Original written and composed by Glen Dakin. Recorded during a practice session on 9th July 2022 by Waiting For Barwick (Glen Dakin: guitar, lead vocal / Lynne Eisentrager: shaker, backing vocal / Glenn Bell: bass / John Frame: congas).

Recorded (on a Zoom L-12) and mixed (Cubase Elements 10) by John Frame.

Waiting For Barwick Demos

How Stars Fall (demo 9July2022)

In mid July 1987 Brisbane's Doug Hutson, as co-owner/manager of newly launched independent label Bent Records, was invited to join former 4ZZZfm Brisbane announcer Tony Biggs in the Sydney studio of community radio 2JJfm to be interviewed and to debut (for Sydney) the "A" sides of Bent's first four 45rpm single vinyl releases: (in order) The Lemon Fabs: "Wheel", The Wickermen: "It Happens", Sun Orange: "The World" and closing with Gone To China: "In Dreams". I've remixed the recording to replace the music with my fully restored flat transfers from pristine vinyl (keeping the volumes at the same level as in the original fm radio broadcast). The radio recording was given to me on cassette by Doug Hutson himself. (NB: in 1989 2JJ became the national youth radio network "TripleJ". Tony Biggs moved on to work for several decades as a presenter at Melbourne community fm radio 3RRR.)

Doug Hutson of "Bent Records" with Tony Biggs on 2JJ July '87

For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

Scruff The Cat featured Mark Hammond vocals/bass and Matt Day - guitar. The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

Thanks For The Fish were Andy Wilmott - drums, Andrew Shakespeare - guitar, Sean Dwyer - bass, Tricia Roberts - vocals. The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

Most of the members of Outer Limits were now playing as "Gone To China" (Glen Dakin - guitar/vocals, Sandro Tothill - bass, Steven Pritchard - drums, John Zorzi - keys, and on this special day Mark Stockdale joined them to sing a couple of Outer Limits numbers). The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

The Bystanders were Matt Day - guitar, Mark Hammond - vocals, Andy Wilmott - drums, Sandro Tothill - bass. The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

Outer Limits played their last show under that name - Steven Pritchard -
 drums, Glen Dakin - guitar, Tony Nolan - bass, Mark Stockdale - vocals and I played congas as a guest. Most of the Outer Limits members were now playing as "Gone To China". The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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For the (Nov 2016) 31st anniversary I re-edited and remastered my transfer from cassette to CD of my recording of my friends' bands playing for their mutual entertainment at a rural property owned by Mark Stockdale's family near Canungra in south-east Queensland. 

Froggy Bottom featured Mark Stockdale - vocals and Paul Farrell - guitar.  The bands in order were: Outer Limits, Froggy Bottom (Mark's new band), The Bystanders, Gone To China, Thanks For The Fish, Scruff The Cat. 

The recording was made using a Fostex X-15 deck and a Realistic coincident stereo electret mic on a stand about 10 m from stage centre. The PA desk was operated for most of the day by Paul Farrell. These are all the recordings I have of that day - but there are also some lovely 3D photos.

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Original song performed by Waiting For Barwick, written by their vocalist Lynne Eisentrager. Demo produced late 2017 by John Frame.

Waiting For Barwick 2017

Waiting For Barwick: "Devil's Seed" (by Lynne Eisentrager) 2017 demo

Waiting For Barwick (Lynne Eisentrager vocals, Glen Dakin keys, Glenn Bell bass, John Frame djembe & conga) playing a cover of Amy Winehouse "Back To Black" live at Retroespresso Cafe, Wavell Hts (Brisbane, Australia) on 11th March 2018. Recorded using a Sennheiser MKE2002 dummy head (binaural stereo), a feed from the PA and a line from the keyboard amp.

Waiting For Barwick "Back To Black" cover live 11th March 2018

Glen Dakin (Maton acoustic guitar) Glenn Bell (Fender Jazz bass) Lynne Eisentrager (vocals) John Frame (Gon Bops bongos). Recorded (without overdubs) during practice using a Zoom Livetrak L-12 mixer/recorder:  Sennheiser e905 mics for vocals, direct lines from bass and guitar amps, Sennheiser MKE2002 dummy head near the bongos.  "Jungle Man" is a song by Australian Lanie Lane.

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