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10. La Villa Strangiato (54 Punkte, 10 Nennungen)
(Hemispheres, 1978)
“We wrote this one on the road. Despite being an instrumental, the song tells a complete story, complete with plot and characters. It's based on some nightmares I experienced. We used our soundchecks to run through songs that we were going to record; then, when we would have a few days off we’d start recording. We felt it was a song that needed the feeling of spontaneity to make it work, so we spent over a week learning it before we recorded. ‘La Villa Strangiato’ has two parts that were each recorded in one take, with all of us in the same room. We had baffles up around the guitar, bass, and drums, and we would look at each other for the cues. My solo in the middle section was overdubbed after we recorded the basic tracks. I played a solo while we did the first take and rerecorded it later. If you listen very carefully, you can hear the other solo ghosted in the background. That was a fun exercise in developing a lot of different sections in an instrumental. It gave everyone the chance to stretch out. By that time I had my Gibson ES-355, and my acoustics were a Gibson Dove, J-55, and a B-45 12-string. Plus I had my Marshall in the studio. I had the Twin and two Hiwatts, which I was also using live, but the Marshall was my real workhorse. The Boss Chorus unit had just come out at that time, but I think I used a Roland JC-120 for the chorus sound here. After we were finished, none of us thought we’d ever be able to play it again. But now I can do it while watching TV. I always enjoy playing that solo. I like the changes and it’s a very emotive, bluesy kind of solo. It stays the same every night. The band is in the background, modulating between two notes, and it gives me a chance to wail. We spent more time recording 'La Villa Strangiato' than the entire "Fly By Night" album. It was our first piece without any vocals at all, so each section had to stand up with a theme and musical structure of its own.” (Alex Lifeson)