Velvet Darkness (album): Difference between revisions
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"That was the biggest mistake of my life," he rues. "We didn’t have a chance to adequately rehearse the music, and we were given only nine hours in the studio," he explains, adding "many of the songs don’t even have endings, so on the record, they just sort of peter out!" | "That was the biggest mistake of my life," he rues. "We didn’t have a chance to adequately rehearse the music, and we were given only nine hours in the studio," he explains, adding "many of the songs don’t even have endings, so on the record, they just sort of peter out!" | ||
Didn't you record your solo album, Velvet Darkness, at about that time? | |||
That was the biggest mistake of my life. As far as I'm concerned, it was just one big rip-off. We didn't have a chance to adequately rehearse the music, and we were given only nine hours in the studio. It was just like, “Get with it!” We were sort of rehearsing a song and the producer came out yelling, “Next!” They had recorded a trial run—not a song intended for final release. We didn't even get a chance to rectify any bad parts. If I were a stronger person, I probably would have packed my guitar and left right then. There were other things that were wrong, as well. For example, many of the songs don't even have endings—we hadn't gotten that far yet. So on the record, they just sort of peter out. | |||
What did you do about these problems? | |||
There wasn't anything I could do. I went back to England, and I never got so much as a cassette copy of the tracks. About a year later I received this album at my door. It was terrible. And now I suffer every time anybody mentions that album. I just die! It's so bad. In fact, afterwards I really wanted to stop playing-just give it up. | |||
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