Gary Hayden-Frank Eckert Project "Terrace" 1982
"TERRACE" (1982) (Hayden) Gary Hayden-Frank Eckert Project
The story behind this recording:
Back in June 1982, along with my musical partner Frank, we went into a semi-professional recording studio for the first time to record several originals I had written.
These were recorded on an 8-track reel-to-reel recorder. I still own the master reel tapes but have no way to transfer them for a new, fresh, and high quality sounding mix. For that i'd have to find and pay for an expensive professional studio. But I did recently rediscover the original master cassette of these sessions. Though the tape is now 39 years old this month (at the time of writing this), its quality has certainly diminished with time. There's a ton of flutter and things I couldn't 'fix' so it's presented here 'as is', at least until one day when I can afford to take those original reel tapes into a studio for a fresh remaster and remix.
I decided to put this track up all the same for whatever historical value it may have. I was 22 at the time, Frank was 23 and he had just switched from electric bass to upright acoustic just weeks before we recorded this.
For the life of me I can't recall the name of the drummer we used on this recording at the time (though I can picture him!)... We went through many drummers at the time, I couldn't even keep count....
By the next time we went into a studio to to record more original pieces, in January 1983, Frank and myself just decided to forgo all the drummers and play the percussion stuff ourselves and we never did use a drummer again as I recall....
A 'special guest' appearance on the female vocals was by Geraldine Eckert-Frank's sister who was, at the time, a student at a local music college.
40 years after first writing this little piece I am now in the process of recording a new (all solo) version which, hopefully, will be released at some point in the not-too-distant future.
Gary Hayden: Acoustic Guitars, Background Voice
Frank Eckert: Upright Bass, Recorder, Lead Voice, Percussion
Unknown: Kit Drummer, Percussion
Geraldine Eckert: Female Voice
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