KLAATU TRACK FACTSby John Woloschuk |
| Title of Work: | Madman |
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| Words
By: |
Dee Long |
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| Music
By: |
Dee Long |
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| Lead
Vocal: |
Dee Long |
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| Backup
Vocals: |
n/a |
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| Instrumentation: |
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| Recorded
At: |
Toronto Sound Studios |
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| Recording
Period: |
August 1976 - April 1977 (mixed
in May 1977) |
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| Initial
Release Date: |
September 1977 ("Hope" album) |
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| Remarks: |
On August 16, 1976 the three
members of Klaatu convened at Toronto Sound Studios for the first in a
series of recording sessions for the "Hope" album. During that
first session the basic rhythm section for this track (consisting of
electric guitar, bass, and drums) was recorded "live" off the floor
with producer Terry Brown engineering. Work on this original "group" recording continued on into the early fall. However, prior to its completion, Dee became increasingly dissatisfied with the track's overall direction and subsequently re-wrote and recorded a different version of the track over top of the existing 24-track recording. The reworked recording included several substantive changes to the song's melody, instrumentation and vocal treatment. It is this latter modified recording that appears on both the pre-release ("orchestral") and released versions of the "Hope" album. No copies of the original "group" recording of this track are known to exist. |
KLAATU MULTI-TRACK INFO
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| Tape
Format: |
24-Track recorded at 30 ips |
| Comments: |
| Track
# |
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Track
# |
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| 1 |
Drums Echo |
2 |
Drums Echo |
| 3 |
Bass |
4 |
Electric Guitar |
| 5 |
Electric Guitar (double) |
6 |
Organ |
| 7 |
Lead Vocal |
8 |
Harmonized Vocal |
| 9 |
Clavinet |
10 |
Clavinet |
| 11 |
Echo |
12 |
Lead Guitar |
| 13 |
Echo (guitar) |
14 |
Lead Guitar (solo) |
| 15 |
Acoustic Guitar |
16 |
Bass (EQ'd) |
| 17 |
Snare
Drum |
18 |
Backwards
Snare |
| 19 |
Drums |
20 |
Drums |
| 21 |
Vocal |
22 |
Drums |
| 23 |
used
for bounce track |
24 |
Drums |