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Figured out the tape Eddie record over to send to Jeff/Stone

F5F5 Posts: 791
edited March 2009 in The Porch
Typed "A Friend in California" in google and it comes back with someone named Merle Haggard.
Bridge - 10/25/03
Mansfield I - 6/28/08
Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
Salt Lake City 9/28/09
LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
San Diego 10/9/09
Alpine Valley 9/03/11, 9/04/11
Ashbury Park 9/18/21
LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
Phoenix 05/09/22
NYC 9/11/22
Denver 9/22/22
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    A) You don't know who Merle Haggard is?

    B) what do you mean, figured it out? What does Merle Haggard have to do with the cassette tape?

    :?
  • F5F5 Posts: 791
    Here is a Copy and paste from another thread I posted in regarding the Ten Super Deluxe Edition:

    Alright I listened to the Momma Son tape. It has three tracks Alive, Once, and Footsteps. All I can say is Stone and Jeff must have been freaking out when they got it!
    Alive - Is about 85% the same other than a few lyrics here and there.
    Once - Is about 35% the same Ed talks alot during this version and a few lyrics are different.
    Footsteps - Is about 95% the same just a few lyrical differences.

    Just to give you a heads up I confirmed there is no side B so you don't need to waste you time there.
    The tape itself is pretty cool I'd like to know what tape it was originally that Ed recorded over. On the top of the tape where it would normally list the songs Ed whited out all but "A friend from California" on the bottom every thing is whited out too except the letters that spell " Ed Die".
    Bridge - 10/25/03
    Mansfield I - 6/28/08
    Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
    Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
    Salt Lake City 9/28/09
    LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
    San Diego 10/9/09
    Alpine Valley 9/03/11, 9/04/11
    Ashbury Park 9/18/21
    LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
    Phoenix 05/09/22
    NYC 9/11/22
    Denver 9/22/22
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    laughs, I listened to the b-side also wondering if there would be a secret nugget there. :mrgreen:

    I have had the mp3's of both, the original music only version, and the 3 songs Ed wrote and sang lyrics too and sent back to Seattle.

    My favorite part about having the pre-vocals and post vocals recordings is being able to hear someone sneeze in the pre-vocals recording at the beginning of Footsteps, and when Ed was recording his newly written lyrics over the music, he says "bless you" to who ever it was that sneezed.

    And I don't think it says "Ed Die" as much as it just says "Eddie."
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Awww, and I get your theory on Merle Haggard. You think that maybe Ed recorded over a Merle Haggard tape to make the tape he sent back to Stone and Jeff.
  • F5F5 Posts: 791
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Awww, and I get your theory on Merle Haggard. You think that maybe Ed recorded over a Merle Haggard tape to make the tape he sent back to Stone and Jeff.
    You got it!
    Bridge - 10/25/03
    Mansfield I - 6/28/08
    Eddie NYC - 8/4/08
    Seattle - 9/21/09, 9/22/09
    Salt Lake City 9/28/09
    LA 9/30/09, 10/07/09
    San Diego 10/9/09
    Alpine Valley 9/03/11, 9/04/11
    Ashbury Park 9/18/21
    LA 5/06/21, 5/07/21
    Phoenix 05/09/22
    NYC 9/11/22
    Denver 9/22/22
  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    I have an old tape recorder. I can't wait to listen to this tape...sounds awesome! :)
    8/29/00, 7/3/03, 5/24/06,6/28/08 & 6/30/08, 10/9/09,10/28/09, 10/30/09 & 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10 & 5/21/10, 10/23/10 & 10/24/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/30/12, 7/16/13, 7/19/13
  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    Technical question: So Ed receives this tape with instrumental demos on it. How does one go about "overdubbing" lyrics/singing onto the tape without erasing the instrumentals? What I mean is, with a standard tape player, if you hit record you will be erasing what's already there. Obviously, there are recording devices with this capability, but I'm just curious if someone could provide some insight as to the process. Or am I just forgetting something simple? Thanks.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    EBowie wrote:
    Technical question: So Ed receives this tape with instrumental demos on it. How does one go about "overdubbing" lyrics/singing onto the tape without erasing the instrumentals? What I mean is, with a standard tape player, if you hit record you will be erasing what's already there. Obviously, there are recording devices with this capability, but I'm just curious if someone could provide some insight as to the process. Or am I just forgetting something simple? Thanks.

    He could have used the original tape to play it whilst recording on another.
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  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    Very true. I just got to thinking about this after hearing some of the recent interviews. I just can't picture him recording on another tape and then having Stone and Jeff get back two tapes in the mail and having to listen to them simultaneously...do you see what I'm saying? I mean it's possible...
  • DD164485DD164485 Posts: 149
    Eddie likely used a 4 track.
    Transfered the instrumentals onto his 4 track , recorded his vocals, put the two together, and the rest was history.

    It's so cool to have a replica of this tape!!
  • hitmanhitman Posts: 469
    DD164485 wrote:
    Eddie likely used a 4 track.
    Transfered the instrumentals onto his 4 track , recorded his vocals, put the two together, and the rest was history.

    It's so cool to have a replica of this tape!!

    i agree... this is one of the things that is so special about this package... we get a piece of music history, literally... kudos to jeff for keeping it safe all these years. thank you jeff!!!!!
  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    DD164485 wrote:
    Eddie likely used a 4 track.
    Transfered the instrumentals onto his 4 track , recorded his vocals, put the two together, and the rest was history.

    It's so cool to have a replica of this tape!!

    Thanks. That's more along the lines of what I suspected.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    I was thinking that it wasn't possible to record on a tape that he bought, ie the Merle Haggard one. Remember there was the little square on the top of the tape that when it was opened, you couldn't record it anymore? Then I remembered that we would put a piece of tape over that hole, so maybe that's what Ed did.

    Sorry if this doesn't make sense at all!
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    rrivers wrote:
    I was thinking that it wasn't possible to record on a tape that he bought, ie the Merle Haggard one. Remember there was the little square on the top of the tape that when it was opened, you couldn't record it anymore? Then I remembered that we would put a piece of tape over that hole, so maybe that's what Ed did.

    Sorry if this doesn't make sense at all!

    Makes total sense. Did it many, many, many times during the age of cassette. :)
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  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    aNiMaL wrote:
    laughs, I listened to the b-side also wondering if there would be a secret nugget there. :mrgreen:

    I have had the mp3's of both, the original music only version, and the 3 songs Ed wrote and sang lyrics too and sent back to Seattle.

    My favorite part about having the pre-vocals and post vocals recordings is being able to hear someone sneeze in the pre-vocals recording at the beginning of Footsteps, and when Ed was recording his newly written lyrics over the music, he says "bless you" to who ever it was that sneezed.

    And I don't think it says "Ed Die" as much as it just says "Eddie."


    HAHAHAHA Ed Die hahaha funny
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  • __ Posts: 6,651
    EBowie wrote:
    Very true. I just got to thinking about this after hearing some of the recent interviews. I just can't picture him recording on another tape and then having Stone and Jeff get back two tapes in the mail and having to listen to them simultaneously...do you see what I'm saying? I mean it's possible...

    But if he played the original tape while singing, the new tape would record his voice AND the original tape that was playing.
    BH71937 wrote:
    kudos to jeff for keeping it safe all these years. thank you jeff!!!!!

    Yes, THANK YOU JEFF!!!
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