favourite guitar solo of all time...taken me around 45 yrs to get around to learning it properly and attempting to record a version that I hope is faithful to the original (albeit a lot louder in the mix.)

time solo sl

Most of the tracks are my covers of famous songs - via Garageband. Most are all my playing (e.g: Breathe, Born under a Bad sign etc) as you will easily tell! a few are lead tracks on top of a professional backing track (e.g: Black Magic Woman and Peace). Both 'Fifths' and Hiphop are my own (admittedly primitive) compositions and Hiphop was my first ever recording using Garageband and is just what came out of the keyboard at the time. If there is anyone out there who still has not tried this software - you have to give it a go! The aim of uploading to Soundcloud is not to demonstrate my lack of professional playing ability but to share with friends and avoid losing my stuff in the next hard drive crash - which is never too far away!

Breathe extended version

Earl gray

Fifths

Hiphop iain's mix

Kashmir

down by the river edit1

On line rehearsal for offline band! First take. Loads of fluffs around the changes, the sax solo and the ending. Lots to work on!

Give a little bit - rec1

The excellent Lead & Harmony Vocals are by Sarah Soar, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards by Steve L. Sarah's first release and more to come.

Dreams - Sarah & Steve 2024

Cover of Gold Dust Woman. Superb Lead and Harmony Vocals by Sarah Soar. Guitars, Bass etc by SL. This is the second track we have recorded and from the same excellent and immortal album, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

Gold Dust Woman Sarah & Steve

Cover of Big Yellow Taxi by the impeccable Joni Mitchell. Superb vocals by 'one take' Sarah Soar, backing tracks - SL.

Big Yellow Taxi Sarah & Steve 2024

Our version of Yellow. Vocals by Sarah (first take, one overdub where she accidentally coughed!) Acoustic and Lead Guitars, Bass & Mellotron by me. Drums courtesy of a track from Custom Karaoke!

Yellow - Sarah & Steve 2024

Our take on High & Dry by Radiohead. Vocals - as always by Sarah, guitars, bass and keys by Steve and Drums courtesy of Custom Karaoke Track (We don't always use these but it does make recording and mixing a whole lot easier than playing in drums on a keyboard or searching for the right loop in Garageband). I must also go back and learn the full outro solo sometime, to make it more accurate!

High and Dry - Sarah & Steve 2025

Delivering another superb vocal is Sarah and she starts with a professional backing track of acoustic guitars and tbh that was all that she needed....I have to say that every instrument I added did not improve the track, so have just come in halfway with a bass line and another acoustic. (at one point there were violins and a mellotron line of voices and flute!). I think I will remove those too!

Both sides now- Sarah & Steve 2025

Our cover of Katrina and the Waves - Going down to Liverpool - with some extra harmonies from Sarah to mix in some of the flavour of The Bangles version. A lot of people think it was The Bangles song....not so...., but The Bangles interest and their version did get Katrina and the Waves signed for a recording contract for which they were very grateful. We preferred their rockier style this time out, but do love The Bangles version too.

Going down to Liverpool - Sarah & Steve 2025

Our cover of Green Day's Good Riddance...Can't work out if it is sincere or sarcastic, but it definitely is poignant. Great vocal again from Sarah - 12 string guitar borrowed from my bro with a 5 string electric bass. Violins courtesy of Garageband's sounds... played in on an M Audio 25 key midi keyboard and all through an Apogee One, onto an ancient (2012) Macbook Pro.

Good riddance - Sarah & Steve 2025

More Rock Opera than rock ...our cover of Pat Benatar track - Shadows of the Night. Kudos to Sarah for even attempting the vocals on this one. By doubling the tracks and adding harmonies with huge amounts of reverb we hope we came close.

Rhythm & Lead Guitars, Bass, Keys etc all Steve. Lots of layers that maybe won't come across on Souncloud, but sounds epic straight from Garageband through my Tannoy Monitors. Just glad it's done...we gave it our best!

Shadows of the Night

Cover of U2's still haven't found what I'm looking for from the Joshua Tree album by Steve & Sarah 2025

still havent found

This is our best shot at covering Lana Del Ray's masterpiece of a track, Mariners Apartment Complex. An outstanding song from this artist which we have done our best to cover with diligence, respect and much affection. Despite the originals apparently pared back production this track has a lot going on!  

Mariners Apartment Complex

Moonlight Shadow

Cover of Thea Gilmore's song - You're the Radio

You're the radio

Cover of Song for Sharon from Hejira. V1.1 as the original track's backing vocals were too high in the mix (I thought they were too beautiful to miss out on hearing them!) This version has the main vocal slightly boosted and the backing vocals a little less prominent.

song for sharon v1.1-1

This is our cover of Carey by Joni Mitchell. The lead & backing vocals are Sarah and she has done a great job. I played bass plus acoustic guitars etc.

Carey

This is a cover of Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. The drum track is a paid for track from a karaoke track website - everything else was played and recorded. The vocals (shaky so down in the mix!), guitars, bass, keyboards, flute and orchestral strings were played by me (the latter were garageband instruments) and the superb sax solo by my friend Ian K.  - Nice job Thanks Ian!

Baker Street - Final Edit

Backing drums and slide guitar courtesy of custom karaoke website. 

Bass guitar, acoustic (6 string), vocals (strained!) and my first harmonica track by me.

Steve Littlemore's Album

Heart of Gold

Cinnamon Girl - dedicated to my friend and musical collaborator Ian who introduced me to this track (and a few others) and rekindled my interest in Neil Young.

My first attempt to record drums by playing them in on a keyboard. Next time will do these first! - and then won't have to try to adjust them to the rest of the track (hence not perfect!)

Rubbish vocals disguised somewhat by multitracking but happy with the raunchy guitar sound, which I think gets some of the feel of Neil Young's style and the unusual dropped d riff.

cinnamon girl

Quite pleased with this one as the double tracking adds a bit of authenticity

Bohemian rhapsody solo

Had a go at some famous songs and solos mostly using backing tracks, although one is from a short lived band rehearsal and a couple are all me using GarageBand instruments.

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