It's often the case that, once an artist leaves a label or is 'dropped' by the label, he/she will have nothing to say about the release of any other material. But, in this case I was very fortunate to have been consulted, and was able to select the tracks from the three Columbia recordings, to sequence them, and to be present at the re-mastering for CD.
To me, the latter was the most important part because I felt that "THE BLUE MAN" especially was a bit abrasive sounding as an LP and needed to be 'warmed-up' a bit. I would have loved to have been able to include at least 3 more tracks, but at the time, Columbia was unwilling to pay the 'mechanical royalties' on the additional compositions. Call it "music business suicide" but, because no one at the label seemed to remember, I was able to assemble the tracks without including my own "greatest hit," "Darlin' Darlin' Baby." Certainly there are those who would call this a HUGE business error, but, I wanted this CD to represent my own writing as much as possible. Had I been allowed to do so, I would have included both Randy Brecker compositions too. The CD includes 3 tracks each from "TIGHTROPE" and "THE BLUE MAN" plus 4 tracks from "ARROWS." We were also able to use the great photo from the LP sleeve of "THE BLUE MAN" which shows Don Grolnick, me, Steve Gadd, Will Lee, and Michael Brecker taken at Bill's Rehearsal Studios prior to a concert. What a scruffy lot we were then!
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[1] Tightrope(Steve Khan)(5:42) [2] Star Chamber(Steve Khan(5:19) [3] Some Punk Funk(Steve Khan)(5:19) [4] Daily Bulls(Steve Khan)(7:00) [5] Daily Valley(Steve Khan)(4:49) [6] An Eye Over Autumn(Steve Khan)(8:45) [7] Daily Village(Steve Khan)(6:37) [8] City Suite - Part 1: City Monsters(Steve Khan)(5:33) [9] City Suite - Part 2: Dream City(Steve Khan)(6:11) [10] Candles(Steve Khan)(6:54) |
at Bill's Rehearsal Studio - by Laura Friedman
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