Track: 10
Title: NEW SOCIETY [studio rough mix + live]
Authorship: Medford
Publishing: BrowBeat Music, BMI
Recording date: 22 September 1986 [rough mix] + 23 April 1987 [live]
Recording place: Dancing Dog Studio, Emeryville, CA + Club 9, 9th St. and Harrison, San Francisco, CA
The bill was: The Ophelias
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 03:13
First appeared on: Green Girl
First released 23 April 2017
[via multiple streaming services]
[first half, rough mix]
Leslie Medford : electric guitar
Terry von Blankers : bass guitar
Geoffrey Armour : drums
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[second half, live]
Leslie Medford : electric guitar, vocals
Keith Dion : electric guitar
Terry von Blankers : bass guitar, vocals
Geoffrey Armour : drums, vocals
Particulars:
This combines a pre-vocal, pre-Dion rough mix from the Dancing Dog sessions for the first album, and a live version from seven months later. This Club 9 gig – our 21st – was our first show where a club decided The Ophelias would fill the place on our own. It was Shakepeare Day (23 April) after all!
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