TRACKS 1 & 2 Interestingly, the first time the band went into a studio, it was the most prestigious facility they would ever work in -- The Hit Factory in New York City. Dave Shrier acted as producer, played tenor sax on the songs, and brought in Randy Brecker to play trumpet. The engineer was a heavyweight, too, but his name doesn’t come to mind. An auspicious first outing. The final mixes were lathed on a 2-sided Acetate 45, and now transferred from that disc.
TRACKS 3 & 4 The Perception 45 was recorded at Blue Rock Studios in NYC also, with Dave Shrier producing again. It took very little time to cut those songs, expedited by Perception’s desire to spend as little money as possible getting them done. These tracks are transfers from one of the remaining singles.
TRACKS 5 & 6 The Barn Tapes (Barn) were home recordings made in the Haywards’ barn. These two songs were re-mixed by John Senior from the original 4-track masters in March, 2011.
TRACK 7 Was recorded at Frank Virtue Studios (Virtue) in Philadelphia.
TRACKS 8 - 10 Had enough yet? If not, bear with the fluttery hiss on the right channel to hear a more professional approach to a concert as the band played a set at Duck Soup (DS) -- the club. This was the performance mentioned in the accompanying review (see PRESS CLIPPINGS). The intensity still comes through the noisy recording, and makes it a worthy addition to this collection.