Gareth Jones Songs

The songs on this album were largely written when I was at university in my room in Hall of Residence,
room number G36.

Some (marked P) were recorded on my faithful Philips reel to reel tape recorder using a single (plastic)
microphone. Nothing was multi tracked or over dubbed; everything was recorded as is. They are
unsophisticated but I wanted to leave them that way as they have period charm and authenticity!
The tracks had lots of hiss and rumble, and it is a tribute to Graeme Taylor that he has re-mastered
them so well. You should have heard them before he worked his magic!

Then I had the opportunity to record in the University Drama studio (which was an old church) using
decent microphones and four track TEAC tape recorder. (Those tracks are marked **). They were
originally produced in 1977 – 78 and were recorded overnight. We started at 10pm and finished in the
early hours! Neil Kelly played bass and electric guitar, and I played acoustic (my Yamaha) and did the vocals
- obviously!

The natural ambience of the church helped. Neil and I set up the mics and amps on stage and just
played. We did over-dub some of his guitar and bass parts, but I just played and sang – none of this
multi track nonsense! Roger engineered the recording. Again, it has needed Graeme’s expertise to try
and improve the sound quality as best he could.

All songs copyright 2005 Gareth Jones