Anchovies - Master Practice 1 (1989)

  1. Anchovy Rock (1) [4:16] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??
  2. Old Reggae Song [4:01] 1989-??-?? - 1989-??-??

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.