Shawn Lane - Powers Of Ten Demos

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Originally posted November 30, 2013
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Shawn Lane - Powers Of Ten Demos
Solo recording, 1990-1991, Kiva Studios, Memphis
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Track Listing:
01. Esperanto (3:38)
02. Tri 7/5 (4:15)
03. Hardcase (4:37)
04. Not Again (3:33)
05. Get You Back (4:23)
06. Rain (5:03)
07. Augmento (3:08)
08. Illusions (4:17)
09. Not Again (second version) (3:52)
10. Illusions (second version) (4:08)
11. Mental Minor (3:50)
12. "Green Onions" solo (live) (:38)
13. Jazz Solo (live)(5:34)
14. Unknown (5:41)
15. Demo for Mark Varney (2:00)
16. Meeting of the Spirits (:41)
17. Allegro BWV 998, J.S. Bach (1:01)
18. Tri 7/5 (second version) (5:07)
19. Stratosphere II (1:54)
TRT (62:54)

*Notes*
Shawn Lane (1963-2003) had insisted that he record what would become "Powers Of Ten" by himself and his label agreed, so armed with a sizable equipment budget he purchased an entire multitrack recording set up (in the pre ProTools days) and sometime in 1990 installed himself in the conference room of Memphis' Kiva Studios. What you hear are preliminary mixes of compositions that would make up the bulk of "Powers Of Ten", plus one track from Shawn's other solo studio effort, "The Tri-Tone Fascination". Several tracks' titles were unknown by your humble servant as they didn't make commercial release, these tracks are interesting in that context as they represent musical directions Shawn himself felt for whatever reason didn't merit a public audience. Also included are snippets of Shawn playing solos of various styles, showing his enormous diversity of musicianship. Lastly included is "Stratosphere II", an unaccompanied solo piece he had recorded for Shrapnel Records' (long out of print) compilation "US Metal Volume IV".

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