastered soon after by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Newton, MA.
1. Rubber Bullets (Mix and transfer)
2. The Visit (Mix and transfer)
3. White Fuel (Transfer)
4. Between 8 And 9 (Transfer)
5. Miles Between (What I Said And I Did) (Mix and transfer)
6. One Last Chance (Transfer)
7. Midnight (Mix and transfer)
8. The Screws (Mix and transfer)
Date: April 20-21, 2002
Recorded at: Ft. Apache (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown with technical assistance from Fletcher of Mercenary Audio.
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V on "Don't Jump Me Mother" only), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D/K)
Notes: The incomplete third album sessions. MC was present but only sang on one song, as CK and MH purchased a 24 track machine (which now belongs to Black Helicopter) to which we had planned on doing the vocal overdubs at our practice space on our own time. Which songs were completed this way and which weren't remains to be seen as no rough mixes were made. MH still has the reels.
4/20:
1. Black And White
2. All Terrain Man (aka Feel Good Now) (2 Takes)
3. Longhorn (aka Fight Club)
4/21:
1. Get The Party Started
2. I Can't Feel
3. Pink Panther (aka Paved With My Blues) (2 Takes)
4. Last Kiss (2 Takes)
5. Don't Jump Me Mother (DMZ cover)
NB: A cover of Mr. Airplane Man's "Not Living At All" may also have been recorded. This is pending confirmation. We also had a song at that time entitled "Go-Go" (aka "Go-Go Shoes") that was slated to be recorded but was not. It was never performed live, and I don't believe Mike C. even wrote lyrics for it.
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), JP (B), CK (D)
Notes: Demos. All tracks recorded 4/2 except as noted. These are amongst the only exisitng recordings with John on bass.
1. Pretty Thoughts (2/27)
2. Dictator
3. 2nd Time
4. Acting Beautiful
5. One Last Chance
6. Looking Down
7. Twin Peaks
8. Midnight
9. Stars
Date: July 2000
Recorded at: The In Out practice space, underneath Cafe Brazil, Allston, MA
Engineering: Andy Abrahamson
Method: 8 Track Reel To Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: Demos. I believe Andy still has the master reel.
1. Crash Safely
2. The Only Reason (2 Takes)
3. Some People
4. Acting Beautiful
5. Pretty Thoughts
6. One Last Chance
7. Looking Down (3 Takes)
8. 2nd Time
9. Twin Peaks (Vocal)
10. Twin Peaks (Inst.)
11. Stars
12. Dictator (2 Takes)
13. Fistfight (aka Modern Man)
14. "A" (Jam)
Date: September 4-6, 2000
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Demos aka the "Hi-Fi Demos". My reference tape is missing (purloined accidentally by Mike C., I think), but I still at least have the track listing.
1. Stars
2. Crash Safely (2 Takes)
3. The Only Reason
4. White Fuel
5. Midnight
6. 2nd Time
7. One Last Chance (2 Takes)
8. Looking Down
9. Pretty Thoughts
10. Twin peaks (2 Takes)
11. Acting Beautiful
12. Tight Rope Walker
13. Mersh (aka The Who Song aka Endless Bummer)
14. Dictator
Date: October 23-24, 2000
Recorded at: Fort Apache Studios (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G/K), NB (B/K/V), CK (D/V), Brian Brown (Percussion), Tricia Beland (Trumpet)
Notes: Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive recording and mixing sessions. At this time "Midnight" had only one trumpet part palced on it (as a rough guide) played by Tricia Beland, NB's then girlfriend. Basics were done the first day with a few overdubs, mixing and the rest of the overdubs the next. The finished product was mastered soon after by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Newton, MA.
1. Crash Safely
2. 2nd Time
3. Looking Down
4. The Only Reason
5. Tight Rope Walker (2 Takes)
6. Midnight
7. Dictator
Date: March-May 2001
Recorded at: The Takers practice space, The Sound Museum, Brighton, MA
Engineering: Chris Keene
Method: ProTools
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D)
Notes: If The Blues Were Red Demos.
March 12-April 1:
1. Midnight (3/12)
2. Black And White (3/25)
3. Funk 69 (3/25)
4. Infinity (3/25)
5. Straight 8 (3/25)
6. Moment of Truth (3/28)
7. Straight 8 (3/28)
8. Looking Down (4/1)
9. One Last Chance
10. Pretty Thoughts
11. Some People 2
12. Tupelo
13. Twin Peaks
14. The Visit (2 Takes)
15. Acting Beautiful
16. Stars
17. Rubber Bullets (2 Takes)
May 7 & 9:
1. Black And White
2. My Solution
3. Pretty Thoughts
4. Stars (2 Takes)
5. Twin Peaks
6. White Fuel
Date: June 5-9, 2001
Recorded at: Easley-McCain Studio, Memphis, TN
Engineering: Stuart Sikes
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V), MH (G/K/V), NB (B/K/V), CK (D/K/V/P)
Notes: If The Blues Were Red sessions. Some mixing was completed here (at least "White Fuel", "One Last Chance", and "Infinity"), the rest later at Ft. Apache.
1. Rubber Bullets
2. Acting Beautiful
3. Funk 69
4. The Visit
5. Black And White
6. White Fuel
7. Infinity (Between 8 And 9)
8. Twin Peaks (Miles Between [What I Said And I Did])
9. One Last Chance
10. Pretty Thoughts
11. Stars
12. Looking Down (Remake)
13. Straight 8 (The Screws)
14. My Solution (In Out cover)
15. The Only Reason Blues (Acoustic)
Date: September 10-12, 2001
Studio: Ft. Apache (Little Room), Camp St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown
Method: 24 track Reel to Reel
Personnel: same as above plus Kevin Flansberg (Coronet)
Notes: Overdub sessions
1. The Visit (Guitar and Vocals)
2. Rubber Bullets (Vocals)
3. Midnight (Vocals, Guitar, and Coronet)
Date: November 2001
Studio: Ft. Apache (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Stuart Sikes And Brian Brown
Method: 24 Track Reel To Reel To 2 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: N/A
Notes: If The Blues Were Red mixing/transferring sessions. I believe this took 2 or 3 days at the most. The finished product was mastered soon after by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Newton, MA.
1. Rubber Bullets (Mix and transfer)
2. The Visit (Mix and transfer)
3. White Fuel (Transfer)
4. Between 8 And 9 (Transfer)
5. Miles Between (What I Said And I Did) (Mix and transfer)
6. One Last Chance (Transfer)
7. Midnight (Mix and transfer)
8. The Screws (Mix and transfer)
Date: April 20-21, 2002
Recorded at: Ft. Apache (Big Room), Edwards St., Cambridge, MA
Engineering: Brian Brown with technical assistance from Fletcher of Mercenary Audio.
Method: 24 Track Reel to Reel
Personnel: MC (V on "Don't Jump Me Mother" only), MH (G), NB (B), CK (D/K)
Notes: The incomplete third album sessions. MC was present but only sang on one song, as CK and MH purchased a 24 track machine (which now belongs to Black Helicopter) to which we had planned on doing the vocal overdubs at our practice space on our own time. Which songs were completed this way and which weren't remains to be seen as no rough mixes were made. MH still has the reels.
4/20:
1. Black And White
2. All Terrain Man (aka Feel Good Now) (2 Takes)
3. Longhorn (aka Fight Club)
4/21:
1. Get The Party Started
2. I Can't Feel
3. Pink Panther (aka Paved With My Blues) (2 Takes)
4. Last Kiss (2 Takes)
5. Don't Jump Me Mother (DMZ cover)
NB: A cover of Mr. Airplane Man's "Not Living At All" may also have been recorded. This is pending confirmation. We also had a song at that time entitled "Go-Go" (aka "Go-Go Shoes") that was slated to be recorded but was not. It was never performed live, and I don't believe Mike C. even wrote lyrics for it.
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