In the early 1970’s, we had the songs written and wanted to record the album but our funds were limited. Sumet- Burnet Studios in Dallas Texas had a deal they called the “Midnight Special”. For a reduced fee, you could come in the studio from 12 midnight until 8 a.m. and record. Bobby Dennis was the engineer that did these sessions and he was a musician himself. We booked the studio for three straight sessions as that was all we could afford and then we began rehearsing in advance so that we would not waste any time in the studio.
We did all of the rhythm tracks on the first night, all the lead tracks the second and all the vocals the third night. It was a great plan with one exception. Our third session, after being up two nights in a row, made the vocals pretty rough. Looking back, waiting on the vocals would have been a better idea. We were anxious to finish the recording though so we forged ahead.
The album was mixed and again remixed in two additional afternoon sessions.
We then had the album mastered twice: once in Dallas at A&R records and then again in Nashville with a little hotter mix.
We only spent a total of 24 hours recording the album and we were up against groups that would spend weeks, even months in a recording studio.
