Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Master Practice 1
- Artist: Anchovies
- Timespan: 1989
- Theme: first practice, without Jon
- Length: 8:17
- Tracks: 2
- Lyrics: 1
- MP3s: 2 play all locally
- Rating: **½ [2.5] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchovy Rock (1) | lyrics | 4:16 | download | listen locally | - | 1989-??-?? | *** (1) |
| 2 | Old Reggae Song | - | 4:01 | download | listen locally | - | 1989-??-?? | **½ (1) |
| Total | 8:17 | play all locally | album rating: | **½ (1) | ||||
Notes
This was our first recorded practice, at Anand's house. We might have played together before then, but I don't remember.
Anand played drums and Allen played the sax. They might have switched roles for the second song, but I doubt it. I played two keyboards on each song: my Casio CT-310 and Anand's Yamaha PSS-470. For some reason Jon and Luke weren't at this practice.
We used Anand's dad's stereo to both amplify and record. I think we plugged the keyboards directly into it. The sound quality was great (compared to IPECAC), but we were worried about damaging the speakers. After this practice we used real amps and recorded with a dictaphone or 4-track.
Musically, these songs are crisp-sounding but not inspiring. Allen didn't like taking solos, and I had my hands full playing bass and melody.
Songs
Anchovy Rock (1)
- Master Practice 1 track 1
- Complete Anchovies track 1
- recorded: 1989-??-??
- other names: Anchovy Rock
- length: 4:16
- Anand Ajgaonkar - drums
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha PSS-470, Casio CT-310, talking | wrote: music
- Allen Foster - alto sax
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
The Anchovies' first recording happened to be called "Anchovy Rock". This became our theme song. The intro came from "Trek" (an early IPECAC song).
I played most of the song on the Yamaha PSS-470, and then switched briefly to the Casio CT-310 for the bridge (from 2:02 to 2:38). The bridge was tricky, which required me to use the Casio's larger keys.
Lyrics to "Anchovy Rock (1)":
TRAV: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 fade out, fade out
Old Reggae Song
- Master Practice 1 track 2
- Complete Anchovies track 2
- recorded: 1989-??-??
- length: 4:01
- Anand Ajgaonkar - drums
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha PSS-470, Casio CT-310 | wrote: music
- Allen Foster - alto sax
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
For some reason, Jon never got to play this song. We recorded this version with Allen on sax, and then quickly retired it. "Fish Time" became our main reggae song and we stopped playing this one.
Years later, after Jon had left the band, the Dead Anchovies resurrected this song. We simplified it, added vocals, and called it "Aren't You Sorry".
Again, I played mostly on the Yamaha PSS-470 and switched to the Casio CT-310 for the bridge (from 1:47 to 2:11).