Paul Kitchen | When You Tell Me You Love Me Video
Video for the first single from Blue Tattoo. When You Tell Me You Love Me written and performed by Paul Kitchen
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It Ain’t No Use: For Gregg Allman
This past January, I released the And We Dream remaster. I decided not to license and include the three covers originally recorded for that album. One of those covers was It Ain’t No Use, which I had heard on Gregg Allman’s ‘Playing Up A Storm’ album released in 1977. The song was written by Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, and Florence Kaye. I wanted to remix the track, to include the drums keys and strings the original mix had, but was unable to (which I explained here when I released the remaster). But I was able to do a remix using just the analog 8 tracks that I transferred a few years back. So here you have a very stripped down version. I hope you enjoy it.
I loved Gregg Allman’s music from the moment I first heard the Allman Brothers Band. Some of the first songs we ever jammed on in high school were Allman Brothers songs. This was originally recorded as a tribute to him on Feb. 12, 1992. Thought this a good time to share it, as he passed away last weekend.
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Paul Kitchen Lost in Babylon Released
In the spring of 1988 I recorded the album ‘In a Blue Night’. Around that same time I was working with my band Petty Tyrant, rehearsing in my studio in MD. I think the intent was always to take the show on the road, but apart from a couple attempts at live performance – it never happened. I started laying tracks for what would become ‘Lost in Babylon’ in August 1988, finishing the album in August 1989. Our keyboard player Doug Ortega contributed as well to the finished version. During this time, I recorded nearly all of the Petty Tyrant rehearsals, some of which found their way onto the live collection ‘Blend with the Night’ in 1999.
As I’ve said before, I have a very selective memory. I think some may refer to that as ‘fried’, but… I only remember a couple times where the book I was reading affected the songs I was writing at the time. In the early 80’s I wrote several songs inspired by the author Carlos Castaneda – ‘Your World and Mine’, ‘Petty Tyrant’ etc. In 1989 I remember reading bits of the Bible. I’m not sure what prompted that. What I do know is after sharing an early copy of the album with someone I worked with, I was asked whether I was a religious man? Now this surprised me, as I did not see the album that way at all. Apocalyptic in parts maybe, but religious? No. At least not intentionally. The obvious song that could prompt such a comment is ‘I Talk to Jesus’ I suppose, which I consider more a song of desperation. I guess for some that could be a come to Jesus moment. So much for what I think. The original tape I gave folks had 8 tracks on it, with a medley of ‘Peace in the Valley, Amazing Grace, and Waiting for a Miracle’ as the last track. That could have contributed to the comment as well. Who knows. For this official release, I decided not to license the medley, but included two unreleased instrumentals recorded at the same time.
No matter the inspiration, I have always considered Babylon to be one of my better works. It also includes ‘Spin’, which is not only one of my favorite songs that I’ve written, but my favorite guitar solo as well. I remember being new to the Fender Stratocaster at the time. In addition to being inspired by the new sound it was giving me, it was also the first whammy bar I had ever played for any extended period, which was a bit of a challenge at first due to my ‘lefty-strung-righty’ playing style (I’ve pretty much always played stock right-handed guitars). As time has gone on, I now consider the upside down thing an advantage.
Apart from my earlier album ‘Abstract Attack’, Babylon is one of the rare times when I was able to play a real drumset and record it. For the most part I play electronic drums now, and though great, they’re not the same… It’s also apparent we were still enamored with the Phil Collins gated drum sound. Back then, with only 8 tracks to deal with, I tended to print any effect apart from reverb or delay on tape (My Ramsa board had two effects sends from what I remember). So the gate sound is printed on the stereo drum tracks, and applied to the entire kit. Apart from a little EQ, that’s how they sounded on the tape.
This is the first archival release I’ve done where I have been able to remix the tracks. I transferred the original 8 tracks a few years ago into Cubase at 96 KHZ/32 bit resolution. To my ears, and after comparing it to the 16 bit mixes I’ve been listening to for the past 28 years, it sounds great. I hope you like it too! Let me know what you think.
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Paul Kitchen And We Dream Remaster Released
I think in most artists career, they hopefully have one or more stretches of time where they’re firing on all cylinders. The completion of And We Dream (AWD) in November 1993 was the culmination of such a peak period for me as it turns out. I had little idea then, that it would be just over 22 years before my next ‘completed’ album of new songs. In retrospect, AWD was the end of a very productive 15 years of writing and recording music.
The original liner notes I wrote for AWD are included below, and refer to a four and a half year period, which includes the nearly 3 years of recordings that make up this album. During that time I was initially focused on ‘Mosaic’, an ambitious idea to have two 30 minute sides of continuous music. 4 tracks originally intended for Mosaic did make their way onto AWD. Approximately 50 tracks were committed to tape in varying degrees of completion during the 4 ½ year period, plus a lot of additional midi song ideas recorded to a midi sequencer. I was also using SMTPE time code to sync the sequencer to my Tascam 38 8 Track. I needed more tracks and this worked – though now because of this, there is no way I can remix any of these tracks.
Only a handful of people have heard the original release of And We Dream, which featured 16 tracks including 2 instrumentals and 3 covers. For this remastered release, I think removing those 5 tracks makes for a strong collection of original songs. I hope you like it. Now in my 40th year of recording music, And We Dream clearly stands out as a highlight.
Paul Kitchen
January 6, 2017
Here are the original liner notes from 1993 (though it appears I worked on it for another month, and included another song):
10 songs, 19th album, 35 years old and four and a half years in the not finishing. The clock is ticking, and this is the first album of new songs I’ve released that I knew I wasn’t done with. Definitely rough around the edges, with lots of things I’d like to change. Only thing is; I don’t mind listening to it. Also, at the rate I’m going, it’ll never be finished.
Written and recorded over a period of almost 3 years, I’ve focused on the songs that have stuck in my head this time around. Too much mid range, tinny highs, not enough bass, lousy snare, bad mix; forget about it. Listen and enjoy.
Hey! If nothing else works, tell yourself they’re demos!
Paul
September ’93
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