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Originally Posted by Fash  Hi Butch,
Thanks so much for giving us your time here. I can't tell how much enjoyment I have gotten from your records as well as the questions and responses posted here.
I came upon a record recently that a friend gave me in high school that I never had a chance to listen to very much at the time. It was the self-titled Overwhelming Colorfast record you produced that came out on Relativity. The liner notes state that it was tracked and mixed during August and September 1991 right before Nevermind hit.
I have been listening to it a bunch recently and your presence here is great timing. It is a really cool power-pop record with some great tones and cool tunes.
We all know not every record is going to be a smash and I have no doubt just as much hard work went into OWCF's record as any other you have produced. I'd love to hear about any memories and insight about those sessions and the band. Everyone always wants to hear about the hit records and huge bands but it would be cool to hear about working with an "every man" band that worked hard, toured hard, never quite hit, but I am still sure affected many people.
Thanks Butch,
Steven |
They were a cool band! Bob Reed was the main vocalist/guitarist songwriter. It was a fun album to make, Bob had a real strong pop sensibility (even covered a Beatles song!)...and Bob was the first person to tell me about this great young poppy punk band called....Green Day. I remember I had a few problems tracking cuz he had his brother Dan playing drums, and Dan would occasionally hit the cymbals slightly before the kick on downbeats..and it drove me crazy...I kept moving his crashes farther away from him in the hope the extra few inches would help de-flam the downbeats!