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More Originals |
recorded at Paulding Ave by that guy Drew |
recorded at Media Sound circa 1977 |
PJH originals recorded at Paulding Avenue on David's 4-track. Some of these are from sessions that came just before going into the studio to record THE TAPE. Note the presence of the mellotron (which was sold to pay for THE TAPE) in some of these. |
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some vocals in the beginning are Rhobin Lee, but an older track of Smitty comes in eventually |
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includes L-Minor, I Will turn to You, Save me the Words |
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partial vocals |
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some music was erased at the very beginning, but it kinda works |
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starts abruptly |
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starts abruptly, vocals come in late but are present for the 2nd half |
(3 Dog Night) |
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instrumental only |
a short 4 track piece Harry recorded one day using the minimoog |
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PJH goofing on ELP |
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PJH does comedy |
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Joe and Tony singing chipmunk style |
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Joe and Tony singing chipmunk style |
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Joe chipmunk with Beatles music track |
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joe makes an oilcan noise on his hofner |
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a trippy day turns into a sing-along |
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a Lennon & McCartney tune that was recorded circa 1977 with Joe, Harry and others including that singer who played violin |
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recorded at Max's Kansas City. unfortunately, all sound comes through the vocal mics, so balance is, well, there is no balance. but it's better than nothing. isn't it? |
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a terrible and short recording, but the only one that exists from the Conner Street rehearsal space. with Tony on drums, Jeff on vocals and none other than Mike Miranda on guitar. |
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Live at Central Park Bandshell a pre-Smitty live concert at the Central Park bandshell in October 1974 recorded on Sony portable mono cassette recorder (38 minutes) |
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best I can remember, band couldn't rehearse in the shed because of noise complaints (?), so rehearsal (for a gig?) took place in Harry's room with Tony banging on a chair in lieu of drums songs include: Peaches en Regalia, Roll Over Beethoven, Bringing Home the Bacon, Out to Sea, Something, I Feel Fine recorded on stereo cassette deck (23 minutes) |
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it all started...
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or was it weasel? |
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harry and mike a/k/a fotch? |
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young joe |
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remember chris? and mitch? |
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remember louis gimenez? (whose band, tolkein, also played central park---don't ya love the SPELLMAN tee shirt!) |
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where are they now, you might ask?
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smitty |
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don |
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harry |
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joe (the bald fellow behind him is mike miranda) |
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tony with sons ian (bass) and jon (drums) (listen to Tragic Magic tunes below) |
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remember the film that wasn't? well, some pictures have surfaced courtesy of smitty!
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TRAGIC MAGIC MP3s (recorded in 2004)
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Smitty recorded on a 4-track (1980s) more to come says smitty |
some Don Parker youtube videos
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Allemande - Lute Suite 1 J.S. Bach |
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Prelude d minor BWV 999 J.S. Bach |
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