Tag: Ric Albano on Electric Guitars

Concrete and Mustard

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Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:39
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/Xtra/Concrete&Mustard.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
Just need someone to hold and please me
Not touch and tease me, that’s all I want
Need some woman to Love and squeeze me
Never release me, that’s all I need

Abga Aba you’re my only hope, Abga Aba you’re my only friend
Always faithful, always treat me right
Abga Aba right until the end

Just need someone to understand me
Don’t reprimand me, my words are true
Need some woman to sweep away the gloom
With her magic broom, that’s all I need

Abga Aba you’re my only hope, Abga Aba you’re my only friend
Always faithful, always treat me right
Abga Aba right until the end

Now it’s the evening of day two and the locks on the doors are loose
And the pastures are turning blue
I can feel yo trying to break through
Don’t compromise, don’t spit out lies
Those shattered dreams will revitalize
But the alarms begin to sound and the guards begin to search the grounds
Someone heard a foreign sound, hurry before they track us down
But I don’t know which way to go
My heart says “yes”, my head says “no”
Should I jump into the bottomless hole?
My heart says “yes”, my head says “no”

Abga Aba you’re my only hope, Abga Aba you’re my only friend
Always faithful, always treat me right
Abga Aba right until the end

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on February 4, 1989
Recorded February 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Ricter, Electric Guitars, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A very theatrical tune that may be a bit uneven and melodramatic, but still something well worth preserving.

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A Snowy Day In April

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Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:14
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/13-ASnowyDayInApril.mp3]		 1989
Lyrics
Tell ya ’bout my lady, well she looks so fine
Although her image is shady she won’t cross the line
With all her southern delights and northern comfort at night

It’s still hard believe that I can’t release
That precious gift from the time
That precious gift in my mind
Still I’m holding right on until the nitty gritty end, now

And on the edge of that night, I’ll take my step into flight
Am I this crazy to stay?

Was it the golden way your face glowed or the life you choose?
Or just another snowy day in April when I found you?
I found you, I found you

And on the edge of that night, I’ll take my step into flight
Am I so crazy to stay? Was it all planned out that way?

Is it the mystic way about you that attracts me?
Is it the love hidden deep inside you that most can’t see?
Is the sacred love forever, that pulled me through?
Or just another snowy day in April when I found you?
When I found you, when I found you, I found you

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on January 28, 1989
Recorded January 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, All Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A sort of hybrid betweenmy best attempt at blues and some type of hard rock. Not fantastic, but a somewhat interesting listen.

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Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll

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Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:14
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/06-SexDrugsRockNRoll.mp3]		 1988
Lyrics
Sex, drugs, rock n roll
It’s just a little piece of grass
Squeezed in between a natural life
You’ve got to say sometimes it feels alright

Sex, drugs, rock n roll
Just that one time shot
That un-dying dream, crazy as it seems
It makes you feel alive inside those dreams

Sex, drugs, rock n roll
Yeah, just a little more
I know that today that you want me that way
You’ve got to say it makes you feel ok

Sex, drugs, rock n roll
Will you teach me one more chord?
I’ve got to know how to play that guitar
Is this the way to relive all my dreams?

Sex, drugs, rock n roll
Just another Friday night
We’ve got to have more since it is the weekend
Without it I don’t think we’ll feel alright

Sex, drugs, rock n roll
Don’t ya ever die
Tomorrow may bring an end to this dream
I don’t want to surrender all my screams

We’ve got to have more since it is the weekend
Without it I don’t think we’ll feel alright

Composition © 1988, 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 1, 1988
Recorded October 1988 & July 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2004
at Silver Spring Subterranean
Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Harpsichord, Bass, Drums, All Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: The song contains some interesting music but weak lyrics and terrible vocals. Even though it is hidden below the surface of a sea of tape hiss, the best part is the calm and jazzy middle instrumental section, decorated by a slow wah-wah guitar. The original recording was made in October 1988 with drums dubbed in during a session in July 1989.

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Kill The Monster!

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Bonus Track By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:47
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/Xtra/KillTheMonster.mp3]		 1988
Lyrics
And the flag’s against 48 Bobby Humphrey
Do you remember when I used to do your homework? Yes
That’s not the real worry now
Now we have to worry about Kevin
Shev jye rit operba shiva gahwrayy
Oot nevers shebba rebba why yi yiyiyyiyi
It’s lonely at the top op
Drip drip zhrip zhrip bip bip
The new General now rallied the rebel troops to counter attack
Fire! Fire! Fire!

Composition © 1988 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 31, 1988
Recorded October-November 1988
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Ricter, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Effects, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A weird attempt at Pink Floyd-like pyschedelic music. Just interesting enough to be added as a bonus track.

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7 to 8 Then Back to 6 Again

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Bonus Track by   Wahray and Soul   1988

Written by Ric Albano
Song Length: 2:23

Listen to the Song:
Lyrics
29th of June 1976, saw a train car
It’s only purpose was to fix
Then after all those cold winter days
Couldn’t cross the bridge but will return another day

Poles on slides, long sleigh rides, snakes in grass kickin’ ass
Along the way everday
In the woods run by hoods, in the lands of the man
Skateboarding slowly away

Composition © 1988 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info

Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on May 14, 1988
Recorded May 1988 at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011 at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Ricter, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Vocals

Grade
Analysis: The only song that is less than semi-professional in recording method, done prior to the Fostex era. It is offered here as an example of the primitive techniques used in the first year of the project.

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