23 years later, I got to hear my band's 4-track for the first time

[johnnie]

Back when we were wee lads we went into the recording studio to record a "demo" for getting gigs. It was Nov of 1983 and we went in and recorded the demo in a day. We did 6 songs. 3 covers, "We got to get out of this place/It's my life/Don't bring me down" Animals medley, "What I like About you" by the Romantics and "For your Love" by the Yardbirds. The other three were originals, but only one is worth a shit..lol. The one I was happy with was one called "Superannuation" I wrote it three days after John Lennon got assassinated at about 3 in the morning on one of my standard insomniac nights. I was 16.

Well, I have had the master recordings since then, but haven't heard them since the recording. I borrowed a 10" reel to reel tape hub yesterday and put the tape thru my Teac 34. I got to listen to this thing for the first time in 23 years and it made me smile.

I still play with the same guys that recorded that crap and so it was like watching an old video. I just thought I would share this with y'all because it was actually pretty cool to hear this stuff.

If you want to hear "Superannuation" go here:

http://www.echogrove.com/music/superannuation.mp3

You have to remember that I was only 16, I was filled with teen angst, I wasn't all together and it was 1980..lol. Yeah, some of the lyric is a little "childish", but it was how I felt.

We put this song on our first CD as a "hidden" track, but I talked about it in the liner notes. One of the coolest things about it was when a guy came to my studio and brought his son who happened to be 16. He said he really liked our first CD, but the song that really hit home with him was "Superannuation". He said he could totally relate to it. That was a proud moment for me. Here is a kid who was digging a song I wrote at his age over 20 years later.

This is what is called a "vanity post". :hi:

Here is also a pic from those days:




I'm sorry, I am having a rare "nostalgic episode". I will be over it soon. Thank you for indulging me.