Salem Saberhagen
presents
ROCK + ROLL IN COLOR!
SESSION LOGS OF THE NEW ARCHIES
Part Five:
RECORDING SESSIONS
2051 - 2055
THE NEW ARCHIES:
RITCHIE "RIKKI NINJA" FONSECA
- LEAD + BACKING VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
MALACHI "MAL HYPSTER" HIPP
- LEAD + BACKING VOCALS, DRUMS, PERCUSSION
TOBIAS "TOBY MAXX" MAXWELL
- SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, HARMONICA
SVETLANA "LANA SUZUKI" PRESNYETJEKOVA
- GUITARS, BACKING VOCALS
RAMSAY KHALID "RAM" SHARMA
- BASS, GUITARS, MUSIC DIRECTION
EMPLOYERS:
REPUBLIC USA RECORDS
BLUE CAT RECORDS
FROM HAVING ATTENDED MANY SESSIONS AT SABRINA'S WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S ONE OF THE FINEST AUDIO FACILITIES IN THE WORLD; AND BY THE 2030s, THAT FACT WILL BE WIDELY KNOWN. EVERYBODY WILL WANT TO RECORD THERE, DESPITE RUMORS THAT THE BUILDING IS HAUNTED!
BEING A WITCH, I KNOW THOSE RUMORS ARE TRUE. IN FACT, SOME OF THOSE GHOSTS ARE FRIENDS OF MINE! BUT WITCH QUEEN'S ACOUSTICS ARE SUPERB, CAPABLE OF PICKING UP EVERY NUANCE OF A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AS WELL AS EVERY GHASTLY MOAN, SHRIEK AND RATTLE! THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW ARCHIES WILL BE TOTALLY DOWN WITH GHOSTS AND GHOULS, AND THEY'LL FAVOR RECORDING AT WITCH QUEEN OVER ANY OTHER STUDIO.
YET TOBY MAXX WILL HOPE THAT THEY JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO CUT MASTERS AT A STUDIO OF THEIR OWN! ALTHOUGH TOTO WILL BUILD THE MAD GROOVY PAD FOR HIS OWN USE, HE INTENDS TO SHARE OWNERSHIP WITH THE GROUP. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN BECAUSE, FRANKLY, MAD GROOVY HAS SHITTY ACOUSTICS! NOT EVEN THE PRESENCE OF TWO EXCELLENT RECORDING ENGINEERS (LANA SUZUKI'S MOTHER SHELLY AND CHUCK CLAYTON'S BROTHER CORKY) CAN COMPENSATE FOR THE DEFICIENCIES.
THE BAND WILL BE EVEN MORE DISSATISFIED WITH VOX POPULI, A HOLE-IN-THE-WALL RECORDING STUDIO LOCATED IN TOKYO'S KABUKICHO DISTRICT. THE ONLY REASON THEY'LL CUT MASTERS THERE IS TO ACCOMMODATE SUSU, WHO'LL BECOME THEIR PRODUCER IN THE YEAR 2051. SHE RELOCATES TO JAPAN IN ORDER TO CARE FOR AN AILING MAMA SHELLY.
REGARDLESS OF WHERE TRACKING TAKES PLACE, AUDIO MASTERING FOR NEW ARCHIES RECORDS WILL ALWAYS BE DONE BY SONNY YIN-BAO. PRODUCERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BEAT A PATH TO THE DOOR OF HIS MASTERGROOVE COMPLEX IN PHILADELPHIA. SONNY IS A TOTAL PRO AS WELL AS A GREAT PIECE OF ASS! WHY DO I KNOW THAT? BECAUSE HERE IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, WHERE I'VE RECLAIMED MY HUMAN FORM, HE'S MY HUSBAND. BY THE 2060s, SONNY WILL BE CHIEF ENGINEER @ WITCH QUEEN'S SALT LAKE CITY LOCATION.
A MARKETING BLITZ BY VOX SOUND + IMAGE WILL RESULT IN A PHENOMENON CALLED ARCHIEMANIA DURING THE 2070s. A SLEW OF ARCHIES ALBUM REISSUES AND COMPILATIONS WILL BECOME BEST-SELLERS, REAFFIRMING THE LEGENDARY STATUS OF RIVERDALE'S MOST FAMOUS EXPORT. THE NEW ARCHIES WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THIS FRENZY, TOO, BUT MOST OF THEIR REISSUES WON'T ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SUCCESS. SUNSHINE MIND, A COMPILATION THAT CULLS UNRELEASED MATERIAL FROM 2048 TO 2053, IS AN EXCEPTION; IT WILL SCORE A SIZABLE CATALOG HIT. HOWEVER, THIS TWO-RECORD VINYL SET WON'T HIT THE MARKET UNTIL THE YEAR 2098.
JANUARY 16 - 17, 2051
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
OVERDUB/REMIX SESSIONS
¡VATOS!
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR: RIKKI NINJA
REMIX PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
REMIX ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
COCHINADAS/THE BUBBLE BROKE
(BROWN, BLOODWORTH, CREWE, FONSECA)
VATO/BOYS (ANKA, FONSECA)
NO JUGAR ASÍ/NO FOOLIN', I'M COOLIN'
(FONSECA, GORE, SHAW)
AY, CARIÑO MÍO/IT'S GOTTA BE YOU
(BARKAN, FONSECA, OGERMANN)
LUZ DE MI VIDA/ALL OF MY LIFE
(FONSECA, MILLER, POWERS)
¡ESCÁNDALOSO, NO!/NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO
(FONSECA, POST, ST. JOHN)
IN DECEMBER OF 2040, THE NEW ARCHIES WILL HAVE CUT SOME DEMOS FOR A PROSPECTIVE TRIBUTE TO SIXTIES TEEN IDOL LESLEY GORE. RIKKI NINJA AND MAL HYPSTER WILL HAVE SUNG THEM IN SPANISH; NINJA FEELS STRONGLY THAT LESLEY'S MATERIAL CAN HELP THE GROUP BREAK THROUGH COMMERCIALLY IN SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA (SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER DO). BREE SPELLMAN IS SKEPTICAL AND PUTS THE KIBOSH ON HIS IDEA; BUT NOW NINJA'S EP CONCEPT IS REALIZED UNDER LANA SUZUKI'S SUPERVISION. ONCE NEW INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS ARE ADDED, SUSU AND CORKY CLAYTON APPLY A HEAVY "GOTH" SOUND TO THE MIXES. THIS IS DONE AT THE REQUEST OF RECORD LABEL EXECUTIVES; THEY EXPECT THE EP TO DUPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW ARCHIES' GOTH-ORIENTED LIGHT OF DAY ALBUM. UNFORTUNATELY, LIGHTNING FAILS TO STRIKE TWICE: FANS TAKE A PASS ON VATOS! THERE'S NO MARKET FOR THAT KIND OF RELEASE IN 2051; BUT A LATIN GOTH CRAZE IN THE 2080s WILL TURN THIS ROCK EN ESPAÑOL RARITY INTO A COVETED COLLECTOR'S ITEM.
APRIL 2 - 3, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
LOVE JONES
WITH CLITORIS CLUB (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
ARRANGERS: THE NEW ARCHIES
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL (MILLS, REED)
- INCOMPLETE
LOVE ME TONIGHT (MASON, PACE, PANZERI, PILAT)
- INCOMPLETE
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (REED, STEPHENS)
- INCOMPLETE
RING OF FIRE (CARTER-CASH, KILGORE)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
LANA SUZUKI HAS MOVED BACK TO JAPAN TO CARE FOR HER AILING MOTHER BUT SHE REMAINS THE BAND'S PRODUCER. CONSEQUENTLY, SEVERAL NEW ARCHIES RECORD DATES TAKE PLACE IN TOKYO. SUSU'S OLD FRIEND RAMSAY KHALID "RAM" SHARMA SERVES AS MUSIC DIRECTOR. NINJA CONVINCES HIS BANDMATES TO RECORD AN ALBUM TRIBUTE TO SIR TOM JONES, GREAT BRITAIN'S KING OF BLUE-EYED SOUL. HOWEVER, SUSU IS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO COVERING JONES' BALLAD HITS, AND THE REST OF THE GROUP IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CONCEPT. THE ABORTED LOVE JONES SESSIONS YIELD ONLY ONE USABLE TRACK.
THE YEARS 2049, 2050 AND 2051 WILL BE HIT-AND-MISS FOR THE NEW ARCHIES IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. THE HIGH POINTS ARE "HUMPTY DUMPTY", THEIR FIRST NUMBER ONE SINGLE, A SMASH HIT ALBUM RECORDED IN FRENCH, A CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK, AND THE WARM WELCOME THEIR FANS GIVE RIKKI NINJA AS MALE LEAD VOCALIST. THE LOW POINTS ARE A SERIES OF SINGLES THAT FAIL TO SELL, A FLOP TV SERIES AND THE DEPARTURE OF DONNA DANTE FOR AN ACTING CAREER. YET SOME OF THE GROUP'S BIGGEST TRIUMPHS LAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE!
APRIL 16 - 18, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
SINGLES SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
WITH CLITORIS CLUB (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
RHYTHM ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
BRASS ARRANGER: TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
TRAIN OF LOVE (PAUL ANKA)
- KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM
HEY, MAMA! (PAUL ANKA)
- SINGLE A-SIDE
PROMISE ME ANYTHING (HEMRIC, STYNER)
- SINGLE A-SIDE
DRAGGIN' USA (CHRISTIAN, USHER)
- KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM
TALL PAUL (ROBERTS, SHERMAN)
- KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM
HAPPINESS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
(VAN McCOY)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
MAL HYPSTER AND RIKKI NINJA CHANNEL THE BUBBLEGUM POP SENSIBILITY OF ANNETTE FUNICELLO! THE NEW ALBUM WILL FEATURE COVERS OF ANNETTE'S NOVELTY-ORIENTED HITS FROM THE LATE 1950s AND EARLY '60s. LANA SUZUKI IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS UNLIKELY CONCEPT. SHE AND MUSIC DIRECTOR RAM SHARMA INVEST THE COVER VERSIONS WITH A CHAOTIC PUNK ROCK SENSIBILITY, BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY "HEY, MAMA!" THE FIRST SINGLE. TO CALL IT A STYLISTIC LEFT TURN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT, BUT THE BOMBASTIC PRODUCTION BREAKS FOR A HIT. YET SUSU KNOWS WHEN TO PULL BACK AND LET A PURE POP SONG BREATHE: "PROMISE ME ANYTHING", DESTINED TO BE THE ALBUM'S THIRD BEST-SELLER, IS A COOL BOSSA NOVA RECORD. CHI AND NINJA SHARE LEAD VOCALS ON BOTH SINGLES.
RIKKI NINJA WILL PASS EXCEPTIONAL SINGING TALENT DOWN TO HIS SON, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR NERO BLOSSOM'S STAR TO ASCEND. FROM THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, HE'LL LEAD NINJA'S TOURING BAND. AT AGE 26, HE'LL BREAK AWAY TO LAUNCH HIS OWN GROUP. WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, HE JOINS AN ACT CALLED THE JEFF JUNE XPERIENCE; IT'S LED BY THE SON OF RAM SHARMA, ONE OF NINJA'S BANDMATES IN THE NEW ARCHIES. INITIALLY A BACKGROUND SINGER, NERO MOVES UP TO LEAD VOCALS JUST IN TIME TO BE FEATURED ON TWISTORAMA, ONE OF THE TOP POP ALBUMS OF 2084! BY THEN, HE'LL HAVE CHANGED HIS NAME TO FONZI NERO. IT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT "THE FONZ" IS AN HEIR TO THE BLOSSOM FORTUNE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING SHOCKING ABOUT HIM THAT FEW PEOPLE KNOW: HE'S ALSO THE HUMAN REINCARNATION OF A PET POODLE! AND NOT JUST ANY POODLE: NERO THE DOG WILL HAVE BEEN A CANINE WONDER WITH PRONOUNCED HUMAN QUALITIES. AFTER SABRINA USES MAGIC TO ENHANCE THOSE GIFTS, HE'LL BECOME HER PRODUCTION ASSISTANT. LATER ON, HE'LL ACTUALLY PRODUCE SESSIONS FOR THE NEW ARCHIES. THE STORY OF HOW NERO THE DOG BECOMES FONZI THE POP STAR IS A CONVOLUTED ONE. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT IT INVOLVES TWO WITCHES: SABRINA AND HER ARCH-ENEMY, CARMEN SERNA. FONZI WILL HAVE NO MEMORY OF HIS PAST LIFE!
APRIL 20 - 22, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
KITSCHANNETTE
WITH CLITORIS CLUB (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
RHYTHM ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
BRASS ARRANGER: TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
DANCE ANNETTE (BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
WALKIN' + TALKIN' (MANNING, TWOMEY)
FIRST NAME INITIAL (KALMANOFF, SCHROEDER)
PINEAPPLE PRINCESS (BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
JO-JO, THE DOG-FACED BOY (ROBERTS, SHERMAN)
THE STRUMMIN' SONG (BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
MAL HYPSTER SINGS EXUBERANT LEAD VOCALS ON ALL OF THESE SELECTIONS. B-52'S STYLE BACKGROUND HARMONIES ARE SUPPLIED BY CLITORIS CLUB, AN UP-AND-COMING POP TRIO ON THE TOKYO MUSIC SCENE. MAY, KAY AND LEAD SINGER FAY CLITORIS ARE A KEY INGREDIENT IN THE SUCCESS OF THE KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM. LATER ON, THEY'LL ALSO PLAY A BIG PART IN CHI'S SOLO CAREER.
APRIL 25 - 27, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
KITSCHANNETTE
WITH CLITORIS CLUB (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
RHYTHM ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
BRASS ARRANGER: TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
OH, DIO MIO (HOFFMAN, MANNING)
HE'S MY IDEAL (CAMARATA, DUNHAM)
SURFER'S HOLIDAY (CHRISTIAN, USHER, WILSON)
CANZONE D'AMORE (BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
RIKKI NINJA NEVER WARMS UP TO THE ANNETTE ALBUM CONCEPT! HOWEVER, YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT FROM THE SURE-FOOTED READINGS HE GIVES THESE DEEP CUTS FROM THE FUNICELLO SONG CATALOG. PARTIALLY SUNG IN ITALIAN, "OH, DIO MIO" AND THE EXTREMELY CAMPY "CANZONE D'AMORE" PREVIEW NINJA'S SOLO CAREER; TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW, DUDE WILL BE A SUPERSTAR IN ITALY!
APRIL 29 - MAY 1, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
KITSCHANNETTE
WITH CLITORIS CLUB (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
RHYTHM ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
BRASS ARRANGER: TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
DREAMIN' ABOUT YOU (GOFFIN, KING)
ANNETTE MEDLEY:
Rock-A-Cha/Rock-A-Polka
(BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
BLUE MUU MUU (JACK PITMAN)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
WAIKIKI (CHRISTIAN, USHER)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
MAL HYPSTER SINGS LEAD ON "DREAMIN' ABOUT YOU" AND "BLUE MUU MUU", WHILE RIKKI NINJA FEATURES ON THE ANNETTE MEDLEY AND "WAIKIKI". NINJA'S LATIN MUSIC BACKGROUND SHOWS ON HIS SALSA-LICIOUS ARRANGEMENT OF "ROCK-A-CHA". HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE TUNE, AND IT WILL LATER RESURFACE IN HIS SOLO REPERTOIRE. CONVERSELY, HE HATES "ROCK-A-POLKA" WITH A PASSION AND CAN BARELY GET THROUGH IT! AFTER SEVEN FAILED TAKES, SUSU HAS TO RECORD HIM SINGING THE TWO PARTS OF THE ANNETTE MEDLEY SEPARATELY. LATER SHE'LL SPLICE THEM TOGETHER, ALL THE WHILE GRUMBLING ABOUT WASTED TIME; BUT HAVING THOSE TWO SEPARATE TRACKS WILL PROVE MUCH TO HER BENEFIT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IN THE YEAR 2063, ARCHIE ANDREWS COMMISSIONS TWO
LIMITED-EDITION BOX SETS FROM VOX SOUND + IMAGE.
ONE WILL BE A COLLECTION OF ARCHIES AND ARCHIES-
RELATED SINGLES; THE OTHER WILL COLLECT SINGLES
BY THE NEW ARCHIES. ONLY A PAIR OF EACH BOX SET
WILL BE MANUFACTURED, AND NONE OF THE FOUR
ARE MEANT FOR COMMERCIAL SALE. SONNY YIN-BAO
WILL SUPERVISE THEIR PRODUCTION AND RETAIN
ONE OF THE NEW ARCHIES SINGLES COLLECTIONS FOR
HIS HUSBAND, SALEM SABERHAGEN. IN THE YEAR 2136,
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY WILL OBTAIN THAT SET FOR
ITS ARCHIVES. WHEN ARCHIVISTS OPEN THE BOX AND
SEE LABELS FOR DISNEY'S BUENA VISTA SUBSIDIARY
ON THE VINYL INSTEAD OF VOX LABELS, THEY'LL BE
DUMBFOUNDED! SINCE DISNEY WON'T PURCHASE VOX
UNTIL 2124, HOW CAN THIS BE? EVER THE PRANKSTER,
SALEM "DA KATT" WILL HAVE HAD ONE OF HIS LITTLE
JOKES!
JULY 8, 2051
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
REMIX/OVERDUB SESSION
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
REMIX PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
REMIX ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
ROCK-A-POLKA (BOB + DICK SHERMAN)
- SINGLE A-SIDE
THE KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM BREAKS FOR A SMASH HIT, BUT ONLY AFTER THE NEW ARCHIES PROMOTE IT WITH AN ELABORATE ROAD SHOW. A SURREAL MIX OF MUSIC AND SATIRE DIRECTED BY SABRINA'S COUSIN AMBROSE, CRITICS WILL COMPARE THE KITSCHANNETTE TOUR TO A VINTAGE MONTY PYTHON REVUE! THE SONG THAT DRIVES AUDIENCES WILD EVERY NIGHT IS THE ONE RIKKI NINJA CAN'T STAND: "ROCK-A-POLKA"! LANA SUZUKI RUSHES TO COMPLETE A REMIX OF THE TRACK, AND BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO EDIT IT OUT OF THE ANNETTE MEDLEY, THE JOB IS FINISHED QUICKLY. HER REMIX IS RELEASED AS A DVD SINGLE TWO DAYS LATER; THE VIDEO, IN WHICH A NOTICEABLY PREGNANT NINJA IMPERSONATES GROUCHO MARX, IS TAKEN FROM THE ROAD SHOW. TWO WEEKS LATER, IT'S IN THE TOP TEN! ONE WEEK LATER THE SINGLE VAULTS TO NUMBER ONE, WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOR FIVE WEEKS.
JUNE 5 -8, 2052
VOX POPULI STUDIOS, TOKYO
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
SINGLES SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
*WITH RAM SHARMA (GUEST VOCAL)
+ THE HYPSTERS (BACKING VOCALS)
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR:
RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEERS:
JAXXON HOTODA, CORKY CLAYTON
JUDY IN DISGUISE (BERNARD, GOURRIER)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
SUGAR MAN (LINZER, RANDELL)
- SINGLES COLLECTION (PRIVATE PRESSING)
PANTS ON FIRE (JAMES DONNA)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
KEEP ON TRYIN' (VAN McCOY)*
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
THE SECRET (FASMAN, SPERRY)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
(STEPHEN STILLS)
- SINGLES COLLECTION (PRIVATE PRESSING)
LANA SUZUKI SUPERVISES THESE SESSIONS FROM TOKYO WHILE TOBY MAX, RIKKI NINJA AND MAL HYPSTER PERFORM MUSIC AND VOCALS IN CAMBRIDGE. CHI'S LITTLE SISTER CASS AND OLDER BROTHER JESSE ARE ON HAND TO SING BACKGROUND VOCALS. NOTHING BUT A NON-CHARTING B-SIDE WILL BE RELEASED, BUT THESE BI-NATIONAL TRACKING DATES ARE PIVOTAL: THEY'RE THE FIRST SESSIONS NINJA TAKES PART IN AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, NERO BLOSSOM! HE SINGS LEAD ON JOHN FRED AND THE PLAYBOYS' "JUDY IN DISGUISE" AND DUETS WITH MAL HYPSTER ON "PANTS ON FIRE" AND "LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH". (THESE TUNES WERE INTRODUCED BY THE CASTAWAYS AND STEPHEN STILLS, RESPECTIVELY.) CHI IS THE LEAD ON "SUGAR MAN" (WRITTEN FOR BUT NEVER RECORDED BY THE MONKEES) AND "THE SECRET", A SONG FIRST HEARD IN THE POPULAR EIGHTIES TV SERIES FAME. THESE ARE ALSO THE FIRST SESSIONS AT WHICH FUTURE NEW ARCHIES MEMBER RAM SHARMA SINGS A LEAD VOCAL: THE BOBBY VEE OLDIE "KEEP ON TRYIN" (LISTED HERE AS A GUEST APPEARANCE); AND THEY'RE THE LAST SESSIONS THAT SUSU PRODUCES IN JAPAN. SADLY, MAMA SHELLY WILL DIE WITHIN DAYS, AND AT THE URGING OF TOBY MAXX, HER GRIEVING DAUGHTER WILL SOON RETURN TO NEW ENGLAND.
TV HOST DEAN STAFFORD IS THE SIMON COWELL OF HIS ERA; A BRUTALLY HONEST IMPRESARIO WHO NEVER HESITATES TO TRASH ARTISTS ON THE AIR, RIGHT TO THEIR FACES! JUST AS THIS KIND OF APPROACH MADE "AMERICAN IDOL" A RATINGS SMASH, SO DOES IT TURN A CANADIAN REVIVAL OF THE BRITISH ROCK SERIES "READY, STEADY, GO!" INTO MUST-SEE TELEVISION. IT'S A RATINGS WINNER FROM 2039 TO 2057. THE NEW ARCHIES ARE ONE OF THE FEW BANDS THAT CAN MEET DINO'S EXPECTATIONS; HE DECLARES THEM "ROCK ROYALTY" AND FEATURES THEM AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. THE SHOW AND THE BAND BOTH CALL IT QUITS THE SAME YEAR, BUT THEIR SHARED HEYDAY WILL BE CAPTURED ON A 2087 COMPILATION. NEW ARCHIES AT RSG FEATURES FIFTEEN OF THE GROUP'S TV PERFORMANCES ALONG WITH A BONUS TRACK: A NEVER-COMMERCIALLY-RELEASED THEME SONG THEY RECORDED FOR THE SERIES IN 2049.
SEPTEMBER 1 - 5, 2052
WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, BOSTON
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
HEY, MISTER SUN!
WITH FAST FLOSSIE (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
RHYTHM ARRANGER: RIKKI NINJA
BRASS ARRANGER: TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
LITTLE WOMAN (DANNY JANSSEN)
LA-LA-LA IF I HAD YOU (DANNY JANSSEN)
THE DRUM (ALAN O'DAY)
JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME? (TOM BAHLER)
EASY COME, EASY GO (HILDERBRAND, KELLER)
HEY, MISTER SUN (DANNY JANSSEN)
SUSU HELMS THIS ABORTED ALBUM SESSION IN HER NEW JOB AS MANAGER OF WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO. SABRINA WILL SOON LEAVE THIS DIMENSION TO, APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, SERVE AS "WITCH QUEEN" OF THE UNIVERSAL COVEN! BREE'S PRODUCTION ASSISTANT NERO THE DOG HAS PASSED AWAY (OR SO IT SEEMS), AND HER RIGHT-HAND MAN SALEM SABERHAGEN IS BUSY LAUNCHING HIS OWN RECORD LABEL. FAST FLOSSIE, A HOT NEW VOCAL QUARTET FROM BOSTON STANDS IN FOR CLITORIS CLUB. SUSU TRIES TO APPLY THE KITSCHANNETTE FORMULA TO BOBBY SHERMAN'S SONG CATALOGUE, BUT NOBODY'S HEART IS IN THE EFFORT. TOTO AND NINJA IN PARTICULAR DO NOT WANT TO GO DOWN THE PUNK ROCK/CHILDREN'S NOVELTY ROAD AGAIN! TOO BAD, BECAUSE THESE HALF-DOZEN TRACKS FEATURE SOME OF TOBY MAXX'S PUNCHIEST BRASS ARRANGEMENTS, AND MAL HYPSTER IS AT HIS BEST ON "LITTLE WOMAN" AND "LA-LA-LA IF I HAD YOU". HEY, MISTER SUN WILL BE RELEASED AS AN EP IN THE YEAR 2077.
JANUARY 14 - 20, 2053
WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, BOSTON
ALBUM SESSIONS
A WITCH QUEEN PRODUCTION
RED LIGHT ROCK + ROLL
DONNA DANTE
WITH LANA SUZUKI (GUITAR)
SUCCUBUS (BACKING BAND)
+ FAST FLOSSIE (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: DONNA DANTE
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR:
RAM SHARMA
PRODUCER: LANA SUZUKI
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
UNDERCOVER LOVER (PAUL SABU)
WHAT I DO TO MEN (PAUL SABU)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
HOT! HOT! GIVE IT ALL YA GOT (PAUL SABU)
HOLD ME, SQUEEZE ME (PAUL SABU)
RED LIGHT ROCKER (PAUL SABU)
- 12-INCH SINGLE B-SIDE
HEAVY BREATHIN' (PAUL SABU)
- UNRELEASED
ACTRESS DONNA DANTE TAKES A BREAK FROM HER SUCCESSFUL MOVIE CAREER TO CUT HER FIRST SOLO ALBUM. THE PROJECT HAS TAKEN YEARS TO SCHEDULE, BUT SHE HOLDS LANA SUZUKI TO A LONG-AGO PROMISE TO PRODUCE IT FOR HER. FANS OF THE STRAWBERRY-BLONDE PUNK ROCKER WILL BE BLINDSIDED WHEN SHE RELEASES THIS COLLECTION OF VINTAGE DISCO TUNES! ALL SONGS WERE ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY ANN-MARGRET, DEBBIE JACOBS AND OTHER DANCE DIVAS FROM THE LATE SEVENTIES. RED LIGHT ROCK + ROLL WILL COME AND GO WITHOUT MAKING MUCH IMPACT ON THE MUSIC SCENE. ALL THE SAME, THESE INITIAL SESSIONS PRECIPITATE A SEISMIC CHANGE IN DEE DEE'S LIFE: THEY'RE WHERE SHE FIRST MEETS AND WORKS WITH RAM SHARMA, HER FUTURE HUSBAND.
THERE'S NO TRUTH TO REPORTS THAT SABRINA "BREE"
SPELLMAN IS THE PRODUCT OF AN INTER-SPECIES
RELATIONSHIP: HUMAN AND WICCAN! BOTH OF HER
PARENTS WERE WICCANS, AND HER MOTHER IS DELLA
NIGHTSHADE, WHOM SHE'LL SUCCEED AS WITCH
QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSAL REALM. BREE'S LINEAGE
INCLUDES THE WELSH SORCERESS MORGAN LE FAY,
AND SHE ALSO HAS FRENCH, GERMAN AND JEWISH
HERITAGE. JUST LIKE HER ANCESTOR MORGAN,
SABRINA HAS A DARK SIDE! IT WILL BE
EXPLORED IN A FUTURE POP CULTURE CANTINA
NARRATIVE.
FEBRUARY 6 - 9, 2053
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
ALBUM SESSIONS
A NEW ARCHIES PRODUCTION
RED LIGHT ROCK + ROLL
DONNA DANTE with THE NEW ARCHIES
+ VALENTINE TSU (GUITAR)
VOCAL ARRANGERS:
DONNA DANTE, MAL HYPSTER
ARRANGERS/PRODUCERS:
RIKKI NINJA, TOBY MAXX
CONDUCTOR: TOBY MAXX
SOUND ENGINEER: JON TACKETT
DESTINY (PAUL SABU)
LOVE RUSH (PAUL SABU)
SHOTGUN (PAUL SABU)
MIDNIGHT MESSAGE (PAUL SABU)
HELP ME LOVE AGAIN (PAUL SABU)
SHAKE YOUR BAIT (PAUL SABU)
SINGLE A-SIDE
IT SEEMS INEVITABLE THAT MORE OF DEE DEE'S BANDMATES WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH HER SOLO ALBUM. SHE COMMUTES TO CAMBRIDGE IN ORDER TO CUT HALF THE TRACKS WITH CHI, TOTO AND NINJA. THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS THAT RIKKI NINJA AND TOBY MAXX CO-PRODUCE; NINJA WILL SOON DISSOLVE HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH TOTO IN ORDER TO PURSUE A SOLO CAREER. THEIR FINAL COLLABORATION (UNTIL THE NEW ARCHIES CUT THEIR FINAL TRACKS) WILL BE HIS DÉBUT ALBUM. THAT WILL BE RECORDED LATER IN THE YEAR!
AUGUST 25, 2053
ROCK MASTERS STUDIO, NORFOLK
SINGLES SESSION
A SHARMANTE PRODUCTION
DONNA DANTE
WITH THE NEW ARCHIES
VOCAL ARRANGERS:
DONNA DANTE, MAL HYPSTER
ARRANGERS:
RIKKI NINJA, RAM SHARMA
CONDUCTOR:
TOBY MAXX
PRODUCER:
RAM SHARMA
SOUND ENGINEER:
VELMA HATHAWAY
A LOTTA LOVE (BANKS, PARKER)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
HALOS MEDLEY:
Come Softly To Me (THE FLEETWOODS)/
Do I? (ANDREW, KAYE, SHAYNE)
- SUNSHINE MIND ALBUM
MAL HYPSTER AND TOBY MAXX'S PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP IS ONCE AGAIN ON THE ROCKS! THEY TRAVEL SEPARATELY TO NORFOLK, VIRGINIA WHERE DONNA DANTE IS WORKING ON A FILM. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE AND RAMSAY KHALID SHARMA ARE ATTEMPTING TO CUT A FOLLOW-UP SOLO SINGLE FOR HER. THEY INTEND "A LOTTA LOVE" (FIRST RECORDED BY HOMER BANKS) TO BE COUPLED WITH A MEDLEY OF OLDIES INTRODUCED IN 1966 BY THE HALOS. DEE DEE AND RAM BOOK A FAMOUS LOCAL STUDIO BUT HIT A CREATIVE STONE WALL, SO THEY ASK HER FORMER BANDMATES FOR HELP. NO FAN OF LONG-DISTANCE COLLABORATIONS, DEE DEE INSISTS ON FLYING THEM DOWN TO NORFOLK! LANA SUZUKI IS TOO BUSY AND BEGS OFF WITH REGRETS. LATER ON, SHE'LL LEARN HOW LUCKY SHE WAS TO MISS OUT: THE PARTIAL IN-PERSON REUNION WON'T HAVE BEEN A HAPPY ONE! TOTO ARRIVES ROARING DRUNK! HE ISN'T SATISFIED WITH THE MATERIAL AND EXPRESSES DISAPPROVAL BY SCREAMING PROFANITIES. EVEN BEFORE THE SESSION IS FINISHED, RAM DECIDES TO SHELVE THE SINGLE: THE VIBE IN THE STUDIO IS JUST TOO NEGATIVE! AND IT'S JUST TOO BAD, BECAUSE DESPITE TOBY MAXX'S DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, A GREAT PAIR OF TRACKS ARE LAID DOWN.
OCTOBER 2 - 5, 2053
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
ALBUM SESSIONS
A MAD GROOVY PRODUCTION
NINJA . . .
IN A TOM JONES GROOVE!
RIKKI NINJA
WITH VALENTINE TSU (GUITAR)
MAL HYPSTER (DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS)
CORTEZ QUINTANILLA (BASS, BACKING VOCALS)
+ FAST FLOSSIE (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR:
RIKKI NINJA
PRODUCER: TOBY MAXX
SOUND ENGINEER: JON TACKETT
ONCE UPON A TIME (GORDON MILLS)
WITH THESE HANDS (DAVIS, SILVER)
HELP YOURSELF! (DONIDA, FISHMAN, RAPETTI)
IT'S NOT UNUSUAL (MILLS, REED)
(LOOKS LIKE) I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
(CURRIE, DONEGAN)
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (REED, STEPHENS)
WITH MAL HYPSTER AND TOBY MAXX'S HELP, RIKKI NINJA REALIZES HIS DREAM OF CUTTING AN ALBUM TRIBUTE TO TOM JONES. UNFORTUNATELY, TOTO ISN'T MUCH HELP DURING THESE SESSIONS; HIS ALCOHOL PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE! ALTHOUGH HE GETS SOLE PRODUCTION CREDIT, IT'S REALLY CHI AND NINJA WHO CO-PRODUCE THE ALBUM WHILE HE STUMBLES AROUND IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR. THESE SESSIONS REUNITE THEM WITH SESSION SINGER CORTEZ QUINTANILLA; BEFORE THE NEW ARCHIES FORMED, "TEZZ" WORKED WITH THEM ON THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FOR SAY GOODBYE TO RIVERDALE. RATHER THAN AUDITION FOR THE BAND, HE BECAME A STAFF SONGWRITER FOR WITCH QUEEN MUSIC, THE SONG PUBLISHING COMPANY THAT BREE SPELLMAN OWNED.
OCTOBER 17 - 20, 2053
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
ALBUM SESSIONS
A MAD GROOVY PRODUCTION
NINJA . . .
IN A TOM JONES GROOVE!
RIKKI NINJA
WITH VALENTINE TSU (GUITAR)
MAL HYPSTER (DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS)
CORTEZ QUINTANILLA (BASS, BACKING VOCALS)
+ FAST FLOSSIE (BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER: MAL HYPSTER
ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR:
RIKKI NINJA
PRODUCER: TOBY MAXX
SOUND ENGINEER: JON TACKETT
GREEN, GREEN, GRASS OF HOME (CURLY PUTNAM)
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE (GORDON MILLS)
KEY TO MY HEART (GORDON MILLS)
CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU! (BICKERTON, WADDINGTON)
LOVE ME TONIGHT (MASON, PACE, PANZERI, PILAT)
'TIL (DANVERS, GAIANO, SIGMAN)
IT'S DURING THESE SESSIONS THAT NINJA SITS FOR CONTROVERSIAL NUDE PORTRAITS TO PROMOTE HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM. THESE FULL-FRONTAL POSES ARE THE MOST EXPLICIT ROCK STAR PHOTOS SINCE JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO POSED AS "TWO VIRGINS"! THEY TRANSFORM THE FORMER NANCY ROCHELLE FONSECA INTO AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSSEXUAL ICON! HOWEVER, NINJA'S SUBSEQUENT ALBUM SALES OWE NOTHING TO SENSATIONAL PRESS: THE QUALITY OF HIS MUSIC SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
NOVEMBER 2, 2053
THE MAD GROOVY PAD, CAMBRIDGE
SINGLES SESSION
A MAD GROOVY PRODUCTION
RIKKI NINJAWITH MAL HYPSTER
(DRUMS, HARMONICA, BACKING VOCALS)
+ BREE SPELLMAN
(VIOLIN, ACCORDION, BACKING VOCALS)
ARRANGERS:
MAL HYPSTER, RIKKI NINJA,
BREE SPELLMAN
CONDUCTOR: RIKKI NINJA
PRODUCER:TOBY MAXX
SOUND ENGINEER: JON TACKETT
A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME (CLIVE WESTLAKE)
- SINGLE B-SIDE
RESURRECTION SHUFFLE (TONY ASHTON)
-SINGLE A-SIDE
DESPITE SOME ACRIMONOUS ENCOUNTERS, THE NEW ARCHIES HAVE MAINTAINED CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH THEIR ORIGINAL PRODUCER. OFTEN, THEY LET SABRINA HEAR TRACKS PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE. BREE NO LONGER RESIDES IN THE EARTHLY REALM BUT SHE OCCASIONALLY PAYS INTER-DIMENSIONAL VISITS TO HER PROTEGÉS. SHE MATERIALIZES IN THE CONTROL BOOTH WHILE NINJA IS MIXING HIS SOLO ALBUM, AND HE INVITES HER TO PREVIEW THE TRACKS. AS SHE DID ONCE BEFORE, SHE INFURIATES HIM BY SAYING "THERE'S NO SINGLE HERE!" MAL HYPSTER SUGGESTS THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. BREE CONVINCES NINJA TO RECORD "RESURRECTION SHUFFLE" AND "A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME", AND SHE HELPS FINE-TUNE THE ARRANGEMENTS. SHE DECLARES THESE TOM JONES OLDIES SUREFIRE HITS FOR HIM, AND SHE'S PROVEN RIGHT: THE DOUBLE-A-SIDE DVD SINGLE WILL BREAK FOR A SMASH IN EUROPE! SABRINA CO-PRODUCES THE DATE WITH CHI AND NINJA BUT ALL OF THEM DECLINE TO TAKE CREDIT: EVERYBODY'S COVERING FOR TOBY MAXX. INEVITABLY, THE TIME COMES WHEN NOBODY WANTS TO WORK WITH HIM ANYMORE. AT THE END OF 2053, HE CLOSES DOWN HIS MAD GROOVY PAD AND THE NEW ARCHIES DISBAND FOR A SECOND TIME.
IT TAKES MORE THAN A DRASTIC CHANGE OF MUSICAL DIRECTION FOR THE NEW ARCHIES TO RECLAIM THE TOP OF THE CHARTS AGAIN. A WILDLY POPULAR CONCERT TOUR MIXING MUSIC WITH COMEDY LIGHTS A FIRE UNDER THEIR LATEST RELEASES: THE NOVELTY SINGLE "ROCK-A-POLKA" AND ITS SIMILARLY-THEMED PARENT ALBUM, KITSCHANNETTE! THE SINGLE GOES STRAIGHT TO NUMBER ONE! HOWEVER, HALF OF THE GROUP IS UNHAPPY WITH THIS NEW SOUND AND IS AGAINST KEEPING IT. RIKKI NINJA IS EAGER TO CHART HIS OWN COURSE AND GOES SOLO. THE OTHER MEMBERS WILL DO LIKEWISE UNTIL 2057, WHEN THEY DECIDE TO GIVE THEIR FANS A PROPER FAREWELL ALBUM. HAPPILY, THOSE FINAL SESSIONS MARK A RETURN TO SERIOUS MUSICMAKING, AND THEY YIELD A THIRD NUMBER ONE SINGLE! LED BY MAL HYPSTER, "I JUST WANNA KEEP IT TOGETHER" SENDS THE NEW ARCHIES INTO ROCK HISTORY ON A HIGH NOTE.
FEBRUARY 7 - 10, 2054
WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, BOSTON
ALBUM SESSIONS
A WITCH QUEEN PRODUCTION
MALACHI'S BIG BOAT
MAL HYPSTER
WITH SUCCUBUS (BACKING BAND),
CLITORIS CLUB, *GARCY BRISEÑO
+ CASSIDY HIPP
(BACKING VOCALS)
ARRANGER/PRODUCER:
MAL HYPSTER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
SALEM SABERHAGEN
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
MY TUBE WORM'S GOT A HEADACHE
DUMBO, THE HIP-HOP OCTOPUS
COOKIE CUTTIN' @ THE CORAL REEF
SHARKIE, DON'T'CHA KNOW ME?
WHEN A JELLYFISH PLAYS JACKS
SCOTOPLANE SYMPHONY
TRIPPIN' WITH A TRIPOD FISH
TELL ME THIS, GIGANTACTIS
BRITTLE STARS IN BUMPER CARS*
NEVER JUMP ROPE WITH A GIANT SQUID!
(JESSE + MALACHI HIPP)
CHI SIGNS AS A SOLO ARTIST TO SALEM SABERHAGEN'S INDIE LABEL, BLUE CAT RECORDS. HIS DÉBUT ALBUM COMPLETES A LONG-OVERDUE TRANSITION FROM ADULT TO CHILDREN'S MUSIC; HIS AFFINITY FOR THE GENRE WILL HAVE COME TO LIGHT DURING THE KITSCHANNETTE ALBUM SESSIONS AND CONCERT TOUR. FOR YEARS, CHI WILL HAVE BEEN ITCHING TO WRITE HIS OWN SONGS BUT WHAT HE LACKED WAS A DECENT LYRICIST. THAT PERSON TURNS OUT TO BE HIS OLDER BROTHER JESSE! THESE SESSIONS TURN INTO MORE OF A FAMILY AFFAIR WHEN GARCY BRISEÑO AND HER WIFE (CHI'S BIG SISTER CASSIDY) SURPRISE HIM IN THE STUDIO. AT HIS URGING, THEY SING BACKGROUND ON ONE SONG. CLITORIS CLUB PROVIDES BACKING VOCALS FOR THE REST OF THE ALBUM, BUT WHEN CHI LISTENS BACK TO THEIR TRACKS HE'LL HEAR A HIGH HARMONY PART HE KNOWS THEY DIDN'T SING. HE WILL SWEAR THAT THE MYSTERY VOICE BELONGS TO SABRINA!
SEPTEMBER 17, 2054
WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, BOSTON
SINGLES SESSION
A WITCH QUEEN PRODUCTION
MAL HYPSTER
WITH LANA SUZUKI (GUITAR)
CLITORIS CLUB + CASSIDY HIPP
(BACKING VOCALS)
VOCAL ARRANGER:
CASSIDY HIPP
ARRANGER/PRODUCER:
MAL HYPSTER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
SALEM SABERHAGEN
SOUND ENGINEER: CORKY CLAYTON
BOUNCE ME SILLY!
TABBY CAT IN A TAILSPIN
(CASSIDY, JESSE + MALACHI HIPP)
CHI CUTS HIS FIRST SOLO SINGLE, BOTH SIDES OF WHICH ARE CO-WRITTEN WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER. ITS POPULARITY WILL LEAD DIRECTLY TO HIS DÉBUT AS A CHILDREN'S TV HOST! WITCH QUEEN'S ALL-FEMALE HOUSE BAND SUCCUBUS WILL HAVE ACCOMPANIED CHI ON HIS DÉBUT ALBUM; THEY REPORTEDLY SKIP THIS SESSION BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY ON ANOTHER DATE. HOWEVER, RUMOR HAS IT THAT THERE'S ANOTHER REASON: CASSIDY HIPP IS TERRIFIED OF THEM! DESPITE HAVING DONE SO ONCE BEFORE, CASS JUST CAN'T WARM UP TO THE IDEA OF CUTTING TRACKS WITH VAMPIRE WOMEN! WHATEVER THE FACTS OF THE MATTER ARE, SHE AND CHI WILL PLAY NEARLY ALL THE INSTRUMENTS AT THIS SESSION. THE EXCEPTION IS LEAD GUITAR: THOSE BLISTERING TRACKS COME COURTESY OF NOBODY BUT LANA SUZUKI!
BREE SPELLMAN WILL NEVER SEEK SOLO STARDOM, EVEN THOUGH HER SINGING ABILITY IS SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO RATE A SHOT AT THE BIG-TIME. UNTIL SHE ASSUMES THE ROLE OF WITCH QUEEN AND LEAVES MORTAL EXISTENCE BEHIND, SABRINA PREFERS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES: PRODUCING AND ARRANGING STUDIO DATES AND DISCOVERING NEW TALENT. ONE OF HER DISCOVERIES, AN AMAZING LATIN ROCK SINGER DESTINED FOR TRAGEDY, LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR BREE'S FIRST AND ONLY SOLO ALBUM. HER GREATEST DISCOVERY, THE NEW ARCHIES, WILL BE INVOLVED IN ITS RECORDING.
APRIL 19, 2055
WITCH QUEEN RECORDING STUDIO, BOSTON
OVERDUB SESSION
A WITCH QUEEN PRODUCTION
SABBATH
SABRINA with THE NEW ARCHIES
ARRANGERS:
RIKKI NINJA, BREE SPELLMAN, KIM TREMAYNE
2037 PLAYBACK PRODUCER:
BREE SPELLMAN
OVERDUB PRODUCERS:
BREE SPELLMAN, LANA SUZUKI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/SOUND ENGINEER:
SALEM SAGERHAGEN
BAHÍA (GONÇALVES, QUINTANILLA)
THE BED (GARLAND, SPELLMAN)
EVERYTHING IS GONNA CHANGE (FONSECA, GONÇALVES)
CISSY STRUT
(GONÇALVES, MODELISTE, NEVILLE, NOCENTELLI, PORTER)
BLACK SUGAR (BRISEÑO, GONÇALVES, SPELLMAN)
BOCHECHAS (GONÇALVES, QUINTANILLA)
HEY, JOE! (BILLY ROBERTS)
THE GOOD BOOK (GARLAND, GONÇALVES)
SVENGALI (BRISEÑO, GONÇALVES, SPELLMAN)
SOOKIE, SOOKIE (COVAY, CROPPER)
TIGER'S MILK STRUT (FONSECA, GONÇALVES, SPELLMAN)
RODRIGO QUENTE (GARLAND, GONÇALVES, SPELLMAN)
SABBATH (GONÇALVES, SPELLMAN)
THE ANGEL AND THE IMAGE
(BRISEÑO, FONSECA, GONÇALVES)
FLASH OF MEMORY (SPELLMAN, TREMAYNE)
BREE SPELLMAN RETURNS TO THE EARTHLY REALM TO COMPLETE WHAT SHE CALLS "UNFINISHED BUSINESS"! IN THE YEAR 2037 WHEN THE NEW ARCHIES ARE WORKING AS HER HOUSE BAND, BREE DISCOVERS SINGER/SONGWRITER LURLEEN GONÇALVES. SHE DECLARES LURLEEN "THE LATINA TAYLOR SWIFT!" THE BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANT WRITES SONGS FOR HER DÉBUT ALBUM WITH HELP FROM BREE, GARCY BRISEÑO, RIKKI NINJA, MAL HYPSTER'S DAD TIMOTHY GARLAND AND CORTEZ QUINTANILLA. MEANWHILE, THE BAND COMPLETES FOURTEEN BACKING TRACKS; THEN, TRAGICALLY, LURLEEN IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE WHEN THEY MISTAKE HER FOR A CULPRIT AT LARGE! THIS HAPPENS ON THE SAME DAY SHE'S SCHEDULED TO CUT HER VOCALS. BREE IS DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS. COLLEAGUES WILL URGE HER TO RECYCLE THE NEW ARCHIES' SUPERB BACKING TRACKS, BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR LURLEEN'S MEMORY SHE REFUSES. THE TAPES GATHER DUST FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS! IN 2050, SABRINA IS CHOSEN TO LEAD THE SORCERER'S COVEN, AND TWO YEARS LATER SHE DEPARTS EARTH TO LIVE IN ANOTHER DIMENSION; BUT ONE EVENING IN 2055, THE WITCH QUEEN MATERIALIZES AT SALEM SABERHAGEN'S BEDSIDE. CRYPTICALLY ALLUDING TO SPIRIT POSSESSION, SHE INSTRUCTS HIM TO BOOK A MIDNIGHT RECORD DATE. DURING THAT SESSION, WHICH IS CO-PRODUCED BY LANA SUZUKI, SABRINA LAYS HER OWN VOCALS OVER THE TRACKS INTENDED FOR LURLEEN GONÇALVES! SHE ALSO CUTS A NEW SONG, "FLASHES OF MEMORY", WHICH SHE'LL HAVE WRITTEN IN TRIBUTE TO HER FALLEN PROTEGÉE. ALL OF BREE'S TRACKING IS COMPLETED IN A SINGLE TAKE DURING AN INCREDIBLY FAST THREE-HOUR SESSION; BUT BEFORE THE ALBUM CAN BE MIXED, SABRINA RETURNS TO THE SORCERERS' REALM, TAKING THE RAW TAPES WITH HER. SUSU IS CONFUSED AND UPSET! ALL SALEM WILL SAY IS: "SHE'LL RETURN THEM TO OUR DIMENSION WHEN SHE'S READY." THAT WON'T BE UNTIL THE YEAR 2137, EXACTLY 100 YEARS AFTER THE BACKING TRACKS WERE CUT! AT THAT TIME, THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY WILL MARKET SABBATH TO RAVE REVIEWS.
TOBIAS "TOBY MAXX" MAXWELL
SERVES AS THE NEW ARCHIES' SAXOPHONE PLAYER AND BRASS ARRANGER. HE'LL ALSO CO-PRODUCE THE BAND'S RECORDS FROM 2047 TO 2049.
CONCLUDES ON JULY 6th WITH PART SIX!