The one on the 18th is notable for the earliest "Gimme Fun". We're playing really well on this tape.
Frank is super good on this one. Drummer, also (he said vaingloriously!) "Is It Safe", "Return Britain". a fast "It's All Right", an equally sprite "Spotlight Shining". A brief, pretty instrumental jam on King Curtis' "Soul Serenade", something we would do during this period. These two embroyonic "Gimme Fun"s are interesting, we're trying different stuff out, I'm trying different stuff out.
The rehearsal on the 19th is not as great of a rehearsal, but has it's moments. Other than "Phobia", all the songs are non-Hubie numbers. I think this is the last "Phobia" we played. "Phobia" was from the first big batch of songs Hubie played to me over the phone in 1987. Before that, there would be a new song here and there. Then one night, over the phone, he played me "Phobia", "I Know Your Name", "Wintertime", "Inside Outside" and "I Paint". Very fun song to play on the drums.
One thing I had forgotten about, until I heard us talking about it on this tape: during "Castles And Planes", I would get up and leave the drumset, let the guitarists play for a bit by themselves. (we discuss it, I don't actually do it on this particular version).
We also bash away at one of my things, "I've Got An Onion". Just me screeching away; I had played solo acoustic on one of Ted's radio shows and played this soon after I wrote it. Again, like "Some Other" (written the same day), Ted had enthusiasm for it that went beyond my own. Again, like "Some Other" it was a favorite of Dave Engelhardt's, and there's even a tape of Hubie talking about how it was Paul Poole's favorite. Whatever it's appeal, it certainly wasn't the lyrics! Probably the "Brown Sugar"-esque..."Wooooo"s!
It's a short tape. There are two cuts, one at the end of "Castles And Planes", and one at the end of "I've Got An Onion".....from my notes, that points to two possible culprits! John Russell and Jim Giargiana! Both of those guys had opinions as to what to and what not to record, and can't say I blame them! Weren't they just trying to spare us embarrassment, all these many years later?!!
Rocky Point Studio 6/18/90
Is It Safe?
Return Britain
It's All Right
Spotlight Shining
Beating A Dead Horse
Soul Serenade
Wintertime
The Advocate
We Both Wobble
Gimme Fun
Gimme Fun
recorded by Steve Goodman on a Tascam Portastudio cassette 4-track
http://www.mediafire.com/download/sts0j6kpjwrf1jg/1990-06-18.zip
Rehearsal, Rocky Point Studio, 6/19/90
Jammin'
Don't Let Me Down
We Both Wobble (aborted)
Phobia
Castles And Planes
The Advocate
I've Got An Onion
download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/c57exropbjzkyiu/1990-06-19+Rocky+Point+Studio.zip
recorded by either John Russell or Jim Giargiana on a Tascam Portastudio cassette 4-track
Hubert Poole - guitar, vocal
Frank Russell - guitar, vocal
Ted Schreiber - bass, vocal
Michael Goodman - drums, vocal
