Archives: The Rock Financial Sessions - Paint It Black

A few weeks back, in the midst of the lockdown, I found an unlabelled CD. Long story short, it was an old recording of the first band I was in.
 
Featuring:
  • Mark on vocals
  • Terry on bass
  • Alan on drums
  • Colin (me) on lead guitar
Somewhere out there (probably under the stairs here), there’s a bunch of minidiscs featuring us sounding a lot better. From what I recall, this was one of our first sessions together and was recorded on Alan’s computer, with a single mic sitting in the middle of the room.
 
As time went on, I worked out how to record a whole session on minidisc by plugging it into a mixing desk with several mics plugged in.
 
So yeah, if there’s anything the world needs right now, it’s a 15 year old recording of my old band, doing (and in places, mostly by me) ruining the Rolling Stones classic, Paint It Black for 10 minutes flat.
 
Enjoy.

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