Name: Monster Song by Rick Eagle
Duration: 5 min 53 s
Description: This track is from a time before I knew the band and has some different personnel on it. A second guitar player, different bass player (not Vid) and different lead vocalist (not Sammy).

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This track is from a time before I knew the band and has some different personnel on it. A second guitar player, different bass player (not Vid) and different lead vocalist (not Sammy).

Monster Song

Things You Are, designated as the 1980 version since once again in these 1980 sessions, Rendezvous updated one of their previous recordings from the Easter 1979 sessions. This time the tempo is sped up considerably, we get a lead from Ron's Les Paul and there is Rick's Ricky 12 is applied to reach back for a bit of Rickenbacker jangle. Whereas the 1979 version was slow and dreamy, this version is straight-up Power-Pop.

From the second incarnation of the band. Circa 1980.
Drummer Dale Lewis had left. The band underwent a significant change in sound going from jangly hollow body guitars (Ron's Gibson ES-335 and Rick's Gibson Barney Kessel) to solid body guitars (Ron's Gibson Les Paul Custom and Rick's Fender Telecaster). Also you will find no keyboards here. Things were harder and rockier.
The band was ready to record and enlisted Pete Adams on drums for the sessions but as a session player, Pete was not to join Rendezvous as a member for another year. These sessions were again done at AYRE Studios where the band were the first to record on the studio's new MCI 24 Track board and Tape machine. 
Although ten basic tracks were recorded, things got just a bit out of control and only four were completed. These four tracks were issued as an EP (Extended Play) vinyl pressing, very cool and fashionable at the time.
Lots of heavy compression here.

Personnel in the band and for this set of recording was:
Ron Sodano - guitars, lead vocal
Steve Mason - bass
Rick Eagle - Rickenbacker 12 String, back vocals
Pete Adams - drums and good vibe

©1980 R. Sodano

Things You Are 1980

Host Quinn Mathews welcomes guitar legends Peter Asher and Albert Lee plus a performance by Michigan band Olivia Vargas and Tabula Rasa. Aired 2017-07-20.

Monster Song

Rick Eagle

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