{"product_id":"don-caballero-american-don-deluxe-edition","title":"Don Caballero - American Don (Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e• Original 2xLP Remastered by Bob Weston\u003cbr\u003e• Never-Before-Released Live Studio Album\u003cbr\u003e• Limited Edition of 2000 Maui Blue \/ Orchid 3xLP for indie stores only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter finishing American Don with (Steve) Albini, we were nearing the peak of interpersonal tensions that would eventually wash us overboard.\u003cbr\u003eI (Eric) became convinced we lost the true essence of the songs in the recording process.\u003cbr\u003eIt was not a unanimous decision to record with Steve.\u003cbr\u003eWe wrote the album entirely on guitar loops and Team Storm \u0026amp; Stress wanted to go further in the studio with Pro Tools, which felt related to both what we were doing and where we were going.\u003cbr\u003eSteve had just finished building the magnificent A room at Electrical and Damon insisted we would record there for the drums.\u003cbr\u003eHe never budged on it.\u003cbr\u003eAs soon as we got there we realized all the songs, which were written in stacks of overdubs on our pedals, would only allow for mono guitar recordings.\u003cbr\u003eWe worked around this by performing the songs to a single loop and overdubbing all the guitars later allowing for a full stereo field to match the glorious bombast of Steve’s drum recordings.\u003cbr\u003eThis approach dramatically changed how we played.\u003cbr\u003eWhile it allowed for magic moments of improv (Peter Criss intro), once the album was done, it sounded bloated and the performances sluggish.\u003cbr\u003eWith increasing certainty I was sure the sound of the Akai Headrush, and the tempos it set for Damon was the heartbeat of these songs.\u003cbr\u003eIan agreed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an audacious last ditch hail mary, I had the idea to call Greg Norman (who worked for Steve!) and asked if we could secretly come to his studio in S.\u003cbr\u003eChicago *road hot* after our next shows and re-record the album LIVE.\u003cbr\u003eIt was an enormous gesture that could’ve never worked, but miraculously everyone agreed to do it and we gave it a try.\u003cbr\u003eGreg captured us at our most fiery hot personally and professionally.\u003cbr\u003eThe tempos are faster and no one is holding back with anything to lose.\u003cbr\u003eThese true live tapes show the songs exactly as we played them on the road where they were developed between June of 1999 and July of 2000.\u003cbr\u003eNow, 25 years later, the Greg Norman tapes have been dusted off, baked, and transferred to digital.\u003cbr\u003eWith the aid of modern restoration tools, and the expertise of Sir Bob Weston, we were able to re-mix and master these recordings for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TOUCH AND GO RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Indies Limited Edition Maui Blue Orchid Colour Vinyl","offer_id":53362692325703,"sku":"TRI-71071","price":76.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/f34003828c3c95992a405154ea5c7999.jpg?v=1771511410","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/don-caballero-american-don-deluxe-edition","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}