* RARE * GARAGE * 45 RPM THE JOURNEYMEN * HEAR IT *
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2 Other Killer 60's Garage 45's ending December 3rd.
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You're A Better Man Than I / Realities In Life
Condition: VG+
In the spring of '68 Green Bay Wisconsin’s Journeymen won a battle of the bands sponsored by Henri's Music, the prize being five hours of recording time at Appleton's Target Studios. As usual with these kinds of "prizes", the recording would be free but the band would be hit for the expense of mastering and pressing the records!
They went into the studio in June to cut their cover of the Yardbirds "You're A Better Man Than I" for the A-side of their 45. They spent over four and a half hours getting that song down. Engineer Tom Gebheim overlapped Tom Halfpap's two takes on the fuzzy lead to create a cool echo effect.
With the remaining twenty minutes they cut one take of "Realities In Life", a song Tom Halfpap and Dennis Pharis sketched out during the ride from Green Bay. Lyrics for the final verse were provided by engineer Gebheim. "Realities in Life" blasts out with an unworldly guitar sound that seems to be shredding the tape it's recorded on. Vibrant and spontaneous, it's a rocking winner for all two minutes run time.
As it turned out local radio station WDUZ AM picked up the B-side original for play, so the band added "Realities in Life" to their set list. Most of the copies of the record were sold at gigs. However, Dennis Pharis refused to contribute towards the pressing costs, so Halfpap destroyed Pharis' share of the 45s in his yard one night, contributing to the present-day rarity of this record!
The audio and photos are of the actual record and have not been enhanced in any way. All I have is a cheaper Ion turntable for my computer so the sound quality isn’t the best.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gyhjq0tvrjn/01 Realities In Life.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3wgywum5mm2/01 You're A Better Man Than I.mp3
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