His Master’s Voice was my first serious band in New York City, active between 1982 and 1986. After numerous ups and downs, personnel changes, and landing and losing a record contract, we were all ready to move on. Before we did, in the summer of 1986, we went to a serious 24-track studio – Chung King House of Metal – to document some of our better material. We recorded five songs, and got no further with the recordings than some rough mixes. But I saved the tapes…

Thirty years later, through the magic of the internet, I can finally release some of this music. Over the last few months I re-mixed the songs and prepared masters. They can be heard on my music page or on my Soundcloud page. When I get around to making the songs available on streaming and download services, I’ll write another post. If you like the songs, drop me a note to let me know.

The photo above was taken in the summer of 1985, in the empty lot next to the legendary 1980s-era East Village venue 8BC, on 8th Street between Avenues B and C. Left to right: Robert Warren, Keiko Bonk, Jay Dee Daugherty, and me. The attached song is called “Diamonds.”