Steve Geraci: Aliqae Song

  I can’t believe it’s been twenty-eight years since the music on this CD was recorded.

 Through all these years there were various reasons (which I want to go into now) as to why this music wasn’t released, so I eventually got used to the idea that it never would be. But to my surprise, about six months ago, John Esposito informed me that with some help from Scott Petito and modern digital technology he had a plan to resurrect this music.

  So … here it is folks … the Steve Geraci lost “Aliqae Song” sessions presented in the way it had been intended to be heard so many years ago. I’d like to note that, due to the original master tapes being lost, we had to piece together these songs from various tapes (of poor quality) that had survived. So, excuse the sound quality in certain portions of this CD.

  The music on this CD was recorded in June of 1980 at Sound Mixer Studio NYC. It was produced by Bruce Calabrese and engineered by David Baker. Most of the music was written between 1977-78 with the exception of the title track “Aliqae Song” which was written in December of 1979 to celebrate the birth of my daughter Aliqae Song Geraci.

  The musicians used on this recording were a combination of people I played with regularly and others that were selected by the producer. I think we had one or two rehearsals prior to the recording session.

  Originally I envisioned this recording as being mostly guitar oriented, but after hearing the incredible talents of the musicians on board, I decided to go with a more ensemble effort. Meaning, there were arrangements but when it came time to solo the player was free to play “himself” for as long as he wanted.

  Another thing I was concerned with was capturing a “live” quality. So, we just recorded like we would play during a performance … we set up in  close proximity to one another without using “baffles” or isolation sound booths. The only “over dubbing” that was done was the acoustic guitar on “Aliqae Song.”

– Steve Geraci 2009