Sage - When I Walk Alone (1971)

Potsdam. Most people don't even know where Potsdam is. But out of this small college town in northern New York have come some of the finest bands that rock music has to offer. Only graduation and their eventual disbanding keeps them from going on as professionals. This album is an experiment. It is the result of a brainstorm concieved over a chicken salad sand- wich at the Vernon one Saturday noon. Wally Siebel and Mal Parker, two perpetual college students, have seen many talented bands come and go throughout the course of their peaceful sojurn in Potsdam. Hence, the idea to produce a record album preserving a small segment of this era. This album was not recorded under grueling studio conditions, but rather and informal, relax- ed atmosphere. Space was cleared out on the floor of Bronen's Music Company after hours on three differ- ent dates. The bands set up and the tape rolled. If you listen closely you might even hear trucks passing by on Main Street or people who dropped in from across the street to eat their subs. The talent of these musicians is in no way fab- ricated by technical gimmicks. No dubbing, splicing, over-dubbing, or electronic effects were used. What you hear is the excitement generated by the pure spontaneity of this recording. You've listened and danced to these bands at Frank's, The Wherehouse, and the "R"; fraternity and sorority weekends and beerblasts. Now you can listen to them in your own room-- long after you graduate. Or flunk out. Yes Potsdam, you are more than a frozen wasteland. ++++++++++ RECORDING ENGINEER..................MALLORY PARKER ASSISTED BY.........................JOEL SILVERMAN EDITED BY................................MAGIC MAL PROMOTION............................WALTER SEIBEL PRODUCED BY.......MALLORY PARKER and WALTER SEIBEL COVER TITLE BY ALEX (sick dudes...) COVER PHOTO BY MAL LAUGHTER BY CHRISTY ++++++++++ Equipment used in the making of this album includes: Sony TC-630D Tape Deck, Shure PE-54, PE-56, and PE- 585 Microphones, 2 Shure Mixers, and the Parker Stereoplex Customix. MUSCICIANS DOUBLE AXEL: ROB ZOLINER--guitar, vocals, maracas ALEX VANGELLOW--organ, electric piano, acoustic guitar, vocals FRANK JOHNS--bass guitar, vocals SAGE: BILL CAVANAUGH--guitar, vocals TODD HOBIN-- organ, guitar, flute, vocals CRAIG FISCHER-- bass guitar GARY HODGES--percussion. TEA: RICH SHERIDAN-- vocals, GLENN DREWES-- trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals GARY KELLER--tenor and sop- rano sax, vocals JOHN MAHONEY-- organ, pedal bass, vocals CONNIE AUBE--percussion. TIN PENNY: FRED SERFIS--guitar, vocals, BOB CHRIST- IANSON--organ, electric piano, keyboard bass, vocals GARY BURKE-- percussion, flute, vocals. PROGRAM Side One 1. AMERICAN LYFE (R. Christianson) 2. ONE NEVER CAN TELL (R. Christanson--arr. G. Burke) 3. LOOK AT ME NOW (G. Burke/R. Christianson) TIN PENNY From the rock oratorio "CYCLES" by Tin Penny All arrangements by Tin Penny 4. WHEN I WALK ALONE (G. Hodges) SAGE Side 2 1. WILDFLOWERS (T. Hobin Words: Ellen Adams) SAGE 2. EYES WHERE FUTURE NEVER LIES (J. Mahoney) 3. LOOK AROUND (J. Mahoney) TEA 4. EIGHT THOUSAND DAYS (P. Thomsen/A. VANGELLOW-- arr. The Walkers) 5. WHAT DO YOU DO? (R. Zolner--arr. Double Axel) 6. COME BACK JOE (A. Vangellow) DOUBLE AXEL ALL SELECTIONS ON THIS PROGRAM ARE COPYWRIGHTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPOSERS. ILLEGAL USE OF MATERIAL WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE COMPOSER WILL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE COPYWRITE LAW. THEREFORE, DON'T STEAL ANY OF THESE CHARTS OR YOU'LL BE BEATEN TO A PULP.....................................REALLY Recorded March 17, 27, and 28, 1971 at Bronen's Studios, Potsdam, New York