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Super Trouper - Abba

We had a shorthaired cat by the same name, when I was a nipper (he was a little ball of fluff as a kitten). Fabulous ratter, scared of heights. Our move to third floor flat was not comfortable for him and he legged it.

Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper

4 strings & 6 ‘saddles’ should raise one’s hackles. However, the pick retention cord, counters that nicely.

Grandma's Feather Bed - John Denver

Don’t Look Down - Go West

Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon

Bring Me to Life - Evanescence

Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel

Children of the Grave - Sabbath

Lay Your Hands On Me - Bon Jovi (ooh, er, Mrs!)

I have the 40th anniversary and have been impressed by the ‘60s CV. I should also mention that, for my own interest, I carried out a comparison experiment whereby I copied an old live recording I had into GarageBand, sucked out all the bass frequencies and recorded 4 new bass lines, using different basses, both clean and driven. These were a P, a JMJ Mustang, a J type and a fretless, passive, MM type. The stand out winner for me was the passive MM, especially with a little drive.

A Squier 40th Anniversary or CV Precision will do the job nicely. Might need a little extra shielding, but not necessarily (I’ve had full fat Fenders that have needed this, some not).

Nelson Piddle

The Faith Healer - SAHB

Grace Slack

I Need a Doctor - Dr. Dre and Eminem

Running With The Sniffles - Van Halen

Flu Moon On Monday - Duran Duran

Pox on the Run - Sweet

The Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis

More producer ideas, more animal centric, albeit normally canine (I’m not being doggist about it though): Butch (Vig) Mutt (Lange)

Studio assistant? Wrong, this is a cat, it’s a producer in its own mind, you’re just the help. With that in mind, Trevor as in Horn.

The Poacher - Ronnie Lane

A friend of mine asked if I’d be interested in going to see SW at the RAH on the To The Bone tour. I was aware of him, but not to any great degree. Oddly, I decided not to check out the album or his other work and went to the gig cold. It was great and although I sometimes wish I’d listened to his stuff at bit first, I still think it was a good move. To The Bone is one of my favourite albums, the dynamics on tracks like Pariah and Refuge make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I have the DVD of that run of gigs (Home Invasion) and the documentary of the making of TTB is very interesting (SW is very intense). As to his remixes, I’ve listen to bits, but I’m not sure of the point, as I don’t hear a lot of difference (maybe I gave up too soon). I think, with his various works, is that it’s a case of that it’s not all gold and cherry picking is the way forward.