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Mark Hitt- Rat Race Choir
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:32 am
by carlygtr56
Mark has been mentioned here before. Saw RRC and Mark quite a few times back in the late 70's/early 80's, and every time I walked out thinking I need to take up a new hobby.
Stumbled on these audio clips. Listen to the Heartbreaker solo in particular. Insane playing and tone.
You can HEAR his Hiwatt. So much for the Jimmy Page Hiwatt adventure. This DR-103 is as close as I've ever heard to Page's live Hiwatt tones.. 1980....pre internet bullshit and myth-
Guys hanging their hats on mediocre Zep clips claiming who knows what, when it was all done before and light years better.
I'm glad I lived on LI during this time and saw and heard this stuff with my own eyes and ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgCg30CI1-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfvRvVW ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfR4dxq ... re=related
Re: Mark Hitt- Rat Race Choir
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:42 am
by NY Chief
carlygtr56 wrote:Mark has been mentioned here before. Saw RRC and Mark quite a few times back in the late 70's/early 80's, and every time I walked out thinking I need to take up a new hobby.
Stumbled on these audio clips. Listen to the Heartbreaker solo in particular. Insane playing and tone.
You can HEAR his Hiwatt. So much for the Jimmy Page Hiwatt adventure. This DR-103 is as close as I've ever heard to Page's live Hiwatt tones.. 1980....pre internet bullshit and myth-
Guys hanging their hats on mediocre Zep clips claiming who knows what, when it was all done before and light years better.
I'm glad I lived on LI during this time and saw and heard this stuff with my own eyes and ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgCg30CI1-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfvRvVW ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfR4dxq ... re=related
Oh MAN, Mark used to RIP UP the Heartbreaker solo. You're right Carly, I'd get home about 3:30am on Wed night / Thurs morning and the first thing I would do is grab my guitar and try to figger out just what the fuck Mark was doing...time for a new hobby is right! Ed Van f'n who????
I always loved the way Mark did both guitar parts at the end of the What is and What Should Never Be solo.
Great find, these clips!!!
Carly, is there anyway to get recordings of Rat Race's stuff other than this? I know Mark but don't have any contact info. I usually run into him at NAMM. I have the CD they did with Entwhistle but I MUST have some club recordings!!! I do have the single "Struck by Lightning" and "Bittersweet Love" but that dosen't do RRC justice.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:16 am
by NY Chief
bump
Hey, Dave. Give Mark Hitt some time at the top!
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:17 am
by yngwie308
Steve Stevens was inspired by watching Mark play on Long Island as a boy. He couldn't believe he got all those sounds out of a 335 and a Hiwatt!
Yeah the old stuff was the best, in this simulated POd-Pro-Tools world.
yngwie308
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:37 am
by NY Chief
yngwie308 wrote:Steve Stevens was inspired by watching Mark play on Long Island as a boy. He couldn't believe he got all those sounds out of a 335 and a Hiwatt!
Yeah the old stuff was the best, in this simulated POd-Pro-Tools world.
yngwie308
Re: Mark Hitt- Rat Race Choir
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:08 pm
by carlygtr56
NY Chief wrote:carlygtr56 wrote:Mark has been mentioned here before. Saw RRC and Mark quite a few times back in the late 70's/early 80's, and every time I walked out thinking I need to take up a new hobby.
Stumbled on these audio clips. Listen to the Heartbreaker solo in particular. Insane playing and tone.
You can HEAR his Hiwatt. So much for the Jimmy Page Hiwatt adventure. This DR-103 is as close as I've ever heard to Page's live Hiwatt tones.. 1980....pre internet bullshit and myth-
Guys hanging their hats on mediocre Zep clips claiming who knows what, when it was all done before and light years better.
I'm glad I lived on LI during this time and saw and heard this stuff with my own eyes and ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgCg30CI1-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfvRvVW ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfR4dxq ... re=related
Oh MAN, Mark used to RIP UP the Heartbreaker solo. You're right Carly, I'd get home about 3:30am on Wed night / Thurs morning and the first thing I would do is grab my guitar and try to figger out just what the fuck Mark was doing...time for a new hobby is right! Ed Van f'n who????
I always loved the way Mark did both guitar parts at the end of the What is and What Should Never Be solo.
Great find, these clips!!!
Carly, is there anyway to get recordings of Rat Race's stuff other than this? I know Mark but don't have any contact info. I usually run into him at NAMM. I have the CD they did with Entwhistle but I MUST have some club recordings!!! I do have the single "Struck by Lightning" and "Bittersweet Love" but that dosen't do RRC justice.
These are the first club recordings of them doing Zep covers I've heard.
Cool that somebody thought to put them up at YouTube.
I got the Torque cd from a few years ago Mark and Steve longo did.
I think I got a live set broadcast from K-Rock wth RRC backing Entwhistle.
I'm glad I heard that Heartbreaker from '80. I had been researching Hiwatt tones and hit on that last night!!
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 1:00 pm
by NY Chief
RRC backing Entwhistle from that KRock gig I think!
Mark is fukin AMAZING!!
http://www.jumpcut.com/view/?id=E13D226 ... B200DB926D
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:34 am
by carlygtr56
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:24 am
by NY Chief
Yeah, I just found that too! I think the skeletron site is Dave.
Not sure how to grab that show but I'll figger it out today. Rat Race baby!!!! VERY few are better.
Looks like you have join ($$) to access, carly?
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:42 am
by carlygtr56
NY Chief wrote:
Yeah, I just found that too! I think the skeletron site is Dave.
Not sure how to grab that show but I'll figger it out today. Rat Race baby!!!! VERY few are better.
Looks like you have join ($$) to access, carly?
Look for FREE download.
It came in as RAR files I then had to convert to WAV. Wasn't that easy!!
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:04 pm
by NY Chief
carlygtr56 wrote:NY Chief wrote:
Yeah, I just found that too! I think the skeletron site is Dave.
Not sure how to grab that show but I'll figger it out today. Rat Race baby!!!! VERY few are better.
Looks like you have join ($$) to access, carly?
Look for FREE download.
It came in as RAR files I then had to convert to WAV. Wasn't that easy!!
Got it carly! Trying to figure out the rar conversion now.
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:15 pm
by NY Chief
Converted!!!
Is this right off the board? Sounds pretty good so far!!!!!!!!!
Man, I've been wanting this for 20 fukin years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:07 pm
by carlygtr56
NY Chief wrote:carlygtr56 wrote:NY Chief wrote:
Yeah, I just found that too! I think the skeletron site is Dave.
Not sure how to grab that show but I'll figger it out today. Rat Race baby!!!! VERY few are better.
Looks like you have join ($$) to access, carly?
Look for FREE download.
It came in as RAR files I then had to convert to WAV. Wasn't that easy!!
Got it carly! Trying to figure out the rar conversion now.
Google RAR to WAV. There should be something free. Great show!!
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:11 pm
by NY Chief
Got it!
Great show indeed. Damn they were fukin good!
Of all the bands to make it out of there it had to be Twisted Sister....
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:39 pm
by NY Chief
Man, I've been saving this shit all morning.
Carly, here's Zebra with the LI Philharmonic. Is that George Cintron on guitar????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0bUl0Gwujk