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"In the autumn of 1985 I moved to TallMan Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. My daughter, Caila, was born on August 16, 1986. I began commuting to Boston University two weeks later. I broke up with Allagash and started working with The Units in the autumn of 1986. The Units dissolved at the end of the summer in 1987 and I started working with Mirage. I graduated from Boston University in the spring of 1988. Through all of this my marriage was spiraling downward into the abyss. Reagan was in office for eight years followed by Bush for four years. It was a political nightmare but there wasn't a lot of time to write music. I started experimenting with synthesizers and electronic drums (it was the eighties) in my music and this is the result of my efforts." The songs on this CD were recorded from the autumn of 1985 through the summer of 1988. All of the songs were written, recorded, and produced by John Spreier at TallMan studios using an Akai 270DSS (except Dark Hollow which was recorded at Central Studios using a Tascam 244) and digitally enhanced using Adobe Audition v1.0. All performances are by John except: Jon Jelleyman played bass, John Guadagni played drums, and Caila Spreier sang on Caila's Dub. All of the songs were written by John except the music for Caila's Dub which is Stir It Up written by Bob Marley. The CD, front cover picture, and inside cover picture were shot in Boston at John's graduation from Boston University by Pam Spreier.
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Click on the links above to download the songs encoded as WMA (Windows Media Audio) files.
Unlike other web sites, Barnyard Sounds always provides the entire song (not just clips) encoded in Windows Media Audio format (WMA) for your listening pleasure. In addition to the music we also provide the lyrics and the graphics for the CD. Barnyard Sounds believes that the internet is the radio of the 21st Century and that listening to music on the web should be free. If you would like to own the CD, you can pay for it. Click here to purchase TallMan on Campus.
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Any and all lyrics, music, pictures, songs, videos, and works of art created by John Spreier are for your personal use only and remain the exclusive property of John Spreier. They may not be altered, performed, reproduced, or resold in any form without the express written consent of John Spreier. You are free to share them as long as the credit goes where it belongs and you do not profit from their use.
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