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In October, 2002, the Caucasian Boys gathered again in Dallas to record their next album. Another advance in technology allowed this album to recorded entirely digital, straight to computer. This album is proudly marked DDD. Kerr arrived at Pool's house that Thursday night, soon joined by Evatt. The three laid down paper across the floor of the living room of Pool's rent house on Preston Haven. The entire house was empty, so the band was able to set up shop there without fear of disturbing anyone. With the floor protected, they spread drums, Pool's amp, and the PA system and extra mixers. Tim arrived the next day, rounding out the band. As a side note, the house, which had gone unsold for a year, was rented within the next month. Timing is everything. After discussing several titles, the Caucasian Boys finally settled on "Eight Twenty-Four," which narrowly beat out "1969, The Summer Of Love." Discussion proved that all four of the band were conceived in 1969, thus the original name. In fact, Matt Pool's lyrics to "Reacharound" name checks the original title when he says "It was the summer of love, and we were easing into fall." After recording the songs for this album, seven instrumentals remained. One, with additional keyboard tracks, became Sorry Nicole. Four of the others had lyrics added, and became Burn Away, No Place Like Home, Bootycall Haiku, and Don't let Me Change. Two others were abandoned. As usual, drums were borrowed from Barry Davis, and PA from Don Smith. The album took six months to produce. Reid Kerr produced it in his home studio using SAW32 and Cool Edit Pro. |