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The Fuzzy Sessions

by Rainer

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No Rewind 02:28
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Feeling Good 03:11
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“Recorded at home on once again borrowed equipment. All engineering production and computing by R.P., Simpletown, Arizona 1990’s.” So Rainer stated in the D.Y.O. compilation liner notes for Trouble Hit Me/No Rewind, the only previously released tracks from The Fuzzy Sessions… until now.

The Rainer archive is pleased to present The Fuzzy Sessions, Recorded and mixed in June 1991. First released to you here in 2023. The archive is indeed deep.

The borrowed equipment mentioned above was a Tascam 8-track reel to reel tape recorder, an unknown mixer and a digital sampler given to him by Billy Gibbons. While his wife Patti and the kids took to the mountains of California to escape the summer heat, Rainer set up at home and went to town, experimenting with the sampler and creating at his leisure these audio treasures. Not really a demo session as he never took any of these tunes any further than what you hear here, just Rainer having fun and learning the ins and outs of the sampler. I was present for some of the recording sessions and remember him being relaxed but determined as he learned what he could do with it.

All the tunes are originals, save for Chicago blues legend J.B. Lenoir’s Feelin’ Good, a tune Rainer much loved, played live and recorded many times over the years, but never quite like this.

In addition to Rainer’s original track layout we have included two extras. Stripped down remixes crafted by Jim Blackwood from his digital transfer of the original 8-track master tape.

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released November 11, 2023

Restoration and Mastering by Jim Blackwood

Tracks 10 + 11 mixed by Jim Blackwood

Archival research, cover photo and notes by David La Russa

Pitch correction advisement by Jason Chastain

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