ENDEAVOURS Songs from the Back Burner - complete session log (so far) (part three)

Running on Fumes started life as illustrated above. Rick gave me it to work on.

I turned it into this:

I already had a simple little Am7 riff then some chords nicked from an old song of mine and did a little demo for the lads.

Session 11 - Unit 10 5.5.23

This was a strange session. We had the demo of Running on Fumes, which was basically just the three verses/choruses. I suggested to JoJo that we separate 2 and 3 with a slow middle section. I was hoping for JB to play bass, however when we got there, there was no bass. Joe ended up playing his Strat. PG played acoustic, JR drums, of course. Records show that we rehearsed and recorded one take within 29 minutes. The one take, which clocked in at 7 minutes 50 seconds took on a life of its own in the middle section. We were then entertained by DJ Techno Notice.

Session(s) 12 - Horden 7.5.23, 25.5.23, 26.5.23

PG made several attempts to overdub guitars and acoustic guitars on Running on Fumes. I believe most, if not all of these were discarded. It becomes a bit hazy after a while. There were also some guitar overdubs on Waterfall and You'll Never See Me Again.

Session 13 - Unit 10 14.5.23

JB dubbed a superb bass line onto Running on Fumes. PG dubbed a sloppy piano onto no1 Arguments Yard.

Session 14 - Unit 10 1.6.23

JB overdubbed three guitars on Running on Fumes. The middle section comes alive!

Session 15 - Horden 15.6.23

PG dubs piano and organ onto Running on Fumes. A single mix was also made.

Session 16 - Unit 10 22.6.23

A vocal session with ML (Lenny) and Mitch. Lenny recorded several takes for Running on Fumes and Waterfall. He also recorded a guide vocal for You'll Never See Me Again. Mitch recorded four takes of What Gives You The Right?

Session 17 - Unit 10 1.7.23

CR recorded vocals for Whisper and no1 Arguments Yard.

Session(s) 18 - Horden 2.7.23, 4.7.23, 9.7.23

PG - more keyboard and guitar overdubs on Running on Fumes. I suspect there was also another acoustic overdub on no1 Arguments Yard. I also did a lot of mixing.

Session 19 - Unit 10 13.7.23

OK. So we are now up to date with the sessions. JB overdubbed two superb guitar lines onto the single mix of Running on Fumes. Once mixed, I decided that this one was ready. The next task will be to mix his guitars into the album version.