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Early Jaffe & McGee
Tape 11 |
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Tape Specifics:
Cassette not stored in a case upon arrival, and case added on 09/05/14. Un-branded (actually Intermagnetics brand) “LOW NOISE” 90 minute tape. Write-protection tabs were intact upon arrival, and were removed on 01-23-15.
Side 1 of the tape bears Debbie’s handwriting:
A22 1982 Side 1
October-November Sessions
with a big X to the right
She also labeled it with:
a star
1-5
5 and a star (circled)
Side 2
Debbie wrote these things on the tape label:
DEMO ---> 4 SONGS
A22
a big X
sessions
Nov. 28
Deb & Hal
All of the recordings on this tape were most likely recorded on the Panasonic model # RQ-309AS shoebox mono cassette recorder.
All recordings were made during the time that Jaffe and McGee lived at Apartment #22, the Chalet apartments building, 821 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Chalet was historically known as “The Burton”.
All songs have Hal on un-amplified vocal and Debbie on Casio VL-Tone played through a Marlboro brand amplifier (with reverb and tremolo), exceptions noted in italics.
On several of the recordings, there are possibly/probably two two Casio VL-1s being used -- I am not sure if what I am hearing is two VL-Tones or a doubling sound due to the use reverb and tremolo on the Marlboro guitar amplifier.
Side A:
00:00 - 02:43
“All Out Of The Blue Again”
- Hal, unamplified vocal (reading a text that was probably a letter from Debbie’s mom)
- Deb - Casio VL-Tone, played through amp
02:44 - 05:01 - another version of “All Out Of The Blue Again”
05:02 - 09:01 - “My Father Is A Self-Taught Architect”
09:02 - 16:39 - “Mystic Orange” by Viscera
- “Mystic Orange” appeared on 60 Minutes Of Laughter in edited, shortened form. It is listed as “Everything And Nothing”, by Viscera. The part from 09:23 through 09:56 on the original tape was used on 60MOL.
16:40 - 20:09 - “Same Size Man”
20:10 - 25:10 - “Accepting Things As They Are” by Viscera
This track appeared as the last track on 60 Minutes Of Laughter in edited, shortened form. The part from about 21:25 to 25:10 on the original tape was used on 60MOL.
see original words
25:11 - 29:49 - “Manhattan Night Wednesday”
see original words
29:50 - 30:28 - “The Public Library”
30:29 - 31:07 - “I Hate Shaving”
31:09 - 32:03 - “I Like Dogs”
32:04 - 33:10 - “Shoes”
33:11 - 34:05 - “Potatoes”
34:06 - 37:25 - “Public Waste Demarcation” (?)
37:26 - 41:47 - same as the song before, same words and Casio part, similar vocal
41:48 - 42:22 - “I Don’t Know Why I Do This”
42:23 - 42:55 - “I Don’t Know Why I Do This” (version 2)
42:56 - 44:44 - “The Hell Specialists”
44:45 - 44:50 - VL-Tone only, fragment
44:51 - 45:49 - “Mao-Tse Tung Deep Social”
see original words
45:50 - 46:19 - “Experience King” (truncated) -- starts out with hand clapping
Side B:
00:04 - 01:04 - “Experience King” (re-started), starts out with hand clapping
01:05 - 02:44 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie
02:45 - 03:10 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie
03:11 - 04:09 - “Caution”
04:10 - 04:23 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie. Sounds like beginning of “Caution” abandoned.
04:24 - 05:28 - “Caution” (version 2)
05:29 - 08:33 - Casio VL-Tone instrumental
08:34 - 10:32 - “More Doors Are Better”
10:33 - 12:15 - “Home” by Viscera. This song was used in its entirety on Side A of 60 Minutes Of Laughter (12:04 - 13:43).
12:16 - 14:41 - “Outraged Civilized World” by Viscera. This song was used in its entirety on Side A of 60 Minutes Of Laughter (15:24 - 17:44).
14:42 - 16:57 - “Nervous Energy” - Hal’s vocal louder, closer to recorder than previously; VL-1 farther from recorder, lower in volume.
see original words
16:58 - 19:47 - VL-Tones X 2 (?). Hal’s vocal indistinct.
19:48 - 22:33 - “The Remainders Are Piled On The Floor”
22:34 - 27:01 - “(W)rong (W)rong”
Percussive sounds of some sort, metallic objects, maybe glass, maybe knives struck on drinking glasses -- probably done by Hal. Deb on VL-1 and Hal on vocal
27:02 - 29:39 - “The Table Was An Extended Metaphor”
29:40 - 30:49 - “Where To Go Next”
30:50 - 33:23 - “No Talking To Inmates”
33:24 - 36:55 - “I Beg (?) Therefore I Am”
36:56 - 38:37 - “As The Cold Wind Blows”
The VL-1 accompaniment to Hal’s vocal sounds identical to “Composition” on 60 Minutes Of Laughter.
38:38 - 40:36 - “I Want That Glass Of Water”
40:37 - 46:30 - end of the tape - BLANK
Cassette not stored in a case upon arrival, and case added on 09/05/14. Un-branded (actually Intermagnetics brand) “LOW NOISE” 90 minute tape. Write-protection tabs were intact upon arrival, and were removed on 01-23-15.
Side 1 of the tape bears Debbie’s handwriting:
A22 1982 Side 1
October-November Sessions
with a big X to the right
She also labeled it with:
a star
1-5
5 and a star (circled)
Side 2
Debbie wrote these things on the tape label:
DEMO ---> 4 SONGS
A22
a big X
sessions
Nov. 28
Deb & Hal
All of the recordings on this tape were most likely recorded on the Panasonic model # RQ-309AS shoebox mono cassette recorder.
All recordings were made during the time that Jaffe and McGee lived at Apartment #22, the Chalet apartments building, 821 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Chalet was historically known as “The Burton”.
All songs have Hal on un-amplified vocal and Debbie on Casio VL-Tone played through a Marlboro brand amplifier (with reverb and tremolo), exceptions noted in italics.
On several of the recordings, there are possibly/probably two two Casio VL-1s being used -- I am not sure if what I am hearing is two VL-Tones or a doubling sound due to the use reverb and tremolo on the Marlboro guitar amplifier.
Side A:
00:00 - 02:43
“All Out Of The Blue Again”
- Hal, unamplified vocal (reading a text that was probably a letter from Debbie’s mom)
- Deb - Casio VL-Tone, played through amp
02:44 - 05:01 - another version of “All Out Of The Blue Again”
05:02 - 09:01 - “My Father Is A Self-Taught Architect”
09:02 - 16:39 - “Mystic Orange” by Viscera
- “Mystic Orange” appeared on 60 Minutes Of Laughter in edited, shortened form. It is listed as “Everything And Nothing”, by Viscera. The part from 09:23 through 09:56 on the original tape was used on 60MOL.
16:40 - 20:09 - “Same Size Man”
20:10 - 25:10 - “Accepting Things As They Are” by Viscera
This track appeared as the last track on 60 Minutes Of Laughter in edited, shortened form. The part from about 21:25 to 25:10 on the original tape was used on 60MOL.
see original words
25:11 - 29:49 - “Manhattan Night Wednesday”
see original words
29:50 - 30:28 - “The Public Library”
30:29 - 31:07 - “I Hate Shaving”
31:09 - 32:03 - “I Like Dogs”
32:04 - 33:10 - “Shoes”
33:11 - 34:05 - “Potatoes”
34:06 - 37:25 - “Public Waste Demarcation” (?)
37:26 - 41:47 - same as the song before, same words and Casio part, similar vocal
41:48 - 42:22 - “I Don’t Know Why I Do This”
42:23 - 42:55 - “I Don’t Know Why I Do This” (version 2)
42:56 - 44:44 - “The Hell Specialists”
44:45 - 44:50 - VL-Tone only, fragment
44:51 - 45:49 - “Mao-Tse Tung Deep Social”
see original words
45:50 - 46:19 - “Experience King” (truncated) -- starts out with hand clapping
Side B:
00:04 - 01:04 - “Experience King” (re-started), starts out with hand clapping
01:05 - 02:44 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie
02:45 - 03:10 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie
03:11 - 04:09 - “Caution”
04:10 - 04:23 - Casio VL-Tone only, presumably played by Debbie. Sounds like beginning of “Caution” abandoned.
04:24 - 05:28 - “Caution” (version 2)
05:29 - 08:33 - Casio VL-Tone instrumental
08:34 - 10:32 - “More Doors Are Better”
10:33 - 12:15 - “Home” by Viscera. This song was used in its entirety on Side A of 60 Minutes Of Laughter (12:04 - 13:43).
12:16 - 14:41 - “Outraged Civilized World” by Viscera. This song was used in its entirety on Side A of 60 Minutes Of Laughter (15:24 - 17:44).
14:42 - 16:57 - “Nervous Energy” - Hal’s vocal louder, closer to recorder than previously; VL-1 farther from recorder, lower in volume.
see original words
16:58 - 19:47 - VL-Tones X 2 (?). Hal’s vocal indistinct.
19:48 - 22:33 - “The Remainders Are Piled On The Floor”
22:34 - 27:01 - “(W)rong (W)rong”
Percussive sounds of some sort, metallic objects, maybe glass, maybe knives struck on drinking glasses -- probably done by Hal. Deb on VL-1 and Hal on vocal
27:02 - 29:39 - “The Table Was An Extended Metaphor”
29:40 - 30:49 - “Where To Go Next”
30:50 - 33:23 - “No Talking To Inmates”
33:24 - 36:55 - “I Beg (?) Therefore I Am”
36:56 - 38:37 - “As The Cold Wind Blows”
The VL-1 accompaniment to Hal’s vocal sounds identical to “Composition” on 60 Minutes Of Laughter.
38:38 - 40:36 - “I Want That Glass Of Water”
40:37 - 46:30 - end of the tape - BLANK
