Tracklist:
45 RPM Single:
Walk Around the World" (with B-Side titled, "Clouds")
45 RPM EP:"4 x 2" feat. 2 tracks: "Judy" & "I Asked My Friends"
Notes:
Gary Horowitz (former THE GOOD keyboardist) wrote on Nov. 8, 2000:
To whom it may concern, In response to your open request for track info about
the above mentiond 45 rpm record I submit the following: "Walk Around The
World" and "Clouds" (BCMK 66) were recorded in December of 1979at Tom
Calandra's Buffalo College of Music Knowledge Studio. Producers credited are
Dave Meinzer and The Good. It was mixed by Dave Meinzerand and Bernard
Kugel. Engineering was by Tom Calandra. Executive Producer was "Friday
Night" Dave Olka, a faithful fan who came to hear us every Friday and
Saturday evening. I believe it was Friday Night Dave who persuaded Bernie
to record the song by giving us the cash advance we needed in order to do it.
The personnel for the recording was:
Bernard Kugel on Vocals and Guitar
Bob Kozak on Bass
Mike Hylant on Drums
Gary Horowitz on Farfisa Organ
The studio was located in the basement of Tom Calandra's house at the time.
There were isolation booths strategically built in various places aroundhis
laundry room, hot water heater and one under the stairs.Recording was done on
a four track half-inch tape recorder with no noise reduction. If memory serves
me correctly,the basic rhythm tracks were guitar, bass, drums and organ
recorded live and mixed to one track. Next vocals, background vocals (provided
by Dave and Bob for "Clouds" and the whole group for "Walk Around The World")
andadditional guitars and tambourine were overdubbed on to the remaining tracks.
There were no punch-ins. Bernie played his trademark Cream White now vintage
Fender Telecaster guitarprobably through a Fender Twin or Fender Deluxe Reverb
amplifier. Bob played Mike Hylant's Gibson EB-0 or EB-1 bass guitar that had
been badly refinished, with a mile- high action and a real growl of a sound.I think
the bass was taken direct into the recording console. I can't remember whether
Mike was playing on his own drums or using the house kit. I played a Farfisa VIP
345 single manual organ which I borrowed from Jean Arnold who was my girlfriend
at the time.Normally I used a Wurlitzer B 200 electric piano for live gigs, but I was
allowed use of the Farfisa for special shows and recordings such as this. The
ecord reached number 97 on the Cavage's Charts (a local record store chain)
just under number 98 which was Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Sombody".The review
in England's New Musical Express read something like:"Empty American garage
pop band which prades it's ineptitude as if it were a virtue.This weeks most vacuous
release" I will send you scans of the front and back cover, both sides of the record
itself and the insert with lyrics and pictures taken by Eric Jensen at a photograph
sessiontaken at his house. Sincerely, Gary Horowitz
