Duff, Greg, and David laid down the basic tracks together first. After that Swad and Paul came in and recorded the vocals and lead guitar parts separately.
The guitar sounds are incredible, with neck slides and cyclical patterns, making it sound similar to Ron Emery in T.S.O.L. circa “Thoughts of Yesterday.” Paul’s unique guitar sound was created by using a Music Man amp with a built in “Phasor” knob, producing the same effect as a Phase Shifter foot pedal, which was always kept turned on during the whole recording. The tempo often starts out slow, speeds up, then slows down again in a roller coaster pattern, alternating slow/fast, quiet/loud, quite different from the breakneck hardcore sound that Paul and Duff had been playing with the Fartz only six or eight months earlier in 1982. Most hardcore track is #5, “No More Time.” Unfortunately, the drums still have that dull thud sound as before the remix, something that is also noticeable on their later 1984 demos, and which is probably caused by having to merge the bass and drums onto one track, thus preventing either from being isolated and altered later.
Possibly Duff singing backup vocals on the chorus to Track 2. There is a 12 second gap between Tracks 1 and 2 that includes a four second drum roll 4:50 -4:54. There is a 20 second gap between Tracks 2 and 3. At 8:31 Duff’s voice says, “You wanna just go onto the next song, Steve?” Steve says, “Yeah.” This, along with other between song chatter, gives the impression that Duff is calling the shots. 8:40 couple of drum hits. There is a 15 second gap between Tracks 3 and 4. At 10:59 Duff’s voice says, “Next!” 11:01-11:03 bass line, 11:09 bass line. At 15:32 a voice says, “Next!,” but this does not sound like Duff and may be Johnny Vinyl’s voice. 15:38 bass. After Track 5 there is 10 seconds of silence before the tape ends.
Track 1, ?, 00:00-4:43
Track 2, “We’re Not Living,” 4:55-8:26
Track 3, “Spell,” 8:46 – 10:54
Track 4, ?, 11:09-15:29
Track 5, “No More Time,” 15:38 -18:33.
Published at Wed, 01 Jan 2020 14:15:26 GMT
