As we listened back before officially pressing “record,” we realized that recording with everything completely open to the outside world so strongly evoked the sonics and feeling in the main living room recording space, that we decided to embrace it. The reality was that the weather in North Carolina that weekend was beautiful and warm, and we ended up doing some test recordings before we even shut the doors or windows on the small studio/house. From there we’d work back into them with other instrumentation, and see if we could get a finished record together. The plan was to seclude ourselves at their new place, hang out, have some fun, and capture some of those ideas we had developed over the years, as well as some new improvisations. This seemed like the perfect opportunity. Nick and Amelia Meath had just set up a small house/studio in the woods of North Carolina between Chapel Hill and Durham, and Nick wanted to kick the tires of the new studio. It finally came together in October 2017. We continued to collaborate annually at each subsequent Eaux Claires festival, and always talked about getting together and documenting this collaboration. Nick and I figured we’d play around a 20 – 30 minute set, but, with years of friendship and music behind us, no plan whatsoever regarding what we’d play, the amazing crowd and the hallucinatory heat, when we finally looked up at each other and smiled after the final note ended ~ 50 minutes later, we knew we were onto something. It must have been 100F in that dome that afternoon. The stage we were playing, The Channel, was literally a geodesic dome at the top of a hill, and the heat that had been building up all day had nowhere to go. We were booked for Friday July 17, 2015, talked once over the phone about our general approach to the performance, and met at the stage that afternoon. We had been friends and collaborators for years, but had never done anything like that together before. We were performing in different projects, but, encouraged by the promoters and in the collaborative spirit of the festival, we decided to try an improv duo set together. Our staff are here to offer you advise and help in all your musical needs, their steadfast knowledge and understanding of their specialist areas is available and we welcome people who require recommendations and tips for some hidden gems or musicians you may have been previously unaware of.The seeds for Bluebird were sown starting in 2015 when Nick Sanborn and I were both performing at the inaugural Eaux Claires festival. We have specialist buyers and will purchase small or large quantities for cash or exchange. Our main areas are Rock & Pop, Soul & Dance, Jazz, Punk and Reggae. We’re interested in purchasing most kinds of music. We also have many deleted and hard-to-find specialist and unusual CDs, plus some hard-to-find new vinyl. We deal in second-hand vinyl – LPs, 12″ and 7″ singles – and also carry a large array of used compact discs across a wide range of styles and genres: Rock, Pop, Indie, Metal, Reggae, Jazz, Electronic, House, Soul, Funk and many more. We always have the album sleeve in the window and tour guides often stop outside our shop and explain where and when the iconic photograph was taken. Our shop features on the Oasis album cover What’s The Story Morning Glory. There is also a Reckless Records in Chicago that was established in 1989 and is still going strong. Reckless was the first record store in Berwick Street, opening there in 1984 and surviving the many ups and downs of the record business over the years. Soho is famous for its lively culture and many record stores. Reckless Records is an independent record shop burrowed in the heart of Soho at 30 Berwick Street, just off Oxford Street and close to both Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus tube stations.
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