Andy
Honorary Member
I've just had a major wow moment!
Back story: I used to earn my living as a bottom feeder session (live & recording) drummer way back in the late 70's, early 80's. I gave up for many reasons around 1985/6. Wind forward to 1996. I was living in a rented accommodation provided for my family by my employer of the time. The house was broken into, & all my 1/2" masters + CD's were stolen - never recovered. Essentially 7 years worth of sessions, etc. All my musical memories, both good & bad, gone.
Wind forward to 30 minutes ago, I get a call from a very old friend of mine. A significant industry engineer back in the day. He had a water leak in his loft space, & had to move some crap to gain access. In one box was a 1/4" stereo 10" reel of a song I co wrote back in 1979. It was recorded in a budget 8 track studio of the day, but was good enough to attract the attention of Mike Jarret from EMI Abbey Road. It was re-recorded there, but never released, & no record of the Abbey Road recording can be found. That introduction lead to the work I subsequently did in London for some years afterwards, so it's a pivotal recording in my life. Would be great to find the superior recording, but I'll be super happy if the original demo recording has survived. Steve (my friend) says the tape looks ok, but will likely have degraded over the last 34 years. We're both searching for someone who has a 10" tape machine right now.
If it can be salvaged, I'll post it up here. It might be rough, but for me to have just one memory piece from back in the day is massive. Updates as/if they happen
Back story: I used to earn my living as a bottom feeder session (live & recording) drummer way back in the late 70's, early 80's. I gave up for many reasons around 1985/6. Wind forward to 1996. I was living in a rented accommodation provided for my family by my employer of the time. The house was broken into, & all my 1/2" masters + CD's were stolen - never recovered. Essentially 7 years worth of sessions, etc. All my musical memories, both good & bad, gone.
Wind forward to 30 minutes ago, I get a call from a very old friend of mine. A significant industry engineer back in the day. He had a water leak in his loft space, & had to move some crap to gain access. In one box was a 1/4" stereo 10" reel of a song I co wrote back in 1979. It was recorded in a budget 8 track studio of the day, but was good enough to attract the attention of Mike Jarret from EMI Abbey Road. It was re-recorded there, but never released, & no record of the Abbey Road recording can be found. That introduction lead to the work I subsequently did in London for some years afterwards, so it's a pivotal recording in my life. Would be great to find the superior recording, but I'll be super happy if the original demo recording has survived. Steve (my friend) says the tape looks ok, but will likely have degraded over the last 34 years. We're both searching for someone who has a 10" tape machine right now.
If it can be salvaged, I'll post it up here. It might be rough, but for me to have just one memory piece from back in the day is massive. Updates as/if they happen