Thrust Play all Thrust Where Do I Go From Here? Instantaneous Intimacy This Must Be Fantasy Livin' On the Edge Stop Confusing Me Drift Away Musical Masque Bottom's Up Tear Me Up Collision Course 1980

This album was recorded between 1980 and 1983. The rhythm tracks were recorded at Crystal, an expensive commercial studio by engineer Kevin Beamish. Alas, shortly after, the plug was pulled on the use of this otherwise unaffordable luxury. Using only rough mixes of the rhythm tracks from quarter-inch tape (he was not allowed to have the original two-inch reels), Steffen completed the project on his own at home using a couple of Tascam 3340 four track tape recorders and little else. Recording technology was incredibly primitive by today's standards and home studios were barely in existence. Despite the formidable obstacles, the recordings still sound pretty good today, much of it owing to excellent performances by the musicians and singers, not to mention highly compelling original material. Well, you can hear for yourself right here, if you dare.

The instruments and effects used by Steffen on these recordings were quite modern at the time, but are now considered desirable and sought-after vintage gear by aficionados. For the bulk of the songs (written and recorded mostly around 1981) These would include a Minimoog synthesizer. a Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5, a Hammond B3 organ with a Leslie 147, and a Hohner Clavinet. The piano was mostly the Steinway B grand piano at Crystal Sound Studios.

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