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Why is the disc called "Too Much"? One of Steve's favorite expressions, delivered in his rich British accent, was "too much", The unedited recordings came out at nearly an hour, which in the pre-CD age would have been much longer than a vinyl album could hold. That's why I started calling the project "Too Much". Ironically, as it turned out, by the time I was done editing in 2006, there was only just over one half an hour. Not enough, perhaps. In addition to shortening certain pieces, others we left out entirely because they were incomplete. Maybe some day I'll have a version with bonus tracks, but for this release I wanted to present the music as a traditional album, to be played from beginning to end.
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What was
done to the original recording for this release? During the editing, I resisted the temptation to add new parts, re-record old ones, or do any serious re-mixing or re-sequencing of the tracks. After all, I wanted to finish this thing! Work on the original tracks was restricted to editing (cutting stuff out), removing tape hiss, tweaking balance and EQ, and correcting some audio spikes and EBow malfunctions. The final mastering added some reverb and EQ, but every sound on this recording is from 1978. |
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picture inside the CD case? Inside the CD packaging I have included a picture that represents a feeling that was so much a part of those amazing times. The picture was taken by Carole at the Millennium festival in Houston, Texas in 1973. Although badly blurred in low light, it depicts Guru Maharaj Ji, the Lord of the Universe, addressing a crowd of followers. I reworked the image to reflect the tones of the other pictures. |
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Superimposed on the picture is a quote from Kabir: There are the hidden banner and the secret canopy .
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EBow? Featured on many of the tracks is a device called an "EBow". Short for "Electric Bow", the EBow vibrates one guitar string at a time without actually touching it. Read more about it here. ~ |
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Why was the
disk mastered in Asheville, NC?
I considered completing the final tracks in my studio, but finally realized that I could use the objective ears and talents of a mastering engineer in the crucial final stages of production. Looking through the back pages of Mix magazine, I was very lucky to find Adam Greenberg at Whitewater Recording. Adam's studio handles all phases of CD production including mastering, duplicating and printing. His mastering of this disk greatly improved the sound and he was a pleasure to work with. See his studio here.
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