{"id":9749,"date":"2015-10-26T21:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=9749"},"modified":"2022-01-29T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T19:33:06","slug":"arc00139","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/arc00139\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Tape For A Blue Girl: Across a thousand blades (demos+live) (Digital)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 2257306609\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless> <a href=\"https:\/\/blacktapeforabluegirl.bandcamp.com\/album\/across-a-thousand-blades-demos-live\">Black tape for a blue girl: Archive 01 (Digital)<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\ntracklist<br \/>\n1 Into Narration 00:25<br \/>\n2. Across a thousand blades (8-11-1988) 03:51<br \/>\n3. Across a thousand blades (other version &#8211; late 1987) 04:38<br \/>\n4. Across a thousand blade (2007 mix) 03:49<br \/>\n5. Across a thousand blades (1997 instrumental backing track) 03:43<br \/>\n6. Across a thousand blades (live 8-2-1997 Projektfest Chicago) 03:52<br \/>\n7. Across a thousand blades (live 8-31-1997 Hexx Boston) 03:58\n<\/div>\n<p><BR>THE &#8220;BIKE SHOP&#8221; VINYL EP<br \/>\nKickstarter to donate: kck.st\/1Fkr0T1 <\/p>\n<p><BR>FROM THE VAULT: <\/p>\n<p><BR>&#8220;Across a thousand blades&#8221; is Black Tape For A Blue Girl&#8217;s best known track from our first decade. It was released on 1989&#8217;s ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR, our third release. I&#8217;ve pulled together some never before heard demos and live tracks. I hope you enjoy them. <\/p>\n<p><BR>I&#8217;ve always imagined that &#8220;Blades&#8221; sprung into existance fully-formed, created in a mad scramble to write new songs after I scrapped the first mix of the ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR album. Alas, that version of my history has been debunked by the discovery of thees demo tracks. <\/p>\n<p><BR>You see, I\u2019m in the process of recreating the first mix of ASHES, for a soon to be released Bandcamp exclusive: ASHES IN THE BRITTLE AIR (THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FIRST VERSION). It&#8217;s really a completely different album from the one you know. You will hear 5 unreleased songs, along with different recordings \/ mixes of 6 songs from the album proper. <\/p>\n<p><BR><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/assets\/images\/DigitalOnly.png width=400><\/p>\n<p><BR>In the fall of 1988, I grew dissatisfied with the album mix I had completed, as well as dissatisfied with a number of the songs themselves. I tossed those, revamped others, and wrote new ones for the official version. <\/p>\n<p><BR>\u201cAcross a thousand blades\u201d didn&#8217;t appear on the first version of the album. My memory has always told me that I wrote this song really quick one afternoon, in preparation for a trip back to Florida to record with Oscar. <\/p>\n<p><BR>While digging through the cassette vaults I discovered something odd. A tape from late-87 with a song titled &#8220;Across a thousand blades (other ver DCD trump)&#8221; (the 3rd track in this download). As far as I can tell, this song was created during the process of writing pieces for the album. However, what you hear has nothing to do with the song you know; perhaps there&#8217;s something familiar in the Emax horns, but nothing really carries through except for the title. <\/p>\n<p><BR>I think that must be it! I liked the horns &#8211; and the title &#8211; and when I was rushing to write replacement songs, I started with those two elements and created something new. <\/p>\n<p><BR>The 2nd track here is a demo of that new version of \u201cBlades;&#8221; most of the elements from this demo appear in the final version. On this recording, I&#8217;m playing my ESQ-1 keyboard and the HR-16 drum machine; no vocals, no drums, no electric guitars. This is my synth demo. <\/p>\n<p><BR>Those two songs were transferred from cassette, and sound great considering their age, and the crappy quality of the tapes they were recorded on. I added some compression and a touch of EQ. <\/p>\n<p><BR>The 4th song is the final mix of the song, from 2007, with a bunch of extra vocals and instruments added over the years. <\/p>\n<p><BR>Honestly, if I had been an outsider hearing these demos in 1988, I never would have predicted a dramatic goth rock track like &#8220;Across a thousand blades&#8221; would arise from them. But arise it did! <\/p>\n<p><BR>It&#8217;s one of the best known Black Tape For A Blue Girl songs. <\/p>\n<p><BR>I hope you enjoy this view into the creation of this classic track. <\/p>\n<p><BR>Sam <\/p>\n<p><BR>#4 credits.<br \/>\nOriginal Recording:<br \/>\nSam Rosenthal: electronics &#038; drum machine<br \/>\nOscar Herrera: vocal<br \/>\nAllan Kraut: percussion &#038; guitar<br \/>\nBridget Knott: backing vocals<br \/>\nAdded on later mixes:<br \/>\nMera Roberts: cello<br \/>\nLisa Feuer: flute, high backing vocals in chorus<br \/>\nLucian Casselman: backing vocals in last 30 seconds. <\/p>\n<p><BR>Also included in this download are two live recordings from 1997; these are taken from some of the few shows Oscar performed with the band. I transferred these from DAT and they reveal all the imperfections of the live experience. But still, this is history!  <\/p>\n<p><BR>#6<br \/>\nShow #2 | Sat August 2, 1997 | Projektfest&#8217;97<br \/>\nThe Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL<br \/>\nOn this track: Sam, Oscar, Lucian, Mera, Kirk <\/p>\n<p><BR>#7<br \/>\nShow #9 | Sun August 31, 1997 | Dance Macabre Festival<br \/>\nHexx in Boston, MA<br \/>\nOn this track: Sam, Oscar, Lucian, Mera <\/p>\n<p><BR>All tracks written by Sam \u00a9 Seireenien Music, BMI<\/p>\n<p><BR><a href=\"mailto:sr.projekt@gmail.com?subject=Add%20me%20to%20the%20BlackTape,%20Projekt%20AlbumPage!\"><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/Box-Blacktapejoinus2.jpg WIDTH=400><br \/>\nClick to Join, hit send, and I&#8217;ll add you to the list. &#8211; Sam <\/p>\n<div class=\"socials\"><h2>love it, share it<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00139%2F&t=Black+Tape+For+A+Blue+Girl%3A+Across+a+thousand+blades+%28demos%2Blive%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small facebook-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" >facebook<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00139%2F&text=Black+Tape+For+A+Blue+Girl%3A+Across+a+thousand+blades+%28demos%2Blive%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small twitter-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" >twitter<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00139%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/ARC00139.jpg&description=+\" class=\"socials-small pinterest-small\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" >pinterest<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Farc00139%2F&title=Black+Tape+For+A+Blue+Girl%3A+Across+a+thousand+blades+%28demos%2Blive%29+%28Digital%29\" class=\"socials-small google-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google\" >google<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blacktapeforabluegirl.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-thousand-blades\" TARGET=BLANK><IMG SRC=\/store\/assets\/images\/Button-Bandcamp.png width=129><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,74,25,556,98,97],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9749","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-black-tape-for-a-blue-girl","product_cat-darkwave","product_cat-digital","product_cat-goth","product_cat-new-wave-80s","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-external","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9749"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9749"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}