1984-04-01 New York, N.Y. (aud - G. Poole)
and
1984-11-21 Detroit, MI (aud - JEMS, 2026 edit)
sound quality: VG to VG+
SAMPLE: Room With a View (Nov. 21)  |
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ROB SEZ: Woke up the other day and realized I hadn't posted anything by this, one of the two bands that originally inspired the blog, in ... forever. Now that you can FINALLY stream Let's Active's officially-released tracks on all the platforms AND download them all in hi-res lossless glory, I think it's time to post at least a few more by Mitch Easter's overlooked musical combo. 1984 was a good year for the band, despite Sara Romweber's departure as drummer in the spring. Sara is heard here on the first, but not the second recording. Before she left, the band completed basic tracks for Cypress, and then embarked on an extensive tour. With Sara out, Mitch recruited Jay Peck on drums and also brought on board Tim Lee (The Windbreakers) on keyboards. Although 1984 would be the last year for Faye Hunter's active involvement, she's heard here on both recordings with her superlative bass playing and singing. I didn't touch the NYC recording from April 1, originally made by Gene Poole and shared by elegymart. The Nov. 21 recording from Detroit was fine (no surprise, since it came from the JEMS crew). Even so, I thought it could use more presence in the middle frequencies, so I created a minor revision using one pass of filter curve EQ and one pass of volume adjustment. Do you just love Mitch's metal band hair??
Let's Active fans: wanna see something really WEIRD? Check out what AI did with the cover photo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ozuZHAyH90ShEH3M3Wo3aS2HBHP81GF3/view?usp=sharing
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DeleteThat's pretty wild. AI may kill us all someday, but the silver lining is that we got to see Let's Active come to life before it did!
I shared it with Mitch. He said, "Yikes! Terrifying & jolly all at once." I said AI needs to work on his voice and he said something like, "Yeah, but that laugh could come in handy in something like a big financial deal." 8-)
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