Cheap Trick - In Color - Steve Albini Sessions -1998 Cd - Flac-

: Despite the band's enthusiasm, the sessions were never officially finished or released; some harmonies and additional instruments were reportedly never added. Availability and Distribution

Hear the raw difference in this unreleased session version of 'Clock Strikes Ten': : Despite the band's enthusiasm, the sessions were

The sessions lasted five days at Electrical Audio in Chicago. Albini didn't want "I Want You to Want Me." He wanted the B-sides, the flubs, the songs Rick Nielsen wrote while chain-smoking in a van. They tracked live to 2-inch tape, no isolation booths. Robin Zander’s vocals bleed into Bun E. Carlos’s kick drum mic. Nielsen’s five-neck guitar is an abomination Albini mics with a single, cheap Shure SM57 placed where a coroner would stand. They tracked live to 2-inch tape, no isolation booths

Cheap Trick always harbored a dislike for Tom Werman’s polished production on the original In Color , which they felt stripped away their live power. While spending time with legendary producer Steve Albini at his studio in the late 1990s, the band decided to spend a few days re-recording the entire album to capture the raw, muscular sound they originally intended. Session Characteristics Nielsen’s five-neck guitar is an abomination Albini mics

to re-record their sophomore classic with the raw, muscular energy of their live shows. Rock Town Hall The Vision: Fixing the "Cardboard Box"