Bobby and the Midnites
Studio Rehersal
June 20th, 1981

MSR > cassette > gen 3rd or 4th ? cassette

gen 4 cassette > Sony TC-W320 > Marantz CDR 500 > CDR > EAC > flac16 level 8


I made a PROMISE to the person who gave me this back in 1981 to NOT give it out.
Here it is 34 YEARS later in 2014 & I have keep that promise....up until NOW.

The word WAS...it came from a girl who didn't want to fall out of good graces with the band.
She asked that it NOT be shared.

That promise I made has been respected for 34 YEARS.
Now that I am letting go of it, I STILL feel BAD for beeaking my WORD.
I DID PROMISE not to share it.

I am OLD SCHOOL.
A promise is a promise. I take great pride that I am a man of my word because THAT is ALL we have, our WORD.

Being THAT, in 2014, I think it may be time I let GO without fear I am doing anyone wrong.
It has been 34 YEARS.

I was told, there were actually 4 TAPES of these rehersal sessions.
This came from an un named girl who kindly shared this tape with an old friend of mine who supplied me with at LEAST 75% of the tapes I have collected since begenning of my tape collecting in the Fall of 1977.

This is a RARE glimpse into one of the BEST BANDS EVER....that's right...EVER...to learn & work out some new songs as they prepared for a tour & an LP release.

I first made the TAPE > CDR transfer in 2004.
It was a rough one to track.
I tried many many times to get it "just exactly perfect".
That was never quite acomplished & after X amount of tries, I gave up on perfect tracking.

SO,....here it IS, best I could manage some 34 YEARS later from 2 CD's I made back in 2004 from 1 4th gen (?) cassette tape I got in 1981.

Tapes played on a Sony TC-W320 > a Marantz CDR 500 CDR recorder (2004) > (March 21st 2014) EAC > wav > flac level 8

Raw tape transfer, unedited, shared at LL, 03/21/2014 (in honor of my CAR which turns 21 years OLD TODAY..!)

that's right, my CAR. The CARS are smarter.......the cars are smarter that's RIGHT.

LOVE The Book of Rules here...!!!!


D ONE:

01. brief....CMA ( Carry Me Away)
02. longer...CMA
03. plunk...lets do it
04. One Step Closer To The Fire/Carry Me Away
05. fart...farts...there, more unpleasent noises
06. do it slower ?..do it again Brent
07. Carry Me Away, once again frim the...
08. Nothing here
09. OK, ok, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4 - CMA
10 Carry Me Away
11. CMA....change
12. CMA...w/drums isolated
13. Festival stuff

D TWO:

01. Festival
02. Festival
03. Festival...w/laughther
04. Festival....
05. ...Festival...tracks w/idiots
06. KISS...laughter...Festival
07. Festival...ha...ha...
08. Book Of Rules...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
09. ...CMA....NO VOCALS