EPISODE · Oct 31, 2023 · 2 MIN
Stepping Out: The Doobie Labas
from Bohacz & Frenz · host Bohacz & Frenz
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 first selection from our 8-track "Stepping Out" features Greg Miller, Mickey Strejc, Matt Anthony and myself. We used audio from the Sgt. Pepper album, "Benny and the Jets," and a sound effects record (the title of which I cannot recall). I didn't buy the "Bennie and the Jets" single, I bought the album. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John was released October 5, 1973. This could explain why I labeled this 8-track with the year 1973. Later recordings in "Stepping Out" were recorded in 1974 (tunes release dates on those recordings indicate this).
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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 first selection from our 8-track "Stepping Out" features Greg Miller, Mickey Strejc, Matt Anthony and myself. We used audio from the Sgt. Pepper album, "Benny and the Jets," and a sound effects record (the title of which I cannot recall). I didn't buy the "Bennie and the Jets" single, I bought the album. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John was released October 5, 1973. This could explain why I labeled this 8-track with the year 1973. Later recordings in "Stepping Out" were recorded in 1974 (tunes release dates on those recordings indicate this).
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