Stepping Out: The Bank Heist and The Lonesome Stranger (The Ballad of Tillie Tulpa) Detail

Sometime in late 1973 or very early 1974 my dad took me shopping for a stereo, if memory serves. We got our Zenith Allegro Series I, Model GR587W from E. J. Korvette. It was a wonderful gift! It had a turntable, radio and 8-track tape player/recorder. I could now record in stereo! In addition to recording collections of my favorite tunes on 8-track, I began recording friends as we improvised comedy. We would gather in my basement usually after a Sunday church session. I decorated our comedy 8-tracks with Ugly Stickers. This sixth selection from our 8-track "Stepping Out" features Greg Miller, Mickey Strejc, Matt Anthony, Tillie Tulpa and myself. For music we used Kenny Ball's "Midnight in Moscow" and Rossini's "William Tell Overture." I labeled this 8-track with the year 1973 but recordings were made in 1974 as well.