Push Bar To Exit was a student band formed in 1986 and lasted two years of my 3 years as an undergraduate studying my Manchester University first degree in Media Studies and Sociology at North Cheshire College. I started the band during my first year with Tim Lowther who played drums but two previous members left. During the 1987-88 academic year we recruited a recently enrolled first year student Martin Shaw on Bass and we became a 3-piece PUSH BAR TO EXIT..
During my second year studies I had access to an 8-track analog recording studio together with digital mastering facilities but in order to use the facilities I had to write a paper on the quality of the studio and it's equipment as an academic paper which could be submitted and graded towards my course. The Three tracks included on this mini EP on CD were originally recorded onto AMPEX 8-track analog reel-to-reel tape and mastered to a SONY Betamax PCM system and finally mastered to a Teac Chrome C90 cassette tape. The Cassette tape was used to master the audio CD first using various digital tools to digitally clean up the audio before mastering.
PUSH BAR TO EXIT
Academia1. A World I Never Knew
Words & Music by Kevan R. Craft © 1983/1988
2. Same Ol' Story
Words & Music by Kevan R. Craft © 1983/1988
3. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
Words & Music by Bobby Bland © 1974
Arrangement by Kevan R. Craft © 1988Kevan R. Craft: Guitar, Lead Guitar & Vocals
Martin Shaw: Bass Guitar & Synthesizer
Tim Lowther: Drums & Percussion
Produced & Engineered by Kevan R. Craft
Recorded at North Cheshire College 8-Track Recording Studio April 1988
Originally Mastered to SONY F1 Betamax Digital Stereo System Dub copy to TDK C90 Chrome Analogue Stereo Audio Cassette Tape. Re-recorded into Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge v6.0 via Yamaha KX-390 Stereo Cassette Deck. Digital Audio Restoration using DartPro32, Waves Restoration Tools on a Windows XP Professional PC System. Mastered using TC Electronics TC NATIVE EQ-G & Waves L2 Ultramaximizer.
Audio burned to CD using Sonic Foundry's CD Architect v5.0, February 2004Mastering and Artwork Kevan R. Craft
Copyright © 1983/1988 & 2004
Kevan R. Craft
All Rights Reserved
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