| ‘RED ALERT: A SPACE ROCK-OPERA’ 1978 - MARC DAVID DECKER (18 SONGS / 1976-78) TIME; 71:43 1. INTRODUCTION / NARRATION 1 time 4:13 2. HELLO TO YOUR WORLD time 4:09 3. TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER / NARRATION 2 time 5:11 4. A SHOW OF POWERS time 4:59 5. I SEE THE LIGHT time 4:07 6. NARRATION 3 / BRIGHT MOMENTS time 3:26 7. CIRCLES / NARRATION 4 time 6:56 8. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR time 3:08 9. BECAUSE OF YOU time 3:02 10. ROCKET TO ROCK / NARRATION 5 time 4:36 11. CONTACT WITH YOU / NARRATION 6 time 4:08 12. GOLDEN GIRL time 3:26 13. THE OTHER SIDE OF TOMORROW time 3:11 14. SAFE INSIDE MY FORCE FIELD time 3:28 15. RED ALERT time 8:11 16. NARRATION 7 time 1:39 17. GOODBYE TO THE WORLD time 1:18 18. FINALE time 2:00 |
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| ABOUT THE ALBUM:
IN THE EARLY- MID 70’S I HAD A MANAGEMENT DUO HANDLING ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THEY WENT BY THE NAMES OF DAMON ALBERTI AND SAM KLEINMAN. SAM WAS JUST BACK FROM EUROPE AND SAID I SHOULD WRITE SOME MUSIC WITH A SPACE THEME. HE INSISTED IT WAS THE NEXT THING, AND DAMON AGREED. I WAS IN TOWN THE SUMMER OF ’73 LIVING IN THE HILLS OF NORTH VALLEY AND THINGS WERE UNUSUALLY QUIET. I DECIDED TO WRITE A QUASI-MUSICAL AND FOLLOWED SAM & DAMON’S ADVICE AND USED A SPACE THEME. THE RESULT WAS ‘RED ALERT.’ IT TOOK THREE LONG GROUPS OF SESSIONS. I KEPT ADDING TO IT UNTIL IT WAS DONE. IT’S BASICALLY A LONG ROCK ALBUM WITH A SPACE THEME, STRUNG TOGETHER WITH NARRATIONS AND INSTRUMENTAL ‘SPACE BATTLE’ PIECES. MY CLASSICAL INFLUENCE IS CLEARLY PRESENT IN THESE SECTIONS, THOUGH THE ORCHESTRATIONS ARE FROM ROCK INSTRUMENTS. THE SOUND EFFECTS CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN PETERS ARE AMAZING (THEY’RE STILL GREAT). WE RECORDED THE WHOLE THING AT JOHN’S STUDIO IN L.A. (JPM RECORDING) AND I HAD A BLAST FROM START TO FINISH. THIS WAS MY LARGEST PROJECT TO DATE, AND I THINK IT HOLDS UP VERY WELL, THOUGH IT CERTAINLY PREDATES THE DIGITAL ERA. WE RECORDED IT ALL ON AN AMPEX 8-TRACK 1” MACHINE, NO COMPUTERS OR DRUM MACHINES, ETC. I STARTED THE PROJECT PLAYING EVERYTHING MYSELF, AND AS I ADDED MORE AND MORE SONGS, I BROUGHT SOME BUDS IN TO ‘ TOP IT OFF’, PRIMARILY FOR A FEW SELECTED GUITAR SOLOS & BASS PARTS. EIGHTEEN SICKO TUNES….WHEW! |
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