I got this tape in the late 90's from a guy I was tape trading with. I encoded it March 2005.
I did not split the continuous tracks. So the tracklist actually is:
01 - Pigs on the Wing - Green is the Colour - Careful with that Axe Eugene 02 - Goodbye Blue Sky 03 - Cymbaline 04 - Childhoods End 05 - Julia Dream 06 - Time - Breathe 07 - Mother 08 - Is there Anybody Out There 09 - Wish You Were Here 10 - Comfortably Numb 11 - Get Your Filthy Hands off South Hampton Dock 12 - Echoes
Band: Massed Gadgets Tape: Pseudo - a Tribute to Pink Floyd
01 - Pigs on the Wing 02 - Green is the Colour 03 - Careful with that Axe Eugene 04 - Goodbye Blue Sky 05 - Cymbaline 06 - Childhoods End 07 - Julia Dream 08 - Time - Breathe 09 - Mother 10 - Is there Anybody Out There 11 - Wish You Were Here 12 - Comfortably Numb 13 - Get Your Filthy Hands off South Hampton Dock 14 - Echoes
Welcome to PSEUDO, a tribute to Pink Floyd made by fans for fans. Keep in mind as you listen that this is no slick, high tech record industry tribute to yet another 70's band, handpicked from today's hot (and tomorrow's not) groups and designed to make big bucks. Rather it is an amateur recording done on an old reel to reel, a four track, a couple of cassette decks and a whole bunch of massed gadets. It was recorded primarily in an attic and a living room on almost no budget. We just thought we should do it first lest we end up with Comfortably Numb as recorded by Stone Temple Pilots.
The sound Quality is as consistent as we could get it (which isn't saying much) but varying equipment and a curse on our master tapes which caused them to attract damage no matter how carefully we treated them have caused some deviances. there is an awful hiss on the electric guitar tracks that comes from one of the amplifiers we used. It was unavoidable and unrepairable. Apologies for that. There's also a few fluttery spots.
By the way, none of us is a keyboardist. Tho I played piano for three years about 12 years ago, that is the extent of our keyboard experience, so you may notice it is missing from songs you are used to hearing it in. We didn't even get our hands on one until halfway through the recording.
I hope you find it enjoyable despite its flaws; we do. Happy Listening.
MASSED GADGETS IS:
John Peace - electric guitar, 6 & 12 string accoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards, piano, custom vox wah, tape effects.
Kevin Sharkey - accoustic guitars, vocals, electric guitar on Time - Breathe
Jon Pittorf - electric Guitar, springs
Brian Ubler - drums, chewing tobacco
MASSGED GADGETS would like to thank:
Brian Tallmadge for the drum hardware, Chris Bennion for the GSP, Richard Pawlak for the reel to reel, NCCC for the piano, Nathanael Peace for his intro to "Goodbye Blue Sky", Lockport Public Library for some sound effects, Lance Drake for his equipment in his absence even though his amp sucked, Bryan, Chris, Julia, Johanne, Mike, Dennis, Beth and anyone else who had to put up with listening to this a hundred thousand times while we recorded and mixed it, and, of course, Pink Floyd for countless hours of inspiration and enjoyment. Without them this would not have been possible.
John Peace would like to personally thank the members of Utopia Rising, especially Justin, for their performances, advice, and for putting up with me. Apologies to Lance for not including him more, but our schedules didn't mesh much.
Recorded and mixed between 12/31/94 and 4/26/95.
Produced by Eulrich and Peace for Ego Whip Productions.