On November 24, 1978, Robert Soelberg set up his JVC KD-55 cassette deck in the living room of the Brady family home on Irving Street between 1st and 2nd streets in Los Angeles. Brian Brady had arranged for Rick's band, Rococo, to get together to play a small party. Rococo keyboardist/lead guitarist Pete Day asked longtime friend Robert, who earlier in the year recorded his "Too Nude To Think" album at his Zenith Studio in Malibu, to record the event.
Formally, the band, which also included drummer extraordinaire Rick Brownell, had stopped regular rehearsals earlier in the year. But the countless hours practicing in Brian's second-story, above-garage studio had paid off, and the intricate parts came back to the band.
Rococo played a nine-song set of songs written by bandmembers. The evening's set list (right-click to download individual songs):
Robert used two microphones to capture a simple stereo mix. But the mix had an atypical balance with drums, bass and rhythm guitar on one side and my overly loud lead guitar dominating the other. As a result, during the digital remix Pete used equalization to bring down the level of his lead, but the guitar's tone -- and other levels -- suffer as a result.
Joining the band on some songs are Mercy, who sang on "Lingering," Ben Brooks on flute on "Assembly," and saxophonist Neal Schleimer, whose soulful strains can be heard on the latter tunes. During the the band chatter segments there are voices and mentions of Elena Sherk, who was Rick's girlfriend, and others.
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