Suffolk Office "Live Demo", April 13, 1988

In April of 1988, we tried to make a live-to-four-track demo.  It didn't work very well as a demo recording (we recorded a proper demo later that summer, which you can find here), but as a document of a where we were at in April of '88, it'll do!

Hubie in our rehearsal room at the Suffolk Office, summer 1988.

part of Ted and a glimpse into the storage room of the Suffolk Office, circa February 1988

He don't hide in bathroom....he don't need to!

Hubie relaxing in our lounge at the Suffolk Office..  Most of these pictures were taken in the summer of '88...which is why we look so shiny with perspiration!  If memory serves me right, we'd overdub the vocals in this room when we'd do recordings.

Hubie poses with Mike's body after killing him.  Someone had to!

 The bass is plugged in direct, the drums sound like they're recorded with one mic (onto one track), the guitar is recorded at a moderate level, and for the vocals, we just took the P.A. outs.  For "That's Not The Way" only three of the tracks were used.  So while this isn't high fidelity, or an ideal mix, it's definitely listenable....and enjoyable!

This isn't like me! This isn't like me! This isn't like me at all!

 

 
"This Isn't Like Me" was a Ted song that had a great riff....years later it was recycled as the break in "Dog Days".  Also I have to share something about "I Know Your  Name", something I remembered as I was dubbing this.  "I Know Your Name" starts when it looks like there's no tape left.  But the tape gods were smiling on us, and the full rendition was captured....with about three seconds to spare....that's why you can hear me exclaim in triumph at the very end of that song, before the tape cut out!

Anyways, hope you have fun listening to Life Out Of Balance valiantly try to make a demo!  Maybe we didn't get the demo....but, as you can hear, we had ourselves a good time!



Life Out Of Balance, "live demo", Suffolk Office 4/13/88
Return Britain level check
Inside Outside level check
Inside Outside
Return Britain
Phobia
Blue Billiards
I Hear A New Voice
This Isn't Like Me
In The Desert
Difficult Dance
I Know Your Name
She's Not My Girl * (available only to band members)
That's Not The Way
What You Say
I'm So Tired
Rise

Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
recorded on Tascam Porta Two 4-track.


Download here:
https://www.mediafire.com/?br64fvbhi3mh8ho

Ted driving post-rehearsal at Suffolk Office, 1988. Vote Dukakis!