This was one of a couple of tracks I recorded shortly after The Come Ons broke up, and was recorded a few weeks after moving in with Christine on the 4-track that I’d bought from Glenn. You can probably tell I was listening to a lot of The Sweet at the time.

I’m not sure what other gear was used, but most likely the Marshall DRP and either my Ross practise amp or the Marshall 8080. The three-string bass sounded great, the Gordon-Smith Gypsy seemed to record too low and the Yamaha drum machine that I picked up at an SELB auction did a powerful job.

I also recorded another version with drums and a piano part that had been done in midi, but I mustn’t have converted that on into mp3 – if you want decent midi, remember to have a decent soundcard. None of that cheap crap or on-board stuff.

The other track I did around the same time was a little head-up-me-arse, with a couple of verses and then an extended outro that was a bit Towshend-like with sustaining chimey open chords. I didn’t convert that into mp3 either, so it must have really have been bollocks.

Maybe I’ll get around to uploading a few more tunes soon.

The balance of “Dear John”s to appointments for job interviews is looking more favourable this last while. Something is bound to come of it. I hope.