In May of 1995, I put together a tape of various recordings
I had made from my last two years of high school to my first
two semesters of college. Instead of just making it for myself,
I gave over thirty copies of it to my friends of that year.
The tape included a ten-page booklet of liner notes, much like
"The Beatles Anthology."
Sources for this collection were audio tapes (including home
recordings) and, thanks to a hook-up between my stereo and my
VCR, video tapes of various shows I had done.
The sound quality ranges from good to merely acceptable.
Luckily, the quality of the stereo used to make the master
compilation, as well as the copies, was much better than that of
a portable stereo.
The following is a list of the tracks that were on it. Tracks
with an asterisk (*) indicate performances strictly by friends,
and they are tracks that I don't perform on.
Info is given with each track on what show/event it was from:
SIDE ONE- THE EAST HIGH YEARS (1994-1995):
March - December 1994:
1. Y.M.C.A.- Art Club & Chorus members sing into an audio recorder
2. (Theme from) The Brady Bunch- same source as Track 1
3. Dance Ad #3- home-made audio ad for Art Club school dance
4. Dance Ad #4- same source as Track 3
5. Sing We and Chant It- audio tape of Chorus concert (also on "David's Xmas Tape")
6. Chester- same source as Track 5 (also on "David's Xmas Tape")
March - November 1995:
7. Guys and Dolls- audio tape of Chorus rehearsal
8. I'll Know- same source as Track 7
9. Marry the Man Today*- same source as Track 7
10. Oh, What a Lovely Party- video of a "Lady, Be Good!" performance
11. Fascinating Rhythm- same source as Track 10
12. Dance Ad #9- home-made audio ad for Art Club school dance
13. Dance Ad #10- same source as Track 12
14. Hey Jude- video of East/West variety show
15. Purple Haze*- same source as Track 14
16. T.E.D. Intro- Tom, Emily, and Dave; our third home audio recording
17. We Can Work It Out- T.E.D.'s first home audio recording
18. Yesterday- same source as Track 17
19. Massengil- parody of "Yesterday"; T.E.D.'s second home audio recording
20. The Lion Sleeps Tonight- same source as Track 19
21. T.E.D. Outtro- our fourth, last home audio recording
22. A Gaelic Blessing- same source as Track 5 (also on "David's Xmas Tape")
SIDE TWO - SINGIN' AT CCC (SPRING 1996):
March - May 1996:
1. Help!- video of CCC variety show
2. Love Will Keep Us Alive*- same source as Track 1
3. Moonlight in Vermont*- same source as Track 1
4. Another Opening, Another Show (Reprise)- audio of musical revue rehearsal
5. Summer Nights/We Go Together- same source as Track 4
6. Prologue*- audio of different rehearsal for same revue as Track 4
7. Suddenly Seymour*- same source as Track 6
8. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning*- same source as Track 6
9. Oklahoma- same source as Track 6
10. I'll Make Love To You- audio of CCC Karaoke Day performance
11. Seventy-Six Trombones- same source as Track 6
12. Climb Every Mountain*- same source as Track 4
13. Baal, We Cry to Thee- audio of CCC chorus rehearsal
14. Live-a-Humble- same source as Track 13
15. Bugs Don't Bug Me- video of first "Seven Brides for Dracula" performance
16. Canine Candy Freak- same source as Track 15
17. Transylvania Trance- same source as Track 15
18. The Long and Winding Road- same source as Track 1
COMMENTS: An idea that was toyed with, but not fully developed,
back in Winter of 1995. When March 1996 came along, I got a new
stereo, and was not only able to make higher-quality dubs of
other tapes, but also to make audio dubs from VHS tapes.
The tape itself was put together with both me and my friends in
mind, complete with tracks that would be familiar to them,
including either songs they knew, or performances they were
involved in with me.
As for the material, it's not always great.
The first two tracks were
taped at a high speed, so the voices sound low and slowed-down
whenever the tape is played back (I've only recently made a tape
that plays the material at its more correct speed).
Plently of my solo vocal performances (i.e. "Hey Jude", "Long and
Winding Road") were so-so, with me barely knowing piano
chords, and still trying to figure out how to sing.
The T.E.D. selections (i.e. "Massengil"), featuring me and two
others clowning around at my house, are also a little hard
to listen to, especially if you don't have a sense of humor.
All in all, a tape that reveals talents as well as flaws. But
it's an interesting artifact, and was good practice for my future
projects.
Performers on each track were as follows:
SIDE ONE:
1 & 2. EHS Art Club and EHS Chorus members.
Included: DASJr, Heidi Hilligoss, Amber LaBella, Erin Richardson, Holly Shaw, and Jessica Fazzary.
3 & 4. DASJr, talking over a montage of excerpts from '70's and '90's songs.
5, 6, & 22. The EHS Chorus of Fall 1994, including DASJr.
7. EHS choral groups, including DASJr, and featuring Pat Smith, Mike Jackson, and Steve Balloma.
8. DASJr's duet with Kate Lally. Allison Masteller plays piano.
9. A duet between Allison Masteller and Sarah Van Etten.
10 & 11. Cast of "Lady, Be Good!," featuring DASJr and Dan Puccio on Track 10, and Eric English, Erin Hogan, and Leo Stermole on Track 11.
12 & 13. DASJr, talking along with a montage of bits from '60's and '90's tunes.
14. Another Dave, a.k.a. DASJr on piano chords and vocals, and John Martino on drums. Bart Lanahan, Geoff O'Brien, and Casey Danielson appear briefly to do some back-up vocals.
NOTE: Because my mom missed taping the first few seconds of this performance, I had to edit the beginning on from two
pieces that appear later in the track.
15. Snafu, with Grahm Pepperman on bass, Buddy Rogers on lead guitar, Emmet Van-Etten on drums, and Aaron Goldman on vocals.
16 - 21. T.E.D., a.k.a. Tom Peet, Emily Savino, and DASJr.
SIDE TWO:
1. The Chevettes, with DASJr on lead vocal (last-minute replacement for someone else), and Adam Youngs on some backing vocals.
2. Adam Youngs (lead vocal) and Steve Terwilliger (backing vocals and guitar). NOTE: Because of space limitations, an inconsequential minute of this track (which included a temporary breakdown) was edited off of the "Anthology" master.
3. Dr. Jim Hudson on keyboard and vocal.
4. Cast of the musical revue, including DASJr. Tracks 4-9 and 11-12 have Pam Dewolf on piano, and Mike Gilboy on drums.
5. Features duet vocals by me and Laura Fusare.
6. Liz Brill, Jill Demonstoy, Heather Dunning, and Anne Jackson, with a piece of dialogue by Hank Moonschein (from the same rehearsal tape) edited on before it.
7. Dan Puccio and Amber LaBella.
8. Heather Dunning.
9. Cast of the revue, including DASJr, and featuring Marilyn Puccio, Dick Puccio, Heather Dunning, Ernie Danforth, Fran Wells, Dan Puccio, Alex Feulner, Erik Arnesen, and B.J. Smith.
10. Men II Boyz (according to the Karaoke DJ) a.k.a. DASJr, Chris Callas, Mark Barnes, and Chris Fieno. NOTE: The announcer's intro is from an amateur recording, while the song is from the line recording of the same performance.
11. Cast of the revue, including DASJr, and featuring B.J. Smith.
12. Amber La Bella.
13 & 14. CCC Chorus, including DASJr. NOTE: The rehearsal performance used for Track 13 was stopped halfway through the number. It was restarted from just before the spot where it was cut off. Therefore, to make the track complete, the two parts had to be edited together on the "Anthology" master.
15. Cast of "Seven Brides for Dracula" including DASJr.
16. Bill Bishop, with back-up vocals by DASJr, Adam Youngs, Laura Fusare, and Jill Demonstoy.
17. DASJr's duet with Jill Demonstoy, with a dialgoue piece by Clare Reidy (from the same video) edited on afterwards.
18. DASJr alone on vocals and piano chords, with a DASJr dialogue piece (from the same video) edited on afterwards.
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