Flex Lavender

Recorded in 3 days to ADAT in 1994, released likely in fall of 1995. 500 records were pressed, all coming in foldover jackets. Dave Galgano, owner of Rocket Science, said in an interview in March of 2011 (year after he started selling RS records on his site) that he had around 200 left (in April 2025 only ~5), so it can be assumed that around 300 were sold during the band's lifetime. He sold them for 3$ for US and 6$ for rest of the world. According to Alap, the recording process was: Friday – drums/bass/rhythm guitars recorded live, Saturday – guitar overdubs and vocals, Sunday – mixed. At most 3 takes were done per song (probably 2 for most), with Alap saying the band was very tight; "30 years later it's still one of my favorite productions". About the masters, Alap said: "I have a box of old masters, I'm sure they are in there". The following equipment was used for recording: recorded on 24 track Tascam DA88 digital tape machines, mixed to Tascam DA30 DAT machine on a Tascam M-2600 mixing console. Drum mics: AKG D112 on kick, Sennheiser 421 on rack tom, D112 on floor tom, AKG414 on snare top, Audio Technica 4031 on snare bottom, Shure SM-81 on hi-hat, CAD E-200 overhead L/R, CAD E-300 drum room mic. DI box (Rolls?) & Sennheiser 421 on bass amp, Shure SM-57/Sennheiser 421 on guitar amp. The guitar amp was a Fender Blues Deville, while the bass amp was probably an Ampeg B-15. The drums were a Premier drum set with a big 24" bass drum. Jen's guitar was a Stratocaster, while Quentin used a Fender Jazz Bass. For vocals: CAD E-300. For the guitar overdubs, the back of the guitar amp was probably also mic'd with CAD E-300. During the sessions for the 7", the other two songs from their demo were recorded, and these versions are available on the internet; Galgano was the one who, on his blog, put them up on the internet. This is also the first record released on Rocket Science Records, thus its catalog number is RKT-001. The cover was designed by Jen. Plating plant (L-46374, processing - plating/metalwork) and lacquer-cutting engineer (F/w GSV) identified by runout etchings. Pressing plant discovered by asking Galgano.