Smell Of Incense

This song (and only this one) breaks my rule of this site having only my original songs - this is my one & only cover so no download link and on request I will remove the streaming link as well. But I really like my version of it and wish to share.

Bob Markley & Ron Morgan have the writing credit. The song was first recorded by the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band on their Vol. 2 record available here. The version I first heard (1968) was by Southwest F.O.B., a regional band popular in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX. Their album is available here. If you want the song please buy one or both of the albums as the versions are quite different. My version is based on Southwest F.O.B.'s arrangement but an interesting fact is this - at the time I was arranging this (1989?) I had a low-grade cassette of West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Vol. 2 but hadn't heard the Southwest F.O.B. version in decades. (Both albums were out of print for a very long time)

All the parts except for vocals are MIDI. The drum part took quite a bit of effort. Instead of a loud guitar in the break I used a massive bank of Casio CZ-10xx voices in multi-timberal mode. The effect on the vocals is tape echo courtesy of the Mk III echoplex. In case you're interested, the bathroom of my previous house served as the vocal booth & as I was both vocalist & engineer it took numerous takes to get what we have here. Not the best vocal, mind you, but ultimately good enough. This was of course tracked & mastered on the old 4-track. Enjoy.

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