The Great 2015 Re-Recording Project Reference Tracks
by Robert James
- 01. Illuminate 2:20
- 02. Illuminate (2020 Version) 2:56
- 03. Blind Eye 2:03
- 04. Blind Eye (2020 Version) 2:04
- 05. Should Have Been Mine (redux) 4:12
- 06. Should Have Been Mine (2020 Version) 3:48
- 07. Hurricane Time Again 3:45
- 08. Hurricane Time Again (2020 Version) 3:48
- 09. Killer 3:41
- 10. Killer (2020 Version) 3:43
- 11. So Frustrating 3:09
- 12. So Frustrating (2020 Version) 3:01
- 13. Like a Brat 6:01
- 14. Like a Brat (2020 Version) 5:58
- 15. PA Highway Blues 4:05
- 16. Pennsylvania Highway Blues (2020 Version) 4:28
- 17. Overreaction 4:20
- 18. Overreaction (2020 Version) 4:25
- 19. Sun and Moon 5:23
- 20. Sun and Moon (2020 Version #2) 5:37
- 21. Did I Offend You? 4:05
- 22. Did I Offend You (2020 Version) 4:05
- 23. We're Coming for You 5:03
- 24. We're Coming for You (2020 Version #2) 5:10
- 25. The Day it all Went to Pieces 3:27
- 26. The Day it All Went to Pieces (2020 Version) 3:31
- 27. Seems a Breeze 3:01
- 28. Seems a Breeze (2020 Version) 3:04
- 29. Feeling It 3:37
- 30. Feeling It (2020 Version) 3:28
- 31. Go West Young Man 4:57
- 32. Go West Young Man (2020 Version) 4:57
- 33. She has Arrived 2:08
- 34. She Has Arrived (2020 Version) 2:31
- 35. Feels Like Something's Coming 3:06
- 36. Feels Like Something's Coming (2020 Version) 3:05
- 37. Also Ran 3:59
- 38. Also Ran (2020 Version 2.0) 3:50
- 39. The Flat Earth Rebuttal 4:29
- 40. The Flat Earth Rebuttal (2020 Version) 3:54
- 41. Hurricane Irene Blues 4:28
- 42. Hurricane Irene Blues (2020 Version) 4:20
- 43. You Lie Like Sam Hyde 2:00
- 44. You Lie Like Sam Hyde (2020 Version) 2:21
- 45. Two Steps Behind 4:11
- 46. Two Steps Behind (2020 Version) 3:48
- 47. Good Morning Sunshine 4:33
- 48. Good Morning Sunshine (2020 Version) 4:39
- 49. Hindsight 3:53
- 50. Hindsight (2020 Version) 3:53
- 51. The Price (Mac Mix) 4:03
- 52. The Price (2020 Version) 4:03
- 53. Welcome to the Routine (Mac Mix) 4:48
- 54. Welcome to the Routine (2020 Version) 4:09
- 55. Defiant 3:14
- 56. Defiant (2021 Version) 3:29
- 57. Mediocre Savior (redux) 3:53
- 58. Mediocre Savior (2021 Version) 3:41
- 59. I Only Believe in Truth (Bar Band Mix) 3:11
- 60. I Only Believe in Truth (2021 Version) 2:53
- 61. Oh, Won't You Tell Me Where the Time Goes 3:24
- 62. Oh, Won't You Tell Me Where the Time Goes (2021 Version) 3:33
- 63. Flat Earth Society Blues 4:08
- 64. The Treason and Sedition Blues (2021 Version of The Flat Earth Blues) 3:56
- 65. Is it Me? (Mac Mix) 3:39
- 66. Is it Me (2021 Version) 3:44
- 67. Bad Guy 4:02
- 68. Bad Guy (2021 Version) 3:30
- 69. Believe:Deceive 5:56
- 70. Believe:Deceive (2021 Version) 5:00
- 71. Small 4:03
- 72. Small (2021 Version) 3:39
- 73. Calling 3:01
- 74. Calling (Version 2.0) 3:01
- 75. It's the End of the Way it Was 2:16
- 76. It's the End of the Way it Was (Version 2.0) 2:13
- 77. Run Away Together 3:29
- 78. Run Away Together (Version 2.0) 3:28
- 79. Too Late Too Little 2:49
- 80. Too Late Too Little (Version 2.0) 2:43
- 81. Weight 2:41
- 82. Weight (Version 2.0) 2:34
- 83. Glorious View 4:24
- 84. Glorious View (Version 2.0) 4:24
- 85. Mathematical Proof 4:48
- 86. Mathematical Proof (Version 2.0) 4:34
- 87. Untitled Volume 4:21
- 88. Untitled Volume (Version 2.0) 3:28
- 89. Don't Think About It 3:57
- 90. Don't Think About It (Version 2.0) 3:47
- 91. Goodnight Hold Tight 5:40
- 92. Goodnight Hold Tight (Version 2.0) 5:26
- 93. Watch Me Ruin Everything 5:15
- 94. Watch Me Ruin Everything (2022 Version) 4:54
- 95. The First Day - Redux 2:49
- 96. The First Day (2021 Version) 2:53
- 97. Underground 3:29
- 98. Underground (2021 Version) 3:23
- 99. Sucker 3:13
- 100. Sucker (2022 Version) 3:36
- 101. Ice (Redux) 4:11
- 102. Ice (2021 Version) 3:32
- 103. Sky is Falling (Redux) 3:04
- 104. Sky is Falling (2022 Version) 3:05
- 105. Overkill 3:33
- 106. Overkill (2022 Version) 3:33
- 107. Back on Track 3:40
- 108. Back on Track (2022 Version) 3:51
- 109. Dogfight 2:53
- 110. Say Goodbye (2022 Version) 2:53
- 111. No Skin Off My Back Bro 3:42
- 112. No Skin Off My Back Bro (2022 Version) 3:18
- 113. The Thing You Fear The Most 6:38
- 114. The Thing You Fear the Most (2022 Version) 5:46
- 115. I'm Never Sure What I Should Do 2:18
- 116. I'm Never Sure What I Should Do (Version 2.1) 2:44
- 117. That's All That's Left to Me Now 3:26
- 118. That's All That's Left to Me Now - (Version 2.1) 3:05
- 119. All There Is 5:16
- 120. All There Is (2024 Version) 4:30
- 121. Can't Go Home Again 6:29
- 122. Can't Go Home Again (2024 Version) 4:18
- 123. I'm Here to Give You the Bad News 3:10
- 124. I'm Here to Give You the Bad News (2024 Version) 3:05
- 125. Guilt Machine 3:38
- 126. Guilt Machine (2024 Version) 3:36
- 127. Repeat 4:23
- 128. Repeat - (2024 Version) 4:00
- 129. Blame 4:00
- 130. Blame (2024 Version) 3:28
- 131. Dry Your Eyes 3:25
- 132. Dry Your Eyes (2024 Version) 3:20
- 133. No Chance for Me (Part 1) 2:50
- 134. No Chance for Me (Part 2) 3:45
- 135. Forbidden Language 6:56
- 136. Sell You Something 2:34
- 137. Not Over Yet 4:23
- 138. Here Comes Round Two 3:05
- 139. Somehow it Holds Together 3:19
- 140. Can You Imagine 3:35
- 141. Not Up for Debate 2:41
- 142. No Deeper Meaning 2:52
- 143. Nothing Like This Anywhere 2:46
- 144. We Still Could Make it Through 3:04
- 145. Guess You Just Had to Be There 2:52
- 146. No Disguise 2:59
I'm Here to Give You the Bad News
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Written and recorded for the Record Every Month Challenge in March 2023. I’m thinking of trying to record a single each month this year. This would be the A side for March.
The idea started bubbling up in my head at the tail end of the RPM Challenge in February but I didn’t get to it until the project was over so here it is a month later. It feels like the rhythm guitar parts are as close as I’ll ever come to being Stevie Ray Vaughn. No offense to Stevie Ray.
The rhythm guitar tracks are my Les Paul Standard into a Chicago Stompworks Blooze Maker into a Fender Deluxe Reverb. The leads are the same guitar and amp with the pedal chain a Dunlop Crybaby (the Gary Clark, Jr signature model) into the Blooze Maker into a Wampler Tumnus.
Verse 1
I’m here to give you the bad news
I’m here to lower the boom
Come for the alternate views
And do whatever you choose
There’s no avoiding the confused
It’s up to you
Chorus
Come see all the things we have in store
Experience it all and so much more
Verse 2
One up ahead of the come down
Last chance before it comes ‘round
so many ways to compound
every thought seems so profound
Show me that everything we’ve found
is safe and sound
Outro
It all happens
Come along with me